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Officially Kicking off the off-season silliness early

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Tosh

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Back in the day when the London broncos were owned by the Brisbane broncos has got me wondering whether both NRL’s clubs and British RL aren’t missing a trick with Aussie teams not currently investing in UK teams.

For example Melbourne storm could potentially invest in a south London based team to be called the south London storm.

The parramatta eels could invest in a potential East London based team to be called the East London eels.

The Sydney roosters formerly known as eastern suburbs or East’s could invest in a potential team based in East anglia to be called the eastern roosters or East Anglia roosters.

etc, etc.

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Why would they? Brisbane made big promises with talk about rivalling football and 40k crowds but ultimately just proved how little they understood sport in the UK and RL's place in it. NRL clubs may be well off fiancially in rugby terms but it's small change when it comes to cracking the UK market.

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24 minutes ago, Damien said:

Why would they? Brisbane made big promises with talk about rivalling football and 40k crowds but ultimately just proved how little they understood sport in the UK and RL's place in it. NRL clubs may be well off fiancially in rugby terms but it's small change when it comes to cracking the UK market.

40k RL crowds in the UK? No NRL club get that even the broncos in their prime!!

I guess it’s about sourcing out new potential markets for fans and maybe even new players.

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Can someone identify the difference between off-season silliness and in-season silliness?

It seems to be a 12-month thing these days.

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2 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Can someone identify the difference between off-season silliness and in-season silliness?

It seems to be a 12-month thing these days.

The lack of direction and progression in the British game fueling it?

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The lack of direction and progression in the British game fueling it?

Plus several hundredweight of of imagined offence/bias, pie-in-the-sky thinking, unfocussed rage and post-loss conspiracy theorising.

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Go back to winter then the players can do guest stints in Australia or vice versa and play all year round, 

Those where the days 50 games a season (including Lancashire/Yorkshire cup regal or another sponsors cup, challenge cup and premiership play offs ), for the Brits and then a 10 week stint in Australia!!! 

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16 minutes ago, barnyia said:

Go back to winter then the players can do guest stints in Australia or vice versa and play all year round, 

Those where the days 50 games a season (including Lancashire/Yorkshire cup regal or another sponsors cup, challenge cup and premiership play offs ), for the Brits and then a 10 week stint in Australia!!! 

Returning to winter would tie in with Elite 1 which means we could also create a mid-week European League. Playing on a Wednesday would mean no disruption to either domestic competition and we could sell it to Channel 4 for millions.

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10 hours ago, Tosh said:

Back in the day when the London broncos were owned by the Brisbane broncos has got me wondering whether both NRL’s clubs and British RL aren’t missing a trick with Aussie teams not currently investing in UK teams.

For example Melbourne storm could potentially invest in a south London based team to be called the south London storm.

The parramatta eels could invest in a potential East London based team to be called the East London eels.

The Sydney roosters formerly known as eastern suburbs or East’s could invest in a potential team based in East anglia to be called the eastern roosters or East Anglia roosters.

etc, etc.

They like burning money do they ?

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Think the Sydney/NSW clubs could crack London if they all went in together. They could even create their own league.

East London Roosters, based in Leyton.

South London Rabbitohs, based in Croydon.

West London Magpies, based in Brentford.

North London Bears, based in Haringey.

Dartford Dragons, Wimbledon Eels, Slough Bulldogs, Reading Panthers, Watford Tigers, Crawley Sharks, Southend Sea Eagles, Milton Keynes Knights.

12-team New South England Rugby League. Easy.

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2 hours ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Think the Sydney/NSW clubs could crack London if they all went in together. They could even create their own league.

East London Roosters, based in Leyton.

South London Rabbitohs, based in Croydon.

West London Magpies, based in Brentford.

North London Bears, based in Haringey.

Dartford Dragons, Wimbledon Eels, Slough Bulldogs, Reading Panthers, Watford Tigers, Crawley Sharks, Southend Sea Eagles, Milton Keynes Knights.

12-team New South England Rugby League. Easy.

West Auckland Warriors, based in West Auckland.

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4 minutes ago, Tosh said:

Operational costs of running a super league club would be fractional to that of running NRL club.

Not in London they are not. Hughes has spent over £20 million for the end result of a part time team and a club barely holding its head above water in the Championship. Still with no permanent ground or assets of note either.

You also forget that the operational costs of a NRL club get covered and then some by the TV deal. That will not be the case for any English club an NRL club sets up.

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10 minutes ago, Damien said:

Not in London they are not. Hughes has spent over £20 million for the end result of a part time team and a club barely holding its head above water in the Championship. Still with no permanent ground or assets of note either.

You also forget that the operational costs of a NRL club get covered and then some by the TV deal. That will not be the case for any English club an NRL club sets up.

£20 million over how many years?

Im sure the owners of NRL teams could source out better sponsorship deals for UK based sides than their UK counterparts 

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