Almost a dozen expansion consortiums

[Pippen94]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-expansion-john-singletons-fresh-push-for-perth-jets-as-dday-looms/news-story/7da0c0deb776d476251e690eba142b1f?amp&nk=b767950a0d25c7c21b2944f2c678d808-1719545483

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Bears
Jets
Easts Tigers
3 X south island
Fiji?!

 

[Matt_CBY]

Apparently 5 groups from NZ.

 

[Pippen94]

Apparently 5 groups from NZ.

Game is booming there.

 

[Vlad59]

That’s 8. Not quite 12. Try again

 

[Pippen94]

That’s 8. Not quite 12. Try again

Thanks

 

[Pippen94]

Seems Fiji did also apply.
Not much info on 4 of the kiwi bids.
So that's the 11.

Interesting points; no ipswich/bombers & central Qld who've been keen for a long time. Not much local interest out west. Jets & Bears bids have emerged from Sydney.

 

[MrE_Assassin]

Seems Fiji did also apply.
Not much info on 4 of the kiwi bids.
So that's the 11.

Interesting points; no ipswich/bombers & central Qld who've been keen for a long time. Not much local interest out west. Jets & Bears bids have emerged from Sydney.

To be fair, I think you can count the Bears/Jets as one bid as they’re both trying to piggyback off the Perth Bid to get their old name and colours back in the game.

 

[Pippen94]

To be fair, I think you can count the Bears/Jets as one bid as they’re both trying to piggyback off the Perth Bid to get their old name and colours back in the game.

They have finance behind them. Both made applications it seems

 

[Wb1234]

We get to 20 and still have loads of places to add to grow the game

24 is the right number to end up at

so Adelaide Brisbane tigers jets Fiji / Pacifica and Wellington would be an amazing competition

 

[Pippen94]

We get to 20 and still have loads of places to add to grow the game

24 is the right number to end up at

so Adelaide Brisbane tigers jets Fiji / Pacifica and Wellington would be an amazing competition

England has 92 fully professional soccer teams. Based on population our equivalent would be just over 40 teams. If we add all recent bids game isn't far off that. Shame to run off investors but would take complete shift in thinking & may be a lifetime away