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Premium Content Subscriber only A NEW coach, focus on youth and hopes to rebuild a women's rugby league team. Norths are gearing up for what club president Jason Brennan hopes is a more normal season following last year's COVID impacts. But after the Tigers had a productive season making the Volunteers Cup grand final involving Toowoomba sides, the annual player poaching has started. Norths have lost some key players already to Souths Tigers in the Toowoomba competition. However, with former Toowoomba Clydedales premiership-winning coach Gary Lawrence on board, Brennan is keen to build o...

A second Brisbane team is likely to require $15 million for start-up costs, an annual revenue of up to $30 million, be able to attract new fans and sponsors without cannibalising the Broncos supporter base, and develop pathways to increase participation. A decision on whether to admit a 17th team in 2023 and the identity of the new franchise is set to be the biggest NRL story of the year, with confirmation that a mid-year announcement was expected coinciding with last week’s merger of the Brisbane Bombers and Western Corridor bids. Redcliffe Dolphins and Brisbane Firehawks, backed by Easts ...

Premium Content Subscriber only ALTHOUGH a future NRL side representing Ipswich won't play their fixtures in the city, delivering a new local stadium to serve as a home base remains a priority for Ipswich City Council. The newly formed Brisbane Jets will starting playing in the NRL in 2023 if the supercharged bid is successful and the league grants them a licence. They would play their games at Suncorp Stadium. Nick Livermore from the Brisbane Bombers and Ipswich Jets chairman Steve Johnson have joined forces to bid for the NRL’s 17th licence as the Brisbane Jets. The council has fund...

Brisbane Bombers director Nicholas Livermore hopes a merger with the rival Western Corridor bid team will help convince the ARL Commission that the 17th team NRL team should be based in Ipswich.  The ARLC is due to make a mid-year decision on whether to expand the Telstra Premiership by admitting a second Brisbane club in 2023 and the merger of the rival bids has thrown down the gauntlet to Redcliffe Dolphins and Brisbane Firehawks.  “I would like to think this will be the winning bid and demonstrates to the ARL Commission that we have got Brisbane as a whole, in terms of that market shar...

Premium Content Subscriber only FORMER NRL player Ian Lacey recalls the anxiety he endured when a neck injury playing for the Ipswich Jets forced his retirement. It was during Lacey's 100th and final game for the club that his football career suddenly ended after a tackle in the 2013 Queensland Cup semi-final in Mackay. "I really felt the spinal cord move in my neck,'' Lacey said. "It was just an awkward tackle and my whole left side of my body went numb.'' The former Broncos hooker knew then and there it was time to hang up the boots. However, his forced retirement did little to dimini...