New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[flippikat]

Don’t think it’s anything sinister at all, new stadium era is ‘April’ so suspect they’d just want to be sure they’re playing in the new stadium that may not be open yet.
Wellington is equally deserving of a Warriors game but even better looks like both will get a game next year (wait for Auckland members to bitch about it though)

I think a game each year in Wellington AND Christchurch makes a lot of sense until a 2nd NZ team has it's debut.

It's a shame that the Warriors have to carry the responsibility for that, given how it reduces their exposure in Auckland & value of season tickets at Mt Smart - ideally one of those games would be another team taking a game to Wellington or Christchurch, compensated by NRL and/or local government over here. After all, the Bulldogs were doing alright taking their home game against the Warriors to Wellington for a while.

If a 2nd NZ team (Christchurch) is team 20 - it'll be interesting to see how the Auckland & Christchurch teams split up the rest of NZ.. and Wellington stands to be quite a battleground between the two.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

I think a game each year in Wellington AND Christchurch makes a lot of sense until a 2nd NZ team has it's debut.

It's a shame that the Warriors have to carry the responsibility for that, given how it reduces their exposure in Auckland & value of season tickets at Mt Smart - ideally one of those games would be another team taking a game to Wellington or Christchurch, compensated by NRL and/or local government over here. After all, the Bulldogs were doing alright taking their home game against the Warriors to Wellington for a while.

If a 2nd NZ team (Christchurch) is team 20 - it'll be interesting to see how the Auckland & Christchurch teams split up the rest of NZ.. and Wellington stands to be quite a battleground between the two.

to be honest sharkies with their shit stadium would be ideal candidates to take at least one of their home games to south island or wello. also think phins are a choice but they are already spread around the joint.

maybe bunnies now that their perth home games are done? but i thinks their stadium deal cuts that out? maybe dogs then?

roosters go to gosford
pennies to country nsw
parra to darwin
dragons service 2 home grounds
tigers service 62 home ground
sharkies go to port mac but titans could cover that realistically.
dogs used to go to rocky and bundy, do they still do that? if not maybe them for wello and sharkies for chch?

 

[Jonty]

to be honest sharkies with their shit stadium would be ideal candidates to take at least one of their home games to south island or wello. also think phins are a choice but they are already spread around the joint.

maybe bunnies now that their perth home games are done? but i thinks their stadium deal cuts that out? maybe dogs then?

roosters go to gosford
pennies to country nsw
parra to darwin
dragons service 2 home grounds
tigers service 62 home ground
sharkies go to port mac but titans could cover that realistically.
dogs used to go to rocky and bundy, do they still do that? if not maybe them for wello and sharkies for chch?

Sharks and raiders should take their ”home” games against the warriors to Christchurch.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

 

[Wb1234]

TikTok - Make Your Day

One of these Andrew Websters is actually a Union fan

 

[titoelcolombiano]

TikTok - Make Your Day

One of these Andrew Websters is actually a Union fan

That answer really hurt Webster (journo) he's a closet Union fan pretending to prefer RL

 

[Wb1234]

That answer really hurt Webster (journo) he's a closet Union fan pretending to prefer RL

In the closet twice

 

[Wb1234]

Twenty teams is the right number,” ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys said.

“It’s just a matter of when and how we can get there. We want to ensure the first two teams are successful. The Dolphins were successful. We want to make sure the Perth Bears and PNG are equally successful. That might bring the 20th team forward. The success of the two teams will determine how quickly we can move to a 20-team comp

Conferences, mid-week games and 10-team finals: How a 20-team NRL competition could work

The sport’s key stakeholders have helped to map out what a 20-team competition could look like, including a change to Origin.

www.smh.com.au

 

[flippikat]

Kinda cooked how the Eastern & Western conferences they suggest have 5/5 and 4/5 teams in Sydney respectively.

If every team plays it's conference rivals home-and-away, and other teams just once - then that's just entrenching the geographical advantage.

Northern (Broncos, Cowboys, PNG, Dolphins, Titans) looks ok, but for travel fairness surely you'd want to split the Sydney clubs between the remaining THREE conferences.

Tough to figure out how that'd be done while keeping enough traditional rivalries in the conferences.. and some old rivalries would be reduced to once a year... BUT it makes that one game per year for a rivalry more of an occasion I guess.