The Daddy3
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What problem might that be then?
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The problem that they placed an expansion team in area well covered by the Broncos instead of in an area they could fill a identified gap.
No one is saying Ipswich should be in now. Ikin is just taking the opportunity to remind the NRL that QLD should be next in line after Perth (debatable, but it's his job to push it). Brisbane was always able to host three big NRL clubs if the NRL wanted it
Why can't the second biggest rugby city in the world have 3 clubs? Better still why not? All three will rate the house down on TV and pull the NRL crowd average up.
That might be debatable. Dolphins crowds dropped year 1 to 2 and sit half the size of the Broncos. Is it a case of diminishing returns every time you add a club to the Brisabne market?
The only way it works in the next decade is that if it's clear that the 3 teams in SEQ aren't catering for all the RL fans in that region.
Broncos year 2 ave: 18k / Dolphins 21k
Ipswich is its own city just outside of Brisbane. The fan base is in no way a problem. If Sydney can have 9 FFS we can have 4 in a region as big as SEQ.
How quickly would you have SEQ at 4?
the whole city is covered by the Broncos, the issue is that they put a team in an area that may have limited geographic appeal. Will people south of the river want to support the Dolphins? will people even north of the river want to support a Redcliffe team? Will be interesting to see if their support grows or stagnates over time...
Dolphins crowd wise have been doing very good. And as you said, need to see a few years down the track how they are which will in part be reliant on how the team is performing on the field.
Ipswich would be the logical place given its far enough out of the city to not cannabilise Broncos. But they would need a 25k stadium to call home, taking just the derby games to Suncorp. They would be one of the smaller NRl clubs alongside some of the sydney suburb clubs you'd feel given the population in a 30-45min radius of Ipswich and that some of that population would already be Broncos fans.
might have already been posted, but if not, North Ipswich Reserve is finally getting converted to a rectangle with a new grandstand.
Brisbane's a very different market to the Gold Coast and another team will do really well. I'm going to leave it there though mate given the news on the Bears. It's a good time to put the swords down and celebrate as a game that we have Perth and the Bears back. Congratulations!
I think mate after 2032 would be appropriate. The Tits would rarely average above 20k because of stadium size but Brisbane's a completely different market. Given time to bed in, I could see Broncos averaging over 40k almost permanently and Phins and Jets averaging over 25k and slowly creeping up from there which is a very good outcome. Once you have the Jets in I'd close the book on Queensland at NRL level.
