Two Tribes Quotes

“I think any club in Sydney, regardless of what competition they are in, who refuses to even consider merging, is facing extinction,” Levy said last night. “Once the current funding runs out from Optus and News, and with the new taxes on poker machines, they are going to find it very hard to survive.” Levy’s comments came two days after Sydney Super League franchises the Panthers, Bulldogs and Cronulla agreed in a meeting with News Limited executive director of sport Ian Frykberg that a reunited competition could not support the current 11 city clubs.”
― Steve Mascord, Two Tribes: The Untold Story of Rugby League's Divided Year and the Birth of the NRL