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Ironically, it was a $3000 bottle of Penfolds Grange wine from former Tigers chairman Nick Di Girolamo that brought an end to OFarrells stint as NSW premier. If he ends up taking the Tigers top job, OFarrell will join ARL Commission chairman Peter Beattie as the second ex-premier in rugby leagues corridors of power.
The newly elected board member wont automatically become the new chair, which was expected to come from the Wests side of the merger. While OFarrell is considered a Balmain man, its understood that is unlikely to count against him becoming chair and that he would have the requisite numbers if he replaced Go as a director.
The Racing Australia chief executive will need to call upon all of his considerable political nous a…
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