Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

[Perth Red]

If anything full-time squad sizes should be increasing.
Teams are using more players than ever - in 2017 the average number of players used per club was 28. In 2024 it was 31.

With a 25 man squad, it only takes 3 injuries/suspensions and you're sending paperwork into HQ every Tuesday.

Maybe a 25 man first team squad (this is where the RLPA min wage comes into play $135k) and back to proper reserve grade with a further 15 players on a lower min wage (say $80k)? so a 40 man squad cross 1st grade and reserve grade. Reserve grade can always be topped up with U19's (or an U21's if we move to a national Toyota cup grade again) on development money.

 

[siv]

If anything full-time squad sizes should be increasing.
Teams are using more players than ever - in 2017 the average number of players used per club was 28. In 2024 it was 31.

With a 25 man squad, it only takes 3 injuries/suspensions and you're sending paperwork into HQ every Tuesday.

Agree should go to 36 plus 6 rather than 30 plus 6

Clubs these days have 8 to 10 on the sidelines every week

 

[Wb1234]

Official announcement is expected for Thursday

Total package is 85 million directly for rugby league plus stadium upgrade of 200 million which benefits all sports bar afl

Bears will get a rent free period at the stadium and the stadium upgrades will include a stand for corporates like commbank

 

[Brutus]

Official announcement is expected for Thursday

Total package is 85 million directly for rugby league plus stadium upgrade of 200 million which benefits all sports bar afl

Bears will get a rent free period at the stadium and the stadium upgrades will include a stand for corporates like commbank

Fantastic news. What a great comp it will be with Perth in and the return,of sorts, of the mighty Bears.

Hopefully the Bears can win their first premiership since 1922 within their first 5 years of returning to the big league.

 

[i0Nic]

So the 200m hbf upgrade is back on?

 

[Wb1234]

So the 200m hbf upgrade is back on?

Last article posted says it is

Doesn’t say when

It’s on the wa bears thread in the expansion forum

 

[Steel Saints]

Can't wait for Thursday. It will be a great day for the code.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

 

[BuffaloRules]

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Come Year 2, if the Perth Bears aren’t winning premierships and selling out every home game, PVL is going to be copping it so bad ..

 

[Wb1234]

Racing nsw loss is rugby league’s gain

The politics inside sports is mental