One of the things that's never spoken about is the amount of effort , money and emotion that goes into a bid. There's been plenty of solid bids from Brisbane, Central Coast, Wellington and Perth but to name a few. They put all this time, effort, money, heart and soul into something that ultimately gets rejected.. that was the Wellington story I believe, really hard to come back from that with not only the same enthusiasm but more. Very much part of the Perth story is that the NRL don't want it buried for good which is great!
My point is, I'm not surprised.
You put everything into something you have, it doesn't work..that's it.
We all like a rocky story but that's because it's the exception, not the rule.