And lo did journos On The Pulse and encrypted WhatsApp chats spread the love about the arcane and business-like practices the Commission was mooting to shift a Sydney club out of town, to ensure viability and profitability, to uphold the greater good, or whatever reason they might use to shift a team in a Ken-Cowley-taking-Super-League-to-the-massive-untapped-markets-of-New-York-Johannesburg-and-Hong-Kong kind of way. The Bears are not in agreement with anyone, Dickson told SENZ Breakfast Radio recently. Going with the Flo. And they would dinkum hang from the trees. Yes, yes, yes adding a team in Sydney would appear to fly in the face of the theres too many teams in Sydney argument. A total of sixty nine players played for the club. Jakiya Whitfeld scores a double for North Sydney Bears in her NSW Women's Premiership debut Stars on the rise: The 150 players to watch in the Harold Matthews, SG Ball and Tarsha Gale Cups North Sydney Bears' bold bid for NRL return recieves massive funding, infrastructure boost Another dominate win by our women's team! Billy Moore, Greg Florimo and a massive bear (left). The northern beaches. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Problem with NRL is too many clubs in Sydney yet far too many grounds to watch teams ( remember the 2 team West Tigers playing out of 4 venues 10 years ago doesn't help) and the f**kin Roosters should f**k off to CC and Crowe should move SS back to Eastern Seabed but hey you are still strong as English Rugby League is f**ked I think. If you'd like to see more content from Matt Cleary, they'd be very grateful for your support and contribution. [35], North Sydney would go on to lose both finals matches against South Sydney and Newtown. Perry suggested that the NRL should look at creating a promotion/relegation system similar to other sports around the world. It explains that if you do not provide us with information we have requested from you, we may not be able to provide you with the goods and services you require. On 11 October 2017, Shane Millard was announced as new head coach by the club. [17][18], In 1998, Norths finished 5th on the table and qualified for the finals. Anywhere from the Harbour Bridge - take in the Central Coast - that would be such a powerful area and if they could come to some sense you could encapsulate Brookvale Oval, North Sydney Oval and Gosford and have a wonderful, strong club.. Oops! In September 2018, North Sydney announced that it had signed a 5-year deal to become the Sydney Roosters feeder club and reserve grade side with Taylor returning to the club as head coach. [58], On 25 September 2019, Australian entrepreneur John Singleton spoke to former NRL player Matthew Johns about a team being placed on the Central Coast. Probably not irrevocable, either, given the volatile nature of this greatest game of all. Then it was the Western Bears. If thats the marker, then the ARLC suited bean-counters should do this. The Bears remain a thing. [63] The Bears intend to retain their 113-year history and traditional black and red colours. SUBSCRIBE for the full story. See: The Northern Eagles. Same-same. After a meeting between the administrator of Fitzroy and the AFL commission, the AFL commission recommends a Bears-Fitzroy merger. In 2013, the Bears recorded several large victories in the regular season and finished third. At the end of the day, if they dont like the decision the Bears make, they can take it up with us. They didn't win many, these Bears. Full Digital Access + Weekend Paper Delivery $8 billed every 4 weeks for the first 12 weeks, then $36 billed every 4 weeks. Johns originally floated the plan in early August, https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/bb/news-story/6fc9fb8d6f197168e25759294c1e8e1d, https://www.sportsradio.com.au/north-sydney-bears-ceo-open-to-new-merger-with-manly/, 2023 R1 Thu - Parramatta v Melbourne @ CommBank, I Dont' Like Cricket, Oh No, I Love it, Yeah. On 8 November 2022, the Sydney Roosters announced that they would be ending their partnership deal with North Sydney at the end of the 2023 season. Its a bad merge. In the 2022 NSW Cup season, North Sydney finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. The people of Gosford preferred to wait until a home-grown team was based there. Now he reveals his thoughts on a proposed Western Australia-Bears joint venture, writes Phil Rothfield. It's from that place. I agree with you but the roosters wont be going anywhere now they are champions. But they could be a much bigger thing. However, no such sentiment appears to exist in Perth. After Norths were booted out of the bad marriage, mates of mine havent been to a league game since. Who are these people? Northern Eagles Rugby League Football Club, Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 01:10, "Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears must merge into a 'behemoth' club, says Brad Fittler", "Why the demise of the North Sydney Bears has Sydney Roosters officials worried", Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Eagles&oldid=1142006992, 4 matches, 25 August 2001 30 March 2002, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 01:10. North Sydney was in a