"Do you really think the SC will rise by 400%?"

Bit of a misunderstanding here. What is being suggested is that the salary cap will rise BY 1.5 million TO 6 million. That is about 33% not 400%. 33% is very possible if a better TV deal is negotiated. Combined with the strong Aussie dollar even a 33% rise will encourage the better Aussies to stay at home. Super League will still get the dross unless they are specifically excluded.

Funding to increase the salary cap? It's widely expected that with News Ltd leaving the NRL that the bidding for the rights will be quite intense. The agreement to move towards an independent commission was barely signed before channel 7 and channel 10 publicly said that they want the NRL, while channel 9 has said they don't want to lose the rights. 2013 is going to a big payday for RL in Oz.

I meant a PNG Queensland Cup team.
The NRL gets huge funding, does the Qld Cup??

no, it would cost them around $1million+ to run a Q'land cup team. Personally I think the NRL should fund their team to give them chance to grow and one day get ready for a full franchise (or at least a shared one with Darwin).

Newtown and North Sydney?

Nice to see no Barrie Mackenzie, AP and League Freak giving their predictable dribble to a thread like this. The best of SL could compete in the NRL easily whenever there English, Australian, French or Welsh

There’s no doubt that the NRL aided the New Zealand world cup win in 2008 as many of the players that featured in that squad featured in the NRL.

The fact that we have a good super league over here combined with good players playing in the NRL then England could well win the World Cup in the next 20 years. I must also stress that I don’t mean the back end of the 20 years either!

After all Aussies won’t pick the best from both leagues unlike England and New Zealand