Brisbane expansion gets the nod from ARLC

[happy_tiger]

Another screw up by the NRL

When then Dolphins fall on their face ...I hope the whole ARLC board falls on it's swords .....

You are biased though aren't you? Personally I don't care which QLD team they admit, as long as it doesn't go belly-up within 2 years.

And surely one of the best ways to avoid going rapidly belly-up is having a big nest egg to fall back on in setting the club up for promotion, rather than scrapping around with the NRL annual grant plus some sponsorship?

No ....not at all

Virtually everyone who has commented if you take finances out of the equation that Ipswich is the common sense approach

Seagulls were the strongest financial sports club in Australia when the Seagulls joined in 1988

If you don't have the demographic ready to support the franchise is doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank ..in assets

Ipswich is Rugby League ......

End of 2020 9 players from the Ipswich SHS signed with NRL clubs ...one school

Why do Dolphins not have the demographic to support? Serious question, I don't know the QLD Cup sides well enough.

I always assumed the Ipswich issue was funding / sponsorship issue. I am aware Ipswich City is comparable in population to Townsville (bigger in fact) so there's an argument that if Cowboys can make it, so can the Jets.

V'landys is no moron, I expect he's going to financially bind Dolphins sports club to the new franchise and penalise their balls off if they attempt to withdraw.

The comparisons to Seagulls - fair enough, but also an argument can probably be made that governance was pretty weak in 1988, then everything was turned upside-down by Super League.

Because finances do matter, even if you can find examples of passionate low-income clubs, or mistake-ridden rich clubs. Who are the Top sides in NRL right now? Storm, Panthers, Souths, Roosters - all cashed up. Yes Broncos are rich and lowly-placed, but that's a recent phenomenon and not typical of their overall history.

Redcliffe itself can't really grow it is on Peninsula ......Ipwich is one of the fastest growing population areas In Australia

Personally I think the financial backing would come out once the Jets had been admitted into the NRL

 

[TigerWest]

Another screw up by the NRL

When then Dolphins fall on their face ...I hope the whole ARLC board falls on it's swords .....

You are biased though aren't you? Personally I don't care which QLD team they admit, as long as it doesn't go belly-up within 2 years.

And surely one of the best ways to avoid going rapidly belly-up is having a big nest egg to fall back on in setting the club up for promotion, rather than scrapping around with the NRL annual grant plus some sponsorship?

No ....not at all

Virtually everyone who has commented if you take finances out of the equation that Ipswich is the common sense approach

Seagulls were the strongest financial sports club in Australia when the Seagulls joined in 1988

If you don't have the demographic ready to support the franchise is doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank ..in assets

Ipswich is Rugby League ......

End of 2020 9 players from the Ipswich SHS signed with NRL clubs ...one school

Why do Dolphins not have the demographic to support? Serious question, I don't know the QLD Cup sides well enough.

I always assumed the Ipswich issue was funding / sponsorship issue. I am aware Ipswich City is comparable in population to Townsville (bigger in fact) so there's an argument that if Cowboys can make it, so can the Jets.

V'landys is no moron, I expect he's going to financially bind Dolphins sports club to the new franchise and penalise their balls off if they attempt to withdraw.

The comparisons to Seagulls - fair enough, but also an argument can probably be made that governance was pretty weak in 1988, then everything was turned upside-down by Super League.

Because finances do matter, even if you can find examples of passionate low-income clubs, or mistake-ridden rich clubs. Who are the Top sides in NRL right now? Storm, Panthers, Souths, Roosters - all cashed up. Yes Broncos are rich and lowly-placed, but that's a recent phenomenon and not typical of their overall history.

Redcliffe itself can't really grow it is on Peninsula ......Ipwich is one of the fastest growing population areas In Australia

Personally I think the financial backing would come out once the Jets had been admitted into the NRL

So how have the Dolphins been so financially successful? They seem to have some serious money behind them, is it from a huge club and membership backing or something else?

 

[happy_tiger]

Another screw up by the NRL

When then Dolphins fall on their face ...I hope the whole ARLC board falls on it's swords .....

