{"id":924617,"date":"2026-10-11T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924617\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T20:32:11","slug":"a-gun-to-the-head-super-league-club-owner-lashes-peter-vlandys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924617\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A gun to the head\u2019: Super League club owner lashes Peter V\u2019landys"},"content":{"rendered":"

The owner of Leigh Leopards, Derek Beaumont, has delivered a scathing public rebuke of Peter V\u2019landys as the NRL refuses to budge on its demands that the London Broncos<\/a> be promoted as part of any partnership deal between the NRL and cash-strapped English Super League.<\/p>\n

With a deal reportedly close to being finalised, there continues to be a standoff surrounding the inclusion of the London Broncos, co-owned by Darren Lockyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sticking point at the moment with the other clubs is London Broncos. We believe they should be in, so that\u2019s the only disagreement we\u2019ve got among us, really,\u201d V\u2019landys told The Daily Telegraph last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll our business models and our analysis requires London Broncos to be part of it. We take a bigger risk if they\u2019re not in the Super League.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The NRL has reportedly set a deadline of this Thursday – the opening of the 2026 Rugby League World Cup – for Super League to agree to the proposed deal which includes adding the Broncos as a 15th team, something Beaumont slammed as being effectively a ransom demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving a deadline on something you want that the other side cannot commit to is a gun to the head approach akin to a ransom,\u201d the Leigh Leopards owner posted in a lengthy rebuke<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not right to just put London in Super League… I will not vote to add London without due process and most certainly not because someone insists upon it without substance and hadn\u2019t previously done so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Unequivocal trust… unfortunately that is not possible\u2019 says Super League club boss<\/p>\n

Beaumont also openly called into question Super League\u2019s ability to trust the ARLC and in partciular Peter V\u2019landys.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s pause here and remember that this person as chairman of who would control Super League under the deal has in a short space of time significantly changed the goal posts from what he said to what then became the offer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I am to vote to give control of our game it must be with unequivocal trust and unfortunately that is not possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

He ended with a stark warning to his Super League colleagues,.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately many will vote in favour because they see the sugar shot of a short term increase in funding,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn reality is the most expensive loan with the worst conditions attached that the sport could ever obtain!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The owner of Leigh Leopards, Derek Beaumont, has delivered a scathing public rebuke of Peter V\u2019landys as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-924617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}