PNG's back.

[Canard]

I just hope V'landys gets a written contract from Albo guaranteeing funding for 20+ years. Of all the expansion bids, PNG opens up the best opportunity to grow the game at international level.

Yes won't it really grow Rugby League by seeing Australia dominate one of the poorest nations on earth.

It will really drive TV ratings and sponsor dollars.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Id say a NZ2 focused on developing the game in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa would more than PNG. IF we could get those three nations up to speed with NZ and Aus, and England from time to time, it would be massive to have 6 nations who could actually regularly compete with each other. PNG would be nice as well but that would take decades and may never get there as its likely there still wouldn't be enough top PNG talent spread across the comp. to make them tier 1 competitive. PNG remind me of France.

PNG and Fiji are more likely than Samoa and Tonga to produce local juniors. Samoa and Tonga will forever rely on expatriates who were raised in Australia and New Zealand.

 

[MugaB]

Papua New Guinea’s NRL bid out to bring benefits beyond the rugby league field

The Australian government is reportedly considering helping to fund a PNG expansion team with a partnership that is seen as a ‘powerful way to build lasting ties’

www.google.com

Already happening with that 5.5 million recieved last year

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Papua New Guinea’s NRL bid out to bring benefits beyond the rugby league field

The Australian government is reportedly considering helping to fund a PNG expansion team with a partnership that is seen as a ‘powerful way to build lasting ties’

www.google.com

Already happening with that 5.5 million recieved last year

They almost beat the Australian Schoolboys. It shows how much potential there is in PNG.

 

[Colk]

Brisbane Tigers + North Sydney Bears = East Coast Bears

Brisbane Tigers have the location and facilities but lack a marketable brand.

North Sydney Bears have a great brand but lack a location and facilities.

The two clubs compliment one another as the East Coast Bears.

The new entity could share its home games between Brisbane and Central Coast. The more games played in Brisbane and the Central Coast the better.

You might want to wipe this from your memory when you are criticising other people for stupid ideas.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

You might want to wipe this from your memory when you are criticising other people for stupid ideas.

I was being sarcastic.

 

[MugaB]

I was being sarcastic.

I wasn't, its not a bad idea at all, trouble is they both cover areas that are already somewhat serviced by the NRL clubs already, so another location would be better, but these clubs are both in need of each others help

 

[Colk]

I was being sarcastic.

Really? I’ll take your word for it

 

[Colk]

I wasn't, its not a bad idea at all, trouble is they both cover areas that are already somewhat serviced by the NRL clubs already, so another location would be better, but these clubs are both in need of each others help

No it is a really bad idea mate. People have got to stop coming up with these ideas when you are trying to be everything for everybody. It just doesn’t work

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I wasn't, its not a bad idea at all, trouble is they both cover areas that are already somewhat serviced by the NRL clubs already, so another location would be better, but these clubs are both in need of each others help

The only way Easts can retain their identity at NRL level is by calling themselves East Coast. Bears cannot be North Sydney. East Coast Bears allows both clubs to retain some of their identity. Unfortunately, it's unlikely either club would agree to it. The backlash from the public would be massive.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

No it is a really bad idea mate. People have got to stop coming up with these ideas when you are trying to be everything for everybody. It just doesn’t work

It's no dumber than advocating for teams in Adelaide and Perth. We all know the NRL won't provide them with the assistance they need to succeed.

 

[Colk]

It's no dumber than advocating for teams in Adelaide and Perth. We all know the NRL won't provide them with the assistance they need to succeed.

No it’s a lot worse. This club would represent nobody. It’s neither another Brisbane side (which you so desperately want) nor it is a Central Coast team. Why would anybody in either of these regions support a side that doesn’t actually represent them.

If you want to know what such a side would look have a look at the Warriors during COVID

 

[Canard]

It's no dumber than advocating for teams in Adelaide and Perth. We all know the NRL won't provide them with the assistance they need to succeed.

I thought you said it was a joke?

Why are you defending it?

 

[Perth Red]

PNG should have partnered with Easts, at least the license could then move to Qlnd when this folly falls in a big heap and Easts could have kept some support for PNG development going.

 

[Wb1234]

They almost beat the Australian Schoolboys. It shows how much potential there is in PNG.

PNG should have partnered with Easts, at least the license could then move to Qlnd when this folly falls in a big heap and Easts could have kept some support for PNG development going.

Didn’t need em since they have so much money

 

[Perth Red]

Didn’t need em since they have so much money

for now, maybe

 

[Wb1234]

for now, maybe

Meanwhile Perth will be begging norths or Newtown for a link up

 

[Perth Red]

Meanwhile Perth will be begging norths or Newtown for a link up

clearly not, given we turned Bears away lol.
A partnership with at least one, maybe even two second tier east coast clubs is inevitable and needed. I look forward to seeing who we end up with and what the partnership looks like, if ever given the chance.

 

[Wb1234]

clearly not, given we turned Bears away lol.
A partnership with at least one, maybe even two second tier east coast clubs is inevitable and needed. I look forward to seeing who we end up with and what the partnership looks like, if ever given the chance.

Yeh png don’t need any partnerships

 

[Perth Red]

Yeh png don’t need any partnerships

except with the Aus govt who are bankrolling their whole relevance lol