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Brisbane concede we are favourites for expansion
http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/nr...id-from-brisbane/story-fn7shzfu-1226069658914
THE bid team for a second NRL club in Brisbane believe a Perth side is a certainty, but league boss David Gallop has cast the biggest doubts yet on any expansion from 2013.
A spokesman for the consortium seeking to set up a new side in Brisbane, Craig Davison, said his team would be competing for the second spot if the NRL expanded by two teams, with a Western Australian side a certainty to take the first.
"The TV rights being negotiated will, I believe, be pushing a lot for two more teams,'' Davison told ABC radio.
"I believe one of them is looking very likely to be WA and the other one I believe should be Brisbane.
"I believe that WA is a lay down misere, they're in.
"So the issue for us is who's going to get the second gig.''
Gallop refuted the claim, adding delays to the formation of an independent commission to run the game could make it difficult to expand as soon as 2013.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/nr...id-from-brisbane/story-fn7shzfu-1226069658914
THE bid team for a second NRL club in Brisbane believe a Perth side is a certainty, but league boss David Gallop has cast the biggest doubts yet on any expansion from 2013.
A spokesman for the consortium seeking to set up a new side in Brisbane, Craig Davison, said his team would be competing for the second spot if the NRL expanded by two teams, with a Western Australian side a certainty to take the first.
"The TV rights being negotiated will, I believe, be pushing a lot for two more teams,'' Davison told ABC radio.
"I believe one of them is looking very likely to be WA and the other one I believe should be Brisbane.
"I believe that WA is a lay down misere, they're in.
"So the issue for us is who's going to get the second gig.''
Gallop refuted the claim, adding delays to the formation of an independent commission to run the game could make it difficult to expand as soon as 2013.
