18th club, whose next?

[shewi6]

I would like to see the Broncos build their average crowd up into the 40s and Dolphins close to 30k before a 3rd team comes in. If by 2030 that is occurring and it really should be, then sure, bring in Brisbane 3 - Logan/Ipswich or wherever. People on here are obsessed with turning Brisbane into Sydney, it's just not necessary.

Yeh exactly, the broncos are getting there and just need to keep it going.
The dolphins need a minimum of a decade of free air to build to that and need to give up the kayo games or they will always be on the back foot and not truly seen as a brisbane club.

By 2032 suncorp will have gone through a major redevelopment and will probably be 60k+ capacity so there will still be room for nrl growth in brisbane without an extra team.

If they are to get an extra team then sure base them west/south west to create a point of difference but call them 'brisbane' with all games at suncorp, not some small suburb.
We need a 3rd team to be a brisbane club and not a brisbane suburban club.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Sounds like a stupid compromise mindset

Really just keeping Norths junior district alive long enough for Perth to be able to produce their own. Fairly pragmatic

 

[Iamback]

Perth bid hoping Bears talks and Roosters supremo will help gazump PNG push for licence​

Marriage of expedience: Politis, Bears in bed with Perth to push expansion case

The NRL’s expansion road map has taken a turn, with a Perth consortium hoping to leapfrog Papua New Guinea’s bid – and it’s got Nick Politis in its corner.

amp.smh.com.au

So players not in NRL go and play locally... That will ensure they run bottom 4 almost every year

 

[Iamback]

Time for the bears to pucker up to Cumins.

Politis will laugh at the plan as it stands

 

[Perth Red]

This place has gone very quiet now that SMH article has come out.

I think what is really clear is that no decisions on who and how in Perth have been made but ultimately it will come down to the cumins consortium to decide who they want to partner with, if anyone.

hate to say I told you so lol

 

[Iamback]

I think what is really clear is that no decisions on who and how in Perth have been made but ultimately it will come down to the cumins consortium to decide who they want to partner with, if anyone.

hate to say I told you so lol

You honestly think that the clubs and NRL will allow a Perth team who's plan is to put excess players into a 3rd rate competition over the QCup or NSW Cup is going to get in?

 

[Bukowski]

You honestly think that the clubs and NRL will allow a Perth team who's plan is to put excess players into a 3rd rate competition over the QCup or NSW Cup is going to get in?

No, they'll be told to send them over east, unless the national reserve grade is up and running.

 

[Iamback]

No, they'll be told to send them over east, unless the national reserve grade is up and running.

And when they get a few injuries. What players do they call up?

The side will be bottom 4 every year in that model. The clubs have to agree and won't accept a basketcase

 

[Bukowski]

And when they get a few injuries. What players do they call up?

The side will be bottom 4 every year in that model. The clubs have to agree and won't accept a basketcase

Tigers will love a basket case.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

And again where will they play? We don't need small clubs playing out of small stadiums ala sydney and kayo for that matter too.
Suncorp stadium is where brisbane nrl should be played because every brisbane team should be big enough for a stadium like that.
Everyone in brisbane and it's surrounds can get to suncorp.

If it's a huge growth corridor in the future then revisit it in the future once the growth has happened.

The other day Dolphins NRL sent me a members survey. One of the questions asked me how many Redcliffe Dolphins games I attend.

The club is too fixated on its locality. It shouldn't be playing any games at Dolphin Oval.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

So the latest seems to be PNG dead and now its the Perth Jets

Gets crazier everyday

It's all bullshit by the Sydney media aimed at the few boomers who still buy the paper. I don't take any of it seriously. I'll be surprised if we go to 20 teams, TBH.

 

[Iamback]

Tigers will love a basket case.

Then the vote ends up 18-1. No way QRL or NSWRL go for it either

 

[shewi6]

The other day Dolphins NRL sent me a members survey. One of the questions asked me how many Redcliffe Dolphins games I attend.

The club is too fixated on its locality. It shouldn't be playing any games at Dolphin Oval.

Which was a fear many people raised when redcliffe was chosen as a second Brisbane club and didn't choose to have Brisbane or even north Brisbane in the name.

A mistake imo and unless they wake up and right the wrongs of playing in a 10k stadium then they could easily waste the potential of being a second big brisbane club, especially if they have lean years like the titans.

 

[Bukowski]

Then the vote ends up 18-1. No way QRL or NSWRL go for it either

For what? Stand alone Perth sending the remaining players over east for games?

 

[Iamback]

For what? Stand alone Perth sending the remaining players over east for games?

He didn't say that.

he said excess players stay in the local comp.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

There's already that team it's called "The Dolphins"
Phins up, get on board

Don't be a hypocrite. If you think two teams is enough for Brisbane then don't argue that Sydney needs nine.

 

[Bukowski]

He didn't say that.

he said excess players stay in the local comp.

Yes. I said to you that they would be told to send players east. At least read my posts if you're replying to me

 

[docbrown]

Understand these two facts:
a) nobody on here knows what's going to happen because nobody on here is involved in the process
b) there articles are being leaked from NRL HQ themselves as part of a deliberate strategy to test public reactions on social media and to get bidders to compete more against each other so that the NRL derives the maximum value from expansion

 

[Iamback]

Yes. I said to you that they would be told to send players east. At least read my posts if you're replying to me

And when their top 30 are injured they fill the team how?

What about kids in the U17's and 19's who have school once their season finishes in May?

 

[Iamback]

Understand these two facts:
a) nobody on here knows what's going to happen because nobody on here is involved in the process
b) there articles are being leaked from NRL HQ themselves as part of a deliberate strategy to test public reactions on social media and to get bidders to compete more against each other so that the NRL derives the maximum value from expansion

I think this latest one came straight from the bid team