Newcastle ?Fred wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:19 amI think SA and WA are easy options if they choose to go there - but don’t see any upside apart from being easy.
NT - or a Northern Australia concept not a fan of - small fan base, spread out. Don’t like it at all. They schedule games there to have a presence - not as a prelude.
Brisbane - there could be something taking in west Brisbane (encompassing toward ipswitch) that has a decent grassroots support - although lions setting up their base out that way ? Plus Aussie rules is already going sufficiently well I feel - build on what they have - but down the track definetely.
Canberra is the obvious place a new team should be but have gws there kind of takes that out. A new team and gws out of Canberra would be a win win for both but can’t see gws moving.
Fir mins - the obvious choice is Newcastle. Yes, RL is dominant but that’s the point - to grow the game in new areas. There is a strong Aussie rules culture in the region and a long history. It’s not too far from Sydney and being a regional town, if they start winning, locals jump on board quick - similar to Perth with a new NRL team. That, to me, seems plainly obvious.
Discuss.
you think western Sydney is a no go zone for fumbleball , it'd be a picnic compared to Newie
, you may as well wear a dress to work as fumble stumble & miss up there , you'd be considered less of a knob
pipe dreams , & delusions
one day fumblers will join us in the real world
