NRL NRL Expansion

[Worried2Death]

I'm sensing a good rivalry brewing.....

He has a point, wahs are running scared already

 

[Teets]

To be fair to Moffett some of Cam George's comments are nonsense.

Warriors sending 5 teams to Aussie is OK.

But a new team sending their 5 teams would be devastating for some reason. Wtf?

 

[Naynay]

Yeah Danny Weidler already raising concerns about the Cap.
He has a valid point, they will have a 20m dollar salary cap.

I mean I'm not an accountant so I could be wrong but they would need to be based in PNG to avoid normal Australian tax and get the benefits?

Im not sure its gonna be a problem like getting australians to join the warriors can be a pain cause its so far away from family and it’s basically the same as australia, port morsby would be wildly different to live in and just not as built up.

The question becomes is the extra money worth picking every thing up and living in PNG

 

[Riz]

Can anyone unlock this article please?

The Press

www.thepress.co.nz

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Can anyone unlock this article please?

The Press

www.thepress.co.nz

Two groups seeking a NRL franchise for Christchurch are getting closer to agreeing to work together.
The Southern Orcas - led by former Kiwis coach Sir Graham Lowe and ex-New Zealand Rugby League chairman Andrew Chalmers - are in talks with a group chaired by former Kiwis and Warriors coach Frank Endacott.
The two parties, and the South Island Kea - led by former NRL and NZ Rugby chief executive David Moffett - have all expressed interest in a NRL franchise in Christchurch.




Talks between the Keas and Endacott’s group about a potential bid broke down in November.

The Orcas and Endacott’s team - formed from the initial South Island NRL Bid Ltd group - remain in discussions about a joint approach.
“We are positively working forward with Frank Endacott and Poto Williams following on from our talks a few weeks ago,’’ Chalmers said.

Frank Endacott is feeling positive about the progress of talks with the Southern Orcas about working together to secure a NRL franchise for Christchurch. (File photo).STACY SQUIRES / THE PRESS
Endacott also said the talks were “progressing well’’ and getting “very close’’ to an agreement.
Chalmers has previously said the Orcas were willing to work with anyone prepared to endorse or support their bid.
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Roles for Endacott and Williams, a former Labour government minister and MP for Christchurch East, would be expected to be an asset for the Orcas given their strong Canterbury connections.
The Orcas claim their bid could be worth $360 million, with $NZ60 million in capital funding from yet-to-be named South Island-based private investors. They are looking at establishing a 20-ha $100 million Centre of Excellence at Rolleston with the prospect of an associated $180 million central city hotel, leagues club and entertainment precinct funded by public and private investors.
The NRL confirmed on Thursday that a yet-to-be-named Papua New Guinea team would become the 18th club in 2028.
NRL officials want 20 teams by 2032. It has already held talks with the Western Australian state government about a potential new club in Perth.
Christchurch and a group from Ipswich, near Brisbane, are also potentially in contention for the 20th place.
Meanwhile, the Orcas have confirmed plans to roll out 22 regional academies across New Zealand from 2025, catering for up to 2200 student athletes.
They say the programme will “guarantee a production line of talent’’ for the new club and the NRL as a whole with up to 100 students in each centre.

Southern Orcas NRL bid team chiefs Sir Graham Lowe (L) and Andrew Chalmers.
The first regional centres are expected to open in the first half of 2025, with Christchurch expected to be the first base. The proposal would also see academies in Otago, Southland, the West Coast and the Tasman districts in the South Island and North Island regions, from Wellington to Auckland.
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[Riz]

Two groups seeking a NRL franchise for Christchurch are getting closer to agreeing to work together.
The Southern Orcas - led by former Kiwis coach Sir Graham Lowe and ex-New Zealand Rugby League chairman Andrew Chalmers - are in talks with a group chaired by former Kiwis and Warriors coach Frank Endacott.
The two parties, and the South Island Kea - led by former NRL and NZ Rugby chief executive David Moffett - have all expressed interest in a NRL franchise in Christchurch.




