@Bones I believe Kiwi teams are allowed unlimited Aussies, but Aussie teams are only allowed to have five non Aussies, so teams don't generally use these on Kiwis.
I'm sure as a result of this new team, you'll probably see a few of decent Kiwis to start with... Oli Sail to return, maybe a Tommy Smith and a Marco Rojas, but on top of that they'll need to fill their squad, and realistically to be competitive in the long run, both them and the Phoenix are competing for a select group of players, because the top Aussie players in the competition want to play in Aussie (Like with the Warriors in the NRL).
Of the Phoenix's main 18 sort of players, just over half are Kiwis. If you split that in half again, I struggle to see where enough talent is coming from, unless the Auckland team hauls in some top-end marquee players.
