Tv deal impact on expansion

[Pommy]

There are better candidates to expand to first IMO...

Wellington & Christchurch are relatively small towns without RL pedigrees...

Perth is s better candidate given the size of the city, it's relative wealth and better time zone for Eastern Seaboard TV games..

The positive from having two NZ teams is you could have every 6 or 6.30 (can't remember which time slot it is) Friday night game in NZ which would be much better for fans. I don't see why Perth and NZ 2 need to be mutually exclusive.

 

[t-ba]

Because Brisbane 2 is an absolute necessity if expansion is to happen.

 

[Diesel]

Is rugby league played on the South Island?
Isn't the only decent level played in Auckland?

Canterbury and West Coast come to mind, South Island strong holds

 

[BuffaloRules]

The positive from having two NZ teams is you could have every 6 or 6.30 (can't remember which time slot it is) Friday night game in NZ which would be much better for fans. I don't see why Perth and NZ 2 need to be mutually exclusive.

Um, how about because Brisbane 2 will be the 17th team admitted?

You also don't make expansion decisions to create content for what will prove to be unpopular and short lived TV slots that are News Ltd thought bubbles...

 

[BuffaloRules]

Canterbury and West Coast come to mind, South Island strong holds

It's hard to describe a place as a stronghold when it's not the most popular football code in town..

Newcastle and Townsville are what I consider RL strongholds...

 

[Billythekid]

As much as I want Perth to come in next with Brisbane I think the most important thing is to have a time line in place. Decide which teams are coming in next and when and give a time frame for any more teams down the line. Essentially right now it feels like expansion has been put off indefinitely and that discourages the areas trying to get in.

 

[Perth Red]

Once decided and presuming they are going to a new area they should start by funding three guaranteed games a year there and selling a membership for the future club that includes the three games. You would then see a strong membership base from day one for the new club.

 

[Perth Red]

Once decided and presuming they are going to a new area they should start by funding three guaranteed games a year there and selling a membership for the future club that includes the three games. You would then see a strong membership base from day one for the new club.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Which city would have the stability to host most of the games though? from afar Christchurch looks like a more stable option than wellington.

For Christ's sake, Christchurch sits on an earthquake fault line. And you praise that place for its stability?

 

[CQ Italia]

indeed lol

Not a fan of this south pacific cyclones, how could they expect people in NZ to embrace a catch all south pacific side like that. I am more in favour of having a side branded like the warriors with no geographical reference and have it based primarily in either Christchurch or wellington with a few games in the major centres outside Auckland each year. Really you want the warriors representing Auckland and the upper north island and a second side representing the balance of the country.

If a second new Zealand side had a Fiji based side as its reserve side in a competition like the NSW cup then that would be a better model for embracing both regions. Maybe one NRL game a year in Fiji could be looked at.

Its all fantasy at this point anyway as reading between the lines the NRL clubs have blocked expansion as they want the whole pie to themselves including revenue, players, pathways just everything FFS

Fiji Bid have already declined the Wellington offer, they're already progressed it had in an ABC interview. Fiji want its own identity and have its own sustainable financial model (without taking money (taxes) away from the people of Fiji)

 

[CC_Roosters]

Fiji Bid have already declined the Wellington offer, they're already progressed it had in an ABC interview. Fiji want its own identity and have its own sustainable financial model (without taking money (taxes) away from the people of Fiji)

Has anyone told the cyclones bid