We'll get back to you when we are ready...

don't leave it too late......the NZRL comp may be of a better standard than the NRL sooner than you think

That comment speaks volumes for your understanding of either country in rugby league.

lol

As I said, see you next round.

in 2013 the nrl is adding central coast bears and perth reds to the comp.

so 2018 would be the next expansion window and wellington and ipswich would then be favourites

the scary thing about the nrl is how many places are begging for a team

at least 20 - 22 teams is what we should aim for

22 is what I think in years to come. And ideally like the NFL each team play's each other once a regular season therefore making the club games more of an occasion when they play each other.

will take significant increase in income by the NRL to afford 22 teams. Ideally the grant from the NRL would be in the $6-7million a club now. To get to 22 teams and fund them properly it would take at least a doubling of income on the NRL's part. Still a long way to go till we see that.

When someone has tens of millions of dollars going spare to market a club to an interested public outside Auckland. Very easily doable as soon as you have a mad butcher but on a much larger scale in terms of finances

Good old butcher.

not going to happen but my dream :

2013 - central coast and perth
2018 - ipswitch and wellington
2023 - png & adelaide
2028 - christchurch and PI team (tonga,samoa and fiji)

ie 24 teams

broken up into 2 conferences, one being the nsw teams and the other the expansion teams

each team plays home and away in each division (12 teams each, 22 rounds)

then have a top 5 finals systems for each division

winners of each division go to the grand final.

by being able to expand every 5 years thats going to increase future TV deals a lot, ignoring inflation on the existing viewers

in australia potentially we can add the following viewers - FTA / Pay TV

WA - 150,000 / 50,000
Adelaide - 100,000 / 25,000
Melbourne - 150,000 / 50,000
Queensland - 250,000 / 100,000

Despite having some knowledge of NZ and Wellington in particular I dont have enough understanding of the sport down there to offer a reasoned opinion

Maybe some from down there should consider the same before telling us ' up ' here how our sport should progress in the future