Talk of expanding competition
This masthead can reveal V’landys and ARLC powerbrokers will soon travel to New Zealand to ramp-up due diligence for a possible second NRL franchise across the ditch to complement the Warriors.
The 20th licence shapes as a battle between New Zealand and a fifth NRL team in Queensland.
Aside from three Christchurch bids, there is talk of a potential second club in Auckland, while the Ipswich Jets have formed a powerful $80 million consortium in Brisbane’s western-corridor.