Tbf he’s done a decent job turning this into one
Register a free account today to become a member of the world's largest Rugby League discussion forum! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
Tbf he’s done a decent job turning this into one
Then why do you need to lump them in with Cairns?
AFL got more money. Only Perth Pirates are good. Other expansion sides suck. Vlandys sucks. I am in (insert fumbleball town) but it's only a coincidence that there's a fumbleball match on at the same time. Cull the Sydney clubs but keep two teams in Hull. Repeat.
Brisbane3 thread
Its only expansion if it is Perth otherwise its pokie dens and bless.
www.abc.net.au
Says the cucumber who always derails threads to afl.
The National Rugby League (NRL) is like any good business; always looking for opportunities to maximise its reach and revenue.
Many tipped adding a 17th side – and fourth in Queensland – would be a mistake.
But the Dolphins have proved even the most hardened sports critics wrong.
It's prompted the question of who will be the 18th NRL side.
The Brisbane Tigers were the runner-up for the 17th licence.
Now they've met with league officials to have another crack at getting in the national competition.
If the Dolphins wrote a "how-to guide" for old-but-new clubs to find success in the NRL, the Brisbane Tigers are following it closely.
Like their Redcliffe counterparts, the Tigers have been around for the better part of the past century, with a side currently in the reserve grade competition, the Queensland Cup.
It's also been a feeder club for the Melbourne Storm since 2010, with NRL veterans like the Rabbitohs' Cody Walker previously playing for the side.
Based in Coorparoo in Brisbane's inner south, the club's had several names since it was established in 1917, including Coorparoo and Eastern Suburbs Tigers – or Easts, to the locals.
They rebranded as the Brisbane Tigers in 2020, keeping their traditional orange and black colour scheme.
Are they serious about the bid?
You bet.
Shane Edwards, who is leading the club's latest campaign, says they've taken the NRL's feedback from their unsuccessful bid as the Brisbane Firehawks.
"They said it was an excellent bid. Obviously the decision-makers thought the Dolphins had a better bid," he said.
The club wants to see the south side of Brisbane represented in a national competition.
"This club is an NRL club to be," Mr Edwards said.
Didn't Brisbane just get a new team?
"I think we can all survive together," Brisbane Tigers CEO Brian Torpy said.
"We're 71 kilometres away from the Titans, and that's a large gap when you compare the Broncos that are 38 kilometres away from Redcliffe."
The soon-to-be-renamed Tigers hope to rally fans in Brisbane's south and western suburbs.
"You've got the Redlands, Logan, the Ipswich local governments, the fastest growing areas in Australia," Mr Torpy said.
"We're a rugby league state and we're a rugby league town, so I think there's enough support for another team."
And they haven't ruled out cutting the AFL's grass in the western corridor, in the wake of the Brisbane Lions moving their training base and headquarters to Springfield.
"We could take on the AFL in that area … to have greater rugby league representation out in the west," Mr Torpy said.
Who are the Brisbane Tigers and are they serious about getting an NRL franchise?
Call them the Dolphins 2.0 — a Queensland footy club with decades of rich rugby league history who want to be included in the national competition. But can a fifth Queensland franchise cut it in the NRL?
It’s a FIFO team
If that’s the case it’s bullshit attaching the Pasifika name to it. I don’t think the idea is terrible but make it just FNQ-PNG an FC have a real commitment to bringing players through from PNG, including a feeder arrangement with the Hunters.
I’m not a fan of adding pasifika to it
