From a certain perspective, we are bloody lucky that Terry brought the franchise to Wellington. If he had taken over the defunct Knights and kept them in Auckland, I suggest it would have been much harder to get a second ALM team going in New Zealand in that scenario. But with the Nix having done the hard yards while based in Wellington and showing that it can be done with a smaller population base, suddenly the Auckland franchise also has legs to stand on.
From a certain perspective, we are bloody lucky that Terry brought the franchise to Wellington. If it was the other way around, I suggest it would have been much harder to get a second ALM team going in New Zealand in that scenario. But with the Nix having done the hard yards and showing that it can be done, suddenly the Auckland franchise also has legs to stand on.