Recent content by Coolangatta

While I do think the Giants eventually need to move on from Canberra and the Riverina and stop blocking the ACT from actually having their own team one day, you are most likely correct about the Giants having done enough work there to cement them as the second favourite of the place, and when I...

Yeah, that's a good short term fix, but long-term, if Canberra were to get their own team, then those two Canberra games the Giants currently get during the Easter Show could surely be moved to Accor.

Agreed. I’d love ACT and WA3 but North won’t budge so there’s only one spot up for grabs. Surely the Giants can move their three Canberra games to Accor. One against Sydney, one against Collingwood, and one against whatever other big Vic club is flying that year. They should get good crowds for...

Eagles would smash them by 10 goals plus, and who would've thought anyone would be saying that this year.

Make them an offer: relocate to ACT or fold. With access to Riverina talent and a unique home ground advantage at an upgraded Manuka, and actual crowds that will turn up to games, they could actually become relevant again. If they move, then WA3 as team 20.

Would be an insult to the people of Tasmania to shift a Melbourne club there. No way Jose. Canberra would be a good place for North to start fresh, with access to the Riverina talent. They won't agree to do it, though.

Stay the * away from the Tassie Devils Clarkson.

Not to mention proximity and talent pool is completely different in the European comps.

Yeah and I wasn’t in my post you replied to. Of course I don’t think it would’ve begun with 20 teams or so. It was what I think it might look like today. But yeah, of course it’d be the five major cities to start.

Depends on how many teams they wanted/could support. Newcastle would be viable, same as Canberra, Gold Coast, and New Zealand who would easily have the population. NQ works too with Townsville on board with the code plus input from Cairns/Mackay. Tassie in time like we’re getting soon. And...

If there was just one code, there’d probably be 6 Sydney, 5 Melbourne, 1 each Newcastle, Canberra, Geelong, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, North Queensland, New Zealand, and Tasmania. But there’d be enough talent for more than 20 teams if the NRL didn’t exist so there’d probably be more...

I also wonder whether GWS losing their fitness coach is gonna hurt them or not. They looked like the fittest team in the latter half of last season, running over everyone, even Adelaide and Collingwood. Wonder if they’ve still got that last quarter mojo or not. On an unrelated note to this...

Yep, the Giants are a contender but I don’t think there’s a clear favourite.

Victoria has 3x the population of WA but 5x the number of teams, but it’s WA that can’t support a third club. Riiight.

Yeah that's ridiculous. Games televised in Brisbane and Sydney should be live and on the main channel, ditto Canberra. They'd get better ratings.