Official: Redcliffe Dolphins to join NRL in 2023

[pennywisealfie]

They're also not the Broncos, so there is that working in their favour

They wish they were.

 

[Brutus]

Claims that this is being done in the name of an "expansion bid" is laughable.

This new club will be the South Queensland Crushers 2.0.

So you're predicting a Superleague war to basically wipe them out?

 

[Brutus]

Agreed , I mean there is no "southside" team in the NRL anyway, so not sure that's important

As for @blaza88z pedantry about the name Redcliffe, not sure that that matters even one iota to be honest.

The Broncos home games used to be on the "Southside" between 93 and 2001 at the worst stadium to watch footy from.

 

[jim_57]

More so because Redcliffe Dolphins traditionally represented Redcliffe City in the BRL (the suburbs of Kippa-Ring, Clontarf, Scarborough, Rothwell, Newport, Margate, Woody Point and its namesake Redcliffe) whereas now Redcliffe City council has since merged with Pine Rivers Shire and Caboolture Shire Councils to form the massive Moreton Bay Regional Council. So a result as an NRL team they want to represent all these areas, not just part of it plus the Sunshine Coast hence why I suspect they will become the preferred name of Moreton Bay Dolphins! I highly doubt it will be Brisbane as they have never been part of Brisbane and would piss off their core supporters.

Yeh this, ‘Moreton Bay’ is spot on. The Moreton Bay region covers Redcliffe, North Lakes and a large chunk of the North. The actual Moreton Bay stretches from Sunny Coast to East Brisbane so relates to those target areas as well.

 

[Pippen94]

You've missed my point. "The Dolphins" is rubbish. I'm sure they'll change it. A generic name like "North Brisbane Dolphins" is no better anyway.

If they've been the Redcliffe Dolphins since 1947, they should stay the Redcliffe Dolphins. It's where they're from. Do people in Brisbane know or care where Cronulla, Parramatta or Canterbury are? Why should the reverse matter for Sydney-siders?

The Warriors should have stayed the Auckland Warriors. The Roosters should still be Eastern Suburbs.

Generic location names should be consigned to the past.

They were first known as the shell grit - should they go back to that?!

 

[some11]

The Broncos home games used to be on the "Southside" between 93 and 2001 at the worst stadium to watch footy from.

So shit they had to close major roads around it to get people in and out lmao

Shame there's no realistic way to turn QEII into a proper stadium. Unless you paved over the cemetery.

 

[roofromoz]

The Penrith v Parra derby should always be at Bankwest....

Yeah, nah. Not exactly neighbouring suburbs, they are about 35km apart.

 

[Game_Breaker]

The Broncos home games used to be on the "Southside" between 93 and 2001 at the worst stadium to watch footy from.

ANZ sure like to sponsor shit stadiums

 

[toomuchsoup]

Another jersey mock-up

 

[T-Boon]

The jerseys would look a heck of a lot better with the Dolphin ad where the car dealership ad is (and the size of dealership ad) and the car dealership ad on the back of the jersey.

 

[Canard]

V’landys Introduces Redcliffe To NRL Fans: "It’s Basically QLD's Cronulla But Not As White” — The Betoota Advocate

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The NRL has today revealed the new team that will join the league in 2023 will be The Dolphins, a storied rugby league club from Brisbane’s northern bayside suburb of Redcliffe. The addition of the 17th team will mean the season will expand from 24 to 26 rounds...

www.betootaadvocate.com

 

[Last Week]

There's always been bad teams and poor salary cap management, but when has the gulf between the best 2 or 3 teams and the rest of the competition been so stark before though?

You can actually pinpoint the decline of the standard as well. When the competition went on break last year due to the first round of lockdowns and the NRL didn't want to sit around and look like they were doing nothing.

Adding another team to the competition and dispersing the lack of talent even further should definitely help things though...

How can you say that the supposed drop in quality is because of a lack of talent?

Where is there a lack of talent? What are you using to measure talent?

Is a completely even competition indicative of a high quality competition? And if so, why?

Adding a 17th team isn't going to suddenly create a vacuum of players. Sure, 30 more players will need to be drawn upon to fill roster positions for teams. But that also means that there's 30 more players training full time. There's another pathway for juniors to develop and up skill. There's another option for players to go to as opposed to the UK or Union.

This excuse of being unable to expand because of a supposed lack of talent is unfounded, unsubstantiated and comes across as just toting the generic club lines who don't want another mouth in the trough.

 

[GongPanther]

So just like how Melbourne started then.

What I think he meant was the leg-ups they will be getting from the NRL a-la WSW football side, and that Blacktown AFL club.

 

[GongPanther]

Hopefully they instantly become every Broncos haters first/second team. They do mine.

Why?

 

[GongPanther]

Are they really just going to be known as "The Dolphins"? That's awful

How about "The Flying Fins"

And if they want, they could get Neil Finn to pen their team song.

 

[GongPanther]

Cowboys didn't call their club Townsville either. Trying to appeal to a broader area. I'm sure we'll see an announcement in coming days.

And if it doesn't work out and goes tits up, relocating the club to Perth will be a breeze.

 

[The_Frog]

The Penrith v Parra derby should always be at Bankwest....

Gets a bigger crowd at Penrith.

 

[GongPanther]

What a shit combination of colours.

Colour scheme for a brothel.

 

[GongPanther]

Penrith and Cronulla basically got promoted from the old metro Cup

Penrith RLFC has existed since 1932 in playing various lower comps. Blue was our colour up to the time we came to grade.

 

[GongPanther]

The Penrith v Parra derby should always be at Bankwest....
11k capacity is ridiculously small when the best rectangular stadium in the country is also within the geographic area you want to take over or at least get your piece of.
Brisbane Dolphins

Usually play Parra three times a year. Twice at Penrith Park (1st one is the annual pre-season) and one at Parra Park.