NRL clubs spreading...

[audois]

Presently

1 Penrith

2 Brisbane

3 Cronulla

4 Melbourne

5 Canberra

6 New Zealand Warriors

 

 

When look back in the 1960's

It was all about St George and Sydney

We need to look like something....

 

 

 

 

[lucky 7]

3 hours ago, audois said:

Presently

1 Penrith

2 Brisbane

3 Cronulla

4 Melbourne

5 Canberra

6 New Zealand Warriors

 

 

When look back in the 1960's

It was all about St George and Sydney

We need to look like something....

 

 

 

 

You wont get a spread like that over here as the flat-cappers wont like it

[OnStrike]

Cronulla and Penrith are pretty much Sydney aren't they, not sure you can count them as part of a spread

[Big Picture]

14 minutes ago, lucky 7 said:

You wont get a spread like that over here as the flat-cappers wont like it

And the traditional clubs would complain about the cost of travel for away matches.

Edited July 9, 2023 by Big Picture

[bobbruce]

Wasn’t it basically NSW ruby league in the 60s. 

[GUBRATS]

1 minute ago, bobbruce said:

Wasn’t it basically NSW ruby league in the 60s. 

No it was NSW RL , and Queensland RL 

[Eddie]

3 hours ago, audois said:

Presently

1 Penrith

2 Brisbane

3 Cronulla

4 Melbourne

5 Canberra

6 New Zealand Warriors

 

 

When look back in the 1960's

It was all about St George and Sydney

We need to look like something....

 

 

 

 

France as well, where the game seems to be contracting, such a shame. 

[Damien]

There's one city in that list in Melbourne that is expansion in Rugby League terms. The rest were all very strong Rugby League areas or certainly had a decent Rugby League heritage. There's few parallels with the game in this country unfortunately.

[GUBRATS]

2 minutes ago, Damien said:

There's one city in that list in Melbourne that is expansion in Rugby League terms. The rest were all very strong Rugby League areas or certainly had a decent Rugby League heritage. There's few parallels with the game in this country unfortunately.

Correct , and what did they need to spend ( illegally ) on Melbourne to make it work ? , 30/40 million dollars ? 

[bobbruce]

23 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

No it was NSW RL , and Queensland RL 

Played separately though so you aren’t going to get Queensland team showing up as NSW winners. 

[Davo5]

6 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

Correct , and what did they need to spend ( illegally ) on Melbourne to make it work ? , 30/40 million dollars ? 

They certainly didn’t use our withhold funding & make them pay for travel methods.

[GUBRATS]

1 minute ago, bobbruce said:

Played separately though so you aren’t going to get Queensland team showing up as NSW winners. 

Yes , but the OP put Brisbane as an expansion , as if RL wasn't played in Brisbane prior to the formation of the NRL 

 

[GUBRATS]

Just now, Davo5 said:

They certainly didn’t use our withhold funding & make them pay for travel methods.

Do we have 40 million to put into anywhere ? 

[bobbruce]

Just now, GUBRATS said:

Yes , but the OP put Brisbane as an expansion , as if RL wasn't played in Brisbane prior to the formation of the NRL 

 

I know that was the point I was making Queensland teams aren’t going to show up as champions in the 60s because they were playing in a different comp. 

[Davo5]

1 minute ago, GUBRATS said:

Do we have 40 million to put into anywhere ? 

No but we do have enough to treat clubs coming in fairly,surely.

[GUBRATS]

1 minute ago, bobbruce said:

I know that was the point I was making Queensland teams aren’t going to show up as champions in the 60s because they were playing in a different comp. 

Champions of what though ? , Did those in Queensland consider the winners of the NSW comp the Champions of Australia ? 

[Davo5]

Just now, GUBRATS said:

Champions of what though ? , Did those in Queensland consider the winners of the NSW comp the Champions of Australia ? 

Maybe not but the NSWRL was widely considered the Premier comp in the country,they did have the vast majority of the countries best players.

[GUBRATS]

5 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

No but we do have enough to treat clubs coming in fairly,surely.

But that's still not ploughing tens of millions into a club ? , and actually helping them cheat to get established ?

Is it ? 

[GUBRATS]

3 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Maybe not but the NSWRL was widely considered the Premier comp in the country,they did have the vast majority of the countries best players.

Considered by who ? , Those in Queensland ? , And yes they had more players than Queensland , so what ? , Did they play professional RL in Queensland before the formation of the NRL ? , If so it wasn't expansion , was it ? 

[Davo5]

Just now, GUBRATS said:

Considered by who ? , Those in Queensland ? , And yes they had more players than Queensland , so what ? , Did they play professional RL in Queensland before the formation of the NRL ? , If so it wasn't expansion , was it ? 

Mr Angry today I see,I’ll leave you too it.

[GUBRATS]

2 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Mr Angry today I see,I’ll leave you too it.

Me ? , Angry ?  

All I've done is point out the facts , not my problem you don't like them 

Is it ?

[GUBRATS]

4 hours ago, audois said:

Presently

1 Penrith

2 Brisbane

3 Cronulla

4 Melbourne

5 Canberra

6 New Zealand Warriors

 

 

When look back in the 1960's

It was all about St George and Sydney

We need to look like something....

 

 

 

 

So by that logic Leigh are a SL expansion club , I'm fine with that

[Davo5]

20 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

I know that was the point I was making Queensland teams aren’t going to show up as champions in the 60s because they were playing in a different comp. 

The NSWRL was the premier comp in Australia despite what an old angry man from Leigh says & is the precursor to the NRL,that’s why clubs are credited with premierships going back to its inception.

The Brisbane comp was pretty successful in its own right but with the  birth of the Broncos it sadly faded away,although the Qld Cup is a pretty successful comp these days.

[bobbruce]

3 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

So by that logic Leigh are a SL expansion club , I'm fine with that

What’s more surprising is rugby league hasn’t been played in Warrington since 1954. 

[ELBOWSEYE]

Are Melbourne really expansion,they don't produce high levels of junior players into the competition, the value is more profile for the competition especially on TV rights deals.