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It was weeks known there was a time they wanted to rationalise teams.
Remember Super League wanted to evaporate the ARL. The super league teams were meant to be the sole survivors.
I think there was another team (Easts? Eels? Saints?) that super league wanted and missed out on, so they took Cronulla as a replacement, and they obviously really wanted Newcastle too who they didn't get.
But basically how Super League looked like is what the vision of Rugby League was meant to look like.
It's no surprise the dead traditional teams were all ARL.
Perth
Adelaide
Canberra
Cronulla/eastern team*
Bulldogs
Panthers
Hunter
Brisbane
Nth QLD
Auckland
for the most part, who super league wanted, they got.
There was also bigger plans to bring in England for a global comp, and USA and SA
Remember Super League wanted to evaporate the ARL. The super league teams were meant to be the sole survivors.
I think there was another team (Easts? Eels? Saints?) that super league wanted and missed out on, so they took Cronulla as a replacement, and they obviously really wanted Newcastle too who they didn't get.
But basically how Super League looked like is what the vision of Rugby League was meant to look like.
It's no surprise the dead traditional teams were all ARL.
Perth
Adelaide
Canberra
Cronulla/eastern team*
Bulldogs
Panthers
Hunter
Brisbane
Nth QLD
Auckland
for the most part, who super league wanted, they got.
There was also bigger plans to bring in England for a global comp, and USA and SA