2023 Comp Structure

[Dogs Of War]

I can't understand why only one team would be admitted. How does the NRL 'sell' a bye to a team for round 1? I think we can guess that the round 1 bye team will be either Raiders (my team), the Warriors or the Titans. But now with 4 teams in Qld maybe they'll have Titans in a Qld derby in round 1?

As the Dolphins are requesting to play the Roosters in round 1 2023. I think they may go differently. That said I'd expect the NRL to spread the QLD rivalry games throughout the season to ensure they get max coverage.

 

[big hit!]

As the Dolphins are requesting to play the Roosters in round 1 2023. I think they may go differently. That said I'd expect the NRL to spread the QLD rivalry games throughout the season to ensure they get max coverage.

They've been in the comp 2 mins and haven't even played a game yet, but they're dictating their fixture? f**k off!

If they want the opening match of season 2023, they can play the 2022 premiers!

Besides, the NRL would be f**kwits to consider any derby in round 1. It's opening weekend, folks will be gagging for footy. Save derbies for rd 2 or 3 onwards.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

They've been in the comp 2 mins and haven't even played a game yet, but they're dictating their fixture? f**k off!

If they want the opening match of season 2023, they can play the 2022 premiers!

Besides, the NRL would be f**kwits to consider any derby in round 1. It's opening weekend, folks will be gagging for footy. Save derbies for rd 2 or 3 onwards.

They put a request in. Doesn’t hurt to ask.

 

[Dogs Of War]

I like the request. Arthur Beeston cup. What a way to start the season.

 

[Valheru]

They've been in the comp 2 mins and haven't even played a game yet, but they're dictating their fixture? f**k off!

If they want the opening match of season 2023, they can play the 2022 premiers!

Besides, the NRL would be f**kwits to consider any derby in round 1. It's opening weekend, folks will be gagging for footy. Save derbies for rd 2 or 3 onwards.

Chill

They have put in a request in to play the roosters in round 1 and there is logic behind it.

Have they asked for the opening game of the season? I wouldn't want a Thursday if I were them.

 

[yobbo84]

What's the Roosters/Redcliffe connection?

 

[Valheru]

What's the Roosters/Redcliffe connection?

Arthur Beetson had strong connections with both

They want to make an Arthur Beetson cup between the two clubs

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

What's the Roosters/Redcliffe connection?

Posted this article in the Redcliffe thread which seems to be closed atm.

Why Dolphins want to play the Roosters, not Broncos, in 2023 opener

Forget about the new rivalry with the Broncos, the Dolphins want their first-ever game to be for silverware against the Roosters.

www.smh.com.au

The NRL is already salivating at the prospect of kicking off the 2023 season with a Dolphins-Broncos blockbuster, but the league’s newest team hopes to instead play the Roosters first-up for the Arthur Beetson Cup.

NRL CEO Andrew Abdo has indicated the code’s latest local derby, which will generate huge interest when former Broncos coach Wayne Bennett officially joins the Dolphins, is the ideal way to begin round one.

While the Dolphins, grateful to have been granted the game’s 17th licence, won’t quibble about the draw, their preference is for the Roosters to be their first opponent. The clubs have a shared history through the late, great Arthur Beetson, the rugby league Immortal who began and finished his football in Redcliffe. In between times, Beetson became a giant of the game during a storied stint for Eastern Suburbs.
Dolphins officials discussed Beetson’s Redcliffe-Roosters links during the pitching process to the NRL and their desire for the teams to play for the trophy in Beetson’s honour. They also stated their preference to play against the tri-colours first to honour the great prop’s legacy.

Roosters chairman Nick Politis, who backed the expansion of the game in Queensland, said the proposal has merit.
“For sure, we’d love to look at that,” Politis said.
“It’s early days, but we’re open to any good ideas. Why not? It’s good for everybody, it’s good for the game.”
Dolphins chief executive Terry Reader said the club had consulted with the Beetson family about the potential initiatives.

“We had detail around that in our submission [to the NRL],” Reader said.
“One thing a lot of people don’t know, Arthur Beetson was part of our first-ever premiership that the Redcliffe Dolphins won in the BRL [Brisbane Rugby League] comp.
“In 1965 he was a skinny centre and he went on to be one of the greatest, an Immortal of the game. He came back to captain-coach in 1981 after the 1980 Origin.
“He did write in his book that it was his dream before he died to see the Dolphins play the Roosters in the NRL.
“How wonderful now that we will be able to make that happen for him and especially for his family. That’s something we pitched, we had conversations during the bid process with the Roosters that we’d love to talk about how we do something with them, whether it be the Arthur Beetson Cup or something like that.

“His family is really excited by that. That is one thing the Dolphins will represent for the game, we have a great story to tell.
“Not to rain on the parade of playing the Broncos, let’s build up to that.

“Everyone is going to be excited because we’re going to have a genuine derby here in Brisbane. We’ll have an old BRL side coming up against the biggest club in the NRL, it’s going to be a wonderful story and the narrative that can be written around it.
“You only have to look at what happens in every code, the derbies are the biggest games. We’d like to think we could have two sellouts there.”

