New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[Pneuma]

Idiot call.... there is no number or no currency value on NRL licences... you don't need to cut of you're nose to get a boob job.... you make the competition stronger by expanding, not detracting and adding...
You'll never see the NRL ever go down the path set by the SLwar again, it was a nessesary evil back then as the game couldn't sustain 22 clubs, but nowadays, with sponsorships and broadcaster money, The league is more streamlined than ever..
We could expand to 24 teams if we wanted to.
Trouble is the player depth needs to grow first, you can't hope to plonk teams in Adelaide and Perth without a spare extra 60 grade players.. its why NZ and PNG are so important....

The blokes an idiot. It’s not going to happen and neither it should. The market will eventually eke out unsustainable clubs if there are any. In the meantime expand to new markets with clubs that force stragglers to thrive or die.

 

[Wb1234]

Hang on, are the Warriors, actually ... good?

Shaun Johnson is thriving. Their defence is on par with the best in club history, and so are crowd numbers. Are the Kiwis be on the verge of something special?

www.smh.com.au

Fta coverage is massive

cheers, thats good, should get decent exposure nationally then. How many warriors games a year are they putting on FTA?

cheers, thats good, should get decent exposure nationally then. How many warriors games a year are they putting on FTA?

You didn’t know this was happening ? I’m shocked

 

[MugaB]

Hang on, are the Warriors, actually ... good?

Shaun Johnson is thriving. Their defence is on par with the best in club history, and so are crowd numbers. Are the Kiwis be on the verge of something special?

www.smh.com.au

Great article, webby is a pretty good man manager, we loved him at the riff

 

[MugaB]

The blokes an idiot. It’s not going to happen and neither it should. The market will eventually eke out unsustainable clubs if there are any. In the meantime expand to new markets with clubs that force stragglers to thrive or die.

All clubs will stay viable nowadays, besides why dump a brand the NRL promotes heavily even if they are perennial losers... look at the tigers... they boast a whole heap of supporters and juniors, are we seriously going to lose that brand, then hope the giants of greater western canberra gain support off the back off it... no way.. licenses cost nothing.. theres no need to delete or remove anyone when it cost nothing to keep them around... its insular thinking that the game cant grow beyond 20 teams

 

[Pneuma]

All clubs will stay viable nowadays, besides why dump a brand the NRL promotes heavily even if they are perennial losers... look at the tigers... they boast a whole heap of supporters and juniors, are we seriously going to lose that brand, then hope the giants of greater western canberra gain support off the back off it... no way.. licenses cost nothing.. theres no need to delete or remove anyone when it cost nothing to keep them around... its insular thinking that the game cant grow beyond 20 teams

Same as sharks. Massive nursery. Very good admin and strategic plan (at last)

 

[Gobsmacked]

Idiot call.... there is no number or no currency value on NRL licences... you don't need to cut off you're nose to get a boob job.... you make the competition stronger by expanding, not detracting and adding...
You'll never see the NRL ever go down the path set by the SLwar again, it was a nessesary evil back then as the game couldn't sustain 22 clubs, but nowadays, with sponsorships and broadcaster money, The league is more streamlined than ever..
We could expand to 24 teams if we wanted to.
Trouble is the player depth needs to grow first, you can't hope to plonk teams in Adelaide and Perth without a spare extra 60 grade players.. its why NZ and PNG are so important....

Very true and what isn't thought of is that the game once was in such a poor state that teams were forced into mergers.
The game’s current state.. why aren't we considering de-mergers ?
Illawarra Steelers , Balmain Tigers, Western Suburbs Magpies and St George Dragons.
All of the brands offer authenticity, history and couture far greater than the watered down versions we have as merged entities.

 

[Gobsmacked]

De merger expansion expansion model 20 teams comp:

West Australian Magpies
Balmain Tigers
Illawarra Steelers
St George Dragons
South Island Bears

Consolidation in Expansion , taking history into the future.

 

[Colk]

The blokes an idiot. It’s not going to happen and neither it should. The market will eventually eke out unsustainable clubs if there are any. In the meantime expand to new markets with clubs that force stragglers to thrive or die.

Exactly. Just expand the competition and the market (sorry if I sound a little like Ayn Rand when I say the ‘’market’) will determine whether or not any club is viable or not.

It would be sort of negligence not to be at least viable when the ARLC gives so much money in grants nowadays.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Cronulla is in a better position to survive and thrive than St George.

 

[Brian potter]

I wouldn’t call Penrith or Brookie 21st century either and the Sharks are still hampered by reduced capacity due to the 21st century works taking place around the stadium and Tigers actually do alright at LO.

Not that the state of a club’s stadium should be the one and only decision to relocate two clubs which would each have over 150,000 fans.

Speaking of 21st century, relocating or dropping solvent clubs must be the most ridiculous idea of the 21st century.

West Tigers are a basket case of a club both on and off the field and have been for years.

cronulla can’t be taken seriously as a club with a restricted capacity of around 12-13k in today’s game.

 

[Brian potter]

Cronulla is in a better position to survive and thrive than St George.

Dragons to Wollongong full-time.

 

[Bukowski]

West Tigers are a basket case of a club both on and off the field and have been for years.

cronulla can’t be taken seriously as a club with a restricted capacity of around 12-13k in today’s game.

Wests have a long sustained position at the bottom of the table in their future. I fear they could slowly wither way.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Dragons to Wollongong full-time.

The merged clubs will always struggle because they're bound together by warring factions trying to hold the other back. It's for this reason the St George side of the merger will never abandon Kogarah.

 

[Brian potter]

Wests have a long sustained position at the bottom of the table in their future. I fear they could slowly wither way.

Either way they need weeded out.

bigger and more lucrative markets out there for the NRL.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Wests have a long sustained position at the bottom of the table in their future. I fear they could slowly wither way.

They struggle to recruit marquee players and retain juniors. That makes it hard for them to move up the ladder. The Magpies side of the merger will not be content until it takes full control of the club.

 

[Brian potter]

They struggle to recruit marquee players and retain juniors. That makes it hard for them to move up the ladder. The Magpies side of the merger will not be content until it takes full control of the club.

They also have 3 “home” grounds which is ridiculous of which 2 aren’t fit for purpose.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

They also have 3 “home” grounds which is ridiculous of which 2 aren’t fit for purpose.

The game is holding itself back by allowing the Tigers to continue as a splintered merged entity. Either give the licence to the Magpies and rebrand as Western Sydney Magpies or hand it to the Brisbane Tigers.

 

[Brian potter]

The game is holding itself back by allowing the Tigers to continue as a splintered merged entity. Either give the licence to the Magpies and rebrand as Western Sydney Magpies or hand it to the Brisbane Tigers.

Or both.

western magpies and Brisbane tigers gives you 18 teams with Perth and NZ2 coming in as teams 19&20 by 2030.

 

[Perth Red]

De merger expansion expansion model 20 teams comp:

West Australian Magpies
Balmain Tigers
Illawarra Steelers
St George Dragons
South Island Bears

Consolidation in Expansion , taking history into the future.

Hilarious, you expect other cities to adopt failed Sydney brands because it’s good for Sydney but cant see that in a world of finite resources, despite mugab’s argument, that reducing an over saturated market to create clear space for new growth could be a good thing.

 

[Bukowski]

They struggle to recruit marquee players and retain juniors. That makes it hard for them to move up the ladder. The Magpies side of the merger will not be content until it takes full control of the club.

They have full ownership of the club but allow Balmain onto the board as an act of good faith. They need to boot balmain altogether