What will the NRL look like in 50 years time?

[siv]

We are talking about 30 years into the future

But much really changed between 1990 and 2020 ?

 

[flippikat]

We are talking about 30 years into the future

But much really changed between 1990 and 2020 ?

Between 1990 and 2020?

As far as the top tier's footprint goes:
Effectively 2 Sydney clubs & 1 stand-alone Illawarra club merged in with other clubs.
Auckland, Melbourne & North Quensland added to make it a 'zero sum' result (still 16 clubs).

The development of 2nd tier has been a bit more notable, especially north of the border with the Qld Cup becoming a true statewide (and international, thanks to the Hunters) competition. NSW Cup still has a way to go if an equivalent setup is the desired outcome.

Great to see the long-dreamt of "Superbowl" style championship game between the two leagues become reality, though.

The State Championship game has been a great addition to Grand Final day, and I'd really love to see a crossover round or two between the leagues during the season to ramp up that 2nd tier interstate rivalry.

 

[kdalymc]

The incorrectly named State Championship game

FIXED

 

[THE CHAMP]

The Brisbane Broncos will be eyeing off their 40th premiership

 

[Knight Vision]

What will the NRL look like in 50 years time? Touch football or ....all forms of contact sport will be banned ( except underground ) virtual reality games played by people who are continents apart....

....everytime I hear fans complaining about a good hard legal tackle I cringe. Soft cock latte sippers are ruining the game. Please go watch soccer or tennis.

 

[Mr Angry]

The Brisbane Broncos will be eyeing off their 40th premiership

Siebs has got dis!

 

[Perth Red]

What will the NRL look like in 50 years time? Touch football or ....all forms of contact sport will be banned ( except underground ) virtual reality games played by people who are continents apart....

....everytime I hear fans complaining about a good hard legal tackle I cringe. Soft c**k latte sippers are ruining the game. Please go watch soccer or tennis.

or maybe it will go other way and the children of the millennials will be so ashamed if their snowflake top knot hair cut fathers that they will revolt and bring back the biff!

 

[THE CHAMP]

Headgear manditory?

 

[taipan]

The Brisbane Broncos will be eyeing off their 40th premiership

Or eyeing meaning, looking from afar and not participating.

 

[SBD82]

The Brisbane Broncos will be eyeing off their 40th premiership

After forming a breakaway QLD super league that only consists of Brisbane and the Gold Coast?

LU is filled with debate about whether the Broncos’ NRL premierships can still be counted.

 

[Xcalibre]

NRL will be rebranded to DBL, or Dead Ball League, where the ball contains an explosive. The ball will also have sensors to tell which player is holding it. If any player holds it longer than 3 seconds they’re binned (literally scraped up and put in a bin) and your bench players are only there to replace these poor f**kers.

By 2070, passing and kicking a ball around a paddock will be considered as boring as flying to the moon for the weekend.

 

[Galeforce]

Souths up to 35 premiership wins

Perth , Adelaide and PNG and Darwin all have NRL teams

Teams are open to all genders

position names of Hooker and Dummy half are deemed offensive and replaced by Rake and Feeder

Roosters a decade after Nick , become Souths feeder club along with Norths and Newtown

 

[SBD82]

Souths up to 35 premiership wins

This joke was funnier when THE CHAMP said it.

 

[hineyrulz]

Headgear manditory?

 

[hineyrulz]

NRL in 50 years

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[siv]

Corner post will be lit up once the ball touches the white line

I like this one

Big screen says OUT or TRY

 

[Travitoh]

The NFL will buy the NRL with change they find in their sofa as a way to increase their brand globally. Rule changes will slowly take place over a few years until the game actually becomes NFL.

T-Boon will finally be happy with the game.

 

[THE CHAMP]

I’ll trade Darius for him

 

[MugaB]

Between 1990 and 2020?

As far as the top tier's footprint goes:
Effectively 2 Sydney clubs & 1 stand-alone Illawarra club merged in with other clubs.
Auckland, Melbourne & North Quensland added to make it a 'zero sum' result (still 16 clubs).

The development of 2nd tier has been a bit more notable, especially north of the border with the Qld Cup becoming a true statewide (and international, thanks to the Hunters) competition. NSW Cup still has a way to go if an equivalent setup is the desired outcome.

Great to see the long-dreamt of "Superbowl" style championship game between the two leagues become reality, though.

The State Championship game has been a great addition to Grand Final day, and I'd really love to see a crossover round or two between the leagues during the season to ramp up that 2nd tier interstate rivalry.

The code went to 20 teams in 1995, and then again in 1998, after the SL war
(SL and ARL in 1997 as 22 teams combined)

 

[Dogs Of War]

NRL will be rebranded to DBL, or Dead Ball League, where the ball contains an explosive. The ball will also have sensors to tell which player is holding it. If any player holds it longer than 3 seconds they’re binned (literally scraped up and put in a bin) and your bench players are only there to replace these poor f**kers.

By 2070, passing and kicking a ball around a paddock will be considered as boring as flying to the moon for the weekend.