2015 Ladder Predictions

The Warriors being a one country team should never finish outside the top 8, second only to Brisbane they have the greatest advantages in the league.

It's just quite frankly a very poorly run club that needs more than a great coach, there's clearly a lot missing at the Admin level.

 

There is really good young polynesian talent at the club now tbh. Lolohea, Kata, Faitala-Mariner for example are all only about 20 and destined for big things. We just need our big names to stay on the park. Of which we will have a few more next season.

So I am expecting a big improvement next season. But I do think we need a new coach and captain.

 

Oh yeah because it's a real advantage having to travel to Australia every 2nd week

 

AWTA

 

Countered somewhat by the fact that an Australian team has to travel to NZ every other week.

And it's about the only thing they don't have going for them...

 

...yeah apart from it being a rugby union obsessed country of course...

 

one love

 

No it would be nothing like that tbh

 

NZ produces more players than QLD, lets not pretend like there's a player pool shortage because the country is favourable to Rugby Union.

 

Nope

 

Where are you getting these numbers from? That surprises me.

 

Player numbers don't necessarily equate to ability anyway. England have 2 million registered players compared to NZ's 150,000 odd...yet are much shitter at the game.

 

I don't have them on me but it's not even close from the last numbers I saw. NSW was only slighlty in front of NZ, booth are a long way in front of QLD. This isn't hardly earth shattering news, at least I didn't think it was.

Cribb might be able to tell us a rough number, he did a junior player project a few years back.

 

There's Cribbs stats.

New South Wales - 341
Penrith - 32
Parramatta - 29
Western Suburbs - 23
Newcastle - 22
Canberra - 21
Illawarra - 18
South Sydney - 18
Central Coast - 16
Cronulla-Sutherland - 15
South Coast (Group 7) - 15
St George - 14
North Coast (Group 2) - 11
Wagga Wagga (Group 9) - 11
Balmain - 10
Manly-Warringah - 10
Canterbury-Bankstown - 9
Dubbo (Group 11) - 7
Far North Coast (Group 18) - 7
New England (Group 4) - 7
Northern Rivers (Group 1) - 7
Riverina (Group 20) - 7
Upper Hunter (Group 21) - 7
New England (Group 19) - 6
Eastern Suburbs - 5
Lower South Coast (Group 16) - 5
Mid North Coast (Group 3) - 5
Macarthur (Group 6) - 4

Queensland - 145
Brisbane - 50
Gold Coast - 17
Sunshine Coast - 13
Toowoomba - 10
Cairns - 9
Mackay - 7
Townsville - 7
Central Highlands - 5
Ipswich - 5
Rockhampton - 3
South Burnett - 3
Bundaberg - 2
Cental West - 2
Midwest - 2
Mount Isa - 2
Roma - 2
Warwick - 2
Eacham - 1
Fraser Coast - 1
Gladstone - 1
Western Queensland - 1

New Zealand - 77
Auckland - 47
Wellington - 15
Waikato - 4
Canterbury - 3
Manawatu - 3
Hawkes Bay - 2
Bay of Plenty - 1
Coastline - 1
Taranaki - 1

Emerging States - 8
Western Australia - 4
Northern Territory - 2
South Australia - 1
Victoria - 1

 

I might be wrong (well clearly am about how far the gap is between NZ & QLD) but was discussing it with my boss a month back who brought up some stats on it.

Although may have measured place of birth/nationality rather than junior club.

 

These must be clubs.

You just tried to tell me NZ produces more players than QLD...and then you show me some stats showing Queensland has twice as many clubs.

Dear oh dear.