As you can see, despite the loss of the Adelaide Rams, rugby league in SA has continued to grow:
damnfunnySA Rugby League wrote:Rugby League in South Australia
Rugby League has been played in South Australia for 27 years. There are four senior clubs and six junior clubs located aroud Adelaide.
http://www.sportingpulse.com.au/assoc_p ... %40&sID=78
Meanwhile in WA, the growth of the code has been spectacular with 6 teams now making up the WARL:
Eastern
Fremantle
Joondalup
North Beach
Rockingham
South Perth
http://aus.rleague.com/warl/
SA and WA aside, how about NSW and QLD, the so called heartland areas. Remember the Northern Eagles on the Central Coast and who could forget the Gold Coast Chargers/Giants/Seagulls?
damnfunny
Wonder how things are going in the VRL. No doubt with the Melbourne Storm representing the state, growth of the code would have been just as spectacular as SA and WA.
Is there a future for rugby league expansion in Australia?