Theres thousands and thousands of Bears fans out there and bringing them all together would make a big statement, Mullan said. Normally a reliable goal kicker, Daryl Halligan missed 4 shots at goal and kicked only 1 from 5 including a penalty miss in the dying minutes. Hes a doctor of demographics. Cheaper and easier than focus groups. 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. For mine, sports fans, that is freakin La La Land. 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. [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. 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. And they dont have a footy team to call their own. Madness, of course. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. No cancellations during the first 12 months. North Sydney would have another chance the following week to make the grand final going up against defending premiers Canberra in the preliminary final. Not in conjunction with any other offer. The joint venture club played out of Brookvale Oval and Central Coast Stadium at Gosford, a ground successfully lobbied and built for the Bears. Its like when politicians are parachuted into safe seats. Hes presented Powerpoint shows to many suits detailing the findings of his years of study into Sydney peoples sports-consuming habits. Peter V'landys is often asked when the NRL will bring back the Bears. Who are these people? 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. 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. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL by the merger of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the North Sydney Bears in 2000. 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. Copyright 2023 NorthernBeachesSportsTribune News. [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. 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. Nothing locked in, of course, not officially. Billy Moore, Greg Florimo and a massive bear (left). Home delivery is not available in all areas. Had another chat with a bloke involved in the Bears ill-fated bid for the Gold Coast licence. "We went with the Dolphins for the 17th because they had a strong business . The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. 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. Freddy Fittler has called for the two clubs to merge once more. There are a million reasons why. Hes in demand by NRL clubs. And youd 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, theyve brought back the North Sydney Bears. And so it was bye-bye Bears to purgatory. Matt is the Tribunes head curator of content. Relocation disenchants and disenfranchise existing fans, while new ones get a sort of half-arsed mob from somewhere else. Relocating rugby league clubs disenchants new fans and disenfranchises existing ones. North Sydney placed a $7 million bid to take over the Titans last year but were overlooked for a multi-million plan from businessman Darren Kelly to keep the licence on the Gold Coast. 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. But it should still be done. 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. [citation needed], They were nearly dropped from the competition during World War I due to dwindling spectator numbers. Irvine held the record for most first grade tries for one club (171) and overall (212). North Sydney now field a team in the Canterbury Cup NSW, the competition immediately below NRL level, as a feeder to the Sydney Roosters. Missed out. The Sea Eagles fell on hard times financially and while they did manage to claim one of the prized 14 NRL licenses they did enter into a merger with hated rivals the North Sydney Bears. 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. [20], On 28 August 1999, Norths played their final game as a first grade side against the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville. When Souths were kicked out, mates of mine followed Randwick. Manly officially returned to the NRL in 2003 (playing out of Brookvale Oval, though they played at least two games per season in Gosford until 2015) and have since played in four NRL Grand Finals (2007, 2008, 2011 and 2013), winning the premiership in 2008 and 2011. A great brand and a new supporter base.. Not in conjunction with any other offer. 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. This option is only available where expressly indicated with the offer. I think they would be crazy not to make that work, a Northern Suburbs team, Fittler told Wide World of Sports. The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. 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. 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 merge and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in the merge. To upgrade, call 1300 MY NEWS (696 397), As a Full Digital Access or Paper Delivery + Full Digital Access Member youll get unlimited digital access to every story online, insight and analysis from our expert journalists PLUS enjoy freebies, discounts and benefits with our +Rewards loyalty program. 