Fiji, Oct. 12 -- NRL supremo Peter V'landys has vowed to take on New Zealand Rugby in court after it launched legal action which could force the Australian government-backed expansion side the PNG Chiefs to be renamed.
The decision to call the NRL's incoming 19th team the Chiefs has been contested by authorities in the 15-a-side game given there has long been a Super Rugby franchise by the same name based in New Zealand's Waikato region.
This masthead revealed last month that NZ Rugby had written to the NRL warning it would take it to court if it did not reconsider branding the historic PNG entry to the competition as the Chiefs.
It has now instigated proceedings after V'landys, the Australian Rugby League Commission executive chairman, ...