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    Redcliffe Dolphins: 70 years growing and with ambitious plans for future in NRL

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/27/redcliffe-dolphins-70-years-growing-and-with-ambitious-plans-for-future-in-nrl
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    New NSW Second division plan "Platinum League"

    This would dilute the lower tiers too much. Where does a 19yo player who is trying to establish themselves as a first grade NRL player go? Reserve grade, U20s or Platinum League? There is no clear comp which is just below the NRL.
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    NSW Cup restructure

    Some clubs would consistently get more than that. Northern Pride's record home attendance is 4390. If you take the best players out of these clubs and put them into a NRL reserve grade it will reduce the quality and profile of the QLD Cup, which would inevitably reduce public interest.
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    NSW Cup restructure

    Mostly agree. I would have: 1 Newtown 2 North Sydney 3 Balmain 4 Western Suburbs 5 Wentworthville 6 Mt Pritchard 7 Illawarra Steelers 8 Central Coast or Wyong 9 Wagga Wagga 10 Coffs Harbour 11 Newcastle 12 Wellington 13 Canterbury (NZ) 14 Fiji
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    NSW Cup restructure

    I think the running costs of a national reserve grade would be similar to QLD and NSW cups (similar cost per team). But the big difference is that a reserve grade comp would bring in very little revenue, while a stand alone club comp like the QLD Cup actually covers a fair proportion of costs...
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    Intrust Super Cup - Finals Series 2015: Previews; Predictions; Post Game Reports

    Interesting to compare some of the second tier grand final attendances. SANFL is clearly the standout. SANFL: West Adelaide / Woodville-West Torrens @ Adelaide Oval 25,625 WAFL: Subiaco / West Perth @ Subiaco Oval 13,094 VFL: Williamstown / Box Hill @ Etihad Stadium 12,900...
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    State Champs GF : Pride v Panthers - Predictions / Possibilities / Press

    I don't think a national reserve grade competition will ever happen, and I hope it doesn't. Reserve grade adds very little to the rugby league world. It would bring no new teams or supporters, and public interest would be low. It would just replicate the existing unbalanced distribution of...
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    how the ARLC fixes the eligibility issue

    This suggestion in some of the posts that players should be eligible for Queensland or NSW and then turn out for New Zealand is as stupid as saying someone could represent England and then later that year play for France in a game against Great Britain. Fortunately it will never happen...
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    Grand Final Day NSW Cup v QLD Cup idea

    No, they are independent clubs with their own coaches, supporters, grounds and history. Most Q-Cup clubs only have a few players that are dual registered with NRL clubs. Do you think Brisbane Easts, which was founded in 1918 thinks it's main reason for existence is to be Melbourne's reserve...
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    Grand Final Day NSW Cup v QLD Cup idea

    There's a couple of things wrong with this suggestion. 1. Queensland Cup sides (and I would guess many NSW Cup sides) don't want to be considered just reserve grade sides of NRL clubs. They want to play at their own home grounds, not before an NRL game. Doing this would diminish the profile of...
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    Logos are geting worse

    Canterbury have a good logo but it would look better if they had the full V and put Canterbury-Bankstown instead of Bulldogs on there.
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    Should the NRL have a Queensland Conference

    Crowds in the Queensland Cup are usually between 500 - 2000. Northern Pride (Cairns side) got over 4000 a week or two ago for their first ever televised home game - one of their sponsors kicked in some money to make the game free entry. Central Queensland got over 2500 last weekend as well. I...
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    Why little mention of the CQ NRL bid?

    CQ Italia: would a Central Queensland club be likely to keep the Capras nickname and their colours if they get into the NRL?
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    Intrust Super Cup (ISC) on channel 9 in 2012

    Did you hear a figure for the number of viewers?
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    Bring back Reserve Grade

    Exactly right. Realistically there is only a limited amount of public interest for second tier competitions, and there are currently 3 leagues all vying for that spot as the second best competition in the country - Qld Cup, NSW Cup and Toyota Cup. The Qld Cup is the logical choice to evolve...
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    ARLC Advancing RL

    The most logical move for the second tier is to expand the Queensland Cup to be the main second division league, and include some teams from other areas, like Central Coast Bears or eventually Perth. The NSW Cup is not the equal of the Queensland Cup and never will be. The Qld Cup clubs have a...
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    If we started the NRL from scratch, what teams would we have?

    2 conferences: Northern Conference Fortitude Valley Brisbane Norths Brisbane Souths Brisbane Easts Brisbane Wests Redcliffe Wynnum-Manly Brothers Southern Conference: North Sydney South Sydney Easts Wests Balmain Parramatta Manly-Warringah Canterbury-Bankstown St George Cronulla-Sutherland...
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    Would an NRL2 work with promotion and relegation?

    A national second division is a good idea, and there's fair chance of this happening sometime soon. There's a plan that has been floating about which would replace the u20 NYC with an open-age second division consisting of clubs from the Qld and NSW Cups, which has the backing of the Qld Cup...
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    Offseason Hypotheticals: 40/20 "1st Down"

    Although most of your contributions consist of largely bitter, often humourless ossification, well done on the unexpected use of the word whimsical.
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    Accent - Why?

    A 10oz beer: Qld - pot NSW - middy

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