What do you mean by a manufactured team?
(Back when the Broncos started) A group of businessmen formed a business that is listed on the stock exchange, put top Queensland players under contract, bought out the old Brisbane Wests RL team club house in Red Hill and joined the NRL as the first non NSW team which created a schism in Qld RL as all the money and focus shifted from two states to just one - the NSW RL which suddenly called itself the ARL then quickly changed to NRL.
Essentially, the NSW RL became the National RL - with just the Brisbane Broncos thrown in.
The Brisbane Broncos are to my knowledge the only RL team to be listed on the Australian Stock exchange. The other couple of manufactured teams are Melbourne Storm and the Gold Coast Titans (and to a lesser extent the Townsville Cowboys (which grates on everyone as they should be known as the Jackaroos which is an Australian slang term not an Americanism - cowboys)
The same thing is happening in women's RL - all of the teams are manufactured top down with identical names of the male counterparts Rosters, not hens, cowboys not cowgirls etc.
The Dolphins have been "elevated" to the NRL, but instead of one less team in the Qld Cup, a new Dolphins have been created for the Qld Cup (they would have won the State Cup had it not been for some sleight of hand bumping some players into the NRL for a couple of games which caused the under-strength Dolphins Qld Cup version to loose)
If the Broncos win their last two games, they win the Minor Premiership. If they loose next week after winning this week, then the Panthers are in with a chance.
The Panther's goal kicker Nathan Cleary suffered a broken or dislocated shoulder, so I'm guessing he's out for the rest of the season. (and he's a near perfect goal kicker too)
