18th club, whose next?

[Vibing]

It’s rugby league, I absolutely can! Nsw bears, another brisbane team and a basket case pacifica side. So rugba league lol.

 

[Pneuma]

I don’t think the png players will need to use google to find their home ground

just a hunch

He is getting desperate

 

[Wb1234]

He is getting desperate

What a weekend for rugby league hey ?

im buzzing

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Wouldn't New Caledonia be a better candidate to host a Pacific XIII club?

New Caledonia is a French Territory just east of Queensland. The FFRXIII are bidding for a licence in the Queensland Cup. It's one of the most beautiful tropical destinations in the world and isn't ravaged by the poverty and violence that makes PNG an unviable destination. The GDP per capita for New Caledonia is $37k USD -- compared to PNG's $3k. NRL games are broadcast on FTA in New Caledonia.


New Caledonia is a place that people would actually enjoy visiting for a holiday.

 

[Perth Red]

Nah Rarotonga, beautiful place, great cheesecake and players can do laps of the island to get fit. It’s an obvious choice to place a png
nrl club.

 

[Wb1234]

Nah Rarotonga, beautiful place, great cheesecake and players can do laps of the island to get fit. It’s an obvious choice to place a png
nrl club.

What a great weekend this has been for rugby league fans

my commiserations to you I don’t know how you coped with the news

 

[Perth Red]

What a great weekend this has been for rugby league fans

my commiserations to you I don’t know how you coped with the news

Was going really sht until Salford hammered hull fc, now the weekend not so bad. Then the wa govt comes out today and states they are in discussions with the nrl and the pirates, happy days,

 

[Wb1234]

Was going really sht until Salford hammered hull fc, now the weekend not so bad. Then the wa govt comes out today and states they are in discussions with the nrl and the pirates, happy days,

Yeh I can tell by your posts you are buzzing

 

[Foreign Legion]

Time to reincarnate the Hunter Mariners into the Pasifika Mariners

 

[Perth Red]

Yeh I can tell by your posts you are buzzing

This is happy for me

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

NRL will become chess tournament

The players will be Bill Lawry's pigeons. SportsTab will make a fortune on it.

 

[Perth Red]

And hear come the clubs. Souths and tigers bleeting about expansion and player depth and livermore saying no to cairns.

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[bad boy bubby]

Split Cronulla and Sutherland, it's the only true way forward.

 

[AdelaideRLFC]

18th and 19th club is either Adelaide or Perth. 20th can be the 2nd Vic team (Melbourne Bears maybe?).

Melbourne has all the resources for a relocated team to thrive, and having a derby would be great for the tribalism/growth of the game in the state.

 

[Pippen94]

And hear come the clubs. Souths and tigers bleeting about expansion and player depth and livermore saying no to cairns.

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Why is tigers chairman dressed like 1930's detective?!

 

[Pippen94]

18th and 19th club is either Adelaide or Perth. 20th can be the 2nd Vic team (Melbourne Bears maybe?).

Melbourne has all the resources for a relocated team to thrive, and having a derby would be great for the tribalism/growth of the game in the state.

We're probably getting pasifika, Ipswich & maybe central qld. Wa govt hosting press conference in panic because they think pasifika stole their spot is amusing..

 

[MugaB]

I don’t know about a combined PNG/PI team, all seems abit silly. The Hunters based in Cairns has some merit. If the Government coughed up for a new 15k-20k stadium in cairns it would be great for the region and League in general. 50/50 split home games between Cairns & Port Moresby. The traveling would be a killer though. But if both governments want it to happen (Aus/PNG) and are willing to spend some coin on RL, I say go for it.

Thats been the plan for a while, just now they've schlept in the pasifika angle

 

[flippikat]

It’s a thought bubble article. The only solid takeaways are that there is a goal for the NRL to get to 20 teams with 10 years or so and that the Australian government is trying to improve ties with PNG through the NRL. The when and where of actual franchises is iffy.

But you’ve got Perth, New Zealand 2, PNG, Pacifika, Bears, Firehawks and Jets all trying to get one of those 3 spots. It’s a good way to get competitive tension in the bidding process because after 20 who knows if they’ll expand again.

So we do "1995 on Steroids" and add all 7 at once to go to 24 teams?!?

 

[Wb1234]

Png overtaking Perth and nz2

all because of China

 

[Pippen94]

Png overtaking Perth and nz2

all because of China

Wa govt having emergency presser after news broke pasifika is 18th is funny