CROSS FORUM NRL 2023 Round 7 Discussion

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If a second NZ club is to be made, they should make it now for the 2nd tier comp, the idea is obviously to give Warriors a Rival and hope that helps the transition but I think establishing them as something for a few years in a lower category will at least give it less of a plastic GC Titans vibe about it though I think the problem with that entire franchise is the fact it's GC and the place is full of people from other parts of Australia who already had a team prior.

The question would be where to base it?

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If you want rivalry then Christchurch vs Auckland would be the way to go. Pretty much any place south of the Bombay Hills hate Auckland but people from Christchurch tend to dislike Aucklanders more than anyone. Plus the most successfully Super rugby franchise is from Christchurch. I might be slightly bias though.

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[Morkel]

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If you want rivalry then Christchurch vs Auckland would be the way to go. Pretty much any place south of the Bombay Hills hate Auckland but people from Christchurch tend to dislike Aucklanders more than anyone. Plus the most successfully Super rugby franchise is from Christchurch. I might be slightly bias though.

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The Christchurch Earthquakes?

 

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The Christchurch Earthquakes?

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Shakers maybe, or The Liquefaction

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[Cult]

Can we wait until NZ get one successful team before we give them another failure, thanks..

 

[BroncosFever]

Can we wait until NZ get one successful team before we give them another failure, thanks..

Just shows the double standards, people carried on for years about Brisbane being a 1 town team, Warriors have had a literal country to themselves.. nobody bats an eyelid.

 

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Just shows the double standards, people carried on for years about Brisbane being a 1 town team, NZ have had a literal country to themselves.. nobody bats an eyelid.

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Have you ever heard of the All Blacks? Them and the fact that every NRL club pillages our country when kids are just hitting puberty have been a fairly substantial drain on the talent pool.

A second club is viewed as the opportunity to shore up our best and brightest from heading to Australian clubs.

That said, I personally agree that NZ is not ready for another team yet. At least not until the Warriors have had a bit more success, and proper investment has been made in the grassroots game in NZ.

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Just shows the double standards, people carried on for years about Brisbane being a 1 town team, NZ have had a literal country to themselves.. nobody bats an eyelid.

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Because Brisbane were better at rorting this system than the Warriors (dodgy salary cap stuff via throughobreds and preferential timeslots every week)

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Are you Warriors going to flog Melb ??

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Are you Warriors going to flog Melb ??

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Nah none of the wins this year have been by a big margin, if we beat the storm it'll be by 12 pts or less unless we play out of our minds.

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How much are Manly going to score against Tigers?

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[ivanhungryjak]

How happy are the Kiwis tonight? RTS is back!

 

[Xzei]

make for an interesting side next year

 

[Sproj]

What happens to CNK? Centre?

 

[Big Pete]

Awesome signing, really glad to have Roger back in the NRL and playing for a team that did the entire competition a massive favour.

 

[Mustafur]

Knew it was going to happen, if the Wahs keep going solid this year they will have plenty to build off with RTS back.