It was more a fishing exercises by suits in high places, the "paper" leaked to select media to disseminate in the court of public opinion. The northern beaches. 25-12 against Parramatta and 23-2 the following week against Canterbury. [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]. Any Questions? Fans can also support a team though theyve never set foot in their zone. [43], The Central Coast Bears have 7,200 financial members with new members joining weekly. Unfortunately, these would be their last first grade premierships, and their last grand final appearance was in 1943. If the NRL wants to expand it should look inside itself: And bring back the North Sydney Bears. Its why they invest in a footy team with themselves, with emotion, with money. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions www.dailytelegraph.com.au/connectedterms. To be a part, even if its a minor part, of a northern Sydney nrl club or remain a nswrl leagues club suburban entity? Established in 1908 the North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club is one of the great Rugby League clubs of the World. However! Full Digital Access 12 Month Plan costs $208 (min.cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $16 every 4 weeks. At a private event some years ago, a former senior administrator in the NRL laughed in the face of a Bears official explicating the case for a return on the Central Coast in a ground the club built, underwritten by John Singleton, coached by Wayne Bennett. Like the other Sydney district clubs, Norths were largely born from players and officials from the local Rugby Union club, Northern Suburbs Rugby Club. And if there were a Bears team to call their own, local people would invest in the Bears, consume the Bears, love the Bears. Had another chat with a bloke involved in the Bears ill-fated bid for the Gold Coast license. And there are lots and lots and lots of eyeballs. If the NRL wants to expand it should look inside itself: And bring back the North Sydney Bears. Not in conjunction with any other offer. As would electric Dog-Eels. 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. And today theres 600,000 people from Kirribilli to Mt Colah who dont have a rugby league team, and another 400,000 on the Central Coast. A host of Norths' finest . Couldn't he go, the Flo. No cancellations during the first 12 months. But they are separate, distinct entities. The North Sydney Bears would be back and there would be, give us your best Rabbits Warren, deadset jubilation. And all those aforementioned Sydney fisheries have a team, while a one million-strong chunk of northern Sydney and its near north does not. Peter Vlandys is often asked when the NRL will bring back the Bears. A total of sixty nine players played for the club. 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. I wonder if he realises that a twelve team co p survival of the fittest would almost certainly see Newcastle gone? 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. Oops! And today there's 600,000 people from Kirribilli to Mt Colah who dont have a rugby league team. They would allocate between four and six games at a potentially upgraded North Sydney Oval. As Lane Cove was in North Sydney's district, the club protested to the NSWRFL and claimed Hyde from Balmain. On October 27, 2021, the Bears revealed their intention to return to the NRL, coinciding with a new logo. And he said the NRL told these guys not to use the media to play things out. But as recently as April 2021 the Bears have expressed their intent on eventually returning the brand to the NRL competition. For mine, sports fans, that is freakin La La Land. 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. As would electric Dog-Eels. 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. [60] In 2018 theyd explored the possibility of establishing a Western Bears franchise based in Perth.[61]. The Sydney Roosters revealed that they would be fielding their own team in the NSW Cup for 2023 and would still provide some contracted players to North Sydney as part of the agreement. The merged club lasted only until 2002 when it split again, with the Bears not returning to first grade and being represented in the NSWRL competition, the second-tier rugby league competition, where the Bears continue to play today. And have a massive march in March. And the Bears didn't get a license when using the press is what they shouldve done along with all the other weapons in their armoury to shift public opinion to the Bears. Maybe not instant. Even more transparent, in a back-arsed sort of way. You already have a current subscription with us. Perry suggested that the NRL should look at creating a promotion/relegation system similar to other sports around the world. Please call 1800 070 535. Lost the plot. That's lotta eyeballs. Unprecedented goodwill. They last won a premiership in 1993, defeating Newcastle in the grand final 5-4. [41][42], Bears fan Alan McLoughlin, a Central Coast resident, set up a Facebook petition to bring the Bears to Gosford. It was a wet, Autumnal day in May 1994. The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles name and colours returned to the NRL in 2003.[1][2]. promote your clubs sponsors and connect The foundation club exited the league in 1999, before their failed merger with Manly ended in 2003. Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears must merge into a 'behemoth' club, says Brad Fittler, Cameron Smith reveals the 'difficulty' of not having a consistent halfback for the 2018 season. Follow the Bears. The Northern Eagles ultimately didnt represent anyone from Milsons Point to North Turramurra, from west Willoughby to east Epping. Who are these people? Sat 25 Jun 2022 16.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 25 Jun 2022 18.49 EDT I can live on the beach". But moot it they did, these people in suits, because television told them. And if there were Bears people would invest in the Bears, consume the Bears, love the Bears. This automatically renews to be charged as $16 (min. Whos fearful? A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. There are so many players play up there, so you can get the best kids aspiring to play for the Central Coast". Like Illawarra got the socks in their merge and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in the merge. Full Digital Access + Weekend Paper Delivery $8 billed every 4 weeks for the first 12 weeks, then $36 billed every 4 weeks. People can also support a team though theyve never set foot in their zone. So bring em back, baby, and fill Percys Bar. Carney spoke to the media saying "I had that option with the Bears but Souths have blocked that, I'm sure something will come up". [14], North Sydney remained loyal to the Australian Rugby League during the Super League war of the mid-1990s. Their subsequent, rapid demise was not organic, and hundreds of thousands of Bears people are still out there, wandering. Heart and soul of the North Sydney Bears Greg Florimo has weighed in on the proposal to re-merge Manly and the Bears. See www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. [63] The Bears intend to retain their 113-year history and traditional black and red colours. You must provide an email address to create a Roar account, When using Facebook to create or log in to an account, you need to grant The Roar permission to see your email address, By joining The Roar you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions. Manly has 270,000. It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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! Thus a merge of Sydney Dragon-Sharks would be logical. If the sea eagles fall over, better to use the chance to reduce the number of Sydney clubs and just task an existing club with the task of representing the North. Yet the region the catchment, where the fish are continued to grow. Consider these northern beaches. 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. The NRL Forecast: Year of the Rooster, new-look Tigers spin their wheels, Payten's reality check, The Roars NRL expert tips and predictions: Round 1. Given the nrl bears are gone and never coming back surely they have the most to gain? Rugby league historian Andrew Moore once suggested that the Northern Eagles joint venture may well have established a record for being the least loved football club in sporting history. Its why people follow footy teams. 2012 saw North Sydney make the semi finals, missing out on the minor premiership by points differential to Canterbury-Bankstown. Maybe not instant. Matt is the Tribunes head curator of content. 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. They knew: tribalism is good. Bring Back The Bears. Not sure if you missed it Freddy but the Bears already did merge with Manly. Dont worry mate, he consoled me, gently putting a fatherly arm around me as I tried to hide my flood of tears from my uncles. Ill never forget the first time the Bears caused me pain. Subscription automatically renews at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. The people of Gosford preferred to wait until a home-grown team was based there. And we had a $50 million bank guarantee, so we would have been strong. Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work Nobody would win, not even TV. Goodwill. Weve been burnt before, but were still here, and still hoping. Relocation disenchants and disenfranchise existing fans, while new ones get a sort of half-arsed mob from somewhere else. The joint venture club played out of Brookvale Oval and Central Coast Stadium at Gosford, a ground successfully lobbied and built for the Bears. [11], The nineties saw finals appearances and near misses in 1991 and 19941998. In that time Norths made the preliminary final 4 times but lost on each occasion. The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. With only seconds remaining Norths frantically threw the ball around and lost it, the ball was swooped up by Newcastle's Owen Craigie and he raced away to score a try and won the game. 