Perth Bears

[Sproj]

The 6-agains will allow them to artificially inflate the performance of a sub-par Perth team made up of over-priced plodders.

Come on, its not like they have refs with heavy gambling addiction who can be manipulated or anything.

 

[Morkel]

Come on, its not like they have refs with heavy gambling addiction who can be manipulated or anything.

My apologies, I momentarily forgot that the NRL is a professional sporting organisation.

 

[Cult]

I think the concession just highlights the lack of available talent across the competition IMO, its a pretty major red flag that the competition is not really in a position to support new team(s) at the top level.

The NRL has NEVER expanded, they've simply spread talent between more teams. It's still a East Coast sport through and through. Before Perth come in, they should have been in South Africa for a decade working with talent. There's talk of a 2nd NZ team, meanwhile the first team has had no success whatsoever (Fairytale in 2026/27 incoming). There needs to be actual benefits for teams developing players, instead of developing them for the Roosters and Storm to chew up and spit out.