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Brisbane3 - What is needed to make it a successful bid?

Vlad59

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Bernie Gurr has some very interesting things to say about expansion but particularly about the western Corridor on the everything rugby league podcast at about thirty minutes onwards. Supports a team there and has pretty good strong reasons for doing so.
 
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BuffaloRules

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I gotta feeling they will go with Brisbane 3 as 20th team … less risk attached to that decision after taking on plenty of risk with PNG as Team 19…

it’s an opportunity lost though with NZ2 if they go down that path… but you can’t make everyone happy…
 

blue bags

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I gotta feeling they will go with Brisbane 3 as 20th team … less risk attached to that decision after taking on plenty of risk with PNG as Team 19…

it’s an opportunity lost though with NZ2 if they go down that path… but you can’t make everyone happy…
I heard news corp not happy with 3rd Brisbane
Club. Maybe window open for NZ2
 

flippikat

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I'm wondering if its because Ipswich/western corridor and Logan are a heartland of sorts for the Broncos at least in terms of fanbase. If another team was stationed there it would massivley eat into the Broncs fanbase right? I live in Springfield and see Broncos merch everywhere
Yeah, that's where the conflict-of-interest of having a powerful media company owning an NRL team - especially one of just two in our 2nd City - comes in.

And that's before factoring in New's half ownership of the game until reasonably recently.
 

blue bags

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Yeah, that's where the conflict-of-interest of having a powerful media company owning an NRL team - especially one of just two in our 2nd City - comes in.

And that's before factoring in New's half ownership of the game until reasonably recently.
That's exactly right
 

Alexgan

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That's exactly right

So Western Corridor team unlikely to happen by the looks of it. SEQ Representation would probably be this?

- Broncos = Brisbane Central/Ipswich-Logan/Redlands (around 2 million pop depending how deep the Phins penetrate in to North Brisbane)

- Dolphins = Moreton Bay (MBRC), northern Brisbane and Sunshine Coast (1 million + pop)

- Titans = Gold Coast, Southern tip of Logan(Beenleigh) and Tweed (around 1 million pop)

Still a massive reduction to the dominance of the Broncos over the fanbase in SEQ compared with 10-15 years ago their share would have dropped massively. I could see them kicking up a massive stink over a Western corridor team…even though I want it to happen. I guess a South Island NZ team might not be a bad choice anyway.
 

titoelcolombiano

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So Western Corridor team unlikely to happen by the looks of it. SEQ Representation would probably be this?

- Broncos = Brisbane Central/Ipswich-Logan/Redlands (around 2 million pop depending how deep the Phins penetrate in to North Brisbane)

- Dolphins = Moreton Bay (MBRC), northern Brisbane and Sunshine Coast (1 million + pop)

- Titans = Gold Coast, Southern tip of Logan(Beenleigh) and Tweed (around 1 million pop)

Still a massive reduction to the dominance of the Broncos over the fanbase in SEQ compared with 10-15 years ago their share would have dropped massively. I could see them kicking up a massive stink over a Western corridor team…even though I want it to happen. I guess a South Island NZ team might not be a bad choice anyway.
There will absolutely be a Western Corridor team in the future, the NRL have been going on about it right back to the Gallop days. This idea that the Broncos actually have a say over who gets admitted to the NRL outside of their single vote is ridiculous. By that logic, neither the Titans or Dolphins would have been allowed in, but both have provided the Broncos with a high drawing derby game.
 

flippikat

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This idea that the Broncos actually have a say over who gets admitted to the NRL outside of their single vote is ridiculous. By that logic, neither the Titans or Dolphins would have been allowed in, but both have provided the Broncos with a high drawing derby game.
Well, to be fair the majority stake-holder in the Broncos is a very powerful media company who also own the Pay-TV rights for the league.

You think they won't try to shape the narrative so that their investment benefits from any expansion decision?

Honestly, I think Newscorp shouldn't own any part of any NRL club - it's a clear conflict of interest.
 

flippikat

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Still a massive reduction to the dominance of the Broncos over the fanbase in SEQ compared with 10-15 years ago their share would have dropped massively. I could see them kicking up a massive stink over a Western corridor team…even though I want it to happen. I guess a South Island NZ team might not be a bad choice anyway.
Newscorp outlets have been gushing over the prospect of the "Western Bears" coming into the NRL - ironically, given the Newscorp-pushed drive to reduce the competition to 14 teams was a big factor in losing the Bears & Reds after the war - pretty much billing it as a dead cert to be part of the next expansion phase.

Meanwhile the same outlets have been pretty muted about another Brisbane expansion team, reporting about Newtown & Ipswich getting together but none of the hype that the return of the Bears in a new frontier has been getting.

Funny, huh?
 

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