Sydney has too many. It will be trauma for some because for most of the 100 years history of the game the Sydney comp was the 'big league'.
Saints will survive, Souths will survive, one team/entity from the west and one from the north (Manly!)
One other club at most could be viable in the medium term (based on detailed economic and demograhic analysis of my gut feeling*)
therefore my guess is
1. that dogs, eels, and tigers will all be under some pressure and some amalgamation/relocation is quite possible
2. roosters may survive due to influence but only at the expense of one of those western sydney teams
I'd be amazed if Newcastle was abandoned, ditto Canberra in fact all the one-team towns.
(*may not be 100% accurate I had a big lunch)
Saints will survive, Souths will survive, one team/entity from the west and one from the north (Manly!)
One other club at most could be viable in the medium term (based on detailed economic and demograhic analysis of my gut feeling*)
therefore my guess is
1. that dogs, eels, and tigers will all be under some pressure and some amalgamation/relocation is quite possible
2. roosters may survive due to influence but only at the expense of one of those western sydney teams
I'd be amazed if Newcastle was abandoned, ditto Canberra in fact all the one-team towns.
(*may not be 100% accurate I had a big lunch)