The NRL is pushing ahead with plans to plonk the 17th NRL license alongside the Broncos in Brisbane with an announcement as early as June according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

ARLC chairman Peter V’Landys revealed several of the bids could even be ready by 2021.

“It’s very realistic to say that we’ll have a second team in Brisbane in 2023,” V’landys said.

“From what I’ve seen and the presentations that have been given to me, they are well advanced. If I said 2022 they’d be ready. They’ve been doing work for years. There’s no reason why we can’t be up and running in 2023.

“The one thing that I am impressed with is how advanced these bids are. They are not mucking around. They are serious. If we came to a decision in June this year, that would give them a year and a half. It’s plenty of time. If it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen mid-this year.”