Bear's Gridiron in Australia Forums

I was wondering if there ever was/have been/will be plans to allow teams from New Zealand to compete at the Australian Nationals tourney. Judging by the fact that only not all Australian states were represented at the last tournament would it not be beneficial for there to be some Oceania tournament?

I get that it would be expensive, but there it would be only marginally more expensive for New Zealand teams to travel to aus than it would be for other states, WA for example. Following recent 'turbulence' with the NZ gridiron association, that i assume has since been corrected, surely it would lend to the credibility of both bodies to pursue some kind of joint venture.

Take the recent success of the Australian Outback team in Europe and the lessons learned and experience gained by the NZ Jnr team at the IFAF Junior World Cup. Surely these recent international fixtures could serve as some kind of launching point for growing the sport in Oceania, to the point where the Oceania representative at the next world games would be competitive. Wouldn't expanding the nationals to include teams from New Zealand (whether its a national team, teams from the two islands or individual provincial teams) build upon this foundation? at least as a start?