25 years after Reds, Perth is ready for a new NRL team
Interest and participation growing in Perth
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Participation numbers in Western Australia grew a remarkable 16.7% in 2018, more than four times the national average of 3.5%, and Sackson said there had been significant growth last year.
"We’re up around 4000 participants now," he said. "Back in the days of the Reds there was over 10,000 registered players in Western Australia but with the exit of the Reds from the landscape here back around 2010 we were below 2,000 in registration numbers.
"We are shaping up now I believe for another year of genuine growth here."
I reckon we are a long way from a WA team. I reckon they'll introduce another VIC team before WA.
If you want to use that arguemnt why would they want a WA based side?No.
It’s a Sydney based game, why would they want another Vic side?
WA get behind their teams, I think they would follow this team too provided the Eagles/Dockers hype allows for the state to also get around another code during footy season. WA people would be able to advise on this better than me but the Wildcats, Glory and Scorchers are all strong, successful, supported teams.highly doubt melbourne will get another team before a wa team. it goes simply with tv rights. a wa team will be a tv rights bonanza another game in another time zone each 2nd week will provide the nrl far more exposure than another victorian team. the nrl i think have learnt consolidating existing markets isnt the way to grow. fact is the force being kicked out has effectively provided the nrl with a perfect opportunity to take over.
and we all know union is literally about to fall apart. one super rugby falls over when the saffers leave.
WA get behind their teams, I think they would follow this team too provided the Eagles/Dockers hype allows for the state to also get around another code during footy season. WA people would be able to advise on this better than me but the Wildcats, Glory and Scorchers are all strong, successful, supported teams.
The time zone opens up opportunity too, double/tripple/quadripple games due to the early/late options available with WA where you could do a 7/730 local game streaming at 9pm AEST.
I see the benefit in all this, but Im just not sure the league is ready go West.
If I had to guess the next expansion team it would be a large area in QLD like Mackay/Rockhampton or even a Sunshine Coast/Noosa area based team.
Is Tassie an option for the NRL? Tassie are desperate for a winter sport team imo and there might be some love gained for being first to market there. I do know that Tassie is an Aussie rules first state though.
tasmania wont be getting any type of team for a while. for starters their population is dispersed all over the island. secondly there isnt a population for mine an expansion in 2022 will be wa and another brissy team.'
WA is ripe after the Unions fu** up with not dumping ACT, they need a team now if not years ago.
Well, this is done unfortunately. It will be 10-20 yers before the NRL give expansion another thought.
Travel costs were the catalyst for the demise of the Reds as the club had to pay for the flights and accommodation of rival teams playing in Perth, as well as their own expenses for away games.
On the field, the Reds had a strong team that included Kearns, Howe, Mark and Matt Geyer, Brad Mackay, Potter, Dale Fritz, Matt Rodwell, Chris Ryan and Matt Fuller, and they got the club off to a great start.
After beating the Rabbitohs 19-14 in the Tooheys Challenge on February 11, 1995 and losing 18-4 to Cronulla at Inverell a week later, the Reds drew 24,932 fans to the WACA to watch them beat St George 28-16 in their first ARL premiership match.
In their first season, the Reds averaged home crowds of 13,390 and won 11 of their 22 matches to finish just two points out of the finals but two years later the club was out of business.
"They reason it didn’t work is that the rules of the game were changed," Mulholland said. "We had to fly 25 people over to play us and accommodate them, and then we had to fly ourselves the next week to play away.
"We were set up with only one team and all of sudden they changed to rules so we had to have two teams [first and reserve grade].
The fallout from the Super League war impacted on attendances and support for the game in Perth, which was compounded heavily by the closure of the Reds.
Selective quoting to suit your agenda.
Not like posting a 16.7% increase on small numbers when it's 60% down on big numbers to suit your agenda.
Travel costs were the catalyst for the demise of the Reds as the club had to pay for the flights and accommodation of rival teams playing in Perth, as well as their own expenses for away games.
On the field, the Reds had a strong team that included Kearns, Howe, Mark and Matt Geyer, Brad Mackay, Potter, Dale Fritz, Matt Rodwell, Chris Ryan and Matt Fuller, and they got the club off to a great start.
After beating the Rabbitohs 19-14 in the Tooheys Challenge on February 11, 1995 and losing 18-4 to Cronulla at Inverell a week later, the Reds drew 24,932 fans to the WACA to watch them beat St George 28-16 in their first ARL premiership match.
In their first season, the Reds averaged home crowds of 13,390 and won 11 of their 22 matches to finish just two points out of the finals but two years later the club was out of business.
"They reason it didn’t work is that the rules of the game were changed," Mulholland said. "We had to fly 25 people over to play us and accommodate them, and then we had to fly ourselves the next week to play away.
"We were set up with only one team and all of sudden they changed to rules so we had to have two teams [first and reserve grade].
The fallout from the Super League war impacted on attendances and support for the game in Perth, which was compounded heavily by the closure of the Reds.
More like sabotage than failure.
More like sabotage than failure.
Reds failed twice so are you saying the Reds were sabotaged twice?
Well there's no need for sabotage if registrations are 60% down.
your last sentence is nothing more than selective quoting
Don't you think posting a 16.7% increase on small numbers when it's 60% down on big numbers is
portraying a misleading statement on the situation in W.A.?
My "agenda" is to analyse and provide analysis.
The Perth Reds and the Western Reds.