18th club, whose next?

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

That’s the other thing afl does is give priority draft picks to expansion clubs.

Gold Coast has had loads

NRL doesn't have a draft.

 

[flippikat]

NRL doesn't have a draft.

Spot on, and a draft would be utterly unworkable for the NRL too - young players would take their skills to rugby union, where they'd have more control over their career path.

Drafts only work when the draftees have no realistic alternative to take their skillset to.

 

[mongoose]

There's 1.6m people south of the Brisbane River with zero teams.

The broncos have been their team for over 30 years.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

The broncos have been their team for over 30 years.

Using that logic, the Warriors have been South Island's team for 30 years.

 

[Wb1234]

Using that logic, the Warriors have been South Island's team for 30 years.

Lmao 1000 kilometres

they are not the same

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Lmao 1000 kilometres

they are not the same

Warriors have played more home games on the South Island than the Broncos have held south of the Brisbane River since 2003.

In both cases they were the only "local" team to support for 30 years.

 

[Wb1234]

Warriors have played more home games on the South Island than the Broncos have held south of the Brisbane River since 2003.

In both cases they were the only "local" team to support for 30 years.

Stop it lol

 

[Colk]

Warriors have played more home games on the South Island than the Broncos have held south of the Brisbane River since 2003.

In both cases they were the only "local" team to support for 30 years.

You’re really stretching that logic. You know as we all do that a southern Brisbane team won’t be playing in a southern Brisbane stadium.

Christchurch or a team on another island in this case is a bit different to a side in the same city.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

You’re really stretching that logic. You know as we all do that a southern Brisbane team won’t be playing in a southern Brisbane stadium.

Christchurch or a team on another island in this case is a bit different to a side in the same city.

Does Christchurch have the population and infrastructure to support a team?

 

[Wb1234]

Does Christchurch have the population and infrastructure to support a team?

Stadium

population and business support will be obviously less than wahs

crusaders have managed to be most successful union side in super rugby

 

[flippikat]

Does Christchurch have the population and infrastructure to support a team?

As far as sponsors go, I imagine that some would be competing brands - eg McDonald's or KFC sponsoring NZ 2 to counter Wendy's sponsoring the Warriors.. Spark or 2 Degrees to counter OneNZ.. etc etc.

As far as playing infrastructure goes, the new stadium construction is coming along just fine - still on budget & on schedule for 2026. The roof will be a really unique feature, and the atmosphere for the Warriors Christchurch game that year will be amazing.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

As far as sponsors go, I imagine that some would be competing brands - eg McDonald's or KFC sponsoring NZ 2 to counter Wendy's sponsoring the Warriors.. Spark or 2 Degrees to counter OneNZ.. etc etc.

As far as playing infrastructure goes, the new stadium construction is coming along just fine - still on budget & on schedule for 2026. The roof will be a really unique feature, and the atmosphere for the Warriors Christchurch game that year will be amazing.

Christchurch will have a good stadium. The big question is how much support can they generate in an RU city that has just 300k people?

 

[Wb1234]

Christchurch will have a good stadium. The big question is how much support can they generate in an RU city that has just 300k people?

Did you see ? We are on the verge of a second Cuban missile crisis lol

no jfk around this time to save the world either

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Did you see ? We are on the verge of a second Cuban missile crisis lol

no jfk around this time to save the world either

Where did you hear this?

 

[Wb1234]

Where did you hear this?

 

[Perth Red]

Did you see ? We are on the verge of a second Cuban missile crisis lol

no jfk around this time to save the world either

Wtf has that got to do with nz2?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Yeah, and?

America does this sort of crap all the time around the world. If they're going to whinge about Russia doing it then they are the world's biggest hypocrites.

 

[Wb1234]

Yeah, and?

America does this sort of crap all the time around the world. If they're going to whinge about Russia doing it then they are the world's biggest hypocrites.

They did whinge last time and came within an inch of a nuke war.

The Russian troops in Cuba were armed with frogs) with orders to fire on Florida

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

They did whinge last time and came within an inch of a nuke war.

The Russian troops in Cuba were armed with frogs) with orders to fire on Florida

Nothing will come out of it. America is a gutless country.

 

[Vlad59]

The morons are still dominating this tread with irrelevant crap and the mods sit on their hands and do absolutely nothing about it.