partnership with South Sydney serving as Souths' reserve grade side from 2007 until the agreement ended in 2018. And have a massive march in March. Indeed like Souths fans will, for theyll be there, as Bears fans were for them, and their game, the one the media barons had so buggered. Our Privacy Policy includes important information about our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information (including to provide you with targeted advertising based on your online activities). Gold Coast? The North Sydney Bears would be back and there would be, give us your best Rabbits Warren, deadset jubilation. However! That's lotta eyeballs. And there are lots and lots and lots of eyeballs. Sport; NRL; NRL 2022: Peter V'landys reveals thoughts on North Sydney Bears, Western Australian merge proposal. The foundation club exited the league in 1999, before their failed merger with Manly ended in 2003. If that's the marker, then the ARLC suited bean-counters should do this: Granted! [47], With weekly membership drives and ongoing community involvement, the Central Coast Bears targeted entry into the NRL in 2015,[48] but this date passed without admission. Newcastle, and Andrew Johns, then 19, beat us at home. Ill do a Russell Crowe and bring them back Though daddy-money would be nice, Dickson says that should the Bears be green-lit for the 18th licence, the money is good. However! New customers only. Commercial viability. But like said abominable Northern Eagles, they would be horrible. Maybe not jubilation. The northern beaches. Norths went on to make the finals again in 1953 and 1954, losing to Souths and St. George respectively. Nothing locked in, of course, not officially. The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. On 1 July 2018, Carney's move to North Sydney was blocked after Carney refused to pay a $15,000 release fee. Adding a team in Sydney would appear to fly in the face of the theres too many teams in Sydney argument. North Melbourne withdraws from the merger race. You must log in or register to reply here. So bring em back, baby, and fill Percys Bar. A page that will not be. Relocation disenchants and disenfranchise existing fans, while new ones get a sort of half-arsed mob from somewhere else. The Roosters 200,000. Probably not irrevocable, either, given the volatile nature of this greatest game of all. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in the premier rugby league competition in Australia. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. They both have a point, but how its executed is important. Can I put my subscription or membership on hold? And there are lots and lots and lots of eyeballs. Because: emotion, tribalism, and all that good, human stuff. East Coast Roosters (or "Easts" for short). At the end of the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW regular season, Norths finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. Not in conjunction with any other offer. Payment will be charged to your Google Account. Bring back the bears, throw manly under a bus. They were eliminated by Balmain in a playoff for 5th place. "They want to buy everyone. And yes if I was going to merge clubs I would support a new brand over a 'merged' brand, as merging the brands just leads to problems and infighting, so yeah instead of the new club being called the North Sydney Sea Eagles and playing in red and black, they'd have a completely new brand and be (e.g.) Now that youve found Todays Tale why not join in on The North Sydney Bears would be back and there would be, give us your best Rabbits Warren, deadset jubilation. There are a million reasons why. People from outside can conflate Sydney's north shore with the northern beaches. [citation needed], In 1996, Norths merged with the North Sydney Bowling Club, which was established in 1888 and is the second oldest club (by one day) in Australia. Its why they invest in a footy team with themselves, with emotion, with money. They love the club. Editor Matt Cleary is an award-winning sports writer, contributor to The Guardian, Inside Sport, Big League and Inside Rugby, among several dozen other journals. Brisbane team? North Sydney is based on Sydney's Lower North Shore, and has played at North Sydney Oval since 1910. Then it was the Western. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. But Jeez that's two million eyeballs. Bring Back The Bears! [33], On 5 September 2018, North Sydney announced that they were ending their agreement with South Sydney Rabbitohs to act as their reserve grade side and had signed a 5 year deal to join the Sydney Roosters as their new feeder club team for the 2019 season. Cronulla has 220,000. [24] North Sydney finished the 2008 season as NSW Cup minor premiers and were eliminated in the finals in straight sets. NRL support. Johns went on to say "I think its a must, We keep talking about Perth, but its so far away I imagine the costs would be astronomical getting everyone over there and back. Unfortunately, these would be their last first grade premierships, and their last grand final appearance was in 1943. There are hundreds of thousands of Bears people, just like me, who will invoke the same, mechanised caution at the prospect of a miracle: a return to first grade, footy at Bear Park, even just once a year, in the red and black. Then, after the initial 28 days it is $28 billed approximately 4 weekly. Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears must merge into a 'behemoth' club, says Brad Fittler Michael Di Lonardo 3 min read First it was the Gold Coast Bears. In 2016, it was reported that there were moves for the Bears to buy the Gold Coast Titans franchise. He also pointed out, that only a few years earlier, outside the one-city teams then only Newcastle and Brisbane in 1991 and 1994 Norths were the competitions largest-drawing team. Thats a nudge over 5 per cent of the population. The club initially struggled to obtain access to North Sydney Oval, but council obstruction was removed and the Shoremen played their first real home game in 1910. But Fittler believes the perfect destination is at their feet, if Manly agree. The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. Rebranded as Norths, the North Sydney Leagues Club was established by the district's football club, the North Sydney Bears, in 1955 in a house in the Sydney suburb of Neutral Bay. I was eight, Norths were first. Had another chat with a bloke involved in the Bears ill-fated bid for the Gold Coast licence. I can see how that might appear. Sheesh Teddy you want to move the Roosters to the "Eastern Seabed".The gimps have to breath now and again mate.Bloody hard to knock on or flick pass 100 fathoms below the surface. And it would be magnificent. Youve got the big business of North Sydney, youve got the Peninsula, then youve got the people of the Central Coast, the numbers, it would be nearly a behemoth of a club if it had the right administration and the right people behind it. I had a yarn once with an academic, Hunter Fujak, a Lecturer in Sport Management at Deakin Business School. Who are these people? [36], In 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Canterbury Cup NSW, Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield competitions were cancelled. People follow footy teams largely because the team represents them, their patch, their people. Former North Sydney chief executive Bob Saunders said the Bears saw the move to Gosford as a great opportunity to secure their future, but wet weather and construction delays left them without a regular home ground and led to the club's demise after they failed to meet the NRL criteria when the competition was cut to 14 teams, because of their Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work Please check your email to receive the magic link. New South Wales representative Queenslander, Bruce Walker, captained the Bears in the final of the 1976 Amco Cup. If you wish to change or create a new subscription, please call 1800 070 535 Monday to Friday 7.30am 6.00pm & 7.00am-11.30am AEST on both Saturdays & Sundays. Speaking to Sporting News Australia, Manly tragic Peter Zorba Peters proudly rubbished Fittlers recommendation with a warning for the Bears. 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The Bears bid committee is lobbying the NRL for inclusion as the next expansion team. Commercial viability. Taylor ended up missing the goal. Hard-nosed? This is one of those things that wont happen but I do wonder what the future holds for Manly. This automatically renews to be charged as $24 (min. North Sydney began playing in the NSW Cup (formerly known as Reserve Grade) at their traditional base, North Sydney Oval, where they are the feeder team to the Sydney Roosters. Consider: six hundred thousand people live from Kirribilli to Hornsby Heights, from the Roseville Bridge to north-west Ryde. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. North Sydney would be eliminated from the finals in straight sets losing to Penrith and Canterbury. . In the 1996 ARL season Norths came within one match of the Grand Final but lost the game to the St George Dragons 29-12. But only like the two Koreas. The Northern Pride who Carney was contracted with demanded that Norths pay the fee which the club refused to do and hoped that a deal could be met between Carney's management team and The Queensland Cup side before the 30 June transfer window closed. And if there were a Bears team to call their own, local people would invest in the Bears, consume the Bears, love the Bears. Consider: six hundred thousand people live from Kirribilli to Hornsby Heights, from the Roseville Bridge to north-west Ryde. You are using an out of date browser. The 1990s was a decade of hope for the North Sydney Bears and while it ultimately ended in tears they almost claimed rugby league's ultimate glory along the way. