Prediction poll - who will get the 18th team?

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

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Pre SL we had 10k registered players in WA. The game is still a long long way from being where it was in the early 90’s Despite the billions of $’s it has received in the last 20 years.
Makes you wonder How we did it back then with no money yet with all the money the game now has we aren’t close to being back there?

Western Australians are more open-minded than Victorians. It's why I'd have two teams in Perth by 2075 but just one in Melbourne.

 

[Perth Red]

Unless there's monumental change in how the sport is administered in this country there's zero chance that the NRL expands to 20 teams by 2030.

Team 18 will come in somewhere between 2025-28, then it'll be a decade minimum before the NRL expands again.

It’s taken 16 years to go from 16 to 17! Probably another 5 years plus on top of that to go to 18. The chances of going to 20 clubs before 2050 ish seem slim!

 

[The Great Dane]

It’s taken 16 years to go from 16 to 17! Probably another 5 years plus on top of that to go to 18. The chances of going to 20 clubs before 2050 ish seem slim!

Yeah probably, that's why I said 'decade minimum'.

 

[baselinepanther]

We're possibly looking at further expansion to 18 at some point during the life of the next broadcast deal 2023 - 27 & I'd say we will do 2 teams in the next leap after one deal of it staying at 18 , so we will be at 20 teams for the start of the 2033 season.
Brisb 3
Perth
NZ2 will all be in. As for who , when .. well theres arguments for all 3 before 2027.

 

[RL The greatest game]

We're possibly looking at further expansion to 18 at some point during the life of the next broadcast deal 2023 - 27 & I'd say we will do 2 teams in the next leap after one deal of it staying at 18 , so we will be at 20 teams for the start of the 2033 season.
Brisb 3
Perth
NZ2 will all be in. As for who , when .. well theres arguments for all 3 before 2027.

It is my opinion that New Zealand will have a 2nd NRL club and another NRL club in Queensland before Perth has a NRL club.

 

[Colk]

We're possibly looking at further expansion to 18 at some point during the life of the next broadcast deal 2023 - 27 & I'd say we will do 2 teams in the next leap after one deal of it staying at 18 , so we will be at 20 teams for the start of the 2033 season.
Brisb 3
Perth
NZ2 will all be in. As for who , when .. well theres arguments for all 3 before 2027.

Let’s hope so

 

[flippikat]

It is my opinion that New Zealand will have a 2nd NRL club and another NRL club in Queensland before Perth has a NRL club.

Well it's easy to get that feeling from the current administration - however, under different stewardship expansion priorities could change.

(Of course, the reactionary & conservative rump of the rugby league community may well shoot-down anyone with designs on non-heartland expansion before they actually take their chance to DO anything concrete... but hey dreams are free!)

 

[RL The greatest game]

Well it's easy to get that feeling from the current administration - however, under different stewardship expansion priorities could change.

(Of course, the reactionary & conservative rump of the rugby league community may well shoot-down anyone with designs on non-heartland expansion before they actually take their chance to DO anything concrete... but hey dreams are free!)

I'm not saying i agree with it, but i think it will happen, and i think who ever follows on from Peter V'landy's will have the same philosophy.

 

[Perth Red]

I'm not saying i agree with it, but i think it will happen, and i think who ever follows on from Peter V'landy's will have the same philosophy.

Depends, Beattie seemed gung ho for expansion into new markets. A lot will depend on how the NRl comes through covid financially. With Tv deal in the bag if they can minimise further financial disruption, by 2027 they should be in a reasonably strong financial position and that will play a big bearing in how risk averse they are with the next club.

If I was WA govt I wouldnt be paying $millions for any more NRL events until they commit to a team here. NRL only seems to care about the $'s so we should use that the other way to motivate the NRL to get committed to WA.

 

[Marlins]

Depends, Beattie seemed gung ho for expansion into new markets. A lot will depend on how the NRl comes through covid financially. With Tv deal in the bag if they can minimise further financial disruption, by 2027 they should be in a reasonably strong financial position and that will play a big bearing in how risk averse they are with the next club.

If I was WA govt I wouldnt be paying $millions for any more NRL events until they commit to a team here. NRL only seems to care about the $'s so we should use that the other way to motivate the NRL to get committed to WA.

Well this year will probably be Perths last chance for a SOO match in while. With Origin moving back to 3 Wednesday matches next year, the time zone differences would make it too hard.

 

[Perth Red]

Well this year will probably be Perths last chance for a SOO match in while. With Origin moving back to 3 Wednesday matches next year, the time zone differences would make it too hard.

yeh just one other reason why acquiescing to ch9 was a stupid move!

 

[Marlins]

yeh just one other reason why acquiescing to ch9 was a stupid move!

I guess no Perth side, no origin, but hey, you might get back the odd south’s game.

 

[Perth Red]

I guess no Perth side, no origin, but hey, you might get back the odd south’s game.

we were supposed to get three years of roosters and Bulldog games (20-22)before covid scuppered that.

 

[RL The greatest game]

Depends, Beattie seemed gung ho for expansion into new markets. A lot will depend on how the NRl comes through covid financially. With Tv deal in the bag if they can minimise further financial disruption, by 2027 they should be in a reasonably strong financial position and that will play a big bearing in how risk averse they are with the next club.

If I was WA govt I wouldnt be paying $millions for any more NRL events until they commit to a team here. NRL only seems to care about the $'s so we should use that the other way to motivate the NRL to get committed to WA.

How do we know privately that the NRL hasn't committed to a NRL team in Perth in the future?
I would suggest all the while it's commercially viable Perth will continue yo host NRL games

 

[Jamberoo]

Well this year will probably be Perths last chance for a SOO match in while. With Origin moving back to 3 Wednesday matches next year, the time zone differences would make it too hard.

Nah. Perth hosts weeknight AFL games that start at 6.10pm (8.10 east coast) and finish 10.50pm east coast. SOO works start same time.

 

[baselinepanther]

yea, nothing wrong with a 6.15 pm local time kick off in perth

 

[Marlins]

yea, nothing wrong with a 6.15 pm local time kick off in perth

On a Wednesday night in the middle of winter? Maybe.

 

[Perth Red]

On a Wednesday night in the middle of winter? Maybe.

Won’t have a problem filling it, just if the WA govt thinks it will bring the sports tourism in mid week that would justify the $millions they spend getting it. They reckon around 12k came over for it in 2019.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

what the F is GWS hahahaha . i keep looking for it in google maps .. whats its postcode ?

GWS is that urban centre that encompasses everything south-west of the SCG all the way to Canberra

 

[Perth Red]

GWS is that urban centre that encompasses everything south-west of the SCG all the way to Canberra

Maybe something we should be considering rather than mocking? After all having dual city presence has got them 15k members, got AFL a consistent footprint in a city that they are unlikely to ever put a team in and is bringing in millions of $'s for a new club. We could do worse than trying to set up a something similar for a city like Adelaide or Wellington.