News: Coast unlikely to have NRL side soon

[Jethro]

<div class="photoDetails" />FORMER Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles CEO Brett Winkler says an NRL club on the Coast by 2013 is a nice thought, but “unlikely”.  Manly owner Scott Penn last week told Rugby League Week that he harboured ambitions to establish a team in the region within the next four years.



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[Dan]

once they get a stadium up they might start getting more visitors, then there is certainly room for a team up here

 

[blitzkrieg]

once they get a stadium up they might start getting more visitors, then there is certainly room for a team up here

Certainly room, but once they step up they will become the enemy!!
New logo and stuff I guess will help cut the cord.

 

[Jethro]

[quote author=Dan link=topic=181812.msg243168#msg243168 date=1253747707]
once they get a stadium up they might start getting more visitors, then there is certainly room for a team up here

Certainly room, but once they step up they will become the enemy!!
New logo and stuff I guess will help cut the cord.
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They'll probably go back to being the "Falcons" if they ever did get into NRL (unless heaven forbid that Manly weren't there anymore).