Article on Uncle Nick - The Start of our Campaign to avoid relocation??

[The Skeez]

This all started for us when we changed from Eastern Suburbs to Sydney City. Along with Canterbury Bankstown and Balmain who both renamed to Sydney; and Souths went into an abyss.

We embraced the future and made steps to remodel ourselves appropriately to ensure survival and look what has happened since. 3 premierships and constantly in the top half of the competition.

As eluded to above, I see this as an opportunity to reclaim our borders if teams geographically south of us move and relocate.

If Cronulla get moved somewhere, Wests take games further west, Saints permanently move to Wollongong, Canterbury move to New Zealand or Campbelltown then we could share the remaining space with Souths and continue our rivalry.

[novice chook]

To be fair, a lot of Easts fans will be in the seat of Sydney. I've always been represented by pretty darn good independents.

Not too sure about that - nearly all the Easts fans I know live outside the Sydney/Eastern Suburbs electorate - west, south-west, shire, central coast. The ones who actually attend games anyway. Economics and house prices has meant a shift away from the city/east for many who originally came from those areas and who still follow the Chooks.

I cannot understand why anyone would be against the Allianz rebuild. We are already behind most other States in the area of footy/multi-purpose stadiums and run the risk of falling further behind. I look on with envy when I see Optus Stadium and the various ones they have in Vic. All of which I believe have been built with govt funds.

Given the kiddies nowadays are climate change warriors, they wouldn't want aircon in their classrooms anyway, so we can slide that money back towards the stadium rebuild. And the demountables are fine - students and teachers won't want the dust and dirt of building them new schoolrooms - too much pollution in their vicinity that will harm them!!! Plenty of money saved here that can be put back into the Allianz rebuild ..

[Kelby]

Perhaps this would make everyone happy?


NRL
20 Teams in two conferences

Conference No: 1

Sydney Roosters
Sydney Rabbitohs
Manly Sea Eagles
West Sydney Tigers
Sydney Dogs
Canberra Raiders
Auckland Warriors
Perth Cats
Adelaide Birds
Brisbane Broncos


Conference No: 2

Penrith Panthers
St. George Dragons
Sydney Sharks
Parramatta Eels
Newcastle Knights
Gold Coast Titans
Christchurch Quakers
Melbourne Storm
Townsville Cowboys
Brisbane Bombers

9 x Sydney teams, 2 x Brisbane, 2 x NZ teams, Perth, Melbourne, Newcastle, Canberra, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Townsville.
The bottom team in each conference swaps conferences.

Nines competition at the start of the season. Competition goes to different city each year.
18 games with 9 home games each and 9 return games. 9 games, 3 x SOO, 9 games.
3 x SOO games = Stand alone.
Fiji, Tonga, PNG, Samoa, etc. all played with SOO.

Top 4 in each conference play in the finals.
Women’s comp played at this time.

[Salvatori Grubber]

This all started for us when we changed from Eastern Suburbs to Sydney City. Along with Canterbury Bankstown and Balmain who both renamed to Sydney; and Souths went into an abyss.

We embraced the future and made steps to remodel ourselves appropriately to ensure survival and look what has happened since. 3 premierships and constantly in the top half of the competition.

As eluded to above, I see this as an opportunity to reclaim our borders if teams geographically south of us move and relocate.

If Cronulla get moved somewhere, Wests take games further west, Saints permanently move to Wollongong, Canterbury move to New Zealand or Campbelltown then we could share the remaining space with Souths and continue our rivalry.

True, although I sometimes get the feeling that Nick wouldn’t want to claim a greater Junior territory. I mean, we have jack shit now and are the power brokers of the comp. Look at Brisbane and Penrith and Canberra. Fat lot of good owning territory has done them.

[Kelby]

True, although I sometimes get the feeling that Nick wouldn’t want to claim a greater Junior territory. I mean, we have jack shit now and are the power brokers of the comp. Look at Brisbane and Penrith and Canberra. Fat lot of good owning territory has done them.

True.
But it will be an item on the criteria!

[Mickie Lane]

The Roosters will never get relocated because they are a well drilled machine who have very smart blokes running it.

[eddie]

Given the Shire is a baked-on Liberal seat, I think I can vote against the Tories and they still win, thus avoiding the conflict. Problem is, who else to vote for? They’re all cnuts.
If only there was a Craig Fitzgibbon-led, Science, Music and Football party that I could get behind.

Was I on me pat malone in voting for the flying spagetti monster last election?

[eddie]

I'm voting for the Liberal party

Each to their own.

[rented tracksuit]

True, although I sometimes get the feeling that Nick wouldn’t want to claim a greater Junior territory. I mean, we have jack shit now and are the power brokers of the comp. Look at Brisbane and Penrith and Canberra. Fat lot of good owning territory has done them.

To be fair to Canberra, its a tough ask in their region with aerial ping pong being quite strong but as for the Donkeys and the Riff go... agreed.

[Insider]

True, although I sometimes get the feeling that Nick wouldn’t want to claim a greater Junior territory. I mean, we have jack shit now and are the power brokers of the comp. Look at Brisbane and Penrith and Canberra. Fat lot of good owning territory has done them.

Yeah having a large junior base is overrated, us and Melbourne have the smallest yet we have been the 2 most successful clubs of the NRL era.

[Mickie Lane]

The criteria should be 12 teams with each club having a reserve grade team.
Cowboys
Broncos
Titans
Perth
Adelaide
Melbourne
Newcastle
Canberra
Souths beginning at Illawarra
Easts of Parramatta which swallows up the Dogs, Tigers, Souths & Cronulla
Wests of Parramatta Penrith
Norths playing out of Gosford

NZ Rugby League to start a 8 team comp in NZ

[rented tracksuit]

The criteria should be 12 teams with each club having a reserve grade team.
Cowboys
Broncos
Titans
Perth
Adelaide
Melbourne
Newcastle
Canberra
Souths beginning at Illawarra
Easts of Parramatta which swallows up the Dogs, Tigers, Souths & Cronulla
Wests of Parramatta Penrith
Norths playing out of Gosford

NZ Rugby League to start a 8 team comp in NZ

Sorry mate. Don’t agree.

[The Axe]

The criteria should be 12 teams with each club having a reserve grade team.
Cowboys
Broncos
Titans
Perth
Adelaide
Melbourne
Newcastle
Canberra
Souths beginning at Illawarra
Easts of Parramatta which swallows up the Dogs, Tigers, Souths & Cronulla
Wests of Parramatta Penrith
Norths playing out of Gosford

NZ Rugby League to start a 8 team comp in NZ

Sounds like SL

its all about broadcasting and they want more not less content

[Kentucky_Fried_Rooster]

I can't see how the privately owned teams can be cut or forced to moved (Souths, Manly & Dragons are the only 3 Sydney teams I think)

We are the city team so should stay.
Cronulla are the South area team.
Manly are the North area team.
Parramatta the Inner West.
Penrith the Outer West.

Saints should play fulltime at the Gong (privately owned by a Wollongong company as far as I know)

I hate the Tigers but the should play out of Campbelltown.

That leaves the Dogs and South (privately owned so can't see why they should get moved if the owners stump up the cash it should be their call).


We should be safe but the NRL will design the criteria on who they want to see moved.
If Beate and Toddy want us moved they will force it by the criteria.

[Kingbilly]

I don't think expansion outside of traditional RL areas will work.
But if relocation is done Souths should be very worried, they are a financial mess and owe millions to the Juniors which they will never repay.
they also don't have a leagues club. But saying that the media would get on their hypocritical high horses and prevent it