18th club, whose next?

[RedVee]

90k origin in Melbourne

20 team comp

No other sport is relevant lol

Today’s Tele suggests the crowd makeup was 30k visitors & 60k from within Victoria.

That great result may add confidence to those supporting an AFL State to supply the 18th team.

 

[Centy Coast]

Bears & PNG are framing for next two. Tigers, south island & Fiji to follow.

I’d myself would have the Brisbane Tigers before any overseas teams, the Auckland/NZ Warriors were/are enough for me.
There are only two things standing in the Brisbane Tigers way
1).The Dolphins recent entry into the NRL.
2).The Tigers brand is already taken.
Unfortunately these are the very reasons that could see the Tigers lose out to either NZ2 or PNG.

 

[Perth Red]

You only have to read the last two comments from Bears and Jets to see which way its likely to go. If Jets can put some big $'s on the table with a new jnr pathway system and little by way of demand then why wouldnt Perth choose them over Bears who seem to be far more demanding in their expectations and control of the perth club?

recent reports have both the perth bid and WA govt keen to go it alone so it may well be no partnerships. If the perth bid and wa govt can put forward a strong bid stand alone then presumably the NRL isnt going to walk away from Perth.

End of day a Perth club is about growing RL in WA, not resurrecting some long lost dead sydney brand.

Be interesting to hear how this weeks meetings have gone between the parties

 

[BuffaloRules]

You only have to read the last two comments from Bears and Jets to see which way its likely to go. If Jets can put some big $'s on the table with a new jnr pathway system and little by way of demand then why wouldnt Perth choose them over Bears who seem to be far more demanding in their expectations and control of the perth club?

recent reports have both the perth bid and WA govt keen to go it alone so it may well be no-one. If the perth bid and wa govt can put forward a strong bid stand alone then presumably the NRL isnt going to walk away from Perth.

End of day a Perth club is about growing RL in WA, not resurrecting some long lost dead sydney brand.

Be interesting to hear how this weeks meetings have gone between the parties

Billy Moore has changed his tune …that’s for sure ..I think he might have overplayed his hand with some of the comments he made throughout this process ..and he can now see the opportunity receding and he will miss the boat…

Im kinda hoping that Perth goes it alone now ..it’s obviously their preferred option… so the people actually prepared to put their dollars in should get what they want at the end of the day

 

[Wb1234]

Billy Moore has changed his tune …that’s for sure ..I think he might have overplayed his hand with some of the comments he made throughout this process ..and he can now see the opportunity receding and he will miss the boat…

Im kinda hoping that Perth goes it alone now ..it’s obviously their preferred option… so the people actually prepared to put their dollars in should get what they want at the end of the day

Tbh Billy more kinda creeps me out

wish he wasn’t involved

 

[Matt_CBY]

Whatever branding the Perth team ends up, I hope the major sponsor is not cash converters.

That would be just as embarrassing as the time Souths were sponsored by TV Week.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Whatever branding the Perth team ends up, I hope the major sponsor is not cash converters.

That would be just as embarrassing as the time Souths were sponsored by TV Week.

It will be Cash Converters and one of the betting apps as major sponsors… they can offer a joint promotion when you take your watch down to get some betting money for the weekend races ..

 

[Centy Coast]

It will be Cash Converters and one of the betting apps as major sponsors… they can offer a joint promotion when you take your watch down to get some betting money for the weekend races ..

I thought I heard that all sporting sponsorship by gambling agencies was legally coming to an end in the next few years ?.

 

[blue bags]

I thought I heard that all sporting sponsorship by gambling agencies was legally coming to an end in the next few years ?.

Yes they are trying to Ween off them

 

[RedVee]

I thought I heard that all sporting sponsorship by gambling agencies was legally coming to an end in the next few years ?.

Yes I think he was joking

 

[blue bags]

Yes I think he was joking

No he is not

 

[Perth Red]

Anyone able to cut and paste?

WA premier Roger Cook is hopeful WA succeeds in its NRL expansion push. Western Australia's bid for a seat at the National Rugby League table appears to be gaining momentum, following Wednesday's Australian Rugby League Commission meeting

Premier backs NRL expansion push

Western Australia’s bid for a seat at the National Rugby League table appears to be gaining momentum, following Wednesday’s Australian Rugby League Commission meeting.

www.businessnews.com.au

 

[BuffaloRules]

Wasn’t Cumins meeting with the Bears today ? Any news about that ?

 

[Centy Coast]

Anyone able to cut and paste?

WA premier Roger Cook is hopeful WA succeeds in its NRL expansion push. Western Australia's bid for a seat at the National Rugby League table appears to be gaining momentum, following Wednesday's Australian Rugby League Commission meeting

Premier backs NRL expansion push

Western Australia’s bid for a seat at the National Rugby League table appears to be gaining momentum, following Wednesday’s Australian Rugby League Commission meeting.

www.businessnews.com.au

Everything that came from yesterdays meeting we knew weeks ago, the only difference is that it has just been officially confirmed.

 

[Maximus]

It's biased bullshit aimed at selling papers to boomers from Sydney.

wb is a boomer so seems like it is working.

 

[Wb1234]

think the storm can make a real push from here to really get a much bigger chunk of the vic sporting market

the fact 60k victorians showed up is very positive the storm can get some of them coming to games more regularly

origin in Perth will do the same for Perth nrl team

and why eden park should get a. Origin even though the negotiations for 2027 have hit a snag

 

[titoelcolombiano]

That sums up every expansion article about the Bears over the last 20 years. At least one or two a year are published by the Sydney papers. All of them have turned out to be bullshit and were aimed at gullible sad f**ks like you.



You're on here responding to every post that is critical of the Bears. It's obvious you cannot stand anyone who does not share your biased opinion about the Bears.

Imagine when the bears get back in, the annual article will become... bring the bears back to Sydney

 

[blue bags]

Wasn’t Cumins meeting with the Bears today ? Any news about that ?

Yes. New reaffirmed commitment bringing On the partnership of Perth and Bear's

 

[Matt_CBY]

“
Nearly a dozen consortiums have contacted head office to flag their interest in joining the premiership as the ARL Commission declares its doors are open to expansion hopefuls over the next month.”

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-expansion-john-singletons-fresh-push-for-perth-jets-as-dday-looms/news-story/7da0c0deb776d476251e690eba142b1f?amp

 

[Wb1234]

Nobody here has even talked about the Fiji bid

international expansion just isn’t sexy to these “expansionists”