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NRL Expansion. Ideas and opinions.

Who would you admit as the next team into the NRL?

  • Perth

    Votes: 75 57.7%
  • PNG

    Votes: 8 6.2%
  • Wellington/2nd NZ team

    Votes: 5 3.8%
  • Adelaide

    Votes: 6 4.6%
  • Darwin

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Fiji

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Central Coast

    Votes: 10 7.7%
  • Central Queensland/4th Queensland team

    Votes: 12 9.2%
  • Samoa

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Other (please specify)/No Expansion

    Votes: 12 9.2%

  • Total voters
    130

Perth Red

Post Whore
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Eyes on the TV is clearly more important than bums on seats. A sad reality

not for the clubs. In the other code, top clubs are bringing in $30million plus from fan generated revenue. Our clubs are getting $13million from tv. which Would you rather have, full stadiums and more money or $1-2million more from the tv grant and empty stands?
 

tri_colours

Juniors
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1,812
A positive step!

"We are excited about the opportunity to play again on May 28 and to share the game with the rest of the world. We are working with all our partners to make sure the game is in front of as many sport-starved fans in the world as possible.”

As the first collision sport to resume following coronavirus-forced shutdowns, the NRL is attracting unprecedented global interest, with Sky Sports UK announcing within hours of the draw being released last Friday that they would broadcast all eight matches live each week.

France's BeIN Sports has also increased its coverage to four live NRL matches per round, while ESPN executive vice-president of programming Burke Magnus said the network was positioning itself to provide live content from international competitions that resumed before US sports.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/05/18/why-may-28-return-could-be-a-free-swing-for-nrl-in-us/
 

greenBV4

Bench
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2,508
A positive step!

"We are excited about the opportunity to play again on May 28 and to share the game with the rest of the world. We are working with all our partners to make sure the game is in front of as many sport-starved fans in the world as possible.”

As the first collision sport to resume following coronavirus-forced shutdowns, the NRL is attracting unprecedented global interest, with Sky Sports UK announcing within hours of the draw being released last Friday that they would broadcast all eight matches live each week.

France's BeIN Sports has also increased its coverage to four live NRL matches per round, while ESPN executive vice-president of programming Burke Magnus said the network was positioning itself to provide live content from international competitions that resumed before US sports.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/05/18/why-may-28-return-could-be-a-free-swing-for-nrl-in-us/
I wonder if they will also show repeats closer to prime time in each market

Live is good but it's not going to generate much interest/gain new fans at 2 in the morning
 

magpie_man

Juniors
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With RU in the doldrums, I wonder if this presents a unique opportunity for the NRL to stoke interest in nearby foreign megacities like Singapore, HK, KL...
 

MrE_Assassin

Juniors
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With RU in the doldrums, I wonder if this presents a unique opportunity for the NRL to stoke interest in nearby foreign megacities like Singapore, HK, KL...
To be honest, I hope not. I'd prefer the NRL open up other cities in Australia first like Perth and Adelaide before the decide to go off-shore in SE Asia. Make it a national game before any further expansion overseas. Even playing exhibition games over there wouldn't happen for a while because of everything going on.

NRL should stick to improving interest and attendance here in Aus first.
 

The Great Dane

First Grade
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RU may be all f**ked up in the Southern Hemisphere, but in the Northern Hemisphere it's plodding along just fine.

In places like Asia it'll be able to live of it's connections to aristocracy and 7s being an Olympic sport for decades to come.
 

The Great Dane

First Grade
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https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/05/19...belltown-canberras-historic-ties-to-new-home/

If only the current NRL/ARLC adminstration had the foresight and willingness to expand to a truly national comp like they did back in the 80's. Admittedly the Super League war may have killed this a bit but still seems like they were far more progressive and forward thinking back in the 80's.

