I've always thought a Western Sydney team would be a powerhouse, with Parramatta's juniors and Penrith's juniors and money...
NRL Cronulla Sharks could be forced to relocate to Central or Southern Queensland
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Heardy_101
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Should of been done in the first place. Could of still had separate Balmain and Magpies teams as a result instead of the Wests Tigers arrangement which has Balmain written all over it and hardly an ounce of Western Suburbs
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The Sharks should be forced to bail themselves out or go the way of Glebe. Financial and unsuccessful clubs like this one are holding the game back.
Forget competing with the AFL; think about competing to be a world-game.
The AFL is so successful because a long time ago they stopped thinking about beating the NRL and started seeing themselves as a global brand.
While ever the NRL is purely focused on winning the Sydney market, clubs like Cronulla will struggle on with help from the league at the expense of the other clubs and the game.
Forget competing with the AFL; think about competing to be a world-game.
The AFL is so successful because a long time ago they stopped thinking about beating the NRL and started seeing themselves as a global brand.
While ever the NRL is purely focused on winning the Sydney market, clubs like Cronulla will struggle on with help from the league at the expense of the other clubs and the game.
fumbler
Lazy, Very Very Lazy
The NRL should do what the NFL, MLS and NHL do.
Let the eligible areas bid to gain entry............. a good way to earn some extra money.
Let the eligible areas bid to gain entry............. a good way to earn some extra money.
What are people's thoughts on a "Sydney" and "National" conference system?
This has been another idea many fans have told me about supporting, with a inter-conference Grand Final determining the NRL premiers for the season. I don't think it would work, although having another Sydney grand final makes me think it wouldn't be a terrible idea. That way we can bring in expansion clubs from outside the Sydney area without having to compromise, relocate or disband Sydney clubs.
This has been another idea many fans have told me about supporting, with a inter-conference Grand Final determining the NRL premiers for the season. I don't think it would work, although having another Sydney grand final makes me think it wouldn't be a terrible idea. That way we can bring in expansion clubs from outside the Sydney area without having to compromise, relocate or disband Sydney clubs.
fumbler
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Sorry rabbitoh20 but i can't see that happening.
But i'd go with this.
A. EASTS, WESTS, SOUTHS, St GEORGE-ILLAWARRA, CANBERRA
B. MANLY, PENRITH, PARRAMATTA, CANTERBURY, NEWCASTLE, WARRIORS
C. MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, GOLD COAST, NQ, EX1, EX2
unless there was five conferences.
A. EASTS, WESTS, SOUTHS, St GEORGE, ILLAWARRA
B. MANLY, PENRITH, PARRAMATTA, CANTERBURY, CANBERRA
C. NEWCASTLE, CENTRAL COAST, WARRIORS, ORCAS, PACIFIC X111
D. MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE, PERTH,
E. BRISBANE, CQ, GOLD COAST, NQ, PNG
Bold are expansion - contraction sides, Pacific could either play from Sydney or NZ?
But i'd go with this.
A. EASTS, WESTS, SOUTHS, St GEORGE-ILLAWARRA, CANBERRA
B. MANLY, PENRITH, PARRAMATTA, CANTERBURY, NEWCASTLE, WARRIORS
C. MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, GOLD COAST, NQ, EX1, EX2
unless there was five conferences.
A. EASTS, WESTS, SOUTHS, St GEORGE, ILLAWARRA
B. MANLY, PENRITH, PARRAMATTA, CANTERBURY, CANBERRA
C. NEWCASTLE, CENTRAL COAST, WARRIORS, ORCAS, PACIFIC X111
D. MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE, PERTH,
E. BRISBANE, CQ, GOLD COAST, NQ, PNG
Bold are expansion - contraction sides, Pacific could either play from Sydney or NZ?
I don't think conferences are the way to go in the long run. Either way, some Sydney teams would need to fold by the looks of it.
stupidlikeafox
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You could have divisions that determine the finalists i.e. 4 divisions of 4, Winners of each division (no matter the record) into the top 8, then the 4 next best records advance to the current finals system.
A Sydney/National conference is too unfair for travel (home and away) for the regular season.
NRL won't expand like the AFL "ëxpand" any NRL team will have to have private backing and stand on their own.
as for claims of merging penrith and parra, your all dreaming eel's and the dog's maybe but not Penrith and parra. if anything you just fold or relocate parra. Penrith have the finances and the juniors. Parra has nothing. (not too mention penrith are capable of good footy)
Penrith's major rival is Parramatta. They would never merge. it's like suggesting port should have merged with AFC when port were s**t. the battle of the west packs out over capacity for a reason.
besides Wests tigers now represents the South West destroying the "gws" idea.
no western Sydney team is going to be relocated or merge Western suburbs and balmain caused too much damage. The roosters and the sharks are most likely as cronulla is a perennial failure and impossible for most people to travel to, while the roosters local area continues to shrink in population.
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So Sydney clubs wouldn't have to travel at all? Yeah that sounds fair.
and yet when the same thing is brought up about AFL conference systems, supposedly it's interstate whining.
Conferences are never going to work in Aus.
Divisional pools are the best they can hope for.
sticking with my theme of getting rid of the roosters and the sharks:
Brisbane 2
Manly
Melbourne
Newcastle
New Zealand
Broncos
South's
St George
Nth Qld
Parra
Penrith
Canberra
Bulldogs
Gold coast
West's
West Australia
this way there's at least some balance Qld teams split evenly, Sydney team's split as evenly as possible, both Newcastle and Canberra split apart and NZ and WA split so travel is even as possible.
Play your "division" twice and everyone else once.
brings it down to 20 rounds, 3 finals and the grandfinal............have a month off and then 4 nations.
I'm still against splitting it. but if you were, it must look something like this.
You can't have Sydney club's dominating one conference or division it's unfair.
Heardy_101
LET'S GO BRANDON
Roosters will never be merged or relocated unless they're flat broke and/or been s**t on field for a decade. While they're up and about, not gonna happen. And this is coming from someone who hates the bastards!
They really are like herpes aren't they.
fumbler
Lazy, Very Very Lazy
Been trying to push into our areas for years.
No Juniors means raping other clubs.............Culture.
