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Haha I’ve learnt never to be surprised at the weak, cowardly and myopic nature of rugby league leadership!
WA agreed, though that won’t happen for decades, if ever. Putting a third team into brisbane before anywhere else would be like afl putting another team in perth when it still didn’t have any in Sydney or qlnd!
It’d still be playing it safe with ”expansion” into heartland rather than investing in growing new markets, population size doesn’t matter in this argument, it’s ablut do you add more to an already existing market or do you invest in growing new markets. Adding a third brisbane team before perth or nz2 would be the ultimate in conservative myopic thinking, probably why vlandys will do it!
Current estimate is 2.125 million for perth, add in the outer areas like bunbury and Busselton and you are around 2.3million.
www.abs.gov.au
Current estimate is 2.125 million for perth, add in the outer areas like bunbury and Busselton and you are around 2.3million.
adelaide 1.4mill
Regional population, 2022-23 financial year
Statistics about the population and components of change (births, deaths, migration) for Australia's capital cities and regions
Do you think that Central Coast is the NRL's Tasmania? I really can't ever see us going to the Central Coast unless it's a relocation. Central Coast has 100k more in population than Hobart and AFL clubs are more expensive to run.
If you’re going to talk about se qlnd then only fair to compare apples to apples and consider SW WA. We are used to big distances, everything is close by if its less than 5 hours drive lol
It’s not, hence why they still haven’t gone there. Tassie govt is willing to chuck millions at it but that doesn’t seem sustainable. It’s a lot of risk for little reward for the afl. They continue to plactate the tassie govt so they continue to pay the Hawks millions to take some games there.
So The main thing going for Adelaide is it’s $100 each way cheaper to get there? Short bid applicationIf that's meant for me... I'm very aware of the state of RL in these states. And Perth has a very strong local league, credit to em.
But I also know Geography.
Adelaide may have a comparatively tiny juniors comp to Perth, and good on Perth for what they've done. But there is a potential for increase of the domestic comp in SA - as likely or unlikely that is. And what we've seen with Melbourne - juniors don't necessarily matter anyway.
What there is no potential for is Perth to get any closer to the east coast of Australia. or New Zealand for that matter. It's stuck there. Forever. With all the travel and costs that go with it - for each and every team in a future competition involving it.
For all the good work Perth might be doing locally - it's the enormous Achilles heel they will never be able to shake. Other Australian sports codes have teams there yeah - but they also have much smaller squad sizes to shift around - with sports that are "developed" within WA.
As I've said above - I do think Perth is in the box seat if the NRL brains it financially in the next 2,3 years. But there needs to be a huge ROI to overcome the costs. There is a strong case for Perth. But you don't have a mortgage on it. Mainly because you are here..
www.news.com.au
Johns put forward the idea of the 18th team being a “Pacific nation side”, arguing it would be a way to harness the large number of talented rugby league players who have Pacific Island heritage.
“They’re talking about an 18th team,” he told SEN on Friday.
“Obviously, they can’t rush into it, but you can’t stay at 17 teams, 18 is the number.
“I think in some way, shape or form it (the 18th team) should be a Pacific nation side.
“It allows you to shore up that crucial area, it’s one of the heartlands of the game now as far as recruitment is concerned.
“Think of the side you could get out of Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Cook Islands.”
Johns said there are several potential locations where a Pacific team could be based, including Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
“The nation that has got miles of money as far as oil money is concerned is Papua New Guinea,” he said.
Matty Johns’ left-field idea for 18th NRL team
Newcastle Knights legend Matty Johns has proposed a left-field idea for a potential 18th NRL franchise, just days after the competition was expanded to 17 teams.
Our game is so far behind. We should have had a 2nd Brisbane team and one in Perth 20 years ago, with NZ 2 and Adelaide added within the last 10 years.
Johns put forward the idea of the 18th team being a “Pacific nation side”, arguing it would be a way to harness the large number of talented rugby league players who have Pacific Island heritage.
“They’re talking about an 18th team,” he told SEN on Friday.
“Obviously, they can’t rush into it, but you can’t stay at 17 teams, 18 is the number.
“I think in some way, shape or form it (the 18th team) should be a Pacific nation side.
“It allows you to shore up that crucial area, it’s one of the heartlands of the game now as far as recruitment is concerned.
“Think of the side you could get out of Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Cook Islands.”
Johns said there are several potential locations where a Pacific team could be based, including Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
“The nation that has got miles of money as far as oil money is concerned is Papua New Guinea,” he said.
Matty Johns’ left-field idea for 18th NRL team
Newcastle Knights legend Matty Johns has proposed a left-field idea for a potential 18th NRL franchise, just days after the competition was expanded to 17 teams.