 

[Valheru]

The Titans started against Saints in 07 drawing 40k and then built up to the Broncos derby in round 5 which drew 48k. Cowboys and Crushers started against dogs and raiders (1994 Grand finalists) in 95 and then played Broncos in rounds 4 and 5 respectively

The QLD derby will self itself with the round 4-6 mark making sense so another marquee opponent is logical. I'm not saying it has to be roosters but if there is some history there and if that is what the dolphins want, why not?

 

[The_Frog]

and bottom 6 teams have a "softer" draw, so they get a chance to improve their position

Teams will tank to make the bottom 6, like they do in AFL for the draft.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Just hope it's not like the last time there was a 17 team premiership season (1999) and PENRITH!!! played a lot of teams coming off the bye.

Hang on... this is LU.

Yes do it, it will give PENRITH!!! a non-easy draw for a change.

I just went back and looked at 99 draw and penrith played the team off the bye in round 2 & 3. Then everyone coming off the bye from round 15-26. So 14 games were teams coming off the bye and 12 of those in a row to end the season.

There is no way that would be allowed today can you imagine the outrage if a team had there last 12 games playing teams off a bye.

 

[Canard]

The Warriors don't actually have New Zealand in their name any more. They're just "The Warriors".

How they've managed to sneak that past everyone is truly amazing. Reece Walsh could learn a thing or two.

Good point, in most media things they’re called the vodaphone warriors!

I've heard this claimed by LU posters many times over the last Decade or more.

I can't find any evidence that it's true anywhere online.

I happy to be corrected, but anyone got any links to prove this?

 

[Last Week]

I've heard this claimed by LU posters many times over the last Decade or more.

I can't find any evidence that it's true anywhere online.

I happy to be corrected, but anyone got any links to prove this?

Check their official website. They refer to themselves as the Vodafone Warriors. https://www.warriors.kiwi/about/

I also heard Vossy (I think) mention that it's not unique that the Dolphins don't have a location in their name as the Warriors don't either.

 

[Diesel]

I can't understand why only one team would be admitted. How does the NRL 'sell' a bye to a team for round 1? I think we can guess that the round 1 bye team will be either Raiders (my team), the Warriors or the Titans. But now with 4 teams in Qld maybe they'll have Titans in a Qld derby in round 1?

Of cause it’ll be one of those three teams. Warriors has the first round 1 bye in 2002 when the Bunnies arrived to make it a 15 team competition, history will repeat every three years with the alternative years being Raiders/Titans

 

[Perth Red]

I've heard this claimed by LU posters many times over the last Decade or more.

I can't find any evidence that it's true anywhere online.

I happy to be corrected, but anyone got any links to prove this?

Their own website refers to them as vodaphone warriors in every news story and in their “about” page.

About

The Vodafone New Zealand Warriors are a club based at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland. Since being formed in 1995 the club have claimed one minor premiership (in 2002) and reached two grand finals (2002 and 2011). Club history, company information, careers, sponsors and official suppliers can be...

www.warriors.kiwi

 

[Last Week]

Their own website refers to them as vodaphone warriors in every news story and in their “about” page.

About

The Vodafone New Zealand Warriors are a club based at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland. Since being formed in 1995 the club have claimed one minor premiership (in 2002) and reached two grand finals (2002 and 2011). Club history, company information, careers, sponsors and official suppliers can be...

www.warriors.kiwi

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Excellent comment Red..

 

[Canard]

Their own website refers to them as vodaphone warriors in every news story and in their “about” page.

About

The Vodafone New Zealand Warriors are a club based at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland. Since being formed in 1995 the club have claimed one minor premiership (in 2002) and reached two grand finals (2002 and 2011). Club history, company information, careers, sponsors and official suppliers can be...

www.warriors.kiwi

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Most teams present there sponsors in a similar way.

This might be a Sponsorship thing but not an official name.

Ironically in that link it calls them the New Zealand Warriors.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

You can't seriously be advocating for a conference where one can travel by bus to the majority of their games and the other is expected to fly thousands of kilometres a year and think it's fair.

Isn’t that what happens now?

 

[ReddFelon]

Isn’t that what happens now?

No, right now half the teams are outside Sydney. Under this suggested conference system you would only play 4 games outside of Sydney.

 

[baselinepanther]

They've been in the comp 2 mins and haven't even played a game yet, but they're dictating their fixture? f**k off!

If they want the opening match of season 2023, they can play the 2022 premiers!

Besides, the NRL would be f**kwits to consider any derby in round 1. It's opening weekend, folks will be gagging for footy. Save derbies for rd 2 or 3 onwards.

its their fist game ever .. not just another derby .. & it absolutely will be the broncos
it'll sellout in 10 minutes
attract record tv ratings for a club game in qld

the 2nd game will fill a spot later in the season & in future years it doesn't have to be a round 1 game

but their first ever game has to be against their cross town rivals