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  1. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    The Wellington Orcas bid to join the NRL in 07 but lost out to the Titans. Since then the Wellington RL has used the brand for their rep teams and there's been on again off again talk of another bid. The last Wellington based bid was lead by Andrew Chalmers (ex-Bradford Bulls owner and NZRL...
  2. The Great Dane

    Major expansion U-turn is needed

    It's as likely as not that both teams will be mediocre to struggling sides most of the time, especially as more teams are added to the competition. That's an aside though, the only point I was making was that it's unlikely that a second NZ side would be the instant success some believe it will be.
  3. The Great Dane

    QLD doesn't need another team

    Let's pretend I think you're genuine for a moment. A lot of your reasoning for your opinions is indefensible on face value, and the fact you're so quick to hide behind the 'it's my opinion man' defence shows you're aware of that on some level. Nobody is trying to silence you, you're not a...
  4. The Great Dane

    18th club, whose next?

    Those would be the intolerant people I was referring to.
  5. The Great Dane

    QLD doesn't need another team

    If true it's safe to ignore everything you have to say then.
  6. The Great Dane

    18th club, whose next?

    Yeah pretty much everybody has moved. Forums still have value for longform content and deep discussion though, not this particular forum, but forums in general. Twitter is surface level at best, a cesspool at worse. Instagram is even more surface level than Twitter. Facebook's demographics skew...
  7. The Great Dane

    QLD doesn't need another team

    Who's alt account do we reckon this one is?
  8. The Great Dane

    QLD doesn't need another team

    Not half as tiresome as your incessant whining that the NRL isn't the BRL.
  9. The Great Dane

    QLD doesn't need another team

    All the locations bidding now have been bidding for over decade or have had previous bids in the past. Bears, Brisbane, Perth, PNG, NZ, it's all the usual suspects without a single genuine new opportunity presenting itself in over a decade at this point. More bids have dropped away in that time...
  10. The Great Dane

    New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

    The talent pool was there until the ARU and state unions systematically redirected funding from grassroots and junior development to funding the Super sides, after that the pool got smaller with each generation. They did that under the impression that SR would be so successful that they...
  11. The Great Dane

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    A barebones temporary stadium in a bad location with shelter from the elements would still be more attractive to most than Bruce. There's lots of potential options though if the Raiders were privately funding it. It'd really just be about finding a spot where the government would support it...
  12. The Great Dane

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    I've said for a while that the Raiders should explore building a cheap or modular stadium as a stop gap until the government gets around to building the new stadium in the next couple decades. With the help of a developer and potentially the government and NRL, the Raiders could buy some decent...
  13. The Great Dane

    18th club, whose next?

    Yet another alt.
  14. The Great Dane

    Brisbane Tigers make their bid to be 18th team

    Only when it suits the narrative.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...

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