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Because many years ago when the Bears were actually in the NRL they had many QLD players play for them and actually played the majority of their last season in Qld as North Sydney Oval wasn’t booked because the Bears thought that Bluetongue Stadium was going to be completed for the 1999 season.
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You must be rubbing a few big ones out this week.
Yeah ok. I don't agree though.
C’mon the Bears had a huge QLD and NZ following. Remember the Broncos never entered the competition until 1988 and the Auckland Warriors entered in 1995.
NRL clubs ?
And from what we`ve heard before there ain`t gonna be a lot of love in the room for P.N.G., no money in N.Z. and Bennett, Politis behind the scenes, pushing for Perth, they`ve got to be the favourites now if they can show us the money. Step up Perth backers.
Are you actually sure about that? I had a quick look and only saw 1 game at Lang Park as a home game v cowboys. Crowd of 3500.
3500 at Lang Park?
according to radio yes
And so it begins......... Interview starts at 3:00min
Chair of the Perth consortium aiming to get an NRL team, Peter Cummins has admitted his group is very eager to get the next available licence from ARLC Chairman Peter V’landys in the next couple of months.
Talk of expansion in the NRL has ramped up over the last couple of days after reports emerged that V’Landys and his commission would start taking applicants for the next NRL licence in June.
SEN’s Michelle Bishop has recently stated her extreme confidence that the 18th license would go to a Papua New Guinea-based side, leaving other hopefuls, including Perth facing a lengthy wait for another chance.
V’landys has been very vocal in his desire to see a 20-team competition, meaning that a Perth-based bid is likely to occupy one of the licenses but the timeline on those is largely unknown.
“From our point of view, sooner rather than later,” Cummins told SEN 1170 Mornings.
“But having said that, we understand that if PNG comes in first it could 19th or 20th team and that’s going to be probably a bit further away.
“As long as we have some clear direction and we’ve got the confidence to go full steam ahead, a long leading time wouldn’t be unhelpful.
“Our preference is to go sooner rather than later.
“If there’s certainty, we can wait and that’s really been the issue for us, is the uncertainty, if we’ve got certainty we can start to build pathways for our juniors, we can start to recruit players to come into Western Australia that wants to get on to the roster for a couple years from now.
“We can start doing a lot of prep work and get ourselves in a strong position.”
When asked if his consortium would accept a return on the basis of a joint venture with either the Newtown Jets or North Sydney Bears, Cummins responded: “You’re probably aware that Western Australians are very parochial, on the basis of that we feel the best result would be a Western Australian team exclusively.”
“Having said that, because we’ve been patiently waiting for such a long time, if it was a requirement to have a coalition with the Bears or the Newtown Jets or somebody we’d look at it seriously.
“Our preference is a standalone team, but we wouldn’t discount dealing or doing something with the Bears if it was the best result for Western Australia.”
An NRL team in Perth prior to 2030 is looming as an increasingly likely outcome, ending a 30+ year hiatus of a professional rugby league team in Western Australia.
“If there’s certainty, we can wait”: Perth NRL bid Chairman discusses chances of expansion in WA
"A long leading time wouldn’t be unhelpful."
Yep, theyve been saying for a long time that they just need a genuine green light. Hopefully this is it and they can now show their cards. Fingers crossed its a good business case, The WA govt puts its hand in its pocket and the backers are there. Tick those boxes and no reason we cant be club 18 or 19.
The Bears (15th) were ordinary in 1999 and the Cowboys (16th) were even worse, 17 teams in 1999 competition lol.
18th club, whose next?
Here comes the Queensland version of the postcode wars You’re probably right in that I shouldn’t have responded, but broad generalities like that one piss me off. Shows a lack of nuance, but I suppose I don’t come to LU for nuance, right?? Anyway, back to the question, is Perth a guarantee...
You posted this last year:
It`s a wealthy state, they should be a powerhouse club and an exciting addition to the NRL.
Weren't you going to quit rugby league or something if Perth got in ahead of Brisbane Tigers?
