Easts Tigers are too big to not be in the NRL

[Wb1234]

QRL has been around since the start. Literally the very start, 1908-1909.

BRL morphed into Queensland Cup between 1995 & 1996.

It’s history isn’t limited; it’s quite literally existed in the same time frame as NSWRL has. Its vested interests are towards state league. NSWRL allowed CRL to become irrelevant and therefore a lot of bush footy fell by the wayside; QRL refuses that to happen to its clubs and country regions because as a competition its spread far and understands the value that its regional pathways serve to the greater game.

It resources its various grade competitions across a large geographical state area as best as it can.

Ikin and Canavan are running it. They are far from tin pot dictators; they’re astute rugby league minds that understand Queensland’s importance to RL and its overall player resource pool.

Suncorp stadium funding debacle whilst afl snuck in and stole the keys to the Ferrari

How’s holding back national reserve grade due to parochial interests not a bad thing ?

The only leader whose doing a good job is Pvl without him nothing would be happening or changing

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Suncorp stadium funding debacle whilst afl snuck in and stole the keys to the Ferrari

How’s holding back national reserve grade due to parochial interests not a bad thing ?

The only leader whose doing a good job is Pvl without him nothing would be happening or changing

Suncorp upgrade wasn’t something QRL should have batted for. They play 1 game there a year.

It’s the Broncos and Dolphins alongside Reds who should have lobbied for it. They are, after all, the main tenants. Not a peep.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Suncorp stadium funding debacle whilst afl snuck in and stole the keys to the Ferrari

How’s holding back national reserve grade due to parochial interests not a bad thing ?

The only leader whose doing a good job is Pvl without him nothing would be happening or changing

Rockhampton
Mackay
Cairns
Toowoomba
Sunshine Coast
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QRL is vital for these regions and NSW should take note.

 

[Wb1234]

Rockhampton
Mackay
Cairns
Toowoomba
Sunshine Coast
PNG

QRL is vital for these regions and NSW should take note.

PNG cowboys and dolphins nrl sides

The remaining clubs will just play a tier below rg

 

[Wb1234]

Suncorp upgrade wasn’t something QRL should have batted for. They play 1 game there a year.

It’s the Broncos and Dolphins alongside Reds who should have lobbied for it. They are, after all, the main tenants. Not a peep.

True but the qrl are custodians of the game in qld

If the four qld nrl sides want to run national rg sides but the qrl oppose them then whose interest is the qrl acting on

The qrl mainly and the nswrl are the only stumbling blocks to rg against the wishes of nrl clubs

Bc they get a vote on the arl members whilst in afl their commission is independent so they aren’t held back by parochial bodies like the waafl or vicfl

I’m with pr on this national rg is the way forward

And the afl were vey heavily involved lobbying for Victoria park I also blame Pvl as he was distracted with the bears issue

 

[Johnny plath2]

Rockhampton
Mackay
Cairns
Toowoomba
Sunshine Coast
PNG

QRL is vital for these regions and NSW should take note.

Maybe the middle ground is the qld based nrl clubs have a reserve team integrated into the qld cup comp. Maintains the relevance of q cup and gives the nrl clubs a single feeder team which they seem to want rather than multiple affiliates that split their players up. I think last comp broncos won was when Toowoomba was there reserve team.

 

[Gobsmacked]

PNG cowboys and dolphins nrl sides

The remaining clubs will just play a tier below rg

So all the talent from Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Cairns, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba all get brushed ? A third tier won't be able to afford the travel between those regions, so all those players end up being in effectively a 4th tier level and never develop.
Completely decimating QLD talent pool and destroying bush footy like NSW did.

QLD geography is far larger spread than NSW and only a peanut living in Sydney would suggest this nonsense.

 

[Gobsmacked]

True but the qrl are custodians of the game in qld

If the four qld nrl sides want to run national rg sides but the qrl oppose them then whose interest is the qrl acting on

The qrl mainly and the nswrl are the only stumbling blocks to rg against the wishes of nrl clubs

Bc they get a vote on the arl members whilst in afl their commission is independent so they aren’t held back by parochial bodies like the waafl or vicfl

I’m with pr on this national rg is the way forward

And the afl were vey heavily involved lobbying for Victoria park I also blame Pvl as he was distracted with the bears issue

Yeah the Sydney resident and the Perth resident are the best judge on what's best for QRL.

 

[flippikat]

Qrl is the one that needs to be convinced

Maybe time for more bribe money

They want to protect the non nrl qrl sides from playing in a devalued comp which becomes the third tier not second

It's a tough call, but I can see why the QRL want to protect & foster markets that are not NRL-ready (and in some cases may never quite get to that threshold) via their state league.

Yeah, he thinks the long history of the Brisbane Tigers can be boiled down to it being a pokie den (a pokie den that's only existed since the 90's). The QLD Cup gives access to second tier RL to areas that will probably never have an NRL team but are vitaly important pathways for the game. Cairns, Central QLD, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba are fantastic examples. An NRL reserve grade would completely destroy that which is why the QRL oppose it.

Yeah, why should the QRL be punished for showing some initiative and creating a truly statewide competition that caters to those markets?

