Greg Florimo has been the face of the Bears' efforts to get back into the NRL, and remains involved with the club. Too right. And watch the people stream across Miller Street and into Bear Park, and fill it full to burst, and chant like Souths fans did. It could take up to 5 business days before your first paper delivery arrives. Penrith won the match 16-14 despite the fact that Norths scored more tries. Please check your email to receive the magic link. Whos fearful? [44] They were aiming for 5,000 by March 2011, when the official bid was due to be handed in to the NRL but passed that mark in 2010. On 3 September 2017, Norths played against Newcastle in the first elimination match and were defeated 40-18 ending their season. At the Central Coast they have a stadium up there and they have a huge junior base. New South Wales Origin coach Brad Fittler has suggested the Sea Eagles and Bears combine with the Central Coast region to form a "behemoth" club stretching north from the CBD all the way to Gosford and beyond. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. 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. Its a bad merge. In 2016, it was reported that there were moves for the Bears to buy the Gold Coast Titans franchise. The partnership folded in 2002, with Manly emerging as the stand-alone entity. Renewals occur unless cancelled in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. Bring Back The Who? The Northern Eagles ultimately didnt represent anyone from Milsons Point to North Turramurra, from west Willoughby to east Epping. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. Yes, yes, yes adding a team in Sydney would appear to fly in the face of the theres too many teams in Sydney argument. 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. The news never got better for Bears fans. "Never going to happen. ll never forget the first time the Bears caused me pain. The only comments appearing to temper matters are those from Dickson himself. 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. Hes in demand by NRL clubs. The Great Dane Sep 3, 2018 Prev 1 2 3 4 Next flippikat Bench Messages 3,489 Sep 18, 2018 #21 Hello said: I dont know why they would need to play any games in Brooky or NSO. Manly has 270,000. Given Manleys lack of money they migh end up one day in charge anyway ala wests in the Wests Tigers merger. Nothing locked in, of course, not officially. North Sydney would eventually reach the preliminary final in the competition but were defeated by Glebe 26-6. Home delivery is not available in all areas. However this was turned around in the 2011 season with the North Sydney side reaching the preliminary final and losing to eventual premiers the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. It would be 17 years before North Sydney made the finals series again when they finished 3rd in the 1982 season. And you'd only need one in 20 of these people to buy a jumper, go to a game, whack a sticker on the back of their Pajero and boom, they've brought back the North Sydney Bears. 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. Norths won the game 28-18.[21]. North Sydney would have another chance the following week to make the grand final going up against defending premiers Canberra in the preliminary final. It made sense to relocate one of the Sydney teams to the Central Coast". In November 2010, it was reported that Ken Sayer, CEO of Mortgage House, planned to underwrite the bid for $10 million to help ensure their financial equity was shored up when the bid was submitted. West Australian desire. Before this, Norths were the feeder team for South Sydney from 2007 to 2018. 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. 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. And they could again. Maybe not jubilation. 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. On a fine and sunny afternoon at dear little Brookie, against the Eels, say, thered be what 15,000 fans? Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. [12], On 14 July 1994, the club was fined $87,000 for breaching the salary cap. If you'd like to see more content from Matt Cleary, they'd be very grateful for your support and contribution. 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. Get five per cent of Greater Northern Sydney to a North Sydney Bears game and thats 50,000 citizens. [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. But Jeez that's two million eyeballs. Get five per cent of Northern Sydney to a North Sydney Bears game and that's 50,000 citizens. The foundation club exited the league in 1999, before their failed merger with Manly ended in 2003. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Its not all about numbers, of course. If thats the marker, then the ARLC suited bean-counters should do this. SUBSCRIBE for the full story. If Brookie is not up to NRL standard, why does the NRL allow them to play there? Going with the Flo. NRL support. Register a free account today to become a member of the world's largest Rugby League discussion forum! And it should be done because there is not a team in northern Sydney. And he said the NRL told these guys not to use the media to play things out. Its like when politicians are parachuted into safe seats. In the fifty years the new building has stood, a number of redesigns and refurbishments have taken place. [45] Both major political parties showed support for the Central Coast Bears bid in 20102011, with Labor supporting the bid by granting $100,000 for the Bears,[46] and the Liberal party supporting the bid by promising to acquire land at Mt Penang, Central Coast, NSW to build a state-of-the-art Sports Centre of Excellence in the lead up to the 2011 New South Wales state election. The voice of TRUE North Sydney Bears Supporters. Season 2015 saw a strong improvement as Norths won nine games throughout the season and returned to the NSW Cup finals, only to be eliminated by Canterbury in Week One, and finished eighth. Hard-nosed? These are the ties that bind. Who are these people? Norths then had to wait 10 years to make the finals again, this time against Balmain where they lost 11-9. It's from that place. 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Red & Black Foundation. 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. 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. Oops! L.U. 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. I wonder if he realises that a twelve team co p survival of the fittest would almost certainly see Newcastle gone? Its more than watch footy in the catchments serving Roosters, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Sea Eagles and Bulldogs. The people of Gosford preferred to wait until a home-grown team was based there. Steve Menzies played the most games for the club, with 69 caps.[3]. Newtown went on to beat Balmain in the 2012 NSW Cup Grand Final. Matt has interviewed just about everyone in Australian sport, and has a massive Rolodex of Australian sports folk. Theres still people holding a candle for the Newtown Jets, though not enough that the Jets arent destined to forever be a reserve grade feeder out of Henson Park. 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. And if there were a Bears team to call their own, local people would invest in the Bears, consume the Bears, love the Bears. I trudged in the rain with my Mum, Dad, and four uncles, back to the pub Percys across Miller Street. Like Illawarra got the socks in their merger and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in their merger. Not only would it be good I think its a must for the NRL to look at and this is the time, the time is right now.. Twice the Bears have adorned the back page of the West Australian, and ahead of Perths hosting of the State of Origin on Sunday, Bears chairman Daniel Dickson will be in the city to meet a West Australian government group to further explore the partnership. On 21 May 2018, Carney officially signed with North Sydney, in reaction to the signing, General Manager of football at Souths Shane Richardson said "We've spoken to Norths about Todd Carney and it's our position that we will develop our young halves, as opposed to bringing in a player from outside the club in this instance," Richardson said. North Sydney went down 14-30 giving Penrith a rematch of the 1990 grand final against Canberra. 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