You are biased though aren't you? Personally I don't care which QLD team they admit, as long as it doesn't go belly-up within 2 years.

And surely one of the best ways to avoid going rapidly belly-up is having a big nest egg to fall back on in setting the club up for promotion, rather than scrapping around with the NRL annual grant plus some sponsorship?

No ....not at all

Virtually everyone who has commented if you take finances out of the equation that Ipswich is the common sense approach

Seagulls were the strongest financial sports club in Australia when the Seagulls joined in 1988

If you don't have the demographic ready to support the franchise is doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank ..in assets

Ipswich is Rugby League ......

End of 2020 9 players from the Ipswich SHS signed with NRL clubs ...one school

Why do Dolphins not have the demographic to support? Serious question, I don't know the QLD Cup sides well enough.

I always assumed the Ipswich issue was funding / sponsorship issue. I am aware Ipswich City is comparable in population to Townsville (bigger in fact) so there's an argument that if Cowboys can make it, so can the Jets.

V'landys is no moron, I expect he's going to financially bind Dolphins sports club to the new franchise and penalise their balls off if they attempt to withdraw.

The comparisons to Seagulls - fair enough, but also an argument can probably be made that governance was pretty weak in 1988, then everything was turned upside-down by Super League.

Because finances do matter, even if you can find examples of passionate low-income clubs, or mistake-ridden rich clubs. Who are the Top sides in NRL right now? Storm, Panthers, Souths, Roosters - all cashed up. Yes Broncos are rich and lowly-placed, but that's a recent phenomenon and not typical of their overall history.

Redcliffe itself can't really grow it is on Peninsula ......Ipwich is one of the fastest growing population areas In Australia

Personally I think the financial backing would come out once the Jets had been admitted into the NRL

So how have the Dolphins been so financially successful? They seem to have some serious money behind them, is it from a huge club and membership backing or something else?

Dunno to be honest ....haven't been to their leagues club for 35 years ....Redcliffe's a pretty boring place at the best of times

 

[TigerWest]

Another screw up by the NRL

When then Dolphins fall on their face ...I hope the whole ARLC board falls on it's swords .....

You are biased though aren't you? Personally I don't care which QLD team they admit, as long as it doesn't go belly-up within 2 years.

And surely one of the best ways to avoid going rapidly belly-up is having a big nest egg to fall back on in setting the club up for promotion, rather than scrapping around with the NRL annual grant plus some sponsorship?

No ....not at all

Virtually everyone who has commented if you take finances out of the equation that Ipswich is the common sense approach

Seagulls were the strongest financial sports club in Australia when the Seagulls joined in 1988

If you don't have the demographic ready to support the franchise is doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank ..in assets

Ipswich is Rugby League ......

End of 2020 9 players from the Ipswich SHS signed with NRL clubs ...one school

Why do Dolphins not have the demographic to support? Serious question, I don't know the QLD Cup sides well enough.

I always assumed the Ipswich issue was funding / sponsorship issue. I am aware Ipswich City is comparable in population to Townsville (bigger in fact) so there's an argument that if Cowboys can make it, so can the Jets.

V'landys is no moron, I expect he's going to financially bind Dolphins sports club to the new franchise and penalise their balls off if they attempt to withdraw.

The comparisons to Seagulls - fair enough, but also an argument can probably be made that governance was pretty weak in 1988, then everything was turned upside-down by Super League.

Because finances do matter, even if you can find examples of passionate low-income clubs, or mistake-ridden rich clubs. Who are the Top sides in NRL right now? Storm, Panthers, Souths, Roosters - all cashed up. Yes Broncos are rich and lowly-placed, but that's a recent phenomenon and not typical of their overall history.

Redcliffe itself can't really grow it is on Peninsula ......Ipwich is one of the fastest growing population areas In Australia

Personally I think the financial backing would come out once the Jets had been admitted into the NRL

So how have the Dolphins been so financially successful? They seem to have some serious money behind them, is it from a huge club and membership backing or something else?

