New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[Wb1234]

Yeah but of a Hail Mary with Moffatt but as you said it seemingly greased the wheels for Perth so I guess it was worth a shot from his pov.
Can’t see it winning over too many locals as ‘foundation club’ that gets bandied around in Sydney doesn’t hold the same weight outside of Sydney and next to none in NZ- still I guess on the off chance it works local would probably be fine with a hand me down club if the alternative was no team at all and something needs to change in tigertown as it’s not currently working as it is.
Think Perths been a market the NRL has been wanting to get into- it’s the next biggest market where there’s little presence so it at least makes sense to explore just think Norths association negated a lot of the risk.

Adopting Balmain would be to curry favour with Pvl

Obviously Moffat thinks it worked for Perth so why not him

Orcas seem to be strong favourites can’t see this changing it

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Lol, how many teams does wbtiktok pretend to support?

 

[T-Boon]

I would have NZ 2 in Auckland (I think - could have mind changed by persuasive argument - but would then flip back again prob).
Create a proper derby. Increase prospects of rectang stadia bigness.
Auckland is 3 times the population of the rest of NZ combined. No. 4 X.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

don’t think Balmain nz2 has any merit.

no chance nrl or arlc allow the wests tigers to demerge and imagine if they said ok you can demerge but wests tigers ip belongs to us and then nrl just control the team outright and put in their own board. considering they have stepped in to salvage titans and knights they might have emergency powers to over rule any single clubs board should they believe that club or that clubs board board are impacting the game negatively

 

[T-Boon]

I think the Maitland Pickers need / deserve a rectang stadium.

But I’ll suggest this in the Hunter Valley expansion thread.

 

[Hey you guys]

NZ2 shouldn’t have any association or links with any current or former NRL teams period.

it’s either a standalone club or nothing at all.

 

[Hey you guys]

This and this alone should be the home ground and HQ of NZ2 and certainly not split between Leichhardt oval or any other Australian based ground.



only other stadiums associated with NZ2 should be Forsyth barr stadium(Dunedin), trafalgar park(Nelson) and maybe even rugby park(invercargill).

 

[Hey you guys]

Adopting Balmain would be to curry favour with Pvl

Obviously Moffat thinks it worked for Perth so why not him

Orcas seem to be strong favourites can’t see this changing it

You’d like to think so.

awful idea.

 

[Wb1234]

This and this alone should be the home ground and HQ of NZ2 and certainly not split between Leichhardt oval or any other Australian based ground.



only other stadiums associated with NZ2 should be Forsyth barr stadium(Dunedin), trafalgar park(Nelson) and maybe even rugby park(invercargill).

One million percent.

And no Wellington

 

[Vlad59]

You’d like to think so.

awful idea.

This should be fun

 

[Hey you guys]

One million percent.

And no Wellington

This.

the only time NZ2 should be playing in wellington is if an Aussie based NRL team takes a “home” game against NZ2 to wellington .

 

[Bukowski]

NZ2 shouldn’t have any association or links with any current or former NRL teams period.

it’s either a standalone club or nothing at all.

No expansion club should

 

[SirPies&Beers]

No expansion club should

maybe west aussies should have put in more effort into the game and viewership numbers in last decade? it kinda all stinks, big risk

at least nz and png have proven they watch rl footy and produce players

 

[Hey you guys]

No expansion club should

Id normally agree but in the case of Perth/WA if it’s a case of Perth/WA bears or nothing at all then I’d reluctantly choose Perth/WA bears.

a similar type scenario in New Zealand would just be pushing it too far .

 

[Hey you guys]

This should be fun

You disagree mate?

 

[Matua]

I would have NZ 2 in Auckland (I think - could have mind changed by persuasive argument - but would then flip back again prob).
Create a proper derby. Increase prospects of rectang stadia bigness.
Auckland is 3 times the population of the rest of NZ combined. No. 4 X.

Who is going to switch to supporting the new team in Auckland?

There's no point having a derby if there is no proper rivalry.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

Who is going to switch to supporting the new team in Auckland?

There's no point having a derby if there is no proper rivalry.

I think Gus said he thought another Auckland team due to population and businesses was the way to go.

south island make more sense and from what locals who post here say, it’s definitely way to go

 

[Bukowski]

maybe west aussies should have put in more effort into the game and viewership numbers in last decade? it kinda all stinks, big risk

at least nz and png have proven they watch rl footy and produce players

What the viewship numbers of NRL in Wellington?

 

[Bukowski]

Id normally agree but in the case of Perth/WA if it’s a case of Perth/WA bears or nothing at all then I’d reluctantly choose Perth/WA bears.

a similar type scenario in New Zealand would just be pushing it too far .

I don't see the difference. Why would it be Perth Bears or nothing?

 

[Hey you guys]

I don't see the difference. Why would it be Perth Bears or nothing?

Hasn’t PVL said as much?