SMH.com.au – January 30, 2015 The bid for a second New Zealand NRL franchise has received a significant boost, with the consortium signing a $10 million deal with Christchurch's Celebration Lions Sports Trust to enter a feeder team in the NSW or Queensland Cup. The agreement gives the bid team a strong foothold in the South Island and will strengthen the new club's rivalry with the Auckland-based Warriors. It also provides another pathway for Kiwi players to the NRL as the Celebration Lions plan to establish a NSW or Queensland Cup team that would play out of their proposed new ground at Porritt Park in Christchurch. Consortium spokesman Robert Picone said the $10 million 10-year deal, which would see pre-season matches played at Porritt Park, further underpinned the financial viability of the bid. Read more: http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/bid-for-second-nrl-team-in-nz-boosted-16278/#ixzz3QIloNqq7
Nah, it will go to Perth (mainly for the time difference thus allowing an extra live game at night, ie 5.30/7.30 and 9.30 all live in the East).....and a second QLD side......be that CQ or more than likely a second Brisbane team.
I'd love to see the Broncos monopoly broken. Brisbane could probably support a couple more teams. If the Crushers had survived we probably would'nt have ended up with that team down in Melbourne.
