Northern Eagles. Central Coast. Gosford

[blue bags]

Imagine if the northern Eagles were a successful franchise. They would be be booming right now
The whole Central Coast area
It's been a Heartland of rugby league for many decades
Fantastic stadium
Juniors in abundance
Built a rivalry between the knights
Beautiful area to Live in
Still needs a franchise for sure
More games played in Gosford

 

[MrE_Assassin]

Imagine if the northern Eagles were a successful franchise. They would be be booming right now
The whole Central Coast area
It's been a Heartland of rugby league for many decades
Fantastic stadium
Juniors in abundance
Built a rivalry between the knights
Beautiful area to Live in
Still needs a franchise for sure
More games played in Gosford

Unfortunately a Gosford/Central Coast team should come in at the expense of another Sydney team, whether they go bust or voluntarily move there. The most likely would be the Roosters given the pathway teams they’ve established there and they’ve been taking games to Gosford every year for ages now…. Unfortunately I just see the Roosters staying in Bondi and using the CC as a feeding pool in lieu of their own juniors fading into nonexistence.

 

[Perth Red]

Imagine if the northern Eagles were a successful franchise. They would be be booming right now
The whole Central Coast area
It's been a Heartland of rugby league for many decades
Fantastic stadium
Juniors in abundance
Built a rivalry between the knights
Beautiful area to Live in
Still needs a franchise for sure
More games played in Gosford

Yeh such a great track record of regional clubs in nrl lol

 

[MrE_Assassin]

This may add a bit of insult to those on the CC, but I would prefer that Manly absorbed the CC into its region and played 1/3 or 1/2 their home games at Gosford, as well as the Dragons playing more games down in Wollongong. Manly need to spread out of their peninsula and Gosford provides them a more modern stadium than Brookie. They may even need to relocate all their home games there if Brookie undergoes a full rebuild.

 

[Brian potter]

Am i right in believing that if the delay to the construction of the central coast stadium had not happened then the bears would probably still be in the competition today?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

This may add a bit of insult to those on the CC, but I would prefer that Manly absorbed the CC into its region and played 1/3 or 1/2 their home games at Gosford, as well as the Dragons playing more games down in Wollongong. Manly need to spread out of their peninsula and Gosford provides them a more modern stadium than Brookie. They may even need to relocate all their home games there if Brookie undergoes a full rebuild.

It makes sense for Manly to expand into the Central Coast.

Would the club continue to be called Manly Warringah Sea Eagles or just l call themselves Sea Eagles?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Yeh such a great track record of regional clubs in nrl lol

Weren't the Cowboys generating more revenue from football operations in 2022 than all clubs bar the Broncos?

 

[Inisai Toga]

Am i right in believing that if the delay to the construction of the central coast stadium had not happened then the bears would probably still be in the competition today?

you are! Ironic really, considering they (the Bears)probably thought they were doing the right or proactive move, as the narrative at the time was around was how they could reduce the number of Sydney teams.

 

[Brian potter]

you are! Ironic really, considering they probably thought they ( the Bears) were doing the right thing as there was a real narrative at the time in reducing the number of Sydney teams.

What did they plan on calling themselves?

the central coast bears or northern bears?

 

[Inisai Toga]

This may add a bit of insult to those on the CC, but I would prefer that Manly absorbed the CC into its region and played 1/3 or 1/2 their home games at Gosford, as well as the Dragons playing more games down in Wollongong. Manly need to spread out of their peninsula and Gosford provides them a more modern stadium than Brookie. They may even need to relocate all their home games there if Brookie undergoes a full rebuild.

The Balmain Tigers had a real strong look at the CC at the time. One reason was the strong support they enjoyed up there. Maybe they should have ….? .Whilst Manly geographically makes sense, they weren’t/ aren’t the most popular club unless you followed them and it was thought the Tigers would enjoy a greater local support…. which is needed with relocation.

 

[Inisai Toga]

What did they plan on calling themselves?

the central coast bears or northern bears?

Can’t recall Brian, something like that!

 

[Canard]

Bears fans would still be calling for a Bears to return to NSO

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Yeh such a great track record of regional clubs in nrl lol

Canberra, Newcastle, North Queensland. What's the problem?