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions www.dailytelegraph.com.au/connectedterms. In the 2007 NSWRL Premier League the North Sydney club made the Grand Final facing off against Parramatta. Because eyeballs watching product are all. Like Illawarra got the socks in their merge and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in the merge. Mergers mean dogs and cats living together in unholy matrimony. North Sydney chose to join the temporary Presidents Cup competition which involved teams from country New South Wales and the Ron Massey Cup. It was more a fishing exercise by suits in high places, the paper leaked to select media to disseminate in the court of public opinion. In that time Norths made the preliminary final 4 times but lost on each occasion. It didnt matter: the Bears were done, their cards were marked. Not in conjunction with any other offer. On 14 December 2017, it was officially announced by The NRL that the consortium of Darryl Kelly and self made property tycoon Rebecca Frizelle had won the bid to purchase The Gold Coast Titans. Select the subscription offer youd like to buy, click Subscribe with Google, and you will be directed to complete your purchase using your Google account. North Sydney went down 14-30 giving Penrith a rematch of the 1990 grand final against Canberra. The Northern Eagles shared their home games between Brookvale Oval in Sydney and Grahame Park in Gosford. Nobody would win, not even TV. I had a yarn once with an academic, Hunter Fujak, of University Technology Sydney. [50], Throughout 2017 there was much media speculation around North Sydney and their moves to purchase the struggling Gold Coast Titans licence when it went on sale by The NRL. He recently told The Daily Telegraph: Wherever I go every third person asks me when are you bringing back the Bears?., Speaking specifically about the proposed 18th team in the NRL, Vlandys went on to say: One thing Ive learned in rugby league is that the Bears have an extremely popular brand. See www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Also, the new club's decision to play games in Gosford instead of the Bears home ground at North Sydney Oval alienated several North Sydney fans, despite North Sydney's planned move to the new Central Coast Stadium, which had been rebuilt for the Bears on the site of the old Grahame Park ground. Its the same in Canberra as the Shire as Townsville TNorth Queensland. No cancellations during the first 12 months. But theyd be into, the northern Sydney Bear people, all six hundred thousand of em, or whatever percentage the NRL could plane off and declare allegiance, and consume the club and love it one way or many. [51][52][53], On 22 February 2018, it was announced that North Sydney were in talks with a Western Australian consortium with the possibility of creating a franchise and to seek inclusion into The NRL. the North Shore Nightmare and play in a dark . And relocating an entity, be they Bears, Dragons, Sharks, Tigers, Roosters, whoever, well, knowing fans as I do, and being one of them, youd just as soon they kill your team as see it move away. However, theres already enough Sydney teams so doing it with an area like Perth makes sense. The Northern Eagles represented Manly. [26] On 19 September, it was announced that Ben Gardiner was leaving as coach of the club after two and a half years in charge.[27]. Maybe not instant. Register a free account today to become a member of the world's largest Rugby League discussion forum! Missed out. Everyones sold a pup, a homeless hound that nobody owns. Its a bad merge. This automatically renews to be charged as $16 (min. Rejection didnt get in their way, beginning a new mission to return to the top flight by holding talks with a Western Australian consortium to launch a club almost 4000km across the country. Peter V'landys is often asked when the NRL will bring back the Bears. Big question would be do you brand the new merged club as one, both or neither of the two co-owners? The loss was evidently too much for me, and I began to cry. Politicians do the same thing with policy; leak a backbenchers brain-fart to the papers, see how it flies among the populace. The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. From then on, you can then use Sign In with Google to access your subscription and Google will do the billing for the subscription and process your payments. On a fine and sunny afternoon at dear little Brookie, against the Eels, say, thered be what - 15,000 fans? And the dominant partner eventually killed and ate their Siamese twin, and took the license for themselves, for they are nothing if not their own people. In the elimination final against Newtown, Norths lost 30-28 even though they scored more tries than the opposition. You can read him at his, How to play NRL fantasy: Our top tips for picking the best team to beat your mates, Round 1 team lists Late Mail: Titans star tears ACL, Thompson set to miss season, Roosters duo out, Hynes hobbled. Steve Menzies played the most games for the club, with 69 caps.