Pretty good article, its a nice window into the thoughts and worries of some of the chairman who are all looking after thier own backyard (so to speak)
Expansion is a very risky process, but to use Melbourne rebels as an example, is probably baseline useless... wrong code, wrong pathways, wrong platform, basically anything RU do, would never affect the NRL, as they arent near in any type metric that would be considered useful, that aside the injection of federal money from the png bid, has become a sure thing, and the currently favourite Perth/ Bears bid should be a no brainer, new city, heritage brand, stadium facilities, pathways, its all a great marriage of things each bid lack.
To me it's the last one, the 20th bid that I worry about, we hear its Christchurch, but all they have is the stadium, not much else, no history, no pathways, it's again gaining popularity only coz its away but also in the same country as the warriors, I mean technically a Wellington bid has the same chance or Adelaide or anywhere that has a stadium really.
