Quote: Barry_McKenzie "Bit of a bugger to get to games when you are living on the east coast.
Its not like you can just hop in the car and shoot off to Perth if your team is playing there and you are bored at home.
Its about 5 hours on a plane to get to Perth from Sydney! No idea how much a return ticket is these days but I bet you wouldnt get much change from 500 bucks. Thats an exy trip if you are taking the kids/girlfriend/boyfriend etc etc. And it would be sensible to have the night there and fly back the next day... so you are probably looking at about $100-150 for a reasonable hotel room on top of the cost of your flights and match ticket.
I think if Perth got an NRL club it would be a similar situation to the Storm. Its popular with the genuine footy fans but will never have the muscle to take over from AFL in WA.
Despite Perth being one of Barry McKenzies favourite cities... in my opinion its not an ideal location for a new NRL side. The Perth Western Reds or whatever they were called couldnt make a go of it in the SL days... cant see it working second time round either'"
About $100 change. Your probably spot on for the hotel though.
They don't need to out muscle the AFL boy's just create a niche market where 13000 people turn up to their home games every weekend and I think the NRL will consider it a success. That's all the Storm has done.