18th club, whose next?

[Wb1234]

that trip on kumul1 sure has paid off in good publicity for the png bid

maybe Cummings should fly some journos over and give them a tour of his cash converters shops

 

[RedVee]

So if a local PNG based player graduates to the NRL squad, does he get to move into the beach side compound?

 

[Wb1234]

So if a local PNG based player graduates to the NRL squad, does he get to move into the beach side compound?

Good question

They haven’t thought about that bit yet

imagine making it only available for non png players

 

[MugaB]

The Maroon Observer= This week in Expansion BS

• Why a 20-team NRL competition solves rugby league’s biggest problems. Andrew Webster with his usual passing shot at being thought provoking without quite sticking the landing. Mostly I dispute “Yes, Redcliffe is directly north of Brisbane, not part of Brisbane” because that’s not how cities actually work and equivalent to saying Parramatta is not part of Sydney. However, I too am in favour of a shorter draw but even with Abdo talking about how the NRL are open to ideas, I just don’t see the broadcasters wrapping their heads around the season being full of dreck that can be replaced without losing much other than generic NRL-branded content. They will want their cut and in a 19 round season, you’re giving up a Broncos-Cowboys and Broncos-Dolphins, which would be like giving up an (low rating) Origin game in terms of total viewers. Alternatively, with four divisions of five, you’d play everyone in-division home and away and everyone else once for a total schedule of 23 rounds (or only two opposing divisions on a rotating basis for 18 rounds)..
• Has Origin revealed a glaring issue in the NRL expansion debate? Short answer is ‘no’ and the longer answer is ‘admitting the Easts Tigers to the NRL does not improve the pathway to Origin for Queenslanders’. The question posed is ‘who are the youngsters coming through?’ to which my response is Reece Walsh is 22 years old and his successor is probably only 12 or 13 years old. It would be deeply weird if you knew who that was. Anyway, the biggest issue with the Tigers’ bid is that it fails to give us a really compelling reason to admit them that the Dolphins don’t already address. A huge potential fanbase whose needs aren’t being met by the NRL would be ideal but seems unlikely to emerge at this stage. Being the fifth NRL North team though, that has legs.
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• The one CRISIS that the NRL overlooked with Perth Bears and PNG (bringing in a team in black, red and white, followed by a team in black, red and gold).

 

[Pippen94]

The Maroon Observer= This week in Expansion BS

• Why a 20-team NRL competition solves rugby league’s biggest problems. Andrew Webster with his usual passing shot at being thought provoking without quite sticking the landing. Mostly I dispute “Yes, Redcliffe is directly north of Brisbane, not part of Brisbane” because that’s not how cities actually work and equivalent to saying Parramatta is not part of Sydney. However, I too am in favour of a shorter draw but even with Abdo talking about how the NRL are open to ideas, I just don’t see the broadcasters wrapping their heads around the season being full of dreck that can be replaced without losing much other than generic NRL-branded content. They will want their cut and in a 19 round season, you’re giving up a Broncos-Cowboys and Broncos-Dolphins, which would be like giving up an (low rating) Origin game in terms of total viewers. Alternatively, with four divisions of five, you’d play everyone in-division home and away and everyone else once for a total schedule of 23 rounds (or only two opposing divisions on a rotating basis for 18 rounds)..
• Has Origin revealed a glaring issue in the NRL expansion debate? Short answer is ‘no’ and the longer answer is ‘admitting the Easts Tigers to the NRL does not improve the pathway to Origin for Queenslanders’. The question posed is ‘who are the youngsters coming through?’ to which my response is Reece Walsh is 22 years old and his successor is probably only 12 or 13 years old. It would be deeply weird if you knew who that was. Anyway, the biggest issue with the Tigers’ bid is that it fails to give us a really compelling reason to admit them that the Dolphins don’t already address. A huge potential fanbase whose needs aren’t being met by the NRL would be ideal but seems unlikely to emerge at this stage. Being the fifth NRL North team though, that has legs.
• 
  
• The one CRISIS that the NRL overlooked with Perth Bears and PNG (bringing in a team in black, red and white, followed by a team in black, red and gold).

Colour clash is real issue.
When did east tigers become Logan / Ipswich?!

 

[Perth Red]

not really. Perth (if bears) predominantly red and black, PNG predominantly yellow and red. no clash at all.

 

[BuffaloRules]

that trip on kumul1 sure has paid off in good publicity for the png bid

maybe Cummings should fly some journos over and give them a tour of his cash converters shops

The bus taking them between the shops could be called Pawn 1,,,

Get a guy in a panther suit driving the bus like that cartoon