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    Team 20 - Who? Adelaide or Queensland 5?

    If we can make it happen Adelaide should be next. Otherwise I mostly agree with that list. I’m not fully convinced that Ipswich needs a team though.
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    Team 20: This one's for the peanut gallery

    It surely has to be NZ2. Personally I think that will already be too far away. RL is seeing a surge in popularity in Australia and NZ and we’re really chipping away at union. A second NZ could be a game changer. I’m not even sure who’d I’d even consider competition for that spot. The other...
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    New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

    I don’t think this has any bearing on NZ2. It does make it seem like NZ2 is going to have to wait for PNG and Perth which means we’ll be waiting till 2030+ for a new team in NZ which is a missed opportunity IMO.
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    Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

    I think I have a few main problems with discussions like this. As I’ve mentioned previously the NRL is more cashed up now than it’s ever been in its history. Union coming to buy up all our players is no more a threat now than it has been over the past few decades. No doubt we’ll lose a few...
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    WA BEARS

    This all almost sounds too good to be true, can only hope all of what is being posted is actually real. Now we just need the people of Perth to get behind the team. Really exciting times for the the NRL at the moment.
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    WA BEARS

    May also save some money for marketing? You’re trying to encourage people in Perth to come out and watch league and people in NSW and QLD to travel over, seems there could be some overlap there.
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    Pacific Championships 2024

    Thought this was a good interview tbh. The international schedule clearly comes off as a hodge podge last minute thing that makes little sense and whilst not everyone can articulate why it does filter through to the fans. I agree with him about NZRL. I don’t know the ins and outs of who’s to...
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    Pacific Championships 2024

    One mildly successful pacific championship isn’t going to suddenly change the entire rugby league landscape in Australia. The fact that it got any positive coverage let alone for it to continue at all after the tournament finished is near unheard of for international league. It will take time...
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    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    I’m late on this discussion but just thought I’d say an upgraded Gabba makes sense. Between the lions, cricket and other events it will be well used and have plenty of big games. My problem is if it sees a hugely expensive upgrade whilst Suncorp and rectangular grounds are left out. It’s clear...
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    Next TV deal discussion 2028 -

    f**k yeah, glad to see Newcastle still getting a game we deserve it for how well we support womens sport. Can’t wait to take my daughter again.
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    Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

    I don’t think there is much to be worried about just yet, right now this thing still doesn’t really exist and at least the article I read seemed to imply the players have signed on in principle but that’s different to actually signing and jumping ship. If this does get off the ground I do think...
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    PNG's back.

    I meant the post you were responding to, I was agreeing with you. Personally I’m totally fine with how much we’re taxed though I think large corporations and the big resources companies should actually pay their fair share too. I think government spending shouldn’t always be so wasteful but...
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    New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

    Isn’t this a bit like what happened with World Series cricket? It went alright. Agree though that this never really goes well.
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    New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

    We should be less concerned about overtaking rugby and more about growing our pie. I don’t care if union keeps getting bigger, if we can get bigger crowds, bigger ratings and more juniors that’s what matters. It also helps reduce one of rugbys main advantages in the southern hemisphere if we can...
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    PNG's back.

    That sort of post isn’t worth responding. Governments spend all sorts of money on a huge amount of different things that most people wouldn’t even be aware of. This is a tiny drop in the bucket of what our government spends every year. Like I know I’ve used this before but right now in the...
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    Next TV deal discussion 2028 -

    I don’t know how RA convinces anyone to pay that much money let alone more. Even Bledisloe games ratings are absolutely f**king pathetic. If you’re not getting the World Cup you’re getting some badly rating Wallabies games and super rugby matches that rate about as well as test patterns. I...
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    Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

    The players they’re talking about poaching are also much better and in higher demand. They would have to pay a small fortune to lure Cleary across. The truth is they’ve almost bankrupted their game competing with the NRL and wasting huge amounts of money poaching our players. We’re about to...
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    Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

    This is the same rhetoric we have been hearing for decades. Here’s the simple truth if they couldn’t steal all our talent with their infamous war chest back in 2003 when the NRL was at its lowest point just about how are they going to do it now? The NRL is financially stronger than it’s ever...
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    John Grant urges NRL to add a team in Ipswich/Logan

    I grew up in Gatton and until just now I honestly didn’t realise Ipswich was considered part of Brisbane on any level. I always just thought it was a complete standalone city.
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    Pacific Championships 2024

    The whole thing is overblown. Literally no one outside of the terminally online fans gives a f**k about the players allegiances and whether or not they’ve ever swapped. It just doesn’t matter. I read these forums and generally I’m fairly up to date on this stuff and I still couldn’t care. It...

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