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Message: [QUOTE="subsbligh, post: 2676878, member: 1950"] DCE to Titans - biggest signing coup for a Qld club since the Broncos entered the comp in 88. Funny thing is that despite a decade of dominance in State of Origin, only 1 premiership has been won by a Qld side in 10 years. An no QLD team has featured in a GF since 2006. I mean, obviously the Storm are a defacto Qld side (and always will be full of ex-pats from NSW or QLD), but the NRL would chalk that up to expansion and a win for Victoria. To truly represent the player base, you need 5-6 sides in South East Qld (Brisbane South, Brisbane North, Western corridor (Ipswich/Logan, Gold Coast) and two from northern regional (Central - from Gympie through Rocky, Bundy, Gladstone, Mackay, and out West to Longreach - Ben Hunt, Ashely Taylor territory - and North Qld). Ideally the Sunshine Coast would have a team as well. The population base in those areas is as big, or bigger, than the catchment areas of a lot of Sydney teams to in theory support an NRL franchise. I'd argue the less culturally diverse the QLd areas are means a greater level of per capita Rugby League fans, juniors and players. Certainly less support for AFL or soccer and to a lesser extent Rugger the deeper you go into those areas above. [/QUOTE]

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