Dunno to be honest ....haven't been to their leagues club for 35 years ....Redcliffe's a pretty boring place at the best of times

They are close to the Broncos, but Brisbane should be able to support two or maybe more teams?

But they are now talking about another franchise to be given out, so maybe one of the other two tenderer will get the nod?

 

[Swordy]

Another screw up by the NRL

When then Dolphins fall on their face ...I hope the whole ARLC board falls on it's swords .....

You are biased though aren't you? Personally I don't care which QLD team they admit, as long as it doesn't go belly-up within 2 years.

And surely one of the best ways to avoid going rapidly belly-up is having a big nest egg to fall back on in setting the club up for promotion, rather than scrapping around with the NRL annual grant plus some sponsorship?

No ....not at all

Virtually everyone who has commented if you take finances out of the equation that Ipswich is the common sense approach

Seagulls were the strongest financial sports club in Australia when the Seagulls joined in 1988

If you don't have the demographic ready to support the franchise is doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank ..in assets

Ipswich is Rugby League ......

End of 2020 9 players from the Ipswich SHS signed with NRL clubs ...one school

Why do Dolphins not have the demographic to support? Serious question, I don't know the QLD Cup sides well enough.

I always assumed the Ipswich issue was funding / sponsorship issue. I am aware Ipswich City is comparable in population to Townsville (bigger in fact) so there's an argument that if Cowboys can make it, so can the Jets.

V'landys is no moron, I expect he's going to financially bind Dolphins sports club to the new franchise and penalise their balls off if they attempt to withdraw.

The comparisons to Seagulls - fair enough, but also an argument can probably be made that governance was pretty weak in 1988, then everything was turned upside-down by Super League.

Because finances do matter, even if you can find examples of passionate low-income clubs, or mistake-ridden rich clubs. Who are the Top sides in NRL right now? Storm, Panthers, Souths, Roosters - all cashed up. Yes Broncos are rich and lowly-placed, but that's a recent phenomenon and not typical of their overall history.

Redcliffe itself can't really grow it is on Peninsula ......Ipwich is one of the fastest growing population areas In Australia

Personally I think the financial backing would come out once the Jets had been admitted into the NRL

So how have the Dolphins been so financially successful? They seem to have some serious money behind them, is it from a huge club and membership backing or something else?

I'm not going to say too much, but I live in the area and worked very closely politically in the area. It's probably better you don't ask questions to the things that you dont really want to know the answers to.

 

[mike]

Another screw up by the NRL

When then Dolphins fall on their face ...I hope the whole ARLC board falls on it's swords .....

You are biased though aren't you? Personally I don't care which QLD team they admit, as long as it doesn't go belly-up within 2 years.

And surely one of the best ways to avoid going rapidly belly-up is having a big nest egg to fall back on in setting the club up for promotion, rather than scrapping around with the NRL annual grant plus some sponsorship?

No ....not at all

Virtually everyone who has commented if you take finances out of the equation that Ipswich is the common sense approach

Seagulls were the strongest financial sports club in Australia when the Seagulls joined in 1988

If you don't have the demographic ready to support the franchise is doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank ..in assets

Ipswich is Rugby League ......

End of 2020 9 players from the Ipswich SHS signed with NRL clubs ...one school

Why do Dolphins not have the demographic to support? Serious question, I don't know the QLD Cup sides well enough.

I always assumed the Ipswich issue was funding / sponsorship issue. I am aware Ipswich City is comparable in population to Townsville (bigger in fact) so there's an argument that if Cowboys can make it, so can the Jets.

V'landys is no moron, I expect he's going to financially bind Dolphins sports club to the new franchise and penalise their balls off if they attempt to withdraw.

The comparisons to Seagulls - fair enough, but also an argument can probably be made that governance was pretty weak in 1988, then everything was turned upside-down by Super League.

Because finances do matter, even if you can find examples of passionate low-income clubs, or mistake-ridden rich clubs. Who are the Top sides in NRL right now? Storm, Panthers, Souths, Roosters - all cashed up. Yes Broncos are rich and lowly-placed, but that's a recent phenomenon and not typical of their overall history.