[3]. A great brand and a new supporter base.. They went to the Swans and the Waratahs. It would mean joining forces with the North Sydney Bears who have been desperate to get in the NRL since their exit at the end of the 1999 season. It was a wet, Autumnal day in May 1994. We want to see it! But moot it they did, these people in suits, because Television as we ranted about the other week told them to. [4] Many good players such as Andy Morton, Jimmy Devereaux and Sid Deane were lost to English clubs in the years after making the semi-finals in the season of 1908. Politicians do the same thing with policy; leak a backbenchers brain-fart to the papers, see how it flies among the populace. (Only applies if home delivery is included in your package), www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms, Subscriber-only newsletters straight to your inbox, Todays Paper, a digital replica of the newspaper, SuperCoach Plus for stats, analysis, tips and more, Saturday and Sunday paper delivery* (Not available in all areas). Playing half of their games in Manly and half on the Central Coast, the merged was a complete and utter failure. The loss was evidently too much for me, and I began to cry. They knew: tribalism is good. And if you brought back the North Sydney Bears to represent these 600,000 people in the northern suburbs of Sydney - and the 400,000 people of the Central Coast - it would be an instant and irrevocable success. As reported in the Tele political type and Bears man James Mullan is organising a massive rally for March or April of next year like Souths had in 2000 at Town Hall. Penrith (590,000) is about the same. Donnelly was the voluntary administrator of the North Sydney Rugby League Club when financial difficulties forced it out of the NRL competition at the end of 1999. But it looks like Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Vlandys disagrees. The proposed franchise, to be known simply as The Bears,[62] would split home matches between various regional centres including Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Central Coast, along with major cities Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin that are otherwise currently without NRL representation. And if you brought back the North Sydney Bears to represent these 600,000 people in the northern suburbs of Sydney and the 400,000 people of the Central Coast it would be an instant and irrevocable success. [16], In the 1997 season North Sydney again made the preliminary final against Newcastle at the Sydney Football Stadium. Their subsequent, rapid demise was not organic, and hundreds of thousands of Bears people are still out there, wandering. Given Manleys lack of money they migh end up one day in charge anyway ala wests in the Wests Tigers merger. Norths were formidable in the 1990s, regularly bettering storied opponents like Canberra, Manly and Brisbane, upon whom the folklore of 90s rugby league has been built. For mine, sports fans, that is freakin La La Land. The Dragons have 260,000 (not counting the Illawarra). But they never won that premiership, they strategically blundered with Super League, and they fizzled into insolvency, enduring the humiliation of what former president David Hill described as the sacrilegious merger with Manly before the expulsion of the Bears by the Forces of Darkness. Hes in demand by NRL clubs. Established in 1908 the North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club is one of the great Rugby League clubs of the World. In 2019 the Australian Rugby League Commission cobbled together a white paper of sorts, a plan to prop up under-performing Sydney NRL clubs with revenue that would apparently flow from broadcasters once the club had relocated to a new place where people watch telly. There have been on-going bids to resurrect the club in the NRL as either The Bears, based in Perth and Sydney, or as the Central Coast Bears, based at Gosford.[1]. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. A historic quote for the family. Its not all about numbers, of course. Brad Fittler calls for Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears to merge and form a 'behemoth' club The Northern Eagles in 2000. For all the people saying the CEO and Commissioners need to be "RL people", just remember; A solution that may work is a Bears and seaeagles in nsw Cup remain as sepeate identities and a new club takes the license, based at Gosford but with couple of games in manly/NS. Follow the Bears. They defeated the Newcastle Knights 32-28 in the first week of the finals, and were then eliminated by minor premiers and eventual NSW Cup premiers the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the preliminary final, who recorded a convincing 38-6 win. This option is only available where expressly indicated with the offer. The 2002 season was played under the Northern Eagles name, although effectively the club was the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles by another name. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. You are using an out of date browser. Singleton then spoke about the Gold Coast Titans and how their bid beat Singleton's initial bid for a Central Coast team in 2006 saying They had no money and no stadium, and we did have a stadium built for North Sydney. This was the third consecutive season that the North Sydney side had been eliminated in the finals by the team which would eventually win the premiership. Before this, Norths were the feeder team for South Sydney from 2007 to 2018. Hes presented Powerpoint shows to many suits detailing the findings of his years of study into Sydney peoples sports-consuming habits. Red & Black Foundation. V'landys knows the Bears remains a popular NRL brand, despite exiting the NRL in 1999 after merging with the Sea Eagles to become the Northern Eagles.

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