Simple answer.

Get more youngsters playing the game. Imagine what the ratio of kids playing RL is in NSW or QLD compared to the whole of England.

We just have to wait for soccer to take off in Australia, as it will eventually, then SL will have a chance of competing on equal terms.

Why isn't there a 2nd team in New Zealand yet?

I agree. And moving the amatuer game to summer would help increase the numbers. Kids could play soccer in the winter and RL in the summer.

Have the grass roots played in the summer and have it set up like the Aussies do (did?) and have the age groups size based too because at the minute all that tends to happen is "give it to the big lad" and then the big lad drives up field with 4 or 5 kids hanging off his back, that wouldn't happen if it was say u10s then within under 10s height ranges as well so the smaller kids don't get battered week in week out by the big ones and the big ones have to play better because they can't bully the smaller players.

Good question - they must be allowed in SL - hell, even in NRL

Why would a boring sport like soccer take off in Aus where RL and Aussie Rules is king....the only reason soccer is Soooo Big here is media hype which soccer doesnt get in Aus, hence its seen for what it is. Thats the one thing Aus and America aren't stupid with...they see soccer for what it is which is in the main an essencially boring sport!

It won't, at least not in Sydney.

the NRL is still recovering from the effects of the Super LEague war when many expansion clubs were killed off.

weve only just got back an important club like the Gold Coast, Perth still dont have a club, we have too few clubs in queensland, and our players arent being paid enough to keep them here.

our next TV deal will partly fix it. were expected to increase by 2 clubs, but sadly it wont be nz.

it will be central coast bears and either a team in perth, or another queensland team. these will add the most in terms of TV rights and catering to areas with strong interest in RL and no teams.

clubs wont do it till they see french players excelling. LEs Cats themselves dont have enough good french players so the other SL clubs wont take a risk.

its going to take time.

in the case of NZ, it was around 5 - 7 years after the entry of the Warriors that the rest of the competition started taking more notice of Kiwi players. The NZ Warriors also had more local players than LEs Cats do now.

its going to take time for good french players to be produced

queensland either. the new gold coast soccer club have capped their crowds at a maximum of 5000 in a 27,000 seat stadium to save costs. the Gold Coast RL side averages 20,000 in comparison.

with queensland and nsw under lock and key, our future is more than safe.

RL fans just wont go for soccer as it has less physicality, but AFL fans might well do.

Nah!

No matter what you think of Aussies they are not that thick to even consider moronball!