Mike87 wrote:
seriously???? Anyone in the NRL can win their comp just look at the list of different winners, 4 teams out of 12 in SL is rubbish and is what's holding the game back imo.
If I were a betting man I'd wager a whole pound that Gold Coast, Penrith, Cronulla, Canberra, Parramatta, North Queensland, Newcastle & New Zealand won't win the NRL in the next 5 years. Maybe even 10.
The NRL is better but it's certainly not at the level where anyone can win it. The difference with the NRL is that most teams seem able to have a bad year or 2 and then turn it around and be a contender. In SL teams struggle to poke their nose into the position of being a contender.
Though, until Crowe's takeover, Souths didn't stand a chance.
Possibly due to smaller squads but in the end, in my opinion, it's the fact most of the "lower" SL clubs are run on shoestring budgets.
Also, the Premier League has had only 4 different winners in the same time frame, out of 20 clubs. Union isn't great either with only 7 different winners.
To be honest I think there's far more chance these days for a "5th" winner than there ever has been in SL. Don't forget it took 8 years for Leeds to become the 4th. I think it's just a matter of time, only a few years, before Warrington and Huddersfield win.