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. Its more than watch footy in the catchments serving Roosters, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Sea Eagles and Bulldogs. The Bears bid committee is lobbying the NRL for inclusion as the next expansion team. Speaking to Sporting News Australia, Manly tragic Peter Zorba Peters proudly rubbished Fittlers recommendation with a warning for the Bears. Est 1908. And was a year late, thats all. In 2016, it was reported that there were moves for the Bears to buy the Gold Coast Titans franchise. Now that youve found Todays Tale why not join in on Only Parramatta (890,000) and Wests Tigers (690,000) have a larger catchment than North Sydney Bears would have. An independent voice that will not be influenced by power or money, and will not be silenced by any official heirachy. After a meeting between the administrator of Fitzroy and the AFL commission, the AFL commission recommends a Bears-Fitzroy merger. [5] when an injury riddled North Sydney were beaten by Newtown 347. In 1991 North Sydney finished the regular season in 3rd place and defeated local rivals Manly in the first week of the finals. The North Sydney Bears are reportedly attempting to organise a consortium that will make a bid to purchase the NRL license off the Manly Sea Eagles. Missed out. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. People from outside can conflate Sydney's north shore with the northern beaches. Dont need to have surfed the Long Reef bommie to back the maroon and white. Probably not irrevocable, either, given the volatile nature of this greatest game of all. Get five per cent of Northern Sydney to a North Sydney Bears game and that's 50,000 citizens. Souths: 390,000. NRL support. But Jeez thats two million eyeballs. 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. For mine, sports fans, that is freakin La La Land. Matt Cleary is a sports writer from Sydney. "Never going to happen. . "We are here to win games and show our fans a product they can be proud of. Former North Sydney internationals Greg Florimo and David Fairleigh play a prominent role in the club's push to join the NRL. MORE:Cameron Smith reveals the 'difficulty' of not having a consistent halfback for the 2018 season. And lo did journos On The Pulse and in 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. Please check your email to receive the magic link. Seriously, brad Fittler and matty johns are past the point of no return. North Sydney now field a team in the Canterbury Cup NSW, the competition immediately below NRL level, as a feeder to the Sydney Roosters. Hes a doctor of demographics. Towards the end of the war Norths' fortunes improved, playing quality and spectators numbers increased, and they won 2 premierships in 192122 coached by Chris McKivat. A team they cant really own. They love that place. See www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Watch the people stream across Miller Street and into Bear Park, and fill it full to burst. [citation needed] In spite of this, the club provided more players for the 2001 State of Origin series' New South Wales team than any other club. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. The Knock On Effect NSW Cup. The loss was evidently too much for me, and I began to cry. [citation needed], They were nearly dropped from the competition during World War I due to dwindling spectator numbers. 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. While the Dolphins will. North Sydney chose to join the temporary Presidents Cup competition which involved teams from country New South Wales and the Ron Massey Cup. 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. Speaking . Same-same. Same-same. NRL Fans gather on the hill at North Sydney Oval to watch the North Sydney Bears. We just want to make sure that geographically we feel we are the team of the people, and we can take that to the people where the game needs to go. Whether wise brinkmanship, 4D chess, or just playing hard to get, it is fair to say that Dickson thinks in the abstract about location, and is keeping his options open. [17][18], In 1998, Norths finished 5th on the table and qualified for the finals. [citation needed] Membership in 2016 stood at 21,500. Newtown went on to beat Balmain in the 2012 NSW Cup Grand Final. North Sydney would have another chance the following week to make the grand final going up against defending premiers Canberra in the preliminary final. July 22nd, 2022 11:47 am. But Fittler believes the perfect destination is at their feet, if Manly agree. And they didnt. If thats the marker, then the ARLC suited bean-counters should do this. "If Souths dont agree with what were doing and decide its not in our interest, we will look at the other avenues we have to ensure we have a competitive ISP side. Now he reveals his thoughts on a proposed Western Australia-Bears joint venture, writes Phil Rothfield. Deon Apps and Curtis Johnston represented the Bears in the 2011 NSW Residents side with Johnston finishing up leading try scorer for the competition by the end of the regular season with 28 tries, Johnston would play 110 games with the North Sydney NSW Cup scoring 97 tries in 6 seasons. Gold Coast? The record attendance for the club at Brookvale Oval was 14,521 against Cronulla on 21 July 2002. Register a free account today to become a member of the world's largest Rugby League discussion forum! Not in conjunction with any other offer. Who are these people? They were beaten 20-15 by Weller Hauraki, scoring a controversial try with just 13 seconds to go, which many believed should not have been allowed due to a forward pass. Still dont understand what idiot thought putting arch enemies together would work. Supporters of grass roots Rugby League. