As for the Country NRL team thing, it just isn't viable. If there was somewhere in country NSW that was able to grow it's population significantly over the next 10 or 15 years to the point where it was able to sustain a competitive club (like the Gold Coast has), then maybe. But there in nowhere even close at present.
People seem to forget that Canberra and Newcastle have been walking a tight-rope just to survive for much of their history and Illawarra was forced into a merger for the same reason and these cities are much bigger, population wise, than country regions like the central west. NRL clubs need significant corporate support to survive and there isn't enough about, especially outside Sydney. The only way a country club could make enough money would be if the NRL increased funding by about 300% via TV money or other revenue and/or if a Leagues Club was able to chip in several millions dollars a year.
Even then player, corporate and media facilities would have to brought up to scratch at whichever country venues would be used and the club would have to attract optimum crowds. Realistically, 10,000 would be about the average we could expect, unless games were all played at venues that could hold more and there aren't many that can, and that isn't really enough to help the club break even, especially if you're looking at shifting games all over the place.
I'm from the country and I'd love to see some kind of major boost to the game here but an NRL club based in the bush is head in the clowds stuff for now. There are plenty of other more realistic things the NRL, ARL and CRL could do to assist the game here and certainly places with a far greater potential for an NRL club like Perth.