Team 20 - Who? Adelaide or Queensland 5?

[MugaB]

The NRLW cowgirls team is playing in Cairns

Thanks for the update to my 2 year old post, a lot has happened since then Champ

 

[AlwaysGreen]

It's gotta be out of NZ or another QLD team.

Unless Darth V'landys has got another wacky idea from the daily telegraph.

 

[flippikat]

Looking back and forward, it's all pretty obvious what the NRL want.

17 was always Redcliffe
18 PNG
19 Perth
20 NZ SI
21 Ipswich

After that who knows, but Adelaide, Melbourne 2, Fiji and Wellington will probably put their hand up.

I would venture to say that Adelaide AND Wellington both have strong cases - one means we have a team in NZ's 3 biggest cities and the other means we have all the Australian cities that have at least 1 million population.

 

[flippikat]

Time to talk about it again.

Will it be a Newtown Jets and Port Augusta joint venture?
Pasifika team playing out of Dubbo?
Queensland 5 based in Lismore?
New Zealand 2 out of Auckland?
Singapore Slingers?
Hull Jerks?
Mosman team to cover the central coast?
Robot team?

If competition size & depth is a concern, moving the Tigers to Wellington would help rationalize Sydney, make for a 3rd NZ team (Assuming one of he Christchurch bids is in), and put less pressure on the talent pool.

 

[Matt_CBY]

I would venture to say that Adelaide AND Wellington both have strong cases - one means we have a team in NZ's 3 biggest cities and the other means we have all the Australian cities that have at least 1 million population.

But but but AFL in QLD

 

[Matt_CBY]

If competition size & depth is a concern

It’s not.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

If competition size & depth is a concern, moving the Tigers to Wellington would help rationalize Sydney, make for a 3rd NZ team (Assuming one of he Christchurch bids is in), and put less pressure on the talent pool.

I can't see a team ever moving from Sydney's unless they choose to.

 

[flippikat]

I can't see a team ever moving from Sydney's unless they choose to.

Yeah, I was probably more putting it out there as a "what if" scenario more then a "this should happen".

There's no willingness for clubs or the NRL to consider relocation, and with the grant pretty much taking care of all then there's no financial pressure to - unless some massive "black swan event" puts one club on a very unsteady footing.

 

[flippikat]

It’s not.

It's obviously not a concern with the NRL's CURRENT push towards 20 teams.

However with Perth, PNG & NZ 2 looking like they're those next 3.. then Adelaide, NZ 3, Brisbane 3, Fiji, Melbourne 2, and where-ever else will need to jostle for teams 21 & 22 (or teams 21-24).

I haven't seen any indication from the NRL they want to do this, and even if they do then there may well be NRL fans & media personalities coming up with the "but.. we have truly terrible teams at the bottom of the table AS IT IS" argument against going past 20 teams once we're at 20 teams.

 

[Matt_CBY]

It's obviously not a concern with the NRL's CURRENT push towards 20 teams.

However with Perth, PNG & NZ 2 looking like they're those next 3.. then Adelaide, NZ 3, Brisbane 3, Fiji, Melbourne 2, and where-ever else will need to jostle for teams 21 & 22 (or teams 21-24).

I haven't seen any indication from the NRL they want to do this, and even if they do then there may well be NRL fans & media personalities coming up with the "but.. we have truly terrible teams at the bottom of the table AS IT IS" argument against going past 20 teams once we're at 20 teams.

And those people will be talking out of their arses.

 

[T to the T]

If competition size & depth is a concern, moving the Tigers to Wellington would help rationalize Sydney, make for a 3rd NZ team (Assuming one of he Christchurch bids is in), and put less pressure on the talent pool.