Expansion?

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Julian, Oct 1, 2014.

  1. Hunter AD Hunt

    Easy way of reducing Sydney teams:

    1. Fucking off the Balmain part of Wests Tigers.
    2. Merging Wests with Parramatta, because fuck Parramatta
    3. Moving Cronulla to the Central Coast because fuck Cronulla

    And you've decreased the number by 2.
     
  2. Julian BJ Taylor

    I don't see why the Central Coast warrants a team.
     
  3. Magic AJ Parker

    2017 - Perth & Brisbane 2
    2020 - PNG & NZ 2

    I think each team/location would engage new fan bases and source talent that would've otherwise been lost to the game.

    I've got no issues with 20 teams.
     
  4. Julian BJ Taylor

    No one will ever sign up to play for png though. It'll never be viable IMO.
     
  5. Lukic L Popovic

    yeh PNG is no chance lol.

    Central Coast/Adelaide maybe.
     
    Last edited: Oct 2, 2014
  6. Alec AD Funkotron

    PNigGers are already apparently struggling living away from their families just playing in QLD Cup. All that extra travel will make it even more difficult IMO. I don't know if they have enough bamboo or whatever to pay the huge extra costs.
     
  7. Cribbage RG Cribb

    The idea of PNG, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa having teams in state cups (or possibly whatever the Bartercard Cup is called now?) is excellent. It really gives their players a pathway to get picked up by NRL teams, and it will foster local support too. I don't even mind the idea of giving those sides NRL funding as investments. But they're never going to be NRL sides. Who'd be up for going and living in PNG to play? No-one.
     
  8. Alec AD Funkotron

    I'd live in Phillipines if they had a side. You could buy a case of beer for 3.50 or something close. A house for like $20.
     
  9. Magic AJ Parker

    So they'd just develop talent & bring local grown talent back home. Exactly what new sides should do...

    I'd hate to see another sterile club like the Titans enter the comp.

    It's a long way off & there'll be critics in the bucket loads but the potential is just way too huge to ignore IMO. When PNG test matches in PNG out rate SOO matches in Australia on TV it becomes pretty hard to ignore.
     
  10. Cribbage RG Cribb

    As if any good players they had wouldn't just move to Australia and sign for NRL teams though.
     
  11. Speirz DG Speirs

    I'm on board, but only if it's subsidised by the club who develops the least of the talent pool themselves....
     
  12. Frizzed WC Welker

    Exactly, look at a team like Canberra for example of this.
     
  13. Mr Fourex MR Fourex

    and good loving for a whole lot less. :w00t:

    I'd live in the PI and never watch RL again for some of that action !!!
     
  14. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    This would be so gun, up the Suva Sharks.
     
  15. Reagan Wheelson RDP Wheelson

    In regards to expansion in Queensland, although a second Brisbane side could work, you'd have a hell of a time trying to convert Broncos fans to the new team.

    Additionally, if a hypothetical second Brisbane side does join the comp (or anywhere else in Queensland tbh), they'll basically be another Cowboys for Brisbane fans in the sense that we'll only support them because the Broncos are shit and we'd rather support another Queensland team instead of further reminding ourselves of how we constantly throw our season down the drain year after year since Lockyer retired.
     
  16. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yeah Brisbane could support easily two or possibly even three teams as long as one of them wasn't the Broncos. Obvious solution is to fold the Broncos and start two new teams from scratch. :p
     
    Last edited: Oct 5, 2014
  17. KimmorleyKiller XX Meister

    The NRL is like Sydney in general. It worked OK when it was small (NSWRL) but over time it's expanded with no thought of future infrastructure now it's fucked. What really needs to happen is to ditch the whole competition and start from scratch with three Sydney teams, two Brisbane teams, Melbourne, Perth, New Zealand, Adelaide, Central Coast, Canberra, North Queensland, PNG and whoever the fuck else.

    PEACE
     
  18. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    So many people hate the Broncos. 2nd team would get lots of support.
     
  19. Julian BJ Taylor

    But they'll just base it out of Suncorp as Brisbane #2 essentially. Which would be fucking retarded.
     
  20. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Old timers hate the Broncos because of the death of the Qld comp back in the day.

    A 2nd Brisbane team would get lots of support. Ipswich obv a better option.
     

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