The grand plan

[Wb1234]

Interesting. What about rumours of $800m deal?!

Who knows. I don’t believe Pvl can sell super league for 100 million. If we get 700 million ill be over the moon anything else is just a bonus (we still will generate more money from png tv deal which isn’t included in the 700 million)

Did you read that thread ?

Those are the idiots that we are trying to save

lol

 

[Pippen94]

Who knows. I don’t believe Pvl can sell super league for 100 million. If we get 700 million ill be over the moon anything else is just a bonus (we still will generate more money from png tv deal which isn’t included in the 700 million)

Did you read that thread ?

Those are the idiots that we are trying to save

lol

Yeah, they want NRL investment but just continue on as they are: giving money to village teams and dying.

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Pippen94]

Wonder if hudds vote for NRL?!

 

[Perth Red]

Don't worry PR , I've put you on ignore.
I honestly can't take that much negativity.

Thank f**k for that!

 

[Perth Red]

It’s a hundred million pounds pa

There’s a post by pippen which quotes a pommie journo which says Dazn will offer 100 million pounds pa for the super league tv deal bundled into the nrl deal

Since you’ve probs got him on ignore you’ve missed out an important bit

You guys get half we get half

Each super league club gets 3 million pounds (36 million pa) which leaves 14 million pounds to be split amongst the lower level clubs who will be excluded and the rfl to spend on juniors

Our share would be 50 million pounds which then would mean a tv deal of 800 million pa

And yes I’m sceptical Pvl can get four times your current tv deal with essentially the same content or that your clubs will let the nrl take their 50 million cut given how they view the Australian game

Recent media is saying 250 million pound over 5 years ie $100mill a year

like I said current SL revenue is around $50-60mill. If nrl is going to put in $40-50 million on top then vlad is presumably hoping to recoup some of that through a global tv deal. Probably close to all of it.
but if SL feel they can get an extra 15-20million pounds in the next tv deal anyway then it’s not worth selling ownership to nrl.

we shall see, SL clubs haven’t been given any detail yet from vlad.

WAKEFIELD Trinity owner Matt Ellis claims Super League’s clubs are still in the dark over what a potential deal with the NRL would look like.

Rugbyleaguehub.com Long Reads reported on Monday the Southern Hemisphere competition is pitching to invest £250million over five years in the European league.

But, speaking on Sky Sports’ The Bench podcast, Ellis insisted the finer details of a potential collaboration are something of a mystery to him and the 13 other Super League club stewards.

“We’re all putting our hard-earned money into the clubs…we’ve all come in and all want to be part of growing the game,” Ellis said. “The NRL, we need to just know the deal, it’s as simple as that – what is the deal?

“[It’s] 100 percent speculation. I’ve been a bit surprised, if I’m honest, that we don’t know a bit more detail about it.

“Of course, if the NRL want to come in here and are willing to put big investment into the sport, help the owners out a little bit and grow the game, we need to know about it and know what the offer is.”


NRL chairman Peter V’landys met with his RFL counterpart Nigel Wood during last month’s games in Las Vegas, where Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos faced off at Allegiant Stadium ahead of an NRL double-header.

V’landys made it clear they want “complete control” of Super League and made it clear any deal must be concluded by the end of May or it would not happen at all.

Ellis believes anything which means more money for clubs and less requirement for the owners to keep dipping into their own pockets would be warmly received.

However, one of the biggest sticking points is likely to be which teams and how many would be involved in an NRL-run Super League, which expanded to 14 teams for 2026.

“If they want to come into it and inject a lot of cash and grow the sport, and getting the owners’ investment to go down, I don’t see any owner in the room who wouldn’t want that,” Ellis said.

“But we have to know what the deal is and we have to be properly informed as to what’s going on because there’s all the thing of who are the teams?

“We don’t know the teams there would be, how many teams would be in the comp – let’s get it all on the table, be honest, and see what’s best for the game.”

Super League: Wakefield's Matt Ellis calls for more detail on NRL takeover

WAKEFIELD Trinity owner Matt Ellis claims Super League's clubs are still in the dark over what a potential deal with the NRL would look like.

www.rugbyleaguehub.com

 

[Pippen94]

Thank f**k for that!

I can see your posts. I need the laugh

 

[Pippen94]

Still don't know details. Rumours still persist that NRL won't be paying

https://x.com/SteveMascord/status/2033778643772592218

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Pippen94]

Global round?!

 

[TheRam]

Sydney is max mate.
NZ
Adelaide
Fiji
Melbourne 2
Brisbane 3

Very far from saturated.

Why did you pick Fiji, are they a RL strong hold that I have never heard of over say any other Pacific Isle?

