WHY PERTH SHOULD BE NEXT STEP

What a beginning to the new season we’ve seen. Every weekend there’s a handful of games that hang in the balance with barely a few minutes remaining, crowds are up and so are television ratings, and there’s already been five golden point games in five rounds compared to eight in total for the entire 2022 season.

The Dolphins have been nothing short of a barnstorming success and it’s with the newest franchise in mind that the NRL has already made noises about the competition going from 17 teams to 18 as early as 2027.