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. But they would. Yes, yes, yes adding a team in Sydney would appear to fly in the face of the theres too many teams in Sydney argument. Hes in demand by NRL clubs. Bring back the Bears. But how can you blame Manly for doing the right thing by Manly? Perry went on to say "You need 12 and 12, so 24 key markets, and stricter criteria about those clubs around their funding model which means all of the 24 may not fit the top tier criteria, it may only be 16-18 franchises that make the cut, their catchment areas, their population, and their commercial growth, because currently I believe a lot of clubs havent been accountable as much as they should have. Because: emotion, tribalism, and all that good, human stuff. Hyde, who was living in Lane Cove at the time, had been forced to switch from Balmain to Norths in 1941 due to the league's residency rules which stated that a player was required to live in their club's district. The northern beaches. 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. There are three individual investors lined up, he says, Vlandys knows who they are, hes met them, and theyre ready to step up to the block. Its a bad merge. This automatically renews to be charged as $24 (min. This decision comes on the back of that. Is it time to dream? The path appears to be clearing to bring back the grand old club. 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. [3], North Sydney was formed as a foundation club of the newly arrived rugby league game in 1908 and were initially known as the Shoremen. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. In 2009, North Sydney lost to Balmain Tigers in extra time to miss out on the Grand Final 1918. Manly has 270,000. Norths came into the game with an outside chance of making the finals but the loss ensured Norths finished outside the top 8 and with a bad point points differential meant they finished in second last place on the table. It reminds me of my dads response to my tears after that loss to Newcastle in 1994. 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. 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. Manly dissolved the merger after just two . 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. Peter V'landys is often asked when the NRL will bring back the Bears. North Sydney reportedly placed a $7 million bid to purchase The Gold Coast Licence and as part of the bid if they were to be successful was to rename the side The Gold Coast Bears and continue to play games at Robina plus taking two games to North Sydney Oval with one game being held against fierce rivals The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. The winner of the match was to play minor premiers Manly in The Grand final. Nobody would win, not even TV. And it was bye-bye Bears to purgatory. 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. It made sense to relocate one of the Sydney teams to the Central Coast". Halfway through the season, the Eagles even abandoned playing games at Gosford, due to a sharp decline in attendances. The North Sydney Bears believe their vast fan following and 113 years of history make them the ideal fit for an 18th team should the NRL explore further expansion. But it should still be done. We lost thousands and thousands of rugby league fans.. Thats a nudge over five per cent of the population. Since the Northern Eagles folded at the end of 2002, Manly and North Sydney have gone their separate ways. Brad Fittler calls for Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears to merge and form a 'behemoth' club The Northern Eagles in 2000. 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. But they are separate, distinct entities. And the fans went with them. Norths went on to make the finals again in 1953 and 1954, losing to Souths and St. George respectively. 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.) North Sydney is based on Sydney's Lower North Shore, and has played at North Sydney Oval since 1910. 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. [31][32], On 25 August 2018, Norths lost their last game of the season against the New Zealand Warriors due to a last minute try scored by Chanel Harris-Tavita. The Bears have also been the only team to have participated in every season of reserve grade since the competition's inception in 1908. Norths also amalgamated with the Seagulls, a border club at Tweed Heads on the far north coast of New South Wales, the oldest provincial rugby league club in Australia. The Gold Coast colors would also change to Norths red and black with the logo being changed as well to fit the proposed new club. Once again they were eliminated from the finals after losing both their matches in consecutive weeks,. Wouldn't be surprised if Uncle Nick has seen the writing on the wall for Manly as a business and is ready to pick off carcass of the Sea Eagles Roosters/Norths absorb Manly, become the Northern Roosters and encompass the eastern and northern beaches all the way to Gosford. Brookvale is already well below the standard that should be required to home an NRL team and things are only getting worse. North Sydney was in a partnership with South Sydney serving as Souths' reserve grade side from 2007 until the agreement ended in 2018. There are a million reasons why. 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