New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[Matt_CBY]

Hopefully the NRL still have NZ2 in mind for one of the expansion teams.

With all this talk about Brisbane bids, NZ2 is *extremely* low-profile by comparison... and even though the NRL's deliberation is happening behind closed-doors, the power of the media & online narrative can't be overlooked.

Online narrative means 0

 

[flippikat]

Online narrative means 0

Well you'd think, BUT....

MEDIA stories have a decent amount of weight (and thus can gain momentum) to influence decision making - I mean, just look at how News Ltd is pretty much creaming over the Western Bears bid, which echoes through social media & bounces back and forth between big media & social - in a kind of ping-pong.

Next cab off the rank, media reports start talking about the Ipswich/Newtown Jets bid - and sure enough THAT starts taking off online.

Long story short, news stories & forums are intertwined, and bounce off each other.

 

[flippikat]

Sharing from the Jerseys/logos thread - the South Island Kea have a new bid logo!

Great to see some actual update from one of the NZ bids.

The new logo is featured on their refreshed website which talks about playing home games in Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson and Invercargill.

Their Facebook page hasn't been updated for the new look just yet.

South Island Kea

Representing Te Wai Pounamu the South Island Kea have submitted a bid to be included in the expanded NRL competition.

southislandkea.com

 

[Wb1234]

Just googled those grounds in nelson and invercargill wouldn’t be great for an nrl game

maybe pre season games

Good idea to be a genuine South Island team though

 

[Matt_CBY]

Well you'd think, BUT....

MEDIA stories have a decent amount of weight (and thus can gain momentum) to influence decision making - I mean, just look at how News Ltd is pretty much creaming over the Western Bears bid, which echoes through social media & bounces back and forth between big media & social - in a kind of ping-pong.

Next cab off the rank, media reports start talking about the Ipswich/Newtown Jets bid - and sure enough THAT starts taking off online.

Long story short, news stories & forums are intertwined, and bounce off each other.

What happens on here means nothing.

 

[Matt_CBY]

Sharing from the Jerseys/logos thread - the South Island Kea have a new bid logo!

Great to see some actual update from one of the NZ bids.

The new logo is featured on their refreshed website which talks about playing home games in Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson and Invercargill.

Their Facebook page hasn't been updated for the new look just yet.

South Island Kea

Representing Te Wai Pounamu the South Island Kea have submitted a bid to be included in the expanded NRL competition.

southislandkea.com

Original logo looked better