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Bold bid for second Tigers team to enter NRL - CtrlF.XYZ

Bold bid for second Tigers team to enter NRL

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The Brisbane Tigers person launched an audacious bid to beryllium the NRL's 18th team.

The nine - known arsenic Easts Tigers until 2020 - called a property league for Wednesday astatine which the bid was announced.

Australian Rugby League Commission president Peter V'landys has stated an 18th squad is inevitable, aft the Dolphins brought the contention to 17 clubs this year.

The Dolphins person shocked the NRL by winning six of their archetypal 10 games successful the league, including beating the Roosters successful circular one.

The Tigers deliberation they tin emulate that occurrence if fixed a chance.

"South-east Queensland fans are craving much high-quality rugby league, with our 4 existing Queensland-based teams inactive leaving our fans wanting more," bid president Shane Edwards said.

Cody Walker playing for Easts Tigers successful 2013, earlier helium became a Rabbitohs star. (Getty)

"Suncorp Stadium has the capableness to enactment different NRL team. This year's 27 rounds of the regular play volition spot 9 weekends wherever nary crippled is played astatine Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium).

"With the beardown attendance and assemblage figures we are seeing the Dolphins execute successful their debut year, we judge the Brisbane Tigers tin supply a akin stimulus successful the south-west corridor that takes successful the Logan and Ipswich regions.

"We volition physique upon our programs that already empower Queensland grassroots footy clubs and thousands of section players to imagination big, and connection unsocial instrumentality experiences with the crippled we love.

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"If palmy successful becoming the 18th NRL team, our extremity is to beryllium the go-to nine for sports fans connected Brisbane's southside and occidental corridor and the millions of casual fans betwixt the ages of 18 to 34 who bash not presently enactment the Broncos, Dolphins oregon Titans."

The Tigers person a 90-year past but would reportedly beryllium prepared to follow a antithetic moniker to debar clashing with the Wests Tigers, already successful the NRL.

According to News Corp, they would besides see entering the NRL successful concern with a Pasifika bid.

The consortium down the Brisbane Tigers' bid is the aforesaid which attempted to get the Firehawks the 17th NRL licence, which was beaten by the Dolphins.

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