
matiunz
I’d support both but Warriors would be my first, would be fine to support a “southern” team but not a cantab one- can’t stand their Union fans can’t see the league ones being much different about their team
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Certainly things mt.wellington has said about Wellington imply things aren't as well set up for an NRL team as they should be - player numbers down, clubs not talking to the WRL etc...Petty sure most of us would support both clubs against Aussie teams. A South Island team would be a better rivalry with the Warriors for tribalism, but southern league's in sad state these days, big risk to try to turn that around unless the Canterbury Rugby Union took a stake in the franchise as was vaguely floated years ago.
Cantabrians are no more likely to support a Wellington based NRL team than the Auckland Warriors, most of them hate the Blues and Hurricanes equally. Waste of time trying to sell the Orcas to the southerners, theyd be better setting it up in Chch and doing a deal with the CRU for pathways and shared resources, it could take off down there if the one eyed inbreds had a successful league team to compliment their religious union fanaticism, you can't convert them from Wellington. Just my opinion as an old Chch boy and diehard Worrier.
An Interesting thoughtWith a 17th team confirmed for 2023, what will the Warriors be excluded from, ANZAC round or Magic round?
I think most aussies would be in favour of the warriors being left out of ANZAC Round cos in oz it's more like AAC Day.An Interesting thoughtdefinitely not Anzac round. Would love to change it up and maybe play the Broncos one year, Melbourne, then a Sydney team the next? Raiders?
I think the Anzac Day farce of us getting clobbered by Melbourne should continue until they fall from grace 5 years from now and we go on a glorious run of 20 years of victories in a rowAn Interesting thoughtdefinitely not Anzac round. Would love to change it up and maybe play the Broncos one year, Melbourne, then a Sydney team the next? Raiders?
Yep, the amount of times of been told “oh I didn’t know you guys celebrated it too” or had Anzac Day ‘explained to me since I’ve lived in AusI think most aussies would be in favour of the warriors being left out of ANZAC Round cos in oz it's more like AAC Day.
From announcementSo, time for Cameron George to have that awkward "it's not me, it's you" chat with the Dolphins CEO.
If the draw for 2023 looks like the draw the last time teams had two byes, they'll often be really poorly spread out so most teams have both in the space of a month, which is just stupid. I think a 12 week gap is minimum.
Obviously, if the NRL are going to stick with the Origin 2 Stand Alone Weekend trick, that's the first bye, but if they do, how can they more-or-less fairly spread out the second one for all 17 teams?? Two Stand Alone Weekends isn't going to fly...
one bye every week means that someone doesnt play the last regular game of the season. A guaranteed 2 points. Whats the bet this comes to haunt a team trying to get into the 8From announcement
As for what it means for the NRL's overall structure in 2023, Abdo confirmed the competition would move to 26 rounds with one by every week and every club having two byes for the season with one of those to fall during the State of Origin period.
Doesn’t it follow that the closer your bye is to the Origin period the shorter the gap is between your byes.
I guess the NRL thought of the same issue I did because, of course, in 2021 prior to SOO (Rd 13) 8 teams got a bye and then every team got a bye for Origin 2 and and after that (Rd 17) the other 8 teams got their second.From announcement
As for what it means for the NRL's overall structure in 2023, Abdo confirmed the competition would move to 26 rounds with one by every week and every club having two byes for the season with one of those to fall during the State of Origin period.
Doesn’t it follow that the closer your bye is to the Origin period the shorter the gap is between your byes.
It’s official ‘Dolphins’ have the bid but will choose a more inclusive Brisbane name and colours
On triple M this evening Abdo mentioned they were hoping to encompass’the north’ so possibly something like North Brisbane, Or Queensland possibly?So...the Brisbane Dolphins then?
12 May
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