 

[Gobsmacked]

Maybe the middle ground is the qld based nrl clubs have a reserve team integrated into the qld cup comp. Maintains the relevance of q cup and gives the nrl clubs a single feeder team which they seem to want rather than multiple affiliates that split their players up. I think last comp broncos won was when Toowoomba was there reserve team.

We don't need a reserve comp.
We have a far better reserve comp in the QRL and NSW cup.
We have multiple players across multiple teams in multiple regions competing and learning for each other to choose from. A big wide comp to pull talent from.
A reserve grade reduces that into 4 teams in a few cities..
Absolute madness.

 

[Canard]

True but the qrl are custodians of the game in qld

If the four qld nrl sides want to run national rg sides but the qrl oppose them then whose interest is the qrl acting on

The qrl mainly and the nswrl are the only stumbling blocks to rg against the wishes of nrl clubs

Bc they get a vote on the arl members whilst in afl their commission is independent so they aren’t held back by parochial bodies like the waafl or vicfl

I’m with pr on this national rg is the way forward

And the afl were vey heavily involved lobbying for Victoria park I also blame Pvl as he was distracted with the bears issue

Your a shit bloke and should feel ashamed that you are advocating for killing off top level footy in Regional Australia.

There was more rep players from the Cairns Kangaroos in Origin, than Parramatta had.

RL will die in Queensland if its just concentrated in Brisbane.

 

[Canard]

Maybe the middle ground is the qld based nrl clubs have a reserve team integrated into the qld cup comp. Maintains the relevance of q cup and gives the nrl clubs a single feeder team which they seem to want rather than multiple affiliates that split their players up. I think last comp broncos won was when Toowoomba was there reserve team.

They already do.

 

[Canard]

On another note, people are cooked if they think the Olympics was going to be held in a rectangular stadium and that the AFL or NRL have any influence over the IOC.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

The QRL was destroyed by the NSWRL admitting the Broncos. Then the ARL forming in 1995 and demoting it from a first grade comp to a second grade comp.

But the QRL regrouped and built a truly state wide comp encompassing regional hubs all over the state which you can see from the makeup of the Origin side has been vital for pathways and participation for RL.

From the initial setback, the QRL has grown into a fantastic second tier comp. You can absolutely see why they will fight tooth and nail not to have their comp destroyed again by some suits at RLHQ in Sydney.

 

[Gobsmacked]

The QRL was destroyed by the NSWRL admitting the Broncos. Then the ARL forming in 1995 and demoting it from a first grade comp to a second grade comp.

But the QRL regrouped and built a truly state wide comp encompassing regional hubs all over the state which you can see from the makeup of the Origin side has been vital for pathways and participation for RL.

From the initial setback, the QRL has grown into a fantastic second tier comp. You can absolutely see why they will fight tooth and nail not to have their comp destroyed again by some suits at RLHQ in Sydney.

They're actually showing NSW RL how it's done. Dubbo, Bathurst, Orange, Wagga, Coffs should all have quality NSW cup sides.

 

[Wb1234]

I love the parochialism

Im as nswrl are they come and I couldn’t give a stuff about it

Anything that stands in the way of nrl progression is a bad thing

Qrl clubs want the players from nrl clubs to bolster their weak squads

If qld clubs want to foster their players amongst multiple clubs they are a a disadvantage to Sydney clubs who run a streamlined system

 

[Johnny plath2]

They already do.

Kind of.. they spread players around multiple teams.. I'm saying a single team for each nrl clubs to get the single largest clubs seen to want while maintain q cup comp

 

[Gobsmacked]

I love the parochialism

Im as nswrl are they come and I couldn’t give a stuff about it

Anything that stands in the way of nrl progression is a bad thing

Qrl clubs want the players from nrl clubs to bolster their weak squads

If qld clubs want to foster their players amongst multiple clubs they are a a disadvantage to Sydney clubs who run a streamlined system

Catch the game Wednesday night??
When are you lot going to realise how clueless you are...lol

 

[SirPies&Beers]

why is there a need for a national reserve comp? most of the best leagues dont have reserve leagues.

why undo the ground work qrl are doing? for what? who benefits? the complaints broncos, cows and titans have moaned about are because unlike phins they had 0 foresight into how to get the best out of whats already structured in place.

broncos moan because they cant bully every single qrl club to their will, titans moaned because they for years couldnt create a pathway into their systems but seems like that bears bloke did that last half decade, cows moaned because they had a stoush with blackhawks.

phins arent moaning, they are getting on with it. storm arent moaning either they have created a good synergy. broncos in particular need to pull their heads in and remember who feeds their pathways and always has fed its pathways, heres a clue; it isn't the club.

these opinions to blow up a center of RL heartland to cater for some false streamlined system is bullocks and shows a complete lack of knowledge into the very thing these people see as a good idea to blows up. crazy talk, go take ya meds ya dumb f*cks

 

[Wb1234]

Catch the game Wednesday night??
When are you lot going to realise how clueless you are...lol

Peter Beattie and John grant were nrl bosses from qld who had no clue

Pvl from nsw added the dolphins to the nrl against the wishes of the qrl

And if wasn’t for the nswrl qld would’ve been an afl state

lol

And the qld nrl clubs are in favour of national rg