Unlike the NSW Cup the Qld Cup encompasses a vast majority of the state, admittedly most of it coastal, based in major population centres. Again, unlike NSW, Queensland is much more regionalised with large centres situated well away from Brisbane.
The clubs in the Qld Cup are:
Club Located NRL Affiliate
Burleigh Bears Gold Coast Titans
Central Qld Capras Rockhamption Broncos
Tigers Brisbane Storm
Jets Ipswich Broncos
Cutters MacKay Cowboys
Northern Pride Cairns Cowboys
Devils Brisbane Broncos
Hunters PNG
Dolphins Brisbane Broncos
Magpies Logan Brisbane Broncos
Falcons Sunshine Coast Storm
Blackhawks Townsville Cowboys
Seagulls Tweed Heads NSW Titans
Wynnum-Manly Brisbane Broncos
If you know your Queensland geography you can see that nearly every large centre has a team with the notable exception of Toowoomba which has a population of 100,000. It also includes a PNG team introduced this year (who came second in the regular season which was a huge success) and a NSW team.
Unlike Qld the NSW Cup is simply that, based in NSW (Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong). Probably the largest regional centre in NSW (the state this time) is Coffs Harbour with about 75,000 but well over 100,000 including nearby centres with the second largest being Port Macquarie with about 100,000 regionally. To be a truly based NSW Cup it needs to extend out into at least these 2 centres plus any large regional centres in the south of the state, maybe Wagga Wagga and/or Albury.
A further expansion should be a solely Fiji based team or combined Pacific Islands team based in Fiji. I believe the ARL or NRL (whoever is the responsible entity) needs to promote and sponsor league in these locations to further expand the market particularly as many players now come from these locations. It would also improve the standard of their national teams in World Cup competitions.
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There'll be a Fijian team in the NSW Cup from next season.