a few years ago in a pub in auckland i was chatting league with one of the locals and he talked about a team on the south island to join the warriors in the nrl.
he also told me he'd love to see a origin type game north vs south island. how realistic and feasible would that be?

it was supposed to happen but the aussie clubs killed it off

they should take a real origin game to auckland

we should be pushing for atleast another team in nz for nrl .maybe even 3-4 teams

NZ is only a small place. Look at some of the states in the US that are much larger than NZ but only have one NFL team.

Adding more teams isn't the answer, especially until the Warriors are consistently geting good crowds even when they're losing.

Much weaker dollar, traditionally smaller crowds, timezone differences for tv viewers, playing a state of origin match in another country. I can't think of a single reason why they should get one.

If that SPARC report is to believed the NZRL prefer to play Kiwi games in Aiustralia because the revenue is much larger. I can't see the ARL willing to lose money, which is what they'd do if they played a game in NZ.

can't think of one positive that would come out of that

origin is the best RL on the planet.

why not showcase the best the game can offer to fans that arent converted, with a flow on to the local RL team?

we played an origin in melbourne and because of that the storms crowds rose straight after by 3000 fans and have stayed loyal.

its a way of promoting RL by using your best games to do it

it would depend on the finances of a bid.

melbourne origin is in a much smaller stadium thatn sydney, as are your games at suncorp.

the series still does well.

auckland blues stadium is where id host it

i agree . lets have a north vs south island aswell

for people that dont know, 1 of the origin games this year is in melbourne

and back in the 80s an origin game was taken to america as well.

taking a game to another australian state and taking it to another country are 2 very different things dally.
as for the island of origin, are there enough players from the south island to raise a good team?

melbourne arent part of the origin concept

but they have an nrl team

nz arent part of the origin concept

but they have an nrl team

its exactly the same concept.

its used to grow RL in a market where theres already a team

i think it would be massive

the kiwis would go crazy for it

and its something that union can never match

So by this reckoning you would agree that RL is dying in Sydney too?

NSW Waratahs get crowds comfortably better than any Sydney RL team.

but to be fair, that's an entire state

stop dreaming, union will always be the kiwis' national sport.

the waratahs got 20,000 for a recent game

indeed their best game of the year has been 23,000 or so

the roosters got 25,000 on the weekend.

the dogs got 20,000 on the weekend

the sharks got 10,000 on the weekend

so yeah i agree RL in sydney is clearly struggling

if the nrl keeps producing such fantastic running rugby its only natural that more and more kiwis will become RL fans.

Not to mention the Warriors got over 20,000 ,and not the 18,000 as they posted.

Exactly,Imagine if we had one team in Sydney .Homebush wouldn't be big enough .

if some people get their way there won't be far off one team in sydney

To be fair NZ is an entire country.

NSW Waratahs vs Queensland Reds - 28000.

You can't just pick and choose your attendances to prove your point. A Union fan could have said 'League is dying in Sydney because one team only got 10,000 and the Waratahs got 28,000.' That is effectively what you are doing in reverse.

The fact is that the Waratahs still average more than any one Sydney club. However to say it is bigger is ridiculous there are a lot more Sydney clubs.

The NZ Warriors do not average more than all the RU clubs it NZ and there are a lot more Union clubs so to suggest it is bigger is ridiculous also.

the waratahs current crowd average is less than the sydney roosters

but you are thoroughly correct, the sydney RL clubs crowds are struggling

the bunnies are only expecting 20,000 this friday night as well.

and the dogs are averaging 20,000

very poor figures, we should be ashamed

Max is another troll by the sounds of it.

Just look at his avater, looks boring like yawnion .