If Campbelltown had got the license it would have just ended up as another struggling Sydney club, I mean look how well the Magpies went there...
 

tri_colours

Juniors
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1,812
To be honest, I hope not. I'd prefer the NRL open up other cities in Australia first like Perth and Adelaide before the decide to go off-shore in SE Asia. Make it a national game before any further expansion overseas. Even playing exhibition games over there wouldn't happen for a while because of everything going on.

NRL should stick to improving interest and attendance here in Aus first.

More people watch rugby league in Australia than any other sport. And our crowds aren't that bad - were just not obsessed like some.
 

MrE_Assassin

Juniors
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More people watch rugby league in Australia than any other sport. And our crowds aren't that bad - were just not obsessed like some.
True, but we could do a lot better with teams in the other major states of Australia and be truly national rather than looking to SE Asia.

If Campbelltown had got the license it would have just ended up as another struggling Sydney club, I mean look how well the Magpies went there...
I agree that if they had included a Campbelltown team that things would be an even bigger cluster than they are now.... Then again, had a Campbelltown team survived long enough then they may have been the club that merged for WSM rather than the tigers Maybe we would have had 4 mergers in the early 2000s. From an administration POV though, at least they were looking to get the game out of Sydney and make it national. The administrations in the last decade or so haven't exactly had much ambition to go national.
 

Perth Red

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https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/05/19...belltown-canberras-historic-ties-to-new-home/

If only the current NRL/ARLC adminstration had the foresight and willingness to expand to a truly national comp like they did back in the 80's. Admittedly the Super League war may have killed this a bit but still seems like they were far more progressive and forward thinking back in the 80's.

I think in the 80's the games management had more control and didn't seek the approval of clubs and TV before making any decisions. Also we've made the game so expensive to be part of at the top tier that existing clubs are all fighting for as big a slice as they can get to keep afloat and the NRL has insecurity around adding new clubs as they may not be able to generate the $26-30 million clubs now needed in club annual revenue to survive. Unless the NRL can see a big return on expanding they wont do it, realistically expansion needs to bring in at least $40mill a year for the NRL to see any margin. The days of expanding the top tier with growing the game as key driver are long gone, its now about the bottom line.
 

T-Boon

Coach
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Maybe with RUgby on its knees in NSW and Qld we should be looking internally for expansion. Look at ways to expand from the working class into the middle and upper classes.

Get some RLeague going in the universities. Have them play before NRL games. Maybe that could be reserve grade.
 

Angry_eel

First Grade
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8,547
Maybe with RUgby on its knees in NSW and Qld we should be looking internally for expansion. Look at ways to expand from the working class into the middle and upper classes.

Get some RLeague going in the universities. Have them play before NRL games. Maybe that could be reserve grade.

That would be Ideal and a winner's attitude. However, I don't see it happening with our lot.
 

The Great Dane

First Grade
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I agree that if they had included a Campbelltown team that things would be an even bigger cluster than they are now.... Then again, had a Campbelltown team survived long enough then they may have been the club that merged for WSM rather than the tigers Maybe we would have had 4 mergers in the early 2000s. From an administration POV though, at least they were looking to get the game out of Sydney and make it national. The administrations in the last decade or so haven't exactly had much ambition to go national.
It would have taken some extreme 4d chess to predict that outcome in the 80s.
 

T-Boon

Coach
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This gets raised a bit but the Sea Eagles either need to move interstate or move to North Sydney oval. It makes zero sense for the team north of the harbour to be in the middle of nowhere where it is.
Call yourself Northern Suburbs Sea Eagles or Sydney Sea Eagles of NS Sea Eagles and play majority of games at NSO and a handful of games at Brookvale. They should be representing North Sydney, Chatswood, Hornsby etc as well as Manly.
 
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A team from Tasmania will be joining the NBL competition for the 2021/22 season. Could an NRL team have a "part-time presence" in Tasmania? I can't see a full-time team down there, but could a team take 2 or 3 games a season down there, plus a trial?
 

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