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. This is one of those things that wont happen but I do wonder what the future holds for Manly. Missed out. But how can you blame Manly for doing the right thing by Manly? If the NRL wants to expand it should look inside itself: And bring back the North Sydney Bears. [13] That year they came within one match of the grand final but lost to Canberra. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. "On the way in I saw a couple of flying pigs, and then I checked my diary to see if it was April Fools Day," Zorba said in May. Please call 1800 070 535. Consider my own northern beaches. . Why subscribe to become a Full Digital Access or Paper Delivery + Full Digital Access Member? But they could be a much bigger thing. But only like the two Koreas. Not in conjunction with any other offer. After Norths were booted out of the bad marriage, mates of mine havent been to a league game since. Bring Back The Bears! 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. 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. 2012 saw North Sydney make the semi finals, missing out on the minor premiership by points differential to Canterbury-Bankstown. Thats a lotta eyeballs. (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). We want to see it! But they would. Lost the plot. [59], After the Northern Eagles went defunct, the North Sydney Bears have continued to field teams in several grades of the NSW rugby league competitions, and were behind the failed Central Coast Bears bid in the mid-2000's. However, no such sentiment appears to exist in Perth. 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. Matt Cleary is a sports writer from Sydney. [11], The nineties saw finals appearances and near misses in 1991 and 19941998. Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox! This automatically renews to be charged as $16 (min. 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. 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. Like Illawarra got the socks in their merger and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in their merger. We lost thousands and thousands of rugby league fans.. 13.3K followers. Forge their own identity. Two Classics, back in stock! He was introducing me to the dry, gallows humour that accompanied any seasoned observer of the Bears. Don't need to have surfed the Long Reef bommie to back the maroon and white. Its why people follow footy teams. 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 . Our club is a 1908 foundation club,". The news never got better for Bears fans. [5] when an injury riddled North Sydney were beaten by Newtown 347. But once your delivery is activated, youll get the next edition, hot off the press. 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. As would electric Dog-Eels. So far they have failed to gain a licence to re-enter the NRL with the latest push of buying the Manly Sea Eagles licence from Penn Sports for $6,000,000 after a failed attempt by Qatar to buy Manly for $22,000,000 a week earlier. Who are these people? 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. On October 27, 2021, the Bears revealed their intention to return to the NRL, coinciding with a new logo. You are using an out of date browser. In 2013, the Bears recorded several large victories in the regular season and finished third. The loss was evidently too much for me, and I began to cry. They didn't win many, these Bears. 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. The following year North Sydney came 2nd in the regular season, but were defeated 47-7 by St George, and then lost to South Sydney 14-9 the following week.[8][9][10]. You are using an out of date browser. 380 following. I didnt hear much more of his explanation because I was gob-dangling speechless that old mate was actually talking about Papua New bloody Guinea as a dinkum locale for a red-and-black comeback. featured alongside some of Australias most prominent sports journalists. And they didn't. In 1986 North Sydney missed the finals. Whos fearful? Too right. Not sure how many of those boxes the Port Moresby Bears would tick, but Id hazard a guess its none. And it was bye-bye Bears to purgatory. They went to the Swans and the Waratahs. Goodwill. In 2016, it was reported that there were moves for the Bears to buy the Gold Coast Titans franchise. That's lotta eyeballs. It may not display this or other websites correctly. [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. Going with the Flo. Sat 25 Jun 2022 16.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 25 Jun 2022 18.49 EDT In the 2016 NSW Cup North Sydney finished the season in 10th place and therefore missed the finals. People from outside can conflate Sydneys north shore with the northern beaches. Its a bad merge. Full Digital Access to be billed $1 for the first 28 days. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. They lost their first semi final to Newcastle Knights but had a chance to remain in the running of the competition the week after only to give up a 246 lead to the Newtown Jets and lose in extra time 32-30 from a Daniel Mortimer 35-metre penalty goal. Before this, Norths were the feeder team for South Sydney from 2007 to 2018. Prominent rugby league personalities who have publicly backed the club include Phil Gould, Andrew Johns and Peter Sterling while support has also come from as high up as Federal Treasurer and North Sydney MP Joe Hockey. It may not display this or other websites correctly. I can live on the beach". Manly has 270,000. North Melbourne withdraws from the merger race. [60] In 2018 theyd explored the possibility of establishing a Western Bears franchise based in Perth.