Redcliffe itself can't really grow it is on Peninsula ......Ipwich is one of the fastest growing population areas In Australia

Personally I think the financial backing would come out once the Jets had been admitted into the NRL

So how have the Dolphins been so financially successful? They seem to have some serious money behind them, is it from a huge club and membership backing or something else?

I'm not going to say too much, but I live in the area and worked very closely politically in the area. It's probably better you don't ask questions to the things that you dont really want to know the answers to.

Come on, spill the beans.

 

[Swordy]

Another screw up by the NRL

When then Dolphins fall on their face ...I hope the whole ARLC board falls on it's swords .....

You are biased though aren't you? Personally I don't care which QLD team they admit, as long as it doesn't go belly-up within 2 years.

And surely one of the best ways to avoid going rapidly belly-up is having a big nest egg to fall back on in setting the club up for promotion, rather than scrapping around with the NRL annual grant plus some sponsorship?

No ....not at all

Virtually everyone who has commented if you take finances out of the equation that Ipswich is the common sense approach

Seagulls were the strongest financial sports club in Australia when the Seagulls joined in 1988

If you don't have the demographic ready to support the franchise is doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank ..in assets

Ipswich is Rugby League ......

End of 2020 9 players from the Ipswich SHS signed with NRL clubs ...one school

Why do Dolphins not have the demographic to support? Serious question, I don't know the QLD Cup sides well enough.

I always assumed the Ipswich issue was funding / sponsorship issue. I am aware Ipswich City is comparable in population to Townsville (bigger in fact) so there's an argument that if Cowboys can make it, so can the Jets.

V'landys is no moron, I expect he's going to financially bind Dolphins sports club to the new franchise and penalise their balls off if they attempt to withdraw.

The comparisons to Seagulls - fair enough, but also an argument can probably be made that governance was pretty weak in 1988, then everything was turned upside-down by Super League.

Because finances do matter, even if you can find examples of passionate low-income clubs, or mistake-ridden rich clubs. Who are the Top sides in NRL right now? Storm, Panthers, Souths, Roosters - all cashed up. Yes Broncos are rich and lowly-placed, but that's a recent phenomenon and not typical of their overall history.

Redcliffe itself can't really grow it is on Peninsula ......Ipwich is one of the fastest growing population areas In Australia

Personally I think the financial backing would come out once the Jets had been admitted into the NRL

So how have the Dolphins been so financially successful? They seem to have some serious money behind them, is it from a huge club and membership backing or something else?

I'm not going to say too much, but I live in the area and worked very closely politically in the area. It's probably better you don't ask questions to the things that you dont really want to know the answers to.

Come on, spill the beans.

I think politics, local business, thirst for power etc is very dangerous thing.

Good luck to them though, they are generally a hard working group at ground level. Just be careful with whom you get into bed sometimes, thats all.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

So what I'm inferring from the above is...they'll fit right in with the other successful clubs?

 

[happy_tiger]

Another screw up by the NRL

When then Dolphins fall on their face ...I hope the whole ARLC board falls on it's swords .....

You are biased though aren't you? Personally I don't care which QLD team they admit, as long as it doesn't go belly-up within 2 years.

And surely one of the best ways to avoid going rapidly belly-up is having a big nest egg to fall back on in setting the club up for promotion, rather than scrapping around with the NRL annual grant plus some sponsorship?

No ....not at all

Virtually everyone who has commented if you take finances out of the equation that Ipswich is the common sense approach

Seagulls were the strongest financial sports club in Australia when the Seagulls joined in 1988

If you don't have the demographic ready to support the franchise is doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank ..in assets

Ipswich is Rugby League ......

End of 2020 9 players from the Ipswich SHS signed with NRL clubs ...one school

Why do Dolphins not have the demographic to support? Serious question, I don't know the QLD Cup sides well enough.

