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Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk believe Perth is ripe for NRL expansion.The NRL has been cultivating Western Australia for a number of seasons, drip feeding games to rugby league fans far away from its heartland in NSW and Queensland.But ahead of the first ever rugby league Test in Perth on Saturday between Australia and New Zealand, Kangaroos stars Thurston and Cronk want to see the NRL move on expansion.Cronk has helped to spearhead the Melbourne Storms emergence as a rugby league bulkhead in AFL-mad Victoria and said the clubs success can be reproduced in Western Australia.For us to be a truly national game you need to broaden the horizons and be spread across the country, Cronk said.We need to get more spectators, we need to get more kids playing the game, we need to get more females watching it and the way you do that is you take it to new markets and Perth is at the forefront of that.Melbourne had an influx of internationals and Origin games and rugby leagues popularity has increased dramatically in my time there.I am sure it can be the same blueprint for Perth.Thurston is also keen to see the NRL move to open up new markets.Personally I would love to see a team playing out of Perth, he said.The NRL has brought club games to Perth over the last few years and you can see by the crowds at the ground they certainly love their rugby league over here.It is a good time for rugby league here with the Test match and Origin coming.Hopefully we will see a team here soon.The NRL has remained conservative on its expansion policies since the Super League war ended in 1998. The Western Reds, later named the Perth Reds, played in the top flight from 1992 to 1997 and were a casualty of the time.The new Perth Stadium will host an Origin game in 2019, indicating the games governing body continues to see the west as a genuine market.The West Coast Pirates were formed in 2012 with the intention of joining the NRL but are currently in limbo.Cronk said he understood that the NRL had to take a measured approach to expanding the competition beyond 16 teams.From a purist rugby league point of view I think there should be a team here in Perth but as to how and when that happens is beyond me, he said.I dont have the metrics and the numbers as to whether it is feasible or not at the moment.But as players we have a greater responsibility than just playing the game, we have to help expand the game. Nike Basketball Shoes Clearance .com) - Richie Incognito has reportedly been admitted to a psychiatric care unit in Arizona. Cheap Nike Basketball Shoes Online . 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The Chicago Cubs had just won their first NL pennant in 71 years, and the slugger was at the heart of the party.Well, the party in Arizona, at least.Moments after Chicago closed out the NL Championship Series at an electric Wrigley Field, the biggest question for the Cubs shifted all the way across the country to Mesa, where Schwarber is making an impressive comeback from major left knee surgery in April.Game 1 of the World Series is Tuesday night in Cleveland, and the Cubs say Schwarber is a possibility for the showdown with the Indians.Were not ruling anything out or anything in at this point, and were not going to get ahead of ourselves, either, president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said.The 23-year-old Schwarber went 0 for 3 with a walk while serving as the designated hitter for the Solar Sox on Saturday night in the Arizona Fall League. He watched the Cubs clinching 5-0 victory over the Dodgers on a tablet in the dugout between at-bats, and then was soaked by a couple of his teammates after the game.A really good day for me personally, Schwarber said.There were no games in the Arizona Fall League on Sunday, and a spokesman for the Cubs said it was a scheduled off day for Schwarber. There was no word on the plan for the slugger for Mesas game against the Surprise Saguaros on Monday afternoon.Schwarber was ruled out for the year after he tore two knee ligaments in an outfield collision with Dexter Fowler in Chicagos third game of the season. But he had an encouraging checkup with Dr. Daniel Cooper last Monday in Dallas, clearing the way for the Cubs to take a closer look at the catcher/outfielder.If Schwarber has no setbacks in Arizona, the possibility of putting his powerful lefty swing on the World Series roster might be too tempting for Epstein to resist, even if returning for the Fall Classic after so much time off seems like a daunting task.Schwarber hit .333 with a franchise-record five homers in nine playoff games last year, and the Indians had 10 right-handers on their staff for the ALCS against Toronto.Playing an American League team in their stadium, being able to utilize a dessignated hitter and a quality hitter in Schwarber, it would be a big boost for us, pitcher Jake Arrieta said.dddddddddddd If hes ready, obviously. Nobody wants to see a guy as important as Schwarber is to this organization go down again. But if hes capable, if hes in a position strength-wise to be able to help us in that situation, obviously that would be huge for our team.Schwarber grounded out to first in his first at-bat with Mesa on Saturday night. He bounced to second in the third, walked in the sixth and was robbed of extra bases on a diving catch by center fielder Noel Cuevas in the eighth.I felt like I put in two good at-bats, Schwarber said. The first two I chased a little bit, a little antsy up at the plate as expected. But once it started getting back to being normal baseball again, it started slowing down.Most importantly for the Cubs, Schwarber said he felt fine.I have full confidence in my knee, he said. My knee doesnt bother me. It was my hands that hurt the worst. Ive got about eight blisters on them. I guess I should have kept rubbing a bat or something.Schwarber was selected by Chicago with the fourth overall pick in the 2014 amateur draft out of Indiana University. He made his major league debut last June, part of a wave of bright young talent that helped the once-downtrodden franchise blossom into one of baseballs top clubs.He hit .246 with 16 homers and 43 RBI in 69 games last year. He stayed around the team after he got hurt this April, making the most of Wrigleys revamped home clubhouse and earning praise from manager Joe Maddon and his teammates for the way he attacked his rehab.It wouldnt surprise me if he is ready, Arrieta said. Its just in a moment like that, its different than working out and being in the training room and being a hundred percent there. Not that he cant be a hundred percent, its just a little scary situation for me. But if hes ready to go, having that bat, thats hard to turn away if its ready.---AP freelance reporter Jose M. Romero in Arizona contributed to this report.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '