www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5992927760 this is new to me, together with ipswich, central queensland and the new brisbane franchise run by the son of Ross Livermore man id let them all in!

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5992927760 this is new to me, together with ipswich, central queensland and the new brisbane franchise run by the son of Ross Livermore man id let them all in!

that means we now have 6 different areas bidding for entry into the nrl in 2013!!!

The NRL is now a 200 kg gorilla, flexing his muscles. and heres what the gorilla has to say to AFL and RU : www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl= ... 9,r:13,s:0

The NRL is now a 200 kg gorilla, flexing his muscles. and heres what the gorilla has to say to AFL and RU : www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl= ... 9,r:13,s:0

the link's comes up with something about the Storm looking for a new centre.

Other forums have been a buzz with a possibility of the Second Brisbane team the last two days.

logannrlbid.com cheers, the correct link

logannrlbid.com cheers, the correct link

rlhttp://bnenrlbid.com.au/rl

The Ipswich bid I'm worried about, associated with one John Ribot

ahh ribot eh?

f**k him

btw im hearing good things about john quayle getting a job on the new IC, despite what the papers say

What I like to see in the next 12 years

2013
Reds and Bears (Seems weird but the Bears need Manly as much as the Manly needs the Bears - Crowdwise)

2015-2018
Sth Brisbane and Ctrl Qld (Ipswich doesn't really have much of a hope as far as I can see)

2022
Christchurch (gives the Warriors a rival and by then I think a premiership would have gone over the ditch)
Sunshine Coast Falcons (would give coverage to most of Qld then with a team on the Gold Coast, two in Brisbane, one on the Sunny Coast,one in Ctrl Qld and Nth Qld)

not much wrong with that.

good to see you want the bears in and recognize what benefits they can bring for manly and the nrl

can you imagine the derby game at either brookie or north sydney oval?

They'd be huge! The same could be said when the Central Coast play Newcastle.

But the Bears should realise just because you cover so much area in the Juniors it won't necessarily mean premiership success (look at Penrith arguable the biggest junior base in the NRL currently and have only won 2 premierships)

Also like to point out I've tried to keep it as fair as possible in my selections of Expansion teams (teams that have ticked the most boxes AFAIC)

they will never bring in two Q'land sides at the same time.


In the ideal world (and leaving the Bears sentiment aside) I'd have:

2013 WA and Brisbane2
2018 NZ2 & CC Bears (or a Sydney relocation)
2023 PNG and Adelaide
2028 CQ or South Queensland

Would just about be it for the next century.

They are the strongest bid in the weakest location. Perth will be worth more in TV $'s than another NSW team, as will a Q'land team. Bears deserve to be in but if any of the three Q'land bids get their act together in time I can see them missing out, sadly. However, I don't think they will as the Q'land bids have left it too late to get everything together. Bears and Reds have been working on their bids for a number of years.