I always assumed the Ipswich issue was funding / sponsorship issue. I am aware Ipswich City is comparable in population to Townsville (bigger in fact) so there's an argument that if Cowboys can make it, so can the Jets.

V'landys is no moron, I expect he's going to financially bind Dolphins sports club to the new franchise and penalise their balls off if they attempt to withdraw.

The comparisons to Seagulls - fair enough, but also an argument can probably be made that governance was pretty weak in 1988, then everything was turned upside-down by Super League.

Because finances do matter, even if you can find examples of passionate low-income clubs, or mistake-ridden rich clubs. Who are the Top sides in NRL right now? Storm, Panthers, Souths, Roosters - all cashed up. Yes Broncos are rich and lowly-placed, but that's a recent phenomenon and not typical of their overall history.

Redcliffe itself can't really grow it is on Peninsula ......Ipwich is one of the fastest growing population areas In Australia

Personally I think the financial backing would come out once the Jets had been admitted into the NRL

So how have the Dolphins been so financially successful? They seem to have some serious money behind them, is it from a huge club and membership backing or something else?

I'm not going to say too much, but I live in the area and worked very closely politically in the area. It's probably better you don't ask questions to the things that you dont really want to know the answers to.

What sort of numbers were the Dolphins pulling to Qld Cup games .....

My other point is a club that has so much $$$ numerical advantage over all the other Qld Cup sides wasn't very successful ......

 

[Geo]

Geez if happy is whinging about it ..it must have been the correct decision..

Meh just another team to hate for me..

 

[Muffstar]

I think Talau only signed a one year extension with us, so maybe he can a strike centre for the Dolphins in 2023.

 

[gallagher]

So Shane Richardson's team missed out. Let's get him here.

 

[Champ]

i think they should admit them both. 18 is good number. Play every one once (a fairer season) & have 3 standalone weekends for SOO so no club disadvantaged.

 

[happy_tiger]

Geez if happy is whinging about it ..it must have been the correct decision..

Meh just another team to hate for me..

Geo ...Ipswich is the Qld version of the Magpies .....True Fibros mate ......

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Announce first signing and captain


 

[tiger_scott]

Can't say I'm all that excited by the Dolphins recruiting so far. Reminds me of what Bennett did at the Knights: recruiting older players, which means they will go well enough in season one (and maybe two), but then nowhere in the years following. He got the Knights to the finals a couple of times, but this was followed up by three wooden spoons. Can see something similar happening here. I imagine the Storm are not overly upset either - they get Kaufusi and Bromwich for another year, then they go without the awkward conversation or token offer needing to be made.
I also wonder if Matterson will be their next signing?

 

[Cobarcats]

Can't say I'm all that excited by the Dolphins recruiting so far. Reminds me of what Bennett did at the Knights: recruiting older players, which means they will go well enough in season one (and maybe two), but then nowhere in the years following. He got the Knights to the finals a couple of times, but this was followed up by three wooden spoons. Can see something similar happening here. I imagine the Storm are not overly upset either - they get Kaufusi and Bromwich for another year, then they go without the awkward conversation or token offer needing to be made.
I also wonder if Matterson will be their next signing?

I don't like Matto for what he did to us but he is exactly what the Dolphins need. There would be an injury clause in there somewhere though due to his recent troubles.

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

They’ve only signed six players so far. A few solid first graders but already seem to be struggling to land a major signing, being used more for leverage at the moment. Still a lot of signings to make

Jamayne Isaako
Felise Kaufusi
Ray Stone
Valynce Te Whare
Jesse Bromwich
Mark Nicholls

 

[ALX22]

And still haven't signed a junior from their vast catchment area.

 

[crazycat]

I think Talau only signed a one year extension with us, so maybe he can a strike centre for the Dolphins in 2023.

Yea, can they sign him for 2022?
If Wayne sees potential in him he will know how to bring it out. We sure as hell can't.

I suspect Wayne will dial for James Roberts considering that they know each other already. We have so many second tier centers and so far only the Bulldogs have called. Talau, if you want to stay here you need to lift a lot. Else go play with Flipper.