The Brisbane Tigers have launched their bid to become the NRL's 18th team citing the success of the Dolphins and the opening of their new $10 million stadium.
“This club has been trying to get into the NRL for a long time, we were disappointed that we weren’t the 17th team,” Brisbane Tigers Bid Team chairman Shane Edwards said.
The club will play out of Suncorp Stadium, but it is understood they may consider joining forces with the PNG Bid Team if the NRL wanted a Pacifika team with a Queensland-base.“We think we have got a strong bid, but we will listen to what the NRL say and what they are focusing on,” Edwards said. “At the moment we are fully focused on a stand-alone bid.
“If you look at the south-west corridor [Logan-to-Ipswich], there is another 275,000 people so that will take the population to almost one million just in that region.
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