At 26 he would have to learn a game he hasn't played before. If Robertson has told him he will be an All Black next year he wont be going anywhere.
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How do I know what he's going to do.
“To benefit rugby league, Ian Foster and the Blues have already wasted the brilliance of Roger Tuivasa Sheck.”Stuff
I've really enjoyed my time here in nz, so many wonderful people and incredible scenery. It really is absolutely gorgeous here.
I watched the sr final the other night, being in nz in a pub I tried to get into it but even the rusted on union guys here weren't enjoying the penalty fest.
For some reason, I can't add pictures. It's probably more fun with you thinking it a conspiracy anyway
Yeh I’ve know loads of kiwis real salt of the earth humble people.
I love this latest argument for how deeply it fails.
I love this latest argument for how deeply it fails.
Without the NRL stating a location that they will enter a new team, there's currently no bids anywhere because they haven't opened any bidding for anywhere at any time.
Bids don't exist.
People saying they want a team or they want to be in the NRL at this point mean nothing more than a letter to santa.
Now apparently all corporations across nz were consulted about this thing that doesn't exist yet and all of them- every major corporation across nz have formally expressed disinterested in something they don't know what it is because it doesn't exist yet....
You got me, check mate
Has to be the single dumbest argument on the internet.
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Written by someone who hasn't even bothered to notice the current format which promoted the Dolphins.Lets see... Andrew Chalmers stated he had 30 million in funding lined up... earlier this year he was asked by a group three current wellington clubs where it stood... he stated he no longer had funding and was unable to get any more.
Then we have this a couple of days ago, from a died in the wool League supporter and former CEO of the Warriors, who its fair to say knows a shit more about what's going on in Business in NZ than you or I.
It's clear that there is no corporate support for NZ2. But of course YOU claim you know better.
Business of Sport: indifference kills off NZ NRL expansion hopes
It should be a no-brainer, but the odds of another New Zealand franchise becoming the 18th club in the National Rugby League are diminishing by the week.And str...
It should be a no-brainer, but the odds of another New Zealand franchise becoming the 18th club in the National Rugby League are diminishing by the week. And strangely, they are shrinking due to a lack of corporate interest on this side of the Tasman. With the successful introduction this season of the latest expansion team, the Dolphins, which ended the Broncos’ monopoly of league-mad Brisbane, the National Rugby League (NRL) has a swagger in its step. The Dolphins, under the tutelage of master coach Wayne Bennett, drew a crowd of 32,000-plus for their debut game and then 51,047 for their first-ever local derby against the Broncos. They were also responsible for the Warriors’ biggest home crowd this season (24,000). What’s interesting about the inaugural Dolphins squad is that it’s chock-full of NZ-born players. “I don’t think I’ve ever called a game where all players … from five-eighth to (lock) were all New Zealand born and that’s an Australian-based club,” said veteran Fox Sports commentator Andrew Voss after a recent Dolphins triumph. For Voss, that makes the decision on where to place the 18th franchise, a conversation that will ramp up at the end of this year, an obvious one. “A second team in New Zealand, for mine, is a must and I would rather it be sooner than later, I think now is the time to strike.” Regular readers of this column will know I have long advocated a Christchurch-based franchise for that next expansion tick against bids from Perth, Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney and even Port Moresby. Sadly, ‘Vossy’ and I are not going to get our wish. Indifference kills the moment The failure of a meaningful consortium of credible business operators to step forward with a compelling vision to sell the NRL on a second NZ franchise has all but killed off any chance of Christchurch or anywhere else in Aotearoa hosting the 18th team.
Initially, when talk of a second expansion club in NZ first surfaced a decade ago, it was all centred around the Wellington-based Orcas syndicate, which had mainly been driven by former NZ Rugby League (NZRL) chair Andrew Chalmers. Neither Chalmers nor the Orcas have resurfaced in recent times. Hopes the Crusaders organisation might step outside the box and form a joint venture to bid for a franchise, which could be a co-anchor tenant at the new Christchurch indoor stadium, went nowhere. The failure of anybody within NZ to chase the licensing opportunity boxes the NRL into a corner. It would require them to ignore other cities with active and meaningful campaigns in return for wet-nursing something into creation over here. NRL insiders that the Business of Sport have spoken to said that’s never going to happen. The more likely scenario is NZ will soon disappear as a contender for the 18th licence, likely to be issued in 2025.
