Will/could this be the most important date in the history of the NRL so far with expansion being discussed at the ARL commission meeting in Melbourne?
talks of 18 or 20 teams with bids from a standalone Perth, New Zealand South Island, PNG and Brisbane being discussed as well as joint venture teams in the form of the north Sydney bears or the Newtown Jets linking up with the Perth bid.
not sure if we’ll get the names of all 3 teams if the NRL is to indeed expand to 20 teams but more perhaps the entry dates of all 3 expansion teams.
all very exciting stuff for NRL expansionist fans and should set the competition up for the next 20-25 years.
my hope is we’ll see the following :-
#18 perth standalone team
#19 NZ2 South Island team
#20 Brisbane/south east Queensland team