Two Classics, back in stock! Mergers mean dogs and cats living together in unholy matrimony. And they didnt. 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. 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. Bring Back The Bears. Not in conjunction with any other offer. "We are here to win games and show our fans a product they can be proud of. Since the Northern Eagles folded at the end of 2002, Manly and North Sydney have gone their separate ways. 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. Brad Fittler calls for Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears to merge and form a 'behemoth' club The Northern Eagles in 2000. Dont need to have surfed the Long Reef bommie to back the maroon and white. However! Even more transparent, in a back-arsed sort of way. Ill never forget the first time the Bears caused me pain. 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. [49] The General Manager of Norths and most capped player of the club Greg Florimo said at the time of North Sydney's first public interest in purchasing The Gold Coast licence as "the last chance". People follow footy teams largely because the team represents them, their patch, their people. They went to the Swans and the Waratahs. Hes a doctor of demographics. 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). 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. Gold Coast? 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. Matt has interviewed just about everyone in Australian sport, and has a massive Rolodex of Australian sports folk. Owned by both clubs and with equal represteantion on the board. Its why people follow footy teams. They would allocate between four and six games at a potentially upgraded North Sydney Oval. [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. 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. 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. People from outside can conflate Sydney's north shore with the northern beaches. JavaScript is disabled. Had another chat with a bloke involved in the Bears ill-fated bid for the Gold Coast license. 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. 25-12 against Parramatta and 23-2 the following week against Canterbury. But moot it they did, these people in suits, because television told them. 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! 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. Relocating rugby league clubs disenchants new fans and disenfranchises existing ones. I can live on the beach". In the 2007 NSWRL Premier League the North Sydney club made the Grand Final facing off against Parramatta. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature. Relocation disenchants and disenfranchise existing fans, while new ones get a sort of half-arsed mob from somewhere else. 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.. Maybe not jubilation. Consider: six hundred thousand people live from Kirribilli to Hornsby Heights, from the Roseville Bridge to north-west Ryde. On 3 November 2017, it was revealed that Norths had failed in their bid to purchase The Gold Coast licence. It will never happen, not the North Sydney Bears. The team shared home games between Brookvale Oval and Central Coast Stadium, Gosford, New South Wales. Only Parramatta (890,000) and Wests Tigers (690,000) have a larger catchment than North Sydney Bears would have. At the end of the day, if they dont like the decision the Bears make, they can take it up with us. Any Questions? Payment will be charged to your Google Account. [16], In the 1997 season North Sydney again made the preliminary final against Newcastle at the Sydney Football Stadium. 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. 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. Its more than watch footy in the catchments serving Roosters, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Sea Eagles and Bulldogs. North Sydney would eventually reach the preliminary final in the competition but were defeated by Glebe 26-6. Its a bad merge. It was a wet, Autumnal day in May 1994. They didn't win many, these Bears. In total, 247 players who had been affiliated with Souths played with Norths in The Intrust Super Premiership NSW. Manly's licence is redistributed to a WA or Bris2 franchise. promote your clubs sponsors and connect 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. But this: Throw in the Central Coast and the Bears would have the biggest junior catchment of any Sydney team including the Dragons and Steelers. First it was the Gold Coast Bears. Manly dissolved the merger after just two . [40], There is a movement for a return to first-grade Rugby League for the club, with the North Sydney Bears moving to Gosford (on the Central Coast, New South Wales) and becoming the Central Coast Bears. 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. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Please call us on 1800 070 535 and well help resolve the issue or try again later. You must log in or register to reply here. Mortgage House signed a three-year deal to sponsor the Central Coast Bears, also becoming a major jersey sponsor for the Bears. But Fittler believes the perfect destination is at their feet, if Manly agree. L.U. Too right. 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. And have a massive march in March. Knock On Effect NSW Cup Draw; Harvey Norman Women's Premiership. Supporters of grass roots Rugby League. People can also support a team though theyve never set foot in their zone. However, no such sentiment appears to exist in Perth. The club was established in 1908, making it one of the original founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, and one of Australia's first rugby league football clubs. West Australian desire. Renewals occur unless cancelled in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. Because eyeballs watching product are all. 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. And it should be done because there is not a team in northern Sydney. 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. 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. And was a year late, thats all. In 1986 North Sydney missed the finals. A WA-Bears joint venture will be judged very much on their business model rather than the emotion around the Bears. Irvine held the record for most first grade tries for one club (171) and overall (212). North Sydney continued competing with some success in the first half of the 20th century in the NSWRL, and through the ARL and NRL premierships until the club merged with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles to form the Northern Eagles for the 2000 season. Matt Cleary is a sports writer from Sydney. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. A coping mechanism, probably. They have to be from somewhere, represent some patch. 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. Poker machine money enabled the first-grade roster some glitz, and though the Curse of the Cammeraygal continued to thwart their premiership hopes, the Bears were nevertheless one of the heavyweight teams of that decade. 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! After being behind on the scoreboard 12-0, Norths fought their way back into the match to level the scores at 14-14. The Northern Eagles shared their home games between Brookvale Oval in Sydney and Grahame Park in Gosford. 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. How long does it take for my home delivery to start? 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. 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. It would be 17 years before North Sydney made the finals series again when they finished 3rd in the 1982 season. Nobody would win, not even TV. Newtown went on to beat Balmain in the 2012 NSW Cup Grand Final. 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. Peter Vlandys is often asked when the NRL will bring back the Bears. He enjoys golf, footy and Four Pines Pale Ale, and spends as much time as conscience allows at Long Reef GC. Norths then had to wait 10 years to make the finals again, this time against Balmain where they lost 11-9. 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. Not sure if you missed it Freddy but the Bears already did merge with Manly. [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. Hard-nosed? 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. Policy played out in the court of public opinion; its how we roll in the twenties. A reconvened AFL presidents' meeting endorses the AFL commission's recommendation of a Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy merger. 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. You are using an out of date browser. 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. The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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