Would a 2nd Melbourne team add value to the NRL?

[Steel Saints]

Team 22 could be either Adelaide or Melb 2. However Melb 2 should not play out of AAMI Park. Not sure if Hindmarsh for Adelaide is the answer either.

 

[AdelaideSharky]

Team 22 could be either Adelaide or Melb 2. However Melb 2 should not play out of AAMI Park. Not sure if Hindmarsh for Adelaide is the answer either.

Hindmarsh capacity wise is perfect but the ground itself is too small.

If one casts their minds back to 2009 when the Sharks played Canterbury at the ground, the in-goals were far too short as the ground's main tenant is the Adelaide United soccer team.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Team 22 could be either Adelaide or Melb 2. However Melb 2 should not play out of AAMI Park. Not sure if Hindmarsh for Adelaide is the answer either.

Where would you want them to play though? AAMI is perfect for RL and very well located

 

[Wb1234]

No

But maybe 50 years down the track Geelong

But only after chch, Wellington, Ipswich, Adelaide, Fiji and Hawaii

 

[Vlad59]

Melbourne/Victoria shouldn't be considered for a second team until they are producing junior players and have local competitions at a level which is comparable to other NRL clubs.

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well they kind of are already. But I don’t that’s an argument for a second team for at least a decade. Need to consolidate a lot more before even considering that.

 

[James Rick]

Would a Geelong based team need a new stadium?

 

[Pippen94]

No

But maybe 50 years down the track Geelong

But only after chch, Wellington, Ipswich, Adelaide, Fiji and Hawaii

Population of Melbourne will be well over ten million then. That's only place that makes sense.