NRL chief executive David Gallop declared an upgrade to facilities at Equex Centre was the hot topic at yesterday's meeting with Wagga City Council (WWCC).
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Parting ways with council's promise to consider any future proposals, the NRL vowed to recycle any money it received back into rugby league infrastructure in Wagga.
Although monetary figures were not agreed upon yesterday, the NRL and CRL said it would flush any funds it gained from council into upgrading facilities at Equex Centre, rather than adding it to a profit.
"Obviously it's infrastructure spending that we're interested in, continuing to upgrade facilities like (Equex Centre) is important," Gallop said yesterday.
Bolstering the show of support, Canberra Raiders boss Don Furner also attended yesterday's meeting with WWCC.
Furner said he believed it was important Wagga ratepayers were aware of how their money was planned on being spent in the region through any future deals with the NRL.
"The main thing for us, though, is that the funding stays in Wagga," he said.
"It's about encouraging the game, so in our proposal we might look at funding for Wagga Rugby League to build the hills at (Equex Centre), things like that to improve the infrastructure in the area.
"Upgrading (Equex Centre) and getting new lights for an NRL game, possibly another City v Country game down the track.
"We'll definitely follow through with that."
Although the full details of council's deal with GWS are confidential, the NRL is eager to forge a partnership of its own, with its own terms.
"We sort of don't know what that deal entails, all these things are different though," Furner said.
"We know what our game wants to do in that area and we're certainly keen to continue that.
"It's not just rugby league (at Equex Centre) and upgrading these facilities can bring so much to the game and to the city."
