Say hello to the Brisbane Nines

[TheDalek079]

if Brisbane hosts the Nines then do they win the war?

 

[T-Boon]

have qualifiers in Brisbane (10 Northern teams) and Melbourne (10 Southern teams) and then the nines finals (10 teams) at Sydney.

 

[OVP]

have qualifiers in Brisbane (10 Northern teams) and Melbourne (10 Southern teams) and then the nines finals (10 teams) at Sydney.

Does that brain of yours ever stop thinking ?

 

[Saint Doc]

The Bali Nines?

I'll show myself out

 

[DiegoNT]

Does that brain of yours ever stop thinking ?

Does it ever start

 

[PaulyTom]

I'd run a tournament back to back weekends. One in Melbourne , one in Brisbane.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

The Bali Nines?

I'll show myself out

Would.be running good lines

 

[Walt Flanigan]

The Bali Nines?

I'll show myself out

Thailand might be better, so it's a quick trip for all the guys in rehab.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Crowds in Auckland are well down this year, wonder why? Weather looks perfect.

Given the event is privately owned I would assume it will be up to the promoter to decide where the event will go and that decision will be about where he can make the most money.

Yup, it's all up to this guy:

 

[yobbo84]

8 teams in Sydney, should be a no brainer to play it there at least once. Use Allianz though.

The new Parramatta Stadium will be perfect location for it when complete.

 

[Frank Discussion]

pretty ok id of thought

What in hell jdid I just read?

 

[RL The greatest game]

Surely for the good of Rugby League it has to be played in Melbourne or Perth.
No value in my eyes in playing it in Brisbane or Sydney.

 

[Raiderdave]

What in hell jdid I just read?

Ahhh
Idk... What did you just read ?

 

[siv]

Put it to tender

And lets see who want to pay and put on a $1 mil prize money and cove4 travel and accomodation costs

Only condition

No team to travel more than 12 hours

 

[The Engineers Room]

I'd say expand it and play in a regional venue on a Friday night and Saturday and the finals in Sydney on the Sunday.

Make it 16 NRL clubs and 16 invitation teams.

Play one group in Newcastle (8 NRL and 8 invitational)
and the other in Canberra or Wollongong

Then the finals on the Sunday at ANZ.

 

[ed-grimley]

Surely for the good of Rugby League it has to be played in Melbourne or Perth.
No value in my eyes in playing it in Brisbane or Sydney.

Why?

 

[RL The greatest game]

Why?

Spreading the word.
Potential new fans.
Potential new sponsors.
Helping to underpin the Storm in Melbourne.
If its moved to Perth . The same with potential new fans and new sponsors, and preparing the ground for a future NRL club there.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Melbourne is a lost cause in my view, let those dickwits have their fumbleball, but Grimley isn't far off the mark with Perth. Every time the NRL has taken games there, NIB Stadium has been sold out. It's plausible that the Nines could achieve the same thing, without the fair weather NZ fans who bugger off a soon as the Warriors tank.

 

[Perth Red]

Its privately owned, it will go wherever makes it the most money. That will be Brisbane or GC most likely.

WA is about to get a new govt probably so expect to see the money being thrown around to attract events here dry up. Just so happens the premier was also the tourism minister so was very happy to flash the cash to get events happening. Unlikely to see it happen so much with a labour Govt.

 

[Perth Red]

Melbourne is a lost cause in my view, let those dickwits have their fumbleball, .

Really?

Where Nine will be most pleased is with how many people remained tuned into its channel across the five metro cities, which boasted the highest-rating grand final of all time with an average audience of 2.647 million.
In Melbourne, home of AFL but whose side the Storm was out to prove it could bring home a finals win, the peak audience reached 787,000.

THE MCG last night hosted the biggest State of Origin rugby league clash in history, and now Victoria is coming after the Bledisloe Cup. A massive crowd of 91,513 packed the home of sport