Brisbane Bombers director Nicholas Livermore hopes a merger with the rival Western Corridor bid team will help convince the ARL Commission that the 17th team NRL team should be based in Ipswich.
The ARLC is due to make a mid-year decision on whether to expand the Telstra Premiership by admitting a second Brisbane club in 2023 and the merger of the rival bids has thrown down the gauntlet to Redcliffe Dolphins and Brisbane Firehawks.
“I would like to think this will be the winning bid and demonstrates to the ARL Commission that we have got Brisbane as a whole, in terms of that market share the Broncos don’t represent,” Livermore said.