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National Rugby League Not Planning To Add Teams Until All 16 Are Viable

The NSW Cup is set to be expanded before the National Rugby League competition, "with no new teams to be added until all 16 clubs are financially viable and independently owned," according to Brad Walter of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. While the success of this month's "historic all-Queensland grand final" between the North Queensland Cowboys and Brisbane Broncos "has sparked calls for the state to be rewarded with a fourth NRL franchise," the financial problems at the Gold Coast Titans and Newcastle Knights "have put paid to the introduction of any new clubs in the near future." The NRL has had to take control of the Titans and Knights "and will not consider expanding the competition" until it is able to relinquish ownership of those clubs and the other 14 are "financially strong." NRL CEO Dave Smith said, "I think our clubs are stronger, there is no question about that, and there have been some interventions over the last couple of years to make them even stronger but until you have got 16 sustainable, profitable clubs that are able to re-invest back into their clubs it seems inconceivable that you would add a club and just add to the burden." NRL Head of Strategy Shane Richardson has "also been working on a Whole of Game Review, which focuses heavily on creating a genuine second tier for the game." To do so, Richardson is expected to recommend that new franchises will be introduced in an expanded 14-team NSW Cup from regional and rural areas, as well as Fiji and New Zealand (SMH, 10/12).

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