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  1. The Great Dane

    18th club, whose next?

    Yet another alt.
  2. The Great Dane

    Brisbane Tigers make their bid to be 18th team

    Only when it suits the narrative.
  3. The Great Dane

    18th club, whose next?

    Yeah because humans are famous for their ability to adapt to radical changes in climate in a week LOL.
  4. The Great Dane

    South Island Kea

    Their liberal use of AI art is hilariously amateur hour. This one got me chuckling in particular- Gotta love those Canterbury X Adidas collaborations lol.
  5. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    You say that, but who knows how South Africa's societal issues will impact RU going forward. So far their struggles have benefited RU as they've both been used as a political tool and benefited from corruption that has seen increased investment into their sport. One area where they've seen huge...
  6. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    How's that theory worked out for stadium spending or public investment into private facilities for multimillion dollar professional sports clubs. . . I mean all that money is just going to be spent on infrastructure anyway right... Let's put it this way; the LNP would have to be the most...
  7. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    The reality is that a lot of what Nelson Mandela stood for has catastrophically failed in practice, but the mainstream simply isn't ready for that discussion yet. You don't need NRL sides based in Africa to recruit African players, if anything the current situation might make it easier to...
  8. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    In the past the Raiders have been known to do a thing where instead of a traditional sponsorship deal they'll get a sponsor to buy a few thousand memberships and distribute them to their employees in exchange for promotional activities. IDK for sure, but maybe the Warriors are doing similar...
  9. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    Unironically yes. There's been a massive flight out of South Africa in the last few decades. Most are heading to the usual suspects, the US, UK, Canada, and yes Australia. It'd be fascinating to see what rate of South Africans are emigrating to the Netherlands.
  10. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    Mate things have seriously deteriorated in the 30 years since the fall of apartheid. Chronic corruption across the board, significantly widening income inequality, significant increases in violent crime and organised crime across the board. Rule of law has deteriorated in most of the country...
  11. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    As it is South Africa is basically a failed state and things are deteriorating so badly there that it may not even exist in 2040. They're a single bad election from complete anarchy or a civil war, and corruption is tearing what's left of their society apart even if it doesn't completely...
  12. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

  13. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    Highly unlikely is an understatement. . . It's a deluded fantasy to suggest it's even possible. Unless something has changed recently all the NZ SR sides are at least part owned by the local provincial RU. Most are majority owned by them, from memory the Crusaders (or maybe it was Chiefs) and...
  14. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    I'm still not convinced that a second NZ side will be the slam dunk many are convinced it will be. I'm certainly not opposed to the idea, in fact I think NRL will probably never get a better chance to launch NZ2 than now and fully support them entering the competition next. At the same time I...
  15. The Great Dane

    New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

    I genuinely can't tell if you're being serious.
  16. The Great Dane

    2024 Jerseys, Sponsorship, Logos discussion etc

    I said something of substance. . . Raising a few grand in a charity auction isn't something of substance. Giving them a solid percentage of sales, a genuine platform to promote themselves and what they do, and the freedom and help to collect donations at the ground and during the broadcast as...
  17. The Great Dane

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    Hate to have to be the realist in the room, but it's not particularly promising at all. The Liberals aren't getting in, so you can throw any talk of Civic straight in the bin. There's nowhere in Civic to build a 30k stadium anyway, not without investing hundreds of millions into tunnelling and...
  18. The Great Dane

    2024 Jerseys, Sponsorship, Logos discussion etc

    When was the last time a club's 'community based initiative/civic based' actually did anything of substance to support their cause? Like when was the last time an e.g. Indigenous round raised real money for charities that actually do something other than "raise awareness". The honest answer is...
  19. The Great Dane

    New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

    Origin attracts it's audience in a completely different way than internationals, or it did at least. Heritage rules and other nonsense are slowly f**king it up as well. The old boys club in NSW simply don't understand it like the Queenslanders do. You didn't actually read my post did you...
  20. The Great Dane

    PNG's back.

    All of them sound like long term relationships until the club sends over some donated jerseys and balls and calls it job done.
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