[61]. First it was the Gold Coast Bears. It could take up to 5 business days before your first paper delivery arrives. Sign up successfully. And the fans went with them. Fish where the fish are, is something my old man would say and he didnt even like fishing. Same-same. As Nick Politis said in the piece in The Tele Bears fans didnt go to Manly and they didnt cross the bridge and come to the Roosters. The beauty of having a digital subscription or membership is that it travels with you. 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. Newcastle, and Andrew Johns, then 19, beat us at home. Red & Black Foundation. 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]. Theyve been too reliant on funding from the NRL and havent been measurable enough". New South Wales representative Queenslander, Bruce Walker, captained the Bears in the final of the 1976 Amco Cup. But Fittler believes the perfect destination is at their feet, if Manly agree. Youre getting the best of both. 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. See: The Northern Eagles. A merger of Sydney Dragon-Sharks would be logical. Nobody would win, not even TV. If Brookie is not up to NRL standard, why does the NRL allow them to play there? Now Brad Fittler wants the Manly Bears. North Sydney went down 14-30 giving Penrith a rematch of the 1990 grand final against Canberra. Halfway through the season, the Eagles even abandoned playing games at Gosford, due to a sharp decline in attendances. Hes a doctor of demographics. And he said the NRL told these guys not to use the media to play things out. [41][42], Bears fan Alan McLoughlin, a Central Coast resident, set up a Facebook petition to bring the Bears to Gosford. If thats the marker, then the ARLC suited bean-counters should do this. This Bowling Club was transformed and re-branded as The Greens North Sydney in November 2014. 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. Its why they invest in a footy team with themselves, with emotion, with money. We are super excited to have a player of Todd Carneys calibre join the mighty North Sydney Bears". Taylor ended up missing the goal. The North Sydney Bears would be back and there would be, give us your best Rabbits Warren, deadset jubilation. Souths: 390,000. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. Earlier this year there were reports the Bears were attempting to organise a consortium that will make a bid to purchase the NRL license off the Manly Sea Eagles. Missed out. With the score 12-8 in favour of Newcastle with less than 10 minutes to play Jason Taylor set up Michael Buettner for a try which made the score 12-12. The Dragons have 260,000 (not counting the Illawarra). Had another chat with a bloke involved in the Bears ill-fated bid for the Gold Coast license. The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles name and colours returned to the NRL in 2003.[1][2]. As of 2014, there have been several attempts for the Bears to come back into the NRL by being based at the Central Coast, North Sydney, Perth, Gold Coast and Brisbane. A coping mechanism, probably. 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. Port Moresby, for sweet Mal Meningas sake, because the Australian government would like to use rugby league to do something with regional aid or sufficiency, or something, I dont know, I didnt hear much more of his explanation because I was gob-dangling speechless that old mate was actually talking about Papua New bloody Guinea as a dinkum locale for a red-and-black comeback. So bring em back, baby, and fill Percys Bar. And if there were Bears people would invest in the Bears, consume the Bears, love the Bears. 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. Can I put my subscription or membership on hold? Register a free account today to become a member of the world's largest Rugby League discussion forum! Watch the people stream across Miller Street and into Bear Park, and fill it full to burst. Politicians do the same thing with policy; leak a backbenchers brain-fart to the papers, see how it flies among the populace. 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. [17][18], In 1998, Norths finished 5th on the table and qualified for the finals. Carney's blocked move coincided with the departure of Souths contracted player Robbie Farah who spent the first 12 weeks playing for North Sydney. Former North Sydney internationals Greg Florimo and David Fairleigh play a prominent role in the club's push to join the NRL. The foundation club exited the league in 1999, before their failed merger with Manly ended in 2003. 25-12 against Parramatta and 23-2 the following week against Canterbury. Yep: the grand old North Sydney Bears. Speaking . And they would dinkum hang from the trees. So bring em back, baby, and fill Percys Bar. 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