Bid for second NRL team in NZ boosted

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– 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.



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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.
 
Cronulla should go to Perth, then a second brisbane team and second kiwi team
 

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