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I honestly respect your opinion but if you think someone from the south side, west side, east side or any other area of Brisbane is going to support a Redcliffe team in the NRL you are completely delusional and clearly blinded by bias. It’s like asking someone from the outer western suburbs of Sydney to support a new team in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, not a chance, it makes no sense. The Brisbane Bombers have put together a fantastic bid supported by big dollars and supported by great corporate sponsors so their bid is very strong.
You will get more fans from all of the areas of Brisbane if you have a new team that represents all areas of Brisbane, whether that be the Bombers or someone else. And the NRL will know this and will see this as a matter of importance and will go for a team that represents a much larger geographical area than just the Redcliffe Peninsula. Having good contacts in the NRL through my line of work I believe that is the case, just wait and see… ????
Brisbane's second NRL team will only succeed on passion
The South QLD Crushers did no fail. You need to get your facts straight! They were a victim of the Super League War and were forced out of the comp. They actually had good home ground attendances and many members, actually the Crushers had better home ground attendances than most of the Sydney clubs that survived the Super League War. They did not fail! Get your history right mate. It was a political decision from NewsCorp to narrow down the number of teams to 16 from 20, and sadly the Crushers got screwed.
Had they not got screwed they probably could have picked up great QLD talent like Cam Smith, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater instead of them going to the Storm and they could possibly have gone on to be a club as successful as the Storm & Broncos.
Brisbane's second NRL team will only succeed on passion
You seem biased, obviously a Redcliffe Dolphins fan hey… lol 🙂 The NRL will NOT choose the winning bid based solely on who has the most money. Actually, V’landys has already said it will be a combination of factors and not just based on who has the wealthiest of finances. Yes finances are an important part of what’s required but it’s not just about that, what’s more important is the fans and the Brisbane people deserve a club that can represent all of Brisbane. Redcliffe is far too narrow an area and focus to be seriously considered as a second Brisbane team, it would be a huge mistake from the NRL to go that way. And I must say your comment is silly, being, “A team for all of BRISBANE already exists it is called the Broncos”. Well, this topic of discussion is about a second BRISBANE team, meaning another Brisbane team in addition to the Broncos, and not a Peninsula team who are a local club team plucked from the local QLD Cup who are only supported by and mean something to the people/fans in that area. What about the rest of Brisbane?!? Brisbane is the second strongest Rugby League city in the world! Therefore they desperately need a second BRISBANE team that represents ALL areas of Brisbane and not just a small fraction of Brisbane. I know the local Brisbane Rugby League scene and it’s fans very VERY well having played in the comp for over 21 years and having supported in for over 42 years. I can tell you now a person from the south side of Brisbane will not support a Redcliffe team in the NRL, nor would someone from the eastern or western suburbs so it would be a huge mistake to simply ignore and basically shun all of those Brisbane Rugby League fans who have been waiting decades for a second Brisbane team and an option other than the Broncos to support. The new Brisbane team really needs to be a brand new team built from scratch that anyone from Brisbane can support regardless of whether they are from the south, east, north or west of Brisbane. A new team that can build it’s own history just like the Broncos, Storm and Cowboys did quite successfully, so the rubbish talk that it needs to be an existing club is nonsense.
Bring on a new team please and people like you need to stop the bias towards a team you have an emotional attachment to because that frankly is a little selfish and basically thinking with the blinkers on.
Brisbane's second NRL team will only succeed on passion
Being a long time loyal Dragons fan I can wholeheartedly agree that the 2020 season has been a huge disappointment. With the roster they had they should have been in the top 8.
In 2017 & 2018 the Dragons had a roster that should have made the top 4 and you could argue a Grand Final appearance. Poor coaching and poor player attitude were the main reasons why the Dragons sadly never got anywhere near where they should have in the past 4 or 5 years. Let’s hope that Anthony Griffin can build something special there over the next couple of years or so.
