18th club, whose next?

[TheEroticGamer]

Can’t understand anyone picking Wellington over Christchurch. Their stadium is shithouse.

 

[MugaB]

Can’t understand anyone picking Wellington over Christchurch. Their stadium is shithouse.

Let alone either, they aren't interested in "rugbaleague" if they did theyd be playing it moreso in those areas.... base it in Hamilton, create a local derby with the warriors, then branch into Wellington and/or Christchurch if they look over the fence

 

[flippikat]

Well if we’re dreaming, next 40 Years

18.WC Pirates
19. Wellington Keas
20. South Brisbane Sabretooths
21. Adelaide Bears
22. Oceana Orcas (NZ and Fiji)
23. Darwin Crocodiles
24. PNG Hunters

I'd say...

18 WC Pirates
19 Southern Keas (Christchurch based, in new covered stadium)
20 South Brisbane Sabretooths
21 Adelaide Bears
22 Orcas (Wellington based)

Going past 22, the crystal ball gets very hazy.

 

[Marlins]

Dreaming wise. 25 teams, play each other once.
18. Perth Pirates
19. East Brisbane Sabers
20. PNG Hunters
21. South Side Magpies (South Brisbane)
22. Christchurch Bulls
23. Ipswich Jets
24. Adelaide Rams
25. Sunshine Coast Falcons

 

[Foreign Legion]

Dreaming wise. 25 teams, play each other once.
18. Perth Pirates
19. East Brisbane Sabers
20. PNG Hunters
21. South Side Magpies (South Brisbane)
22. Christchurch Bulls
23. Ipswich Jets
24. Adelaide Rams
25. Sunshine Coast Falcons

How about take those 8 teams and make a NRL (lower divison) summer comp? Play all games in the evening.

 

[Marlins]

How about take those 8 teams and make a NRL (lower divison) summer comp? Play all games in the evening.

Too hot even a nighttime.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

No love for the Western Pasifika Porcupines?

 

[titoelcolombiano]

The only markets worth considering right now are:

Perth
SEQ's Western Corridor
NZ2

In the future other markets may be ready but they aren't now. Teams 18, 19 and 20 will be Perth, SEQ and NZ

 

[RedVee_8]

Well if we’re dreaming, next 40 Years

18.WC Pirates
19. Wellington Keas
20. South Brisbane Sabretooths
21. Adelaide Bears
22. Oceana Orcas (NZ and Fiji)
23. Darwin Crocodiles
24. PNG Hunters

Swap 22 or 23 for the Honolulu Waves

 

[ash the bash]

The only markets worth considering right now are:

Perth
SEQ's Western Corridor
NZ2

In the future other markets may be ready but they aren't now. Teams 18, 19 and 20 will be Perth, SEQ and NZ

110%

PNG is a vanity project better fund junior pathways and get PM Vipers in the NSWRL. I would involve PNG in the post 20+ expansion.

 

[Brian potter]

110%

PNG is a vanity project better fund junior pathways and get PM Vipers in the NSWRL. I would involve PNG in the post 20+ expansion.

Keep both PNG teams in the Queensland cup and have the silktails joins the NSW cup.

 

[Centy Coast]

Who watched PNG v Cook Islands yesterday ?, pretty piss poor crowd at Port Moresby for a rugby league loving nation which had their own national side playing.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

PNG fans will rock up to see NRL stars.

PNG v Cook Islands is hardly a rivalry.

 

[blue bags]

110%

PNG is a vanity project better fund junior pathways and get PM Vipers in the NSWRL. I would involve PNG in the post 20+ expansion.

PNG Vipers could be located at Penrith
Penrith Vipers
New Penrith stadium as home ground

 

[Canard]

PNG fans will rock up to see NRL stars.

PNG v Cook Islands is hardly a rivalry.

If there not turning up to watch there national team, that is a worry.

We can't bullshit ourselves here.

 

[Perth Red]

Pre test: png fans will flock to rugby league and are the most fanatical in the world, they’ll,sell out a 30k stadium no problem

post test: PNG fans won’t support their national team but would an nrl team lol.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Pre test: png fans will flock to rugby league and are the most fanatical in the world, they’ll,sell out a 30k stadium no problem

post test: PNG fans won’t support their national team but would an nrl team lol.

Pre test: Perth Red is a whinging, whining brainless AFL fan.

Post test: Perth Red is a whinging, whining brainless AFL fan.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Next 2 teams in are Perth and NZ 2.
We don't know what order.

PNG is completely out of the question for many obvious reasons but the fact they couldn't sell out a small stadium With cheap tickets to see thier national team ( the best the have both home and abroad with some being NRL level) busts the 1 thing they supposedly had going for them .

Team 18 Perth, 19 NZ 2
Or team 18 NZ 2, 19 Perth.

Team 20 is an open race:
Nz3
Adelaide
Central qld
Brisbane
Sunshine Coast
Central Coast

My personal preference would be Adelaide.
This order :
2026 nz 2 out of Christchurch
Perth and Adelaide same year 2030

As for PNG, the most logical thing to do is hold annual fixtures there.
Origin period stands out for these fixtures where under strength teams playing an out of town team.
That's where it starts for PNG!

 

[MugaB]

Next 2 teams in are Perth and NZ 2.
We don't know what order.

PNG is completely out of the question for many obvious reasons but the fact they couldn't sell out a small stadium With cheap tickets to see thier national team ( the best the have both home and abroad with some being NRL level) busts the 1 thing they supposedly had going for them .

Team 18 Perth, 19 NZ 2
Or team 18 NZ 2, 19 Perth.

Team 20 is an open race:
Nz3
Adelaide
Central qld
Brisbane
Sunshine Coast
Central Coast

My personal preference would be Adelaide.
This order :
2026 nz 2 out of Christchurch
Perth and Adelaide same year 2030

As for PNG, the most logical thing to do is hold annual fixtures there.
Origin period stands out for these fixtures where under strength teams playing an out of town team.
That's where it starts for PNG!

Its funny how you think that a nothing rep game against the cook islands is somehow the "barometer" for a NRL club crowd, you're sounding awfully like the perf mob, in just dismissing the bid, over what people wouldn't even turn upto that game if was held in sydney, or brisbane... let alone png..
The big takeaway from crowds in png, is that they aren't there to see their team as much as they prefer to see the celebrities from the NRL, if you remember the aus PM13 game like a month prior, that seem to fill out, just to clear their hunters barely get crowds too.. not sure that the bid is heavily dependent on whether there's a full house at santos stadium

 

[Bukowski]

Its funny how you think that a nothing rep game against the cook islands is somehow the "barometer" for a NRL club crowd, you're sounding awfully like the perf mob, in just dismissing the bid, over what people wouldn't even turn upto that game if was held in sydney, or brisbane... let alone png..
The big takeaway from crowds in png, is that they aren't there to see their team as much as they prefer to see the celebrities from the NRL, if you remember the aus PM13 game like a month prior, that seem to fill out, just to clear their hunters barely get crowds too.. not sure that the bid is heavily dependent on whether there's a full house at santos stadium

Doesn't sound like they will get crowds to a regular club games.