Talks between the Keas and Endacott’s group about a potential bid broke down in November.

The Orcas and Endacott’s team - formed from the initial South Island NRL Bid Ltd group - remain in discussions about a joint approach.
“We are positively working forward with Frank Endacott and Poto Williams following on from our talks a few weeks ago,’’ Chalmers said.

Frank Endacott is feeling positive about the progress of talks with the Southern Orcas about working together to secure a NRL franchise for Christchurch. (File photo).STACY SQUIRES / THE PRESS
Endacott also said the talks were “progressing well’’ and getting “very close’’ to an agreement.
Chalmers has previously said the Orcas were willing to work with anyone prepared to endorse or support their bid.
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Roles for Endacott and Williams, a former Labour government minister and MP for Christchurch East, would be expected to be an asset for the Orcas given their strong Canterbury connections.
The Orcas claim their bid could be worth $360 million, with $NZ60 million in capital funding from yet-to-be named South Island-based private investors. They are looking at establishing a 20-ha $100 million Centre of Excellence at Rolleston with the prospect of an associated $180 million central city hotel, leagues club and entertainment precinct funded by public and private investors.
The NRL confirmed on Thursday that a yet-to-be-named Papua New Guinea team would become the 18th club in 2028.
NRL officials want 20 teams by 2032. It has already held talks with the Western Australian state government about a potential new club in Perth.
Christchurch and a group from Ipswich, near Brisbane, are also potentially in contention for the 20th place.
Meanwhile, the Orcas have confirmed plans to roll out 22 regional academies across New Zealand from 2025, catering for up to 2200 student athletes.
They say the programme will “guarantee a production line of talent’’ for the new club and the NRL as a whole with up to 100 students in each centre.

Southern Orcas NRL bid team chiefs Sir Graham Lowe (L) and Andrew Chalmers.
The first regional centres are expected to open in the first half of 2025, with Christchurch expected to be the first base. The proposal would also see academies in Otago, Southland, the West Coast and the Tasman districts in the South Island and North Island regions, from Wellington to Auckland.
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Thanks mate

 

[Worried2Death]

Two groups seeking a NRL franchise for Christchurch are getting closer to agreeing to work together.
The Southern Orcas - led by former Kiwis coach Sir Graham Lowe and ex-New Zealand Rugby League chairman Andrew Chalmers - are in talks with a group chaired by former Kiwis and Warriors coach Frank Endacott.
The two parties, and the South Island Kea - led by former NRL and NZ Rugby chief executive David Moffett - have all expressed interest in a NRL franchise in Christchurch.




Talks between the Keas and Endacott’s group about a potential bid broke down in November.

The Orcas and Endacott’s team - formed from the initial South Island NRL Bid Ltd group - remain in discussions about a joint approach.
“We are positively working forward with Frank Endacott and Poto Williams following on from our talks a few weeks ago,’’ Chalmers said.

Frank Endacott is feeling positive about the progress of talks with the Southern Orcas about working together to secure a NRL franchise for Christchurch. (File photo).STACY SQUIRES / THE PRESS
Endacott also said the talks were “progressing well’’ and getting “very close’’ to an agreement.
Chalmers has previously said the Orcas were willing to work with anyone prepared to endorse or support their bid.
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Roles for Endacott and Williams, a former Labour government minister and MP for Christchurch East, would be expected to be an asset for the Orcas given their strong Canterbury connections.
The Orcas claim their bid could be worth $360 million, with $NZ60 million in capital funding from yet-to-be named South Island-based private investors. They are looking at establishing a 20-ha $100 million Centre of Excellence at Rolleston with the prospect of an associated $180 million central city hotel, leagues club and entertainment precinct funded by public and private investors.
The NRL confirmed on Thursday that a yet-to-be-named Papua New Guinea team would become the 18th club in 2028.
NRL officials want 20 teams by 2032. It has already held talks with the Western Australian state government about a potential new club in Perth.
Christchurch and a group from Ipswich, near Brisbane, are also potentially in contention for the 20th place.
Meanwhile, the Orcas have confirmed plans to roll out 22 regional academies across New Zealand from 2025, catering for up to 2200 student athletes.
They say the programme will “guarantee a production line of talent’’ for the new club and the NRL as a whole with up to 100 students in each centre.

