yeh only value of expanding will be to have an extra game to sell so it will be two or none imo.

Expressed interest in bids so far are:
CC Bears www.centralcoastbears.com.au
WA Reds www.waredsrugbyleague.com.au
Ipswich Jets no site
CQ ?? www.cqnrlbid.com.au
PNG ?? www.pngnrlbid.com

Bears are way in front but the niggling "keep Gosford for Cronulla" may be their only chance of not getting in, Reds would have to be next. Ipswich are newcomers so not much known about their bid. CQ and PNG have zero chance.

yeh only value of expanding will be to have an extra game to sell so it will be two or none imo.

Expressed interest in bids so far are:
CC Bears www.centralcoastbears.com.au
WA Reds www.waredsrugbyleague.com.au
Ipswich Jets no site
CQ ?? www.cqnrlbid.com.au
PNG ?? www.pngnrlbid.com

Bears are way in front but the niggling "keep Gosford for Cronulla" may be their only chance of not getting in, Reds would have to be next. Ipswich are newcomers so not much known about their bid. CQ and PNG have zero chance.

ps this is the only thing I've seen on a bid from NZ for a 2nd team, Nothing recently though.
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/232 ... -inclusion

ps this is the only thing I've seen on a bid from NZ for a 2nd team, Nothing recently though.
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/232 ... -inclusion

Too early if I am honest.
Whilst the turn out for the Kiwis v England game was great, the fortunes of Wellingtons soccer team, basketball team and both grade Union teams are not so good.
Phoenix had a crowd of sub 5k last weekend....Lions crowds were down 27% against 2009, Hurricanes down 20% on 2009 and the basketball team, that won last years championship, is in dire straits with no sponsor for the coming season...they may have to pull out.......the netball lot were terrible again and the only way that they got people in was with free kids tickets....
The wellington Firebirds Cricket franchise is in even worse condition.....less than 2,000 turn up for the 20/20 games...and nobody bothers with the 50 over games.

Funny city Wellington. They have a state of the art stadium 5 minutes walk from the CBD. It has loads of sport going on...yet the only 2 things assured to sell out are the 7's and the annual AB's game......the 7's when nobody watches the rugby....the AB's when you need to be well connected to get a ticket.

If the NRL are interested and Wellington RL can find a backer, then I would get the Warriors down 3 or 4 times over the next 2 years to test the water........I would also wait and see how the new national 7 Zone Comp continues.

Too early if I am honest.
Whilst the turn out for the Kiwis v England game was great, the fortunes of Wellingtons soccer team, basketball team and both grade Union teams are not so good.
Phoenix had a crowd of sub 5k last weekend....Lions crowds were down 27% against 2009, Hurricanes down 20% on 2009 and the basketball team, that won last years championship, is in dire straits with no sponsor for the coming season...they may have to pull out.......the netball lot were terrible again and the only way that they got people in was with free kids tickets....
The wellington Firebirds Cricket franchise is in even worse condition.....less than 2,000 turn up for the 20/20 games...and nobody bothers with the 50 over games.

Funny city Wellington. They have a state of the art stadium 5 minutes walk from the CBD. It has loads of sport going on...yet the only 2 things assured to sell out are the 7's and the annual AB's game......the 7's when nobody watches the rugby....the AB's when you need to be well connected to get a ticket.

If the NRL are interested and Wellington RL can find a backer, then I would get the Warriors down 3 or 4 times over the next 2 years to test the water........I would also wait and see how the new national 7 Zone Comp continues.

www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 18knd.html

West would still go wild for elite league, says Geyer Daniel Lane
December 5, 2010
.FORMER Western Reds enforcer Mark Geyer has urged for Perth to be resurrected as a rugby league centre by insisting it was on the verge of ''great things'' before being disbanded in the aftermath of the Super League war.

The Reds were one of four expansionary teams to join the Australian Rugby League competition in 1995 before they defected to Super League. The outpost became a casualty of the war when it was shut down as part of the peace deal brokered between the ARL and News Ltd but they are in the mix to re-enter in 2013.

''We have to give Perth another go,'' said Geyer, who was one of the team's big-name recruits.

Advertisement the Western Force is based there along with the Perth Wildcats NBL team and the WA cricket team, I can't see why league can't have a WA team in the national competition.

''The 4½-hour flight from Sydney to there is nothing. It is a great market, a growing population and rich in potential.''

Geyer, who also favoured the Central Coast bid, said he would welcome the day when the elite rugby league competition boasted 20 teams.

www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 18knd.html

West would still go wild for elite league, says Geyer Daniel Lane
December 5, 2010
.FORMER Western Reds enforcer Mark Geyer has urged for Perth to be resurrected as a rugby league centre by insisting it was on the verge of ''great things'' before being disbanded in the aftermath of the Super League war.

The Reds were one of four expansionary teams to join the Australian Rugby League competition in 1995 before they defected to Super League. The outpost became a casualty of the war when it was shut down as part of the peace deal brokered between the ARL and News Ltd but they are in the mix to re-enter in 2013.

''We have to give Perth another go,'' said Geyer, who was one of the team's big-name recruits.

Advertisement the Western Force is based there along with the Perth Wildcats NBL team and the WA cricket team, I can't see why league can't have a WA team in the national competition.

''The 4½-hour flight from Sydney to there is nothing. It is a great market, a growing population and rich in potential.''

Geyer, who also favoured the Central Coast bid, said he would welcome the day when the elite rugby league competition boasted 20 teams.

Good news to have the clubs behind us.

www.foxsports.com.au/league/pote ... 5973369004

Good news to have the clubs behind us.

www.foxsports.com.au/league/pote ... 5973369004