 

[TheRam]

It`ll be a funny sort of independent, Tony Mestrov has been flagged as RFL CEO, V`landys mate from racing, he`ll be doing exactly what V`landys and co. want.

Good. You say that as if it is a bad thing.

Sporting leagues should always be run like a dictatorship, not a democracy. That is the only way you get things done at a higher level and for the good of the sport and very little club self interests getting in the way. All parties going in the one direction.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Why did you pick Fiji, are they a RL strong hold that I have never heard of over say any other Pacific Isle?

Size. Population of 1 million that could sustain an NRL team from a commercial standpoint amoung other metric like a large potential talent pool.
Tonga 100k Samoa 200k , both very limited with infrastructure, commercial activity and broadcast revenue. That being said, Fiji is working towards a NSW cup side and there's no reason why that's not a good ambition for both Tonga and Samoa to work towards

 

[flippikat]

Size. Population of 1 million that could sustain an NRL team from a commercial standpoint amoung other metric like a large potential talent pool.
Tonga 100k Samoa 200k , both very limited with infrastructure, commercial activity and broadcast revenue. That being said, Fiji is working towards a NSW cup side and there's no reason why that's not a good ambition for both Tonga and Samoa to work towards

Spot on. Fiji is the only Pacific Island country with a population base & economy that could concievably house an NRL club... and it could be the base for a regional team (encompassing Samoa & Tonga) that takes trial games and/or 1 regular season game a year to Samoa or Tonga.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

Good. You say that as if it is a bad thing.

Sporting leagues should always be run like a dictatorship, not a democracy. That is the only way you get things done at a higher level and for the good of the sport and very little club self interests getting in the way. All parties going in the one direction.

Absolutely not at all, I`m a little concerned after the f**k-up at Manly but I trust V`landys judgement. Racing dudes are pretty ruthless and I like that in my administrators.

On the dictator thing, what did Bennett say, " listen to the fans too much and you`ll end-up sitting with them ", he makes a point.

 

[Wb1234]

 

[flippikat]

Will be interesting to see how this plays out - and if Dublin gets a regular game each year, whether one team will be a constant in that fixture or if it'll have a revolving roster of clubs.

 

[BossyC]

Size. Population of 1 million that could sustain an NRL team from a commercial standpoint amoung other metric like a large potential talent pool.
Tonga 100k Samoa 200k , both very limited with infrastructure, commercial activity and broadcast revenue. That being said, Fiji is working towards a NSW cup side and there's no reason why that's not a good ambition for both Tonga and Samoa to work towards

Spot on. Fiji is the only Pacific Island country with a population base & economy that could concievably house an NRL club... and it could be the base for a regional team (encompassing Samoa & Tonga) that takes trial games and/or 1 regular season game a year to Samoa or Tonga.

I know Fiji pretty well. have lived there for a period. They are absolutely Rugby Union mad! In saying that, I'm pretty sure that RL would take off there, and a Fiji side would really interest the every day Joe Blow Fijian. I once spent time in a Fijian village, (koro) called Koro Navoci in Nadi. The village next to it was where Apisai and Inosai Toga who both played for the Dragons came from and called Koro Namotomoto. I was in Koro Navoci, the day they brought the body of Apisai back for burial. While a sad day obviously, I did get to meet Changa Langlands and Chook Raper.

 

[BossyC]

Absolutely not at all, I`m a little concerned after the f**k-up at Manly but I trust V`landys judgement. Racing dudes are pretty ruthless and I like that in my administrators.

On the dictator thing, what did Bennett say, " listen to the fans too much and you`ll end-up sitting with them ", he makes a point.

Hmm. While I am not too critical of V'Landys at this time, imvho, I would rather see his position and that of Abdo, held by reputable retired ex-players, or even coaches. Candidate for the future might be Ben Elias: A Balmain Tigers legend, Elias has a "powerful business CV". He was recently mentioned as a frontrunner to take over as Chairman of the Wests Tigers following a boardroom shakeup in late 2025,
Corey Payne: A former player who successfully transitioned into the corporate world, working with major companies like Amazon, demonstrating the business acumen required for executive roles.
Luke Keary: Still playing but highlighted in the 2023 Academic Team of the Year, Keary holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Certificate IV in Small Business, positioning him for a future role in rugby league administration.
The RLPA is actively supporting this transition, with former players like Joe Galuvao and Dale Finucane working to help past players move into managerial and transition roles.

Just my opinion.

 

[Clarency2]

There is no universe in which an NRL team based in Fiji will work. They can't get sufficient revenue from international matches- and we are expecting people to show up on a weekly basis???