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New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

Wb1234

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How? saying it doesn’t make it so!
Do you think there are the corporate partners in png, not just one or two but the 5-7 big sponsors and 20 or so smaller sponsors a nrl club in australia has? Do you think they will get a new stadium giving them the capacity and corporate facilities of melbourne? Do you think they can get 18k crowd avg paying nrl ticket prices? Do you think they can sell $1.5mill plus of merch a year?

if you believe that is true why do they need $20mill a year for ten years?
yes I do

billion dollar mining companies which dwarf most nrl clubs sponsors

who said they need 25 million. Maybe the arlc want a cut of the money for their profits
 

MugaB

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Who cares? I was educating the uneducated on wa jnrs currently performing in tests as he didn’t seem to have much clue.
Probably one of his last 1st grade gigs... Yay WA juniors!!!
Great that you care so much how long they stick around for, just another peg to bragg about, but just another one hit wonder
 

Gobsmacked

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Who cares? I was educating the uneducated on wa jnrs currently performing in tests as he didn’t seem to have much clue.
Royce Hunt was born and raised till 9 in Sydney and is Samoan heritage play out of Kalgoorlie as a teen ( 7 hour from Perth) was picked up and went through the Bulldogs system...
This is your Perth talent? Lol
Waqa Blake was born in Fiji!
I'm not feeling a Perth vibe! Lol
 

Perth Red

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Royce Hunt was born and raised till 9 in Sydney and is Samoan heritage play out of Kalgoorlie as a teen ( 7 hour from Perth) was picked up and went through the Bulldogs system...
This is your Perth talent? Lol
Waqa Blake was born in Fiji!
I'm not feeling a Perth vibe! Lol
All wa jnrs.
 

MugaB

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Royce Hunt was born and raised till 9 in Sydney and is Samoan heritage play out of Kalgoorlie as a teen ( 7 hour from Perth) was picked up and went through the Bulldogs system...
This is your Perth talent? Lol
Waqa Blake was born in Fiji!
I'm not feeling a Perth vibe! Lol
Waqa did play in Perth, Penrith picked him up from there, he hasn't been any good since he left the panthers system tho
 

Gobsmacked

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Waqa did play in Perth, Penrith picked him up from there, he hasn't been any good since he left the panthers system tho
That's true but he was born and raised in fiji till age 9, moved to Sydney where he played juniors- ultimately moved to Perth and played for Joondaloop ..
Hardly a Perf product!

I don't know the other dudes he's suggesting but the fact they are but a handful speaks volumes!
Hunt is the only notable NRL player and he was born and raised in Sydney with a brief stint in Kalgoorlie ffs
 
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I think he believes it was an act of of pure genius and bravery from PVL to put a 2nd team in Brisbane, in the face of all those dissenters lol
I recall Perth Red saying Brisbane should only have one team in 2020. Pennywisealfie was also against a second Brisbane team.

A few other posters spoke against adding a second Brisbane team.
 

Perth Red

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I recall Perth Red saying Brisbane should only have one team in 2020. Pennywisealfie was also against a second Brisbane team.

A few other posters spoke against adding a second Brisbane team.
I said it shouldn’t be a priority whilst we have untapped markets, and I stand by that. I’m an expansionist.
Brisbane2 has been a no brainer for thirty years!
what many questioned was the choice of club and would it really fulfil a brisbane2 role, given the immediate cries for brisbane3 I think we got our answer already.
 

Wb1234

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I said it shouldn’t be a priority whilst we have untapped markets, and I stand by that. I’m an expansionist.
Brisbane2 has been a no brainer for thirty years!
what many questioned was the choice of club and would it really fulfil a brisbane2 role, given the immediate cries for brisbane3 I think we got our answer already.
You’re definition of expansion is to afl states and nowhere else
 

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That's true but he was born and raised in fiji till age 9, moved to Sydney where he played juniors- ultimately moved to Perth and played for Joondaloop ..
Hardly a Perf product!

I don't know the other dudes he's suggesting but the fact they are but a handful speaks volumes!
Hunt is the only notable NRL player and he was born and raised in Sydney with a brief stint in Kalgoorlie ffs
Wah Wah, there’s no, Perth players in the tests,
points out the wa jnrs in the tests,
Wah Wah but they weren’t born in perth.
You sad sack.
 

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You’re definition of expansion is to afl states and nowhere else
My definition is to new markets not currently having the opportunity to follow an nrl club. Perth, Adelaide, Port Moresby, fiji, Christchurch, Wellington. If they Were viable to run an nrl club Id rather see any or all of them in before yet another nsw or qlnd club.
 
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I said it shouldn’t be a priority whilst we have untapped markets, and I stand by that. I’m an expansionist.
This comment contradicts the following comment:

Brisbane2 has been a no brainer for thirty years!

Why should an "untapped market" that doesn't give two f**ks about the game hold priority over Brisbane 2?

Adding teams in "untapped markets", such as Adelaide and Perth, is not guaranteed to increase the NRL's value. It could have a disastrous impact on the game if RU's decline is anything to go by. ARU expanded into ACT, Perth and Melbourne over a 16 year period (1995-2011). Their game has never been weaker in this country. The national team is struggling to defeat tier 2 nations. Super Rugby crowds have gone from 20k or more to less than 10k. Using your logic they should be light years ahead of us because they've been in Perth for 17 years and Melbourne for 12. They've gone backwards because RU fans in Brisbane and Sydney aren't interested in watching their juniors play for the Western Force and Melbourne Rebels. The Reds, Waratahs and Brumbies can no longer compete with the New Zealand teams because their player base has been diluted. They could handle the Brumbies taking some of their players in the 90s and early 00s, but adding another two teams in "expansion markets" was too much.

If the NRL were to copy RU's footprint then we would jeopardise the Storm and every club in Queensland and NSW.

what many questioned was the choice of club and would it really fulfil a brisbane2 role, given the immediate cries for brisbane3 I think we got our answer already.

You're living in a fantasy world if you think there was never going to be calls for a third Brisbane team. The game has a long and rich history in Brisbane dating back to 1909. There are rich and historic BRL clubs who have an ambition to play in the NRL. They've produced some of the game's most iconic players.

Dolphins were able to generate bigger attendances than all clubs bar the Broncos. There's clearly enough demand in Brisbane for a third team. V'landys, Ch9 and many pundits, such as Gus Gould, agree there's room for a third team in Brisbane.

Why are you so quick to lower Brisbane to the same level as Adelaide and Perth?

Brisbane is the fastest growing city in the country. Not just in size. It's transforming itself from a relatively unknown "big country town" to a major city that will have a global profile by 2032. Hence the reason its recently adopted the title "Australia's New World City".

Perth is about 20 years behind Brisbane and not even close to becoming major city. Adelaide is 50 years behind Brisbane and the runt of the litter.

Unlike Perth, Brisbane's economy doesn't rely on iron ore.

What happens to Perth when the mining boom is over?
 
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