The NRL could look to the US to flesh out the league’s talent pool, with Peter V’Landys flagging the idea to poach American college footballers.

It would help clubs find new young players, and assist in the ARLC boss’ bold expansion plans to introduce an 18th club.

The Courier Mail’s chief rugby league writer Peter Badel said Mr V’landys was open to looking abroad for talent.

“[Peter V’landys] suggested that look there is some criticism about the talent pool in the NRL, and his argument is, if we have some issues finding talent for an 18th team, feasibly, ostensibly why not look elsewhere,” he told Peter Fegan, filling in on Brisbane Live.

“If supply is an issue, look to other markets and he suggested the NFL given that, as he pointed out, thousands possibly hundreds of thousands of American athletes miss out on making the NFL, surely some of them a small percentage of them could make a successful conversion to the NRL.”

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