Southern Orcas NRL bid team chiefs Sir Graham Lowe (L) and Andrew Chalmers.
The first regional centres are expected to open in the first half of 2025, with Christchurch expected to be the first base. The proposal would also see academies in Otago, Southland, the West Coast and the Tasman districts in the South Island and North Island regions, from Wellington to Auckland.
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All this sounds incredibly audacious, if they can get the leagues club and hotel to turn a profit for the investors within a decade it'll be a stunning achievement.

 

[Noitall]

'Civil war' erupts as Warriors called out for NRL 'failure'

'Unfulfilled promises'

www.nine.com.au

Sounds like this could get nasty

 

[WA Warrior]

'Civil war' erupts as Warriors called out for NRL 'failure'

'Unfulfilled promises'

www.nine.com.au

Sounds like this could get nasty

Wow.
Brings up some valid points.
License is ridiculous though.
Yeah, this is already nasty.

 

[Inruin]

'Civil war' erupts as Warriors called out for NRL 'failure'

'Unfulfilled promises'

www.nine.com.au

Sounds like this could get nasty

Yeah but doesn't even know we have had two grand final appearances

 

[Teets]

Well he's not wrong (besides the one GF thing).

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Wow.
Brings up some valid points.
License is ridiculous though.
Yeah, this is already nasty.

Cant agree. Lashing out due to unlikelihood already failing in their bid of getting a license. No pathways, no revenue, all pipedreams. So need to shift focus from their actual failings to some one else's perceived ones.

 

[WA Warrior]

Cant agree. Lashing out due to unlikelihood already failing in their bid of getting a license. No pathways, no revenue, all pipedreams. So need to shift focus from their actual failings to some one else's perceived ones.

Moffett has a valid point when it comes to the domestic game.
The Warriors have neglected the domestic scene.
I know you said its not their responsibility before and I get that but you would think after 30 years they would have very strong ties to all the regions.

 

[Teets]

Moffett has a point when it comes to the domestic game.
The Warriors have neglected the domestic scene.

They want to reap the rewards of a strong domestic scene but until recently didn't want to do any of the spade work in building it up.

And Cappy admitted they can only service a fraction of the countries young talent with their pathways anyway. So they're really only worried about their financial monopoly on the game here.

 

[Wrighty]

I think this interview by Moffett is the death knell in the Keas bid. The other South Island Franchises are still in with a go just not his bid. Vlandy's will want a South Island franchise that can cooperate with the Warriors not one that is attacking the warriors,

 

[Damo]

Moffett has a valid point when it comes to the domestic game.
The Warriors have neglected the domestic scene.
I know you said its not their responsibility before and I get that but you would think after 30 years they would have very strong ties to all the regions.

No one has had the money before tbf, or at least the willingness to invest it.

 

[Inruin]

No one has had the money before tbf, or at least the willingness to invest it.

Also a sad indictment on the ARL and NZRL that a professional NRL club is solely responsible for the development of the game nationally.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Moffett has a valid point when it comes to the domestic game.
The Warriors have neglected the domestic scene.
I know you said its not their responsibility before and I get that but you would think after 30 years they would have very strong ties to all the regions.

They do have strong ties to the regions, but it’s patently ridiculous to entertain the notion that a regional team support the game nationally. Imagine expecting the Dragons to support the entire Australian game.

So in essence Moffett is taking a shit on the Warriors who have been competing and building for 30 years, when all he has is an excel spreadsheet and a shithole called Christchurch.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Also a sad indictment on the ARL and NZRL that a professional NRL club is solely responsible for the development of the game nationally.

This is it. It benefits NRL, ARL and NZRL to have the Warriors shoulder the blame for their complete ineptitude

 

[Worried2Death]

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