Quote: Ganson's Optician "I really hope we are a part of this, it will be brilliant!'"
Do you think? It's a pre-season game for the Aussie clubs. Brisbane did nothing to earn qualification, other than being interested in doing it. Souths making the GF gives them credibility, but they'd have been coming regardless. Assume Canterbury are now in regardless of their GF result.
It's all a bit gimmicky. Two winners obviously play each other, but how are other games decided? If the Aussies had the same approach to qualification, and winners played each other, runners up played each other and highest league teams played each other, it would make more sense and mean a bit more. But what are the 2nd and 3rd teams actually playing for? Are these just friendly/exhibition games, or 'full' games? If the latter, what's the actual purpose of playing?
I'm all for promoting the game though, and think this will. But we all know the Aussies ain't really interested. I'll be there if we're in it regardless of who we play, but if we ain't there as GF winners, playing the Aussie GF winners, it's only a friendly in my eyes.