18th club, whose next?

[Brian potter]

How funny would it be if orange man bad pulled the plug on the Washington aggression against Beijing policy.

highly doubtful unfortunately but anything is possible in this crazy election cycle.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Four corners forum Potplant.

The expansion forum is for reasonable, rational discussion.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Team 18 from Croatia.

The Zagreb Zebras.

Team colours blue and gold.

 

[Brian potter]

Team 18 from Croatia.

The Zagreb Zebras.

Team colours blue and gold.

Expansion forum is for reasonable and rational discussion.

 

[MugaB]

Team 18 from Croatia.

The Zagreb Zebras.

Team colours blue and gold.

Too many blue teams in the NRL, black and white is better

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Too many blue teams in the NRL, black and white is better

Not sure what zebras you're looking at. Maybe red, yellow and black then.

 

[Pippen94]

It's about China
And Joe Biden

Both sides of politics have issues with china

 

[Pippen94]

I'll never trust the PNG and Aus Gov to do the right thing by our game.

Nor do I think it's possible for the tribal violence that's rampant in PNG's culture to not find its way into the fanbase of an NRL club that's based in Port Moresby.

I don't give a f**k if that's "racist". It is what it is and no amount of denying it will make it disappear.

What have the PNG Hunters done for RL in PNG?

When they entered the Queensland Cup it was believed they would provide a pathway for players from the PNGRFL competition to progress to the NRL. Just one player has progressed to the NRL over the last decade. After their premiership they've failed to make the finals.

Poor infrastructure, poverty and tribalism make it hard for talent from the regions to find a club go play for and near impossible to get noticed by talent scouts. Each area is held by tribes who go to war with one another for the smallest of reasons. Sometimes their disputes end in bloodshed. It's one of the reasons there aren't many roads connecting the different settlements to one another.

An NRL team based in Port Moresby isn't going to fix all of these problems. The amount of money it will cost to connect the villages and cities via road and provide them with amenities, such as running water and electricity, will be in the billions.

Malnourishment doesn't help the kids from poverty stricken regional villages develop the physical attributes required to compete with 6'0" players in the NRL. It'll take decades, multiple generations and billions of dollars in aid to correct all of these problems.

How did they win Qld cup?!

 

[Pippen94]

And yet here we are lol, now do you remember our bet?

any more wrong predictions about png we should be ignoring from you?

I remember somebody saying Perth bears was worst possible outcome!!

 

[MugaB]

Not sure what zebras you're looking at. Maybe red, yellow and black then.

Thems the colors of the WA pirates, surely we can't use those

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Thems the colors of the WA pirates, surely we can't use those

You're really starting to crumble my cookies.

What about white and ivory? Alternate strip beige and cream?

 

[MugaB]

You're really starting to crumble my cookies.

What about white and ivory? Alternate strip beige and cream?

Off white and bone is alternate, can use those for the away, shouldn't clash with anyone lol, besides zebras are a black horse with white stripes, just like the accursed Porcupine

 

[Wb1234]

Off white and bone is alternate, can use those for the away, shouldn't clash with anyone lol, besides zebras are a black horse with white stripes, just like the accursed Porcupine

What about a variation of green

nrl needs one good side in them colours

 

[AlwaysGreen]

What about a variation of green

nrl needs one good side in them colours

What about red and white, with a large white water bird as the mascot?

 

[Perth Red]

C'mon PR you also said some things about Perth being the 17th, some time back, aswell as no bears, now it's looking like it's 18th and bears, I've always said bears are involved in one of these next 3, but thought they'd go it alone in either Adelaide or Vic2, ....Perth seems to be a winning choice

To be fair, that was all that was reported at the time, and there wasn't much to go on other than albo wanted a pacifika team based in Cairns owned by/run by the papuan govt, all that changed when centys mate Olam suggested only a team based in PNG would make the difference, with Bennett echoing the same thoughts, that and the Cowboys extremely salty with a new team on their turf,...
otherwise that team would have still been set up there regardless, and I was right about the Bears, maybe not the order but definitely that the arlc want them as one if the next 3, I hope Perth does well, and congrats for sticking it out PR, you've coped a lot of hate for no brainer nrl team on the West Coast that in my opinion should never have been burnt some 26 years ago.. also good to see interest in the game regardless of where these new expansion clubs are, and a bonus for the Perth club is they might get that 60 mil as part of the licence fee when albo hand over that cash

my point exactly, dont state journo speculation as fact then claim how visionary you are when 10% of them come true!

 

[Perth Red]

I remember somebody saying Perth bears was worst possible outcome!!

It may well be yet. Only time will tell.

 

[Iamback]

how is having an nrl team going to keep millions of kids in school? im not sure the threat of 0.0000001% of them not being able to play nrl in 10 years time is going to get your avg ten year old living in poverty to go to the local school is it?

It depends what the govt aim is but lets use the standard of having 60-100 kids on academy schloarship.

Most over here get $1000 or so, The aim would be that that money allows kids to go to school not work. Then you have this resort and other assets that need staff

30,000 kids graduate school over there, Is getting that to 35k what the aim is.

again not going to get the country perfect but improve it over time

 

[Wb1234]

Perffff Jettttssss