Titans fans won’t Bear north Sydney takeover

I don't understand Arnold why those 3 teams? They all have massive juniors and all 3 have the resources to support themselves (not Balmain Ryde but, Wests do). Getting rid of Canberra would be like getting rid of the Cowboys. Whether GC stay or go is another matter. It just appears everytime anything like this comes up there are so many people from QLD telling us to get rid of a Sydney team and they don't care who. Sure lets get rid of a NSW team but, who ? why? & how are do we know what comes next is better ?because most people in NSW can see the logic and in fact want Brisbane 2 but, we don't want another super league war with NEWS. It seems that those in QLD just do not get that they continue to think that NSW fans are the reason that Brisbane 2 never gets off the ground.

I get the feeling a lot of league fans in NSW still think the GC is just a tourist strip and some theme parks.They don't understand that the Gold Coast is almost now an extension of Brisbane. It has a growing community of families and lots of infrastructure being built, more than anywhere else in the country. There is far more money there than the central coast, far more. The AFL know the gold coast is economically much bigger than TAS, NT or Canberra which is why they put a team there. Would be bizarre and short sited if the NRL didn't think the same way, in their own heartland.

Should've never let qld play in the nswrl. Should've kept them in their Micky mouse qrl comp

The Sharks get better crowd that Gold Coast They'll have 20k on Sunday arvo in round2

This is such a good article. Sydney seem intent on destroying league and the arrogance to want another Sydney side to take over a qld side is just moronic. Souths are the only Nsw side that is doing well across the board. The style of rugby league fostered in NSW is frankly garbage. The Bears have a place in a second tier comp but if they take over the Titans within 5 years the NRL will not play games on the GC. Yet afl will. How can people think for a second this is good. It will have very bad long term ramifications for rugby league in Australia. NSW and Sydney need to worry about what they already have without wanting more. How could they think the Bears on the GC would be a good idea?

Saying that coming into 2016 was to good to be true because it seemed like everything had settled down is like saying to the employees of Dick Smith a few weeks ago that the future is to good to be true. The Titans are broke and their care taker owners want out, they failed to get DCE and lost Nate Myles in the process no one predicts they will make the 8 yet for some reason 2016 looked "to good to be true". If the Titans future looked promising to you then the future of car manufacturing in this country must look like a gold mine to you. The Bears should just wait for them to fold again and then put yet another bid in to the NRL because no other bid is or has ever been financially viable.

What I am saying is the NRL and media is giving preference in southern Qld to the Broncos. Nothing will change as Newscorp and channel 9 will always get behind the Broncos. The Titans are fighting a losing battle at this stage. A partnership with someone like the Bears should be considered. Expansion may be off the table if league is not successful on the Gold Coast .

Looking at the problems Australian rugby is facing propping up the WA Force, where there is a decent English, NZ & SA expat population, the NRL might be smart to not look at Perth or Adelaide for a very long time. Perhaps the NRL should accept, wisely, that they are an East Coast comp, & must accept & live within that. The AFL also have shown them how to run a reasonably efficient national comp. All the teams reside in the five mainland state capitals - Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth & Brisbane, keeping in mind Geelong & Gold Coast are within the Greater Metropolitan Areas of Melbourne & Brisbane respectively. Admittedly, the AFL is having problems propping up its two newest teams, Gold Coast & GWS. But here they have the advantage of being able to throw & lose a helluva lot of money before the situation becomes critical. So this is the blueprint for NRL - Australian East Coast & keep the number of cities to major metropolitan areas. NZ is the obvious other option not available to AFL. If the NRL is going to expand, then it must be a second Brisbane team & a second NZ team. That's it. Forget Perth or Adelaide. Or anywhere else. And if the Bears are ever going to make it back into the NRL, then it will only be at the expense of someone else currently in the NRL. That folks, is what I believe to be the reality.

The only way to settle this glut of teams wanting admission to the NRL is to use relegation/promotion. This will ensure only clubs managed well and meet certain criteria will compete in 1st grade. Simple

Fourth largest city?The GC/Tweed is the sixth, but it's the fourth largest in the League supporting areas. The club has been awful, but it is hard to say they're markedly worse than the Raiders, or the Sharks etc.

1st point - this article is a tad over the top with its rhetoric. It starts by mentioning the Titans have had no off-season drama, and then about building a team around Kane Elgey. Perhaps the author should read the paper a little more often. 2nd point - now I start defending the Titans. Yes, their crowds are piss-poor. But so is their team! When Scotty Prince was in his pomp in the first three years of the Titans, crowds were good. As an avid Qld'er, I support Qld teams first. Broncs, then Cowboys, then Titans...but even I have struggled to watch them the last three years. Not only because they've been losing, but they've been losing whilst playing BORING footy. If they had a bit of razzle-dazzle in their losses (ala the Tigers with Benji), they'd be worth the watch. Prices are high, entertainment low. Whaddya get? No one watching. Adding the Bears strip MAY help in the short term, but the Titans need to be in for the LONG term. The Cowboys were rubbish for a long time. Get some players in there who are fun to watch - and let em rip. Watch the crowds come back. Success is the number one barometer, and they've had diddly-squat.

So because the GC market has said it would rather watch the broncos than the Titan's... the NRL should give them the titans?

But you didn't you singled out the roosters (with a indefensibly poor rationale). But more importantly where is the basis for the tin foil hat Sydney conspiracy theory. If Sydney gets a free pass on the rationalisation front then why did then last round of rationalisation see Sydney as the city to lose three teams? Also the “same attitude around” for Melbourne. Well yes that obviously was just a scar on the game right? Kicking Melbourne out of the comp was the worst decision of the past 50 years in rugby league... oh wait the storm stayed in even after a salary cap scandal. Then that they were mostly fans of Sydney Clubs? According to you I suppose not that it would actually that much of a surprise right as out of all rugby league following cities it is the most populated and would have 9 of the 15 other clubs. But even then if the most represented city was Sydney how many people are we talking – 200 guys on the internet?

The Broncos get so much media coverage and Tv exposure in southern QLD. The Titans cant compete with this and nothing will change. It does seem that the visiting teams get more support. How can the NRL talk about expansion when they have let a team like the Titans wither away in a rugby league area.

I'm not. I used to live there though :lol: It could be quicker to get to Gosford than the SFS too depending on the time of day.

Is everyone on the Roar from the Hills district?

Does that small dead end market, the Sutherland Shire, deserve a team? Does Canberra, with their pathetic crowds, deserve a team? Does the Balmain-Ryde communities deserve their bankrupt team? GC being the 4th largest city in AUS needs to be given a fair go in having an NRL team. Only Chargers & Titans have represented the GC community. Searle wrecked the latter. Can't the Titans be allowed to rebuild the brand and regain all those thousands who left because of Searles mismanagement?

They don't deserve one because they have never appreciated one. How many incarnations does one team get?

No ones asked the Titans fans because they probably can't find them. Seriously I've been to Souths games up there and its like being at a home game. Even the Roosters attract more support than the so called home side. I think its a great idea....would certainly boost their crowd figures.

Yeah, they did a ring around the Titans fans to see what they thought of the idea. Took about 10 minutes to cover them all.