18th club, whose next?

[titoelcolombiano]

Presuming all 11 EoI's translate into submitted bids I wonder where they are from?

Likely:
Perth Bears
PNG
Easts
Jets
Kea
South Island

Rumored:
Fiji
Christchurch3

that leaves 4 smokies!

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere there were 5 NZ bids

 

[final say]

Settle petal

Thought so, drunk again.

 

[Vlad59]

Thought so, drunk again.

Really? Then get help. Maybe lying is the least of your problems?

 

[titoelcolombiano]

WC pirates
Adelaide Bears
NZ2

Then Brisbane3, Melbourne2

A 20 year expansion strategy.

that would have been the ideal outcome if the NRL wasnt so weak and actually backed itself to grow our game.

Whilst AFL throws $300mill at making sure Tassie Devils are a success NRL will leave it to the the NS Bears to try and make Perth work. sigh.

Yawn, NRL will be in 7 of the top 8 markets in AUS/NZ... AFL 5.

Sydney
Melbourne
Perth
Auckland
Adelaide
Gold Coast
Newcastle
Canberra

 

[Vlad59]

WC pirates
Adelaide Bears
NZ2

Then Brisbane3, Melbourne2

A 20 year expansion strategy.

that would have been the ideal outcome if the NRL wasnt so weak and actually backed itself to grow our game.

Whilst AFL throws $300mill at making sure Tassie Devils are a success NRL will leave it to the the NS Bears to try and make Perth work. sigh.

Where on gods earth did you get that figure for the afl throwing 300 million at Tassie? I live there. They’ve committed 15 million. And they’ll get that back and a lot more due to the financial penalties we’ll have to pay for not building the stadium in time.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

WTF are you on about? The favourites are Perth, PNG and NZ2. How is that no risk?

No strategy or investment sounds more like AFL and their arrogance in putting money sink teams into NRL heartlands. Sure glad the NRL didn't make that mistake and waited for local interest(as shown by the bids coming in) before manufacturing a club in an area that hates the game.

If the two sports switched expansion (including the women's game) strategies, the AFL would be lauded for playing tHE lOnG GaME by the posters on here that want to always find reasons to bag the NRL

 

[final say]

Where on gods earth did you get that figure for the afl throwing 300 million at Tassie? I live there. They’ve committed 15 million. And they’ll get that back and a lot more due to the financial penalties we’ll have to pay for not building the stadium in time.

Perth red masterbates to AFL , the bigger the numbers, the sooner he cums.

 

[final say]

If the two sports switched expansion (including the women's game) strategies, the AFL would be lauded for playing tHE lOnG GaME by the posters on here that want to always find reasons to bag the NRL

The NRL has a team in another country... but have no vision for expansion because they don't have a team in Perth... almost like those "people" are in.
... Perth, surly no bias lol