a story in rugby league week quotes david gallop saying he has given the strongest indications yet we will expand in 2013.

the article says :

1. the 2 teams will be CC bears and perth
2. gallop on expansion "history shows you only need a lead up time of 18 mths"
3. gallop " theres obviously advantages in having 2 teams not one. we need to stay focused on looking for increases in the current cap and grant but the new tv deal will allow us to consider expansion"
4. gallop "personally i see a lot of attraction in having a team from perth back in the comp.".
5. gallop has met with bid team from cc, perth, PNG in the past 3 weeks/
6. gallop "in the case of perth, whats very encouraging is the crowd figures for souths games there and also the dragons pre season matches .. then theres the participation rates, the new sponsor for sg ball and the new management structure of the warl"
7. gallop "no doubt CC are a leading contender ... we are working very closely with greg florimo and david farleigh"
8. a key part of the bears appeal is tapping into the financial hub of nth sydney
9 "the attraction of the CC is the area itself but also a chance to reconnect with the nth shore of sydney and the proud tradition of the bears"

david gallop will have taken the game back to the pinnacle it had in 1995, and he faced a much tougher sporting enviroment to do it with

the way he recognizes the loss of the bears for an ex SL man is brilliant

we are going to get a 6 million salary cap plus 2 new teams

In your opinion dally are Perth and cc the best places to go?

Do qld deserve another side, or even Adelaide?

no mention of wellington/southern orcas! although league really needed in perth and would be good to see north sydney bear back on the central coast! they were biluding a stadium there an everything to relocate but went bust and got forcrd in a rigged merger that wasnt equal with manly holding most of the cards!

cant see how png could get a side over a 2nd nz team, png have so many social problems and have no stadium! or even adequate security and television facilities! im bias in supporting 2nd nz side cause im from nz. i want to see png do well but seriously they would be 20 years away from being close to nrl standard. maybe take a few tests back to png and continue promoting aids and anti violence programs and get png based team in queensland cup 1st. start biluding a modern stadium in port moresby.

excuse me whilst I pick myself up off the floor!

First time Gallop has EVER said anything positive about Perth!

Dally any chance you scan it and post it as getting RLW here is problamatic

found a copy, great stuff! Finally some positives about expansion, has Gallop been reading my posts?

I'm scanning and sending to the West in the vain hope they might do a story!

imo central coast bears were the clear favourites and necessary

toss of a coin between perth and queensland.

since there isnt a really strong queensland bid perth is good

we need 2 more queensland nrl clubs, 1 more in nz and then png

Great news,hopefully now we can see the NRL expand the game proper outside NSW/QLD.

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nz warriors

try harder troll

i hope perth is in followed by central coast bears, after that i'd say another qld side and 2nd nz side. after that it's adelaide, darwin and port moresby/png side but that a long way down the track unless sydney clubs were to voluntarily relocate to adelaide or darwin. heres looking at you cronulla!

22 teams all up would be great if we can keep the comp at the good standard its at.

all 16 clubs we have now with

Perth
Adelaide
Central Coast
2nd NZ
PNG Vipers
and another qld team.

That'd be a pretty awesome comp and establish RL as the undisputed #1 sporting comp in the Southern hemisphere. (even though it already is)

Beauty of getting more TV $'s is we can increase club grants, increase salary cap and keep players in the NRL instead of them heading to SL. There is at least two decent teams of Aussies/Kiwis playing in the SL.