 

[Chins get the wins]

This may add a bit of insult to those on the CC, but I would prefer that Manly absorbed the CC into its region and played 1/3 or 1/2 their home games at Gosford, as well as the Dragons playing more games down in Wollongong. Manly need to spread out of their peninsula and Gosford provides them a more modern stadium than Brookie. They may even need to relocate all their home games there if Brookie undergoes a full rebuild.

Nope we all hate Manly

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Canberra, Newcastle, North Queensland. What's the problem?

He's jealous because they have a larger profile than Perth.

 

[Perth Red]

Weren't the Cowboys generating more revenue from football operations in 2022 than all clubs bar the Broncos?

Went broke and had to be bought by news ltd. to keep going. Only had one short succesful period in 25 years. Nrl think so little of them they are talking about plonking a bastard club in their territory. Yeh that cowboys.
reality nrl is littered with regional failures, in fact there hasn’t been one that hasn’t gone broke, had to merge or that has had any sort of sustained success on the field in the nrl era. Maybe tells us something?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Went broke and had to be bought by news ltd. to keep going. Only had one short succesful period in 25 years. Nrl think so little of them they are talking about plonking a bastard club in their territory. Yeh that cowboys.
reality nrl is littered with regional failures, in fact there hasn’t been one that hasn’t gone broke, had to merge or that has had any sort of sustained success on the field in the nrl era. Maybe tells us something?

Reds went bust after a few months and had to be bailed out by News Ltd. Were such a basket case they were kicked out after their third season.

Storm were provided $100m over 20 years by News Ltd/ARLC to get where they are and have produced just five local players. Lost money hand over fist for 20 years straight. Take a game to Brisbane each year to boost their attendance figures.

Adelaide lasted two seasons before getting the chop.

Tells us a lot about trying to expand into fumbleball cities, hey?

Cowboys were the second largest and richest rugby league club in the world in 2022. Bigger than the Melbourne Storm. Didn't need to cheat the cap and rely on handouts from News Ltd and ARLC for 20 years to get there, either.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Went broke and had to be bought by news ltd. to keep going. Only had one short succesful period in 25 years. Nrl think so little of them they are talking about plonking a bastard club in their territory. Yeh that cowboys.
reality nrl is littered with regional failures, in fact there hasn’t been one that hasn’t gone broke, had to merge or that has had any sort of sustained success on the field in the nrl era. Maybe tells us something?

What regional failures? A bit jealous because your sport can't crack a regional area? Is that why you bleat about metros so often? Because you know that the NRL has successful, engaged regional teams that cover million of Australians that your sport can't make headway in?

You're a sad isolated man.

 

[flippikat]

you are! Ironic really, considering they (the Bears)probably thought they were doing the right or proactive move, as the narrative at the time was around was how they could reduce the number of Sydney teams.

If any Sydney club considered relocation in the early days of the NRL, the fate of the Bears would've surely scared them off the idea.

The Bears could have been a great example of how a traditional club can find a new home - instead they became a reason/excuse not to even think about relocation.

 

[Perth Red]

Reds went bust after a few months and had to be bailed out by News Ltd. Were such a basket case they were kicked out after their third season.

Storm were provided $100m over 20 years by News Ltd/ARLC to get where they are and have produced just five local players. Lost money hand over fist for 20 years straight. Take a game to Brisbane each year to boost their attendance figures.

Adelaide lasted two seasons before getting the chop.

Tells us a lot about trying to expand into fumbleball cities, hey?

Cowboys were the second largest and richest rugby league club in the world in 2022. Bigger than the Melbourne Storm. Didn't need to cheat the cap and rely on handouts from News Ltd and ARLC for 20 years to get there, either.

a lot of irrelevant rubbish in there considering the thread is about if nrl needs more regional teams.

gold coast - went broke a number of times, poor on field
illawarra- had to merge
nq - went broke, poor on field most of nrl era
canberra - on field been poor most of nrl era
Gosford - manly ditched the place as soon as possible
newcastle - went broke, poor on field most of nrl era

So there’s the sum total of regional nrl clubs in last 25 years.not one of them has had any sustained on field success and most have been pretty poor,