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Future
While the Adelaide Rams have folded, the possibility of a new Adelaide based team in the NRL is real. Numbers in junior rugby league in Adelaide are rising and the SARL are pushing strongly for a team based in Adelaide. SARL general manager Bruce Walker said expansion into Adelaide began by bringing current NRL teams to the city and believed that the NRL needed to increase their responsibility on getting games to Adelaide. The Penrith Panthers scheldueld a home game to be played at Adelaide's Hindmarsh Stadium while their home ground was under renovation. The NRL helped with the promotion of the match but the SARL were disappointed with the small crowd of 7,017. In 2008, Sydney based club the Cronulla Sharks announced they would play three matches over the next three years at Adelaide, with coach Ricky Stuart saying he wanted Adelaide to become the Sharks second home. The 2009 match against North Queensland Cowboys attracted 8,547 people.

In 2008, several NRL club bosses expressed that the NRL should be a "national" competition, in that it had teams from all around Australia, rather than the eastern seaboard, which would increase revenue. Peter Parr, the CEO of North Queensland Cowboys, and former assistant coach for the Rams in 1998, expressed that if the NRL had sticked with the Adelaide Rams then rugby league in Adelaide could be flourishing. He likened what they could have been to the Melbourne Storm, a team performing successfully on and off the field in AFL heartland.

Future (copyedit version, without refs)
While the Adelaide Rams have folded, numbers in junior rugby league in Adelaide have risen, and the SARL has begun again to promote the idea of a team based in Adelaide. Due to its efforts, NRL teams have been brought to the city to revive interest; in 2006 the Penrith Panthers scheduled a home game at Adelaide's Hindmarsh Stadium while their home ground was under renovation. The NRL helped with the promotion of the match, although the SARL were disappointed with the small crowd of 7,017. In 2008, Sydney based club the Cronulla Sharks announced they would play three matches over the next three years at Adelaide, with coach Ricky Stuart saying he wanted Adelaide to become the Sharks' second home. SARL general manager Bruce Walker has suggested that the NRL itself should take more responsibility for scheduling games in Adelaide. The 2009 match against North Queensland Cowboys attracted 8,547 people.

In 2008, several NRL club bosses expressed the view that the NRL should be a "national" competition, since it now had teams from all around Australia rather than just on the eastern seaboard. Such a move would increase the competition's revenue. Peter Parr, the CEO of North Queensland Cowboys and former assistant coach for the Rams in 1998, said that if the NRL had stuck with the Adelaide Rams, then rugby league in Adelaide might have flourished, making comparisons with the Melbourne Storm, a team performing successfully on and off the field in AFL heartland.