Brisbane are 2020's biggest disappointment, but the Dragons are not far behind
Choosing Redcliffe would be a huge mistake by the NRL considering they’d essentially be disregarding and wiping out the rest of the local Brisbane Rugby League fans who want a second BRISBANE team and not a team from the Peninsula in the far northern outskirts that represents a very small area of a big fast growing city. It needs to be new team built from scratch that represents ALL of Brisbane and not just one small part of Brisbane. For example, Imagine building a new team in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney in Bondi and asking all the people of western Sydney to support them, it won’t work and it makes no sense at all. Redcliffe is no different, they do not represent all of Brisbane and being a local Brisbane Rugby League player and supporter my whole life I know for a fact that anyone outside of Redcliffe dislikes the Redcliffe Dolphins as they are seen as an opposition glamour club, harsh but true. Remove your bias towards the Dolphins and think of all of the Brisbane Rugby League fans wanting a new team to follow as an option to the Broncos. It needs to be a new team.
Brisbane's second NRL team will only succeed on passion
As a born and bred Brisbane person who played Rugby League in the local Brisbane competition for over 21 years including playing in the senior grades and being a Rugby League fan based in Brisbane for over 40 years I will speak with sincerity and with great intimate knowledge of the local Brisbane Rugby League scene and the general consensus of the majority of true Rugby League fans in Brisbane and I will do it without bias or an agenda (unlike this article).
Firstly, I have no doubts that whichever Brisbane bid the NRL choose it should NOT be an existing QLD Cup team but rather a brand new team that represents all of Brisbane and not just one area of Brisbane. Why? Because Brisbane needs a new team that represents ALL of Brisbane and it’s closely surrounding areas and not a team that represents just the far north of Brisbane or the East or West of Brisbane because that then leaves out a huge supporter base across the rest of Brisbane that have been waiting decades to have a team they can call their own.
For example, A person from southern, eastern or western suburbs of Brisbane is simply not going to support a team from Redcliffe and vice versa, it would be very unlikely. I know this for sure as I have lived and breathed the local Brisbane Rugby League scene and know the true fans here in Brisbane intimately! Let’s put it this way. It’s like asking the people of western Sydney to support the East Sydney Roosters or some new team in Bondi, it just makes no sense! It would be a TRAGEDY for the NRL to leave so many Brisbane Rugby league supporters out in the cold by choosing just one small area of Brisbane like Redcliffe or Easts to represent all of Brisbane. Especially considering the Rugby League fans of Brisbane have been waiting an eternity to get a second team in Brisbane and they need one that represents all of Brisbane and not just one small area of Brisbane.
Good finances and an existing strong local supporter base alone is not enough. You need a team for the masses not just a team from one small area of Brisbane with a strong local club.
Finally, think about this. The Broncos had no history when they started and now after just over three decades they are a well supported wealthy club with a rich history of success so the notion that a new team having no history is an issue because they allegedly have ‘no spirit’ is just absolute nonsense! Spirit and a strong history can be built quite quickly as long as the club is well managed as you only need to look at the success of the Brisbane Broncos and the Melbourne Storm as proof of that, so I’m confident that a new Brisbane team built from scratch that can represent ALL of Brisbane and it’s Rugby League fans is the way to go and not a team that is just a strong local team that represents just one part of our big growing city. Whether that new team be the Brisbane Bombers or another franchise it’s important that it be built from scratch with no bias to one area of Brisbane. No offence to Redcliffe, Easts or Ipswich but let’s bring on a brand new second Brisbane team built from scratch that we can call our own, one that can rival the Broncos and gives us great local derbies. That’s what the vast majority of Brisbane Rugby League fans want and that’s what matters the most.
Brisbane's second NRL team will only succeed on passion
The South QLD Crushers were not mismanaged at all, they were a victim of Newscorp and the politics of the Super League War. Again, their home crowd average was better than almost every Sydney club. They were screwed. FACT!
Brisbane's second NRL team will only succeed on passion