NRL Goes Back to the Bush

[Canard]

Brisbane are too corporate play games in the bush. They've also got a contract to play 12 games at Suncorp.
Next time they negotiate a stadium deal they'll take the city corporate dollars over goodwill in the bush, even though they have players from all over QLD playing/played for them.

Not to mention they would lose 20k crowd if they moved to a regional venue.

 

[Diesel]

The Broncos through SL put the game back by 15 years, they should be forced to put back into the game, but never will

 

[The Mad Hatter]

They should get Lee Kernaghan and Troy Casser Daly to do the NRL theme this year.

Hell...get em to re-record Simply The Best.

For a touch of glamour/youth chuck in Jessica Mauboy on vocals too.

 

[POPEYE]

Go the bush

 

[roughyedspud]

1 game per round should be played "on the road"..

Give Perth & Adelaide a game each,each month and play 2 games in the bush,so a 4 wk schedule would look like this

Wk1 Perth
Wk2 bush
Wk3 Adelaide
Wk4 bush

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Relocate every club to the bush permanently.
Mt Isa Broncos
Lightning Ridge Raiders
Casino Bulldogs
Wingello Sharks
Tennant Creek Titans
Mildura Storm
Atherton Cowboys
Pheasants Nest Panthers
Scone Knights
Urunga Eels
West Wylong Tigers
Dunedoo Roosters
Cowra Rabbitohs
Urinquinty Dragons
Broome Warriors
Broken Hill Sea Eagles

 

[no name]

Does this confirm that bush is back?

 

[Canard]

Does this confirm that bush is back?

Well if you watched some well known internet sites lately I would say definitely.

 

[T-Boon]

Well if you watched some well known internet sites lately I would say definitely.

Haha, Fox news right?
Jeb Bush having another go in 2021.

 

[dangerousdave]

Brisbane, Gold Coast, Townsville and Melbourne (not counting Auckland bc Warriors always take a game elsewhere in NZ) all get literally only 12 chances to watch footy each year. Forcing any of them to take a game to the country isn't that smart.

Good point.

+ Newcastle
And
+ only 5 games in Wollongong

 

[Lambretta]

The bush has to start somewhere

Tasmania generally

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Does this confirm that bush is back?

Not in Brazil.

 

[mistertaylor]

Monday Night Footy (R.I.P) is an ideal vehicle for fixtures to be played in regional centres and smaller 'heritage' Sydney grounds eg Henson Park, Belmore.

Imagine if Broncos v Knights in Rockhampton on a Monday night. Teams would fly in Friday night, spend the weekend doing clinics, guest refereeing junior games, open training sessions etc. Then on Monday after work, 8000 locals make their way to Browne Park while the rest of the nation watches MNF on Foxsports.

Replicate this over 18-20 rounds and watch the NRL pull further ahead of the AFL as the nation's premier sporting code.

 

[POPEYE]

Does this confirm that bush is back?

Not in porn hub it isn't

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Well done NRL! This is exactly what needed to happen following the scrapping of City / Country and it has actually improved the presence in the bush. Hopefully this is followed up with a nice increase in grassroots funding.

 

[siv]

Monday Night Footy (R.I.P) is an ideal vehicle for fixtures to be played in regional centres and smaller 'heritage' Sydney grounds eg Henson Park, Belmore.

Imagine if Broncos v Knights in Rockhampton on a Monday night. Teams would fly in Friday night, spend the weekend doing clinics, guest refereeing junior games, open training sessions etc. Then on Monday after work, 8000 locals make their way to Browne Park while the rest of the nation watches MNF on Foxsports.

Replicate this over 18-20 rounds and watch the NRL pull further ahead of the AFL as the nation's premier sporting code.

You canuse Thursday night to achieve the same effect

Dont you remembervthe old Amci Cup when it arrived in Armidale or Tamworth

 

[mistertaylor]

I'm only 34 mate so no memories of midweek comos from 70s or 80s

 

[davi]

Crowd in Toowoomba today for the Titans vs Dragons game was around 7000 which is a pretty good effort. Gus Gould praised the preparation of the field and the surface for the game. Titans play in Gladstone in a couple of weeks.

 

[King hit]

Despite the game being one sided it was a great event for the Toowoomba public to go out and see genuine NRL players in premiership footy on the local ground. Toowoomba is Rugby League and the crowd didn't disappoint. If I wasn't on holiday I would have probably driven up for the game. I hope the NRL play 1 game a year in Toowoomba in the future.

 

[SBD82]

Despite the game being one sided it was a great event for the Toowoomba public to go out and see genuine NRL players in premiership footy on the local ground. Toowoomba is Rugby League and the crowd didn't disappoint. If I wasn't on holiday I would have probably driven up for the game. I hope the NRL play 1 game a year in Toowoomba in the future.

QLD teams should certainly be thinking about taking their dragons games to the country. Amazing the level of support that we seem to have throughout QLD.