id like to see a 2nd nz nrl team but i think it will be after more domestic expansion ie central coast, queensland, perth

if we want to we can make rl a bigger sport in nz than union but the nrl is too cautious

if it wasnt for the sl war the game would be much bigger in nz

good to see union crowds slumping so much in nz

It'd be nice but Wellington is only the size of Canberra and RL isn't the main sport there...

We need to look after Oz before we go back to NZ. Wait for the Warriors to become as large as NZ's bigger S14 teams before we give them another NRL team.

Not sure about all the teams, but the Hurricanes are losing fans at an alarming rate.

tried google and couldnt find the figures.

what were their crowds at the high and now?

wellinton is larger than canberra. league may be the number 1 in canberra but they have the brumbies in the super 14, if canberra can suppourt nrl and a super 14 side i know wellington can support an nrl team as well as the hurricanes in the suer 14 union.

many people suppourt both codes of rugby but union is the number 1 in wellington but league has always had it's suppourters. the general sports fan in the city will give any decent sport a go! thiers 450,000 people in the wellington region and then thiers other in the lower north island that people will travel from. super 14 only go's for i/2 a season so welli nrl would have the second half winter season to itself. the phoenix A-league soccer teams plays in summer so wouldnt directly be in competition. look how succesfull they have been and rugby league get better crowds at local level than soccer ever has, you walk past a soccer game and if theres more than 6 people whatching a soccer game at a park in wellington! an yet look how well the phoenix have done!

wellington could have an nrl team but people really have to make it happen by holding league events nrl games/tests etc and drawing good crowds, setting up a lobbying group and encourage people to join it, thinking up ways to keep the idea in the media and have potential sponsors and a stadium lined up.

southern orcas was a better idea

games in wellington and christchurch

was watching a cricket game recently, looks like jade stadium is getting redone

tigers got good crowds there

its just too early for a 2nd nz side

let the warriors finances improve with our next tv deal, putting them in a good position to sign the best players in nz

once the warriors have financial stability then its a must

That's a sensible call.

Personally i would like to see a team in Perth before anyone else.

This thread contains one of your so-called "facts", gutterfax.

About how the South Island of NZ is exclusively union.

Wrong.

That is what we call "an opinion".

One based on nothing other than rah rah induced bigotry and lack of information.

OK......this is just getting stupid now. How many threads to you need to try to be insulting on at once?

I accept that my assertion that the south island was almost exclusively union as being incorrect. It is not based on bigotry, but on me finding my feet over here. I have since researched the state of League in the south island and found that NZRL have divided the country into 7 Zones.....with 6 in the north island. Regardless of what your opinion is, that would seem to indicate where NZRL see their future.
The Northern Zone
The Auckland Zone
The Counties Manukau Zone
The Upper Central Zone
The Mid Central Zone
The Lower Central Zone
The Southern Zone

daily messenger i agree with you that southern orcas playing out of wellington and christchurch would be a good idea but the fact is they would have to be based in one city. i'd say wellington would be that city! and maybe a pre season trial in south island maybe greymouth, and take 2-3 home games per year to christchurch if there was a clash with super 14 in wellington and crusaders were away! beacause players and management need to be based somewhere the cost of having half a side here half there and getting to training would be riduculous so it gotta be based in one city or the other.

When NZ won the world cup, all we heard from everyman and his dog was how RL will explode in NZ and participation numbers will rocket!

Well it hasnt happened, Rugby is still king in NZ so when is this explosion going to happen?