18th club, whose next?

[titoelcolombiano]

I wonder what the point of having an open bid process is if they have already decided on which two cities are going to get it (with only one bid coming from each of those cities) and that club 20 will be parked till later? Team 20 wont be coming in until sometime 2030-2032. Thats 7-10 years after Dolphins. Do they need longer than that?

Yeah it's a funny one. There's been a few quotes from V'landys and Abdo that hint at the fact that a winning bid will be announced from each city with the Tigers up their sleeve if nothing suitable comes from NZ. Then they will attach a start date to each bid. E.G. Your consortium (Mr Cummins ) in 2027, Albo's PNG bid in 2028 and Christchurch / SEQ in 2030.

If NZ come up with something suitable, there will be some comment about the NRL taking a closer look at SEQ in the next round of expansion.

 

[Perth Red]

Yeah it's a funny one. There's been a few quotes from V'landys and Abdo that hint at the fact that a winning bid will be announced from each city with the Tigers up their sleeve if nothing suitable comes from NZ. Then they will attach a start date to each bid. E.G. Your consortium (Mr Cummins ) in 2027, Albo's PNG bid in 2028 and Christchurch / SEQ in 2030.

If NZ come up with something suitable, there will be some comment about the NRL taking a closer look at SEQ in the next round of expansion.

It'll be hilarious if Puddy has put in a massive bid and wins it and we get the Reds back after all this lol

 

[Wb1234]

It'll be hilarious if Puddy has put in a massive bid and wins it and we get the Reds back after all this lol

Uncle Nick and pvl

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

My concern with the PNG bid is can they sustain a team

We know they will get a 20k crowd for the big one of games

But the recent Pacific Championships showed with normal NRL gate pricing crowds disappeared

Once the novelty dies down it will be hard to see how they draw 15k paying spectators to each game.

 

[Vlad59]

Once the novelty dies down it will be hard to see how they draw 15k paying spectators to each game.

Happy potato!

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

They will be sustainable as long as they get government & sponsors to pay. Judging like Aussie teams is wrong. Which Aussie team is offered $600million over a decade by government?!

Would the Aus Gov offer $600m over a decade if it wasn't needed?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Thanx grammar police, I'll credit you in my next English exam... hahaha fkn logan potato

You're a braindead simpleton.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

People beheaded, a village burned amid brutal violence in PNG province

Violent attacks on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea's north have reportedly killed 26 people, including 16 children, while several people were forced to flee after attackers set fire to their homes, the United Nations said.

www.abc.net.au

Totally safe and secure. I guess the propaganda tour was limited to 5 star hotels in Port Moresby.

The people advocating for this proposal to go ahead are disgusting. Albo, V'landys, MugaB and WB1234 like to talk this up as if it's the greatest thing on Earth, but none of them have the guts to practice what they preach and relocate to PNG.

 

[Bukowski]

It'll be hilarious if Puddy has put in a massive bid and wins it and we get the Reds back after all this lol

Buddy still involved in the game?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Ok since your knowledge of the history of rugby league is so good, who were the two kiwi founders of rugby league in Australia ?

Which team that toured England was the Inspiration for the northern union to make their game more attractive ?

Didn't the Northern Union change the rules after the All Blacks drew large crowds around England with their swift back line ball movement?

Thry removed the flankers. Replaced the ruck and maul system with the play the ball. Replaced lineouts with scrums.

I remember an "All Golds" team travelling to England. It had one Australian player. The rest of the squad were New Zealanders.

Was it Dally Messenger who played for the All Golds?

 

[Wb1234]

Didn't the Northern Union change the rules after the All Blacks drew large crowds around England with their swift back line ball movement?

Thry removed the flankers. Replaced the ruck and maul system with the play the ball. Replaced lineouts with scrums.

I remember an "All Golds" team travelling to England. It had one Australian player. The rest of the squad were New Zealanders.

Was it Dally Messenger who played for the All Golds?

Excellent and yes. Spot on

it was the 1905 all blacks

most of whom ended up going to league after being the inspiration for the rule changes

 

[Perth Red]

Buddy still involved in the game?

no idea, couple of years ago he reckoned he had $10mill in backing to put in a bid. Haven't heard from him since.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Perth can’t raise the 30 million license fee by itself

Has this been confirmed, or is it your opinion?

 

[Wb1234]

Has this been confirmed, or is it your opinion?

Cummings told me when I saw pawned my Rolex

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

There's a gag order!!
Prior to that tigers were in media;

Bold bid for second Tigers team to enter NRL

Brisbane club shooting for 18th licence

www.google.com

I recall Shane Edwards talking with the media not long before the gag order was issued.

 

[Vlad59]

The people advocating for this proposal to go ahead are disgusting. Albo, V'landys, MugaB and WB1234 like to talk this up as if it's the greatest thing on Earth, but none of them have the guts to practice what they preach and relocate to PNG.

Potato

 

[siv]

Didn't the Northern Union change the rules after the All Blacks drew large crowds around England with their swift back line ball movement?

Yes plus some discussions with the 1902 Canadian Rugby touring team as they explained the then gridiron rules with their 11 man team, 4 downs(tackles) and healing the ball to restart a tackle

 

[Wb1234]

Yes plus some discussions with the 1902 Canadian Rugby touring team as they the then gridiron rules with their 11 man team, 4 downs(tackles) and healing the ball to restart a tackle

American football used to be like rugby league and lots of normal passes backwards

 

[Perth Red]

The people advocating for this proposal to go ahead are disgusting. Albo, V'landys, MugaB and WB1234 like to talk this up as if it's the greatest thing on Earth, but none of them have the guts to practice what they preach and relocate to PNG.

Don’t be daft, it makes perfect sense to put a club behind barbed wire in a country where people are beheading each other. How dare you question the logic of png lol.

 

[Centy Coast]

No, he's locked out the front gate with the rest of his countrymen

He will be in there but he will be the first player sacked when he gets caught sneaking his friends into the compound.