"We have identified that junior development is probably the key and engaging junior players so they stay in the state. r/nrl: National Rugby League - All things Rugby League! "We'd play our games in Rockhampton but we would take games to Mackay and Bundaberg"The State Government, starting with the Bligh Government and confirmed by current Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, promised me they would build me a stadium similar to that of the Titans on the Gold Coast when we got the team. "All we will have to do is modernise the financials. Gutting everyone but the 3 inner city Sydney teams would have been suicideNew comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castNational Rugby League - All things Rugby League!
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In 1995, along with addition of North Queensland Cowboys and Auckland Warriors they relocated St George Dragons to Christchurch.They went ahead did something like this then what we could of had 20 years ago, is 18 team competiton that could rival AFL, with teams all in strategic locations across five major states of Australia (excluding Tasmania) along with one team each in the two major islands of NZ ( North and South) instead of what we have now which is something we've always had for last 20 years. Christopher Reive: NRL should consider an expansion draft to ensure new team is competitive . "The Ipswich-based bid is a grass roots bid and was set up to allow young rugby league players from the region to stay in their home towns and aspire to play NRL. "The Bombers have provided the razzmatazz to the NRL expansion race but former NRL star Scott Sattler said there was a real depth to the bid which would ensure its success.Sattler, a key figure in the establishment of the Gold Coast Titans, has been assisting the bid as a consultant on football operations and development.Sattler said the Bombers would quench the thirst of the south-east Queensland rugby league public for regular games in Brisbane and had done an outstanding job of selling their brand and commercial viability.That included hosting an NRL trial between the Storm and Bulldogs at Suncorp Stadium in 2013. The site may not work properly if you don't If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts "We need that cross-town rivalry in rugby league, which I think we have lost. The populations of Rockhampton and Mackay are hardly big enough to support an NRL team. They made that loud and clear. "The game is not all about commerce. "Team of the Week: Round 16 - RTS has Warriors flying highHolbrook can't see Smith being part of his Titans visionThe secret to Cam Smith's longevity and why more stars play longerSmith shouldn't be rushed on retirement decision: Hynes
The sleeping NRL expansion giants of Queensland have been awoken. "You've just got to worry about your own game internally and ensuring that you expand into the right area which will embrace it and where the NRL will benefit from it financially and commercially. Have they ever driven from Brisbane to Cairns? The results revealed a brand more widely known than the Queensland Bulls and Queensland Reds with only the Broncos and Brisbane Lions ahead of them.In 2010 Central Queensland bid chairman Geoff Murphy took then NRL CEO David Gallop on a whirlwind tour, accompanied by several journalists, in his private jet.The only person not exhausted by the end of it was Murphy himself, the energiser bunny owner of the multimillion-dollar company JM Kelly Group.Murphy has outlined the strategic value of his bid in filling "the gap" in the NRL market on the Eastern Seaboard in heartland rugby league territory. "We have three clubs out of the 14 (in NSW, ACT and Queensland) and that means we are getting 20% of the money while supplying 45% of the players which means the mums and dads of Queensland have to work harder and give up more of their time for the game to maintain itself and that is just not fair. They would embrace it because they have been so good at fighting against the elements ever since they have come into the competition. "When David Smith was in the (NRL CEO) seat he had the full financials and went through it and there were no concerns," Johnson said. "Murphy said "when you look at the history of the game and the key people playing in the NRL at the moment, the CQ would be one of the biggest suppliers of players".Matt Scott, Jake Granville, Corey Oates and Ben Hunt are from the region.Murphy has vast business contacts and had key sponsors in place when expansion was a red-hot topic and the game appeared to be on the cusp of moving to 18 teams.He said those discussions would be revamped "now that expansion has become red hot again".Murphy did have preliminary discussions with the NRL about owning the Titans and has been linked to other relocated teams in the past. That way the headlines will feature the Parramatta Turkeys and Brisbane Goldfish insteadFucking retarded article but to be expected from the roarNot enough resources. Every time they develop a player good enough to compete with the big boys, one of the big boys will take them. "Social justice and commonsense dictates that there needs to be a third side in south-east Queensland. NRL NEWS