Wade Graham

Yeah, yeah.

Makes sense, right?

If we're going to go again, expansion's a hot topic.

We're squeezing everything out of everywhere else.

Possibly, you know, another team in Queensland, but South Island and New Zealand just makes perfect sense.

Again, Origin going over there for the first time next year.

Yep.

The success of the Warriors and their popularity over the last probably, what, three or four seasons since we remember up the wires began and all that energy in New Zealand.

I think that's next.

And you could just imagine, too, like you go to, say, another Queensland team and you're trying to cotton on to either battle-hardened Broncos fans who have supported the Broncos for so long, you know, the new franchise, you know, the Redcliffe, the Dolphins are in their own little bubble up there, or the harder North Queensland fans.

And you need to really hit an area that resonates with that community.

They go, okay, we're going to change our allegiance and support our team.

our own club now, but it's just South Island of New Zealand.

They support the Warriors because they're the only New Zealand team, but anyone who lives down there, you go, okay, this is our team.

This is our part of New Zealand.

This is who we're supporting.

And who's to say if they don't go, well, there's not a North Island, South Island rivalry that grows like New South Wales and Queensland.

It's just, it makes complete sense.

Yeah.

It didn't look great.