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

[flippikat]

Also a good proving ground for future expansion bids to iron out the kinks first

Eg Christchurch Fiji Adelaide

It'd be great to have NSW Cup become a test-bed for potential NRL bids, BUT with it currently being a de facto reserve grade, the NRL clubs in NSW Cup have an advantage over clubs that dont have a similar 1:1 feeder arrangement - particularly now that most of those are "in house" squads (only Newtown & Norths are currently co-opted by NRL clubs).

Queensland Cup is a fairer setup if we're looking to try potential NRL bid locations, just because you dont see that 1:1 relationship between state league and NRL clubs dominating.

Maybe that's a selling point of a NRL reserve grade competition - that it opens up the NSW Cup more for those far-flung clubs?

 

[Wb1234]

It'd be great to have NSW Cup become a test-bed for potential NRL bids, BUT with it currently being a de facto reserve grade, the NRL clubs in NSW Cup have an advantage over clubs that dont have a similar 1:1 feeder arrangement - particularly now that most of those are "in house" squads (only Newtown & Norths are currently co-opted by NRL clubs).

Queensland Cup is a fairer setup if we're looking to try potential NRL bid locations, just because you dont see that 1:1 relationship between state league and NRL clubs dominating.

Maybe that's a selling point of a NRL reserve grade competition - that it opens up the NSW Cup more for those far-flung clubs?

NSW is closer so the club pays less travel costs

PNG got promoted and other than one good year have been average in qld cup

Nsw cup is higher standard though

But it costs around one million pa to run a reserve grade side plus travel costs and chch bid may be reluctant to fund it without a team

If they do get advance notice of entry then they should start in nsw cup before hand to get travel logistics sorted out