Only Parramatta (890,000) and Wests Tigers (690,000) have a larger catchment than North Sydney Bears would have. Heart and soul of the North Sydney Bears Greg Florimo has weighed in on the proposal to re-merge Manly and the Bears. See: The Northern Eagles. However, no such sentiment appears to exist in Perth. 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. 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". [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. Maybe not instant. Goodwill. Thats a nudge over 5 per cent of the population. Billy Moore, Greg Florimo and a massive bear (left). NRL Round 1 Talking Points - early edition: Whos confident? East Coast Roosters (or "Easts" for short). 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. Hes presented Powerpoint shows to many suits detailing the findings of his years of study into Sydney peoples sports-consuming habits. It reminds me of my dads response to my tears after that loss to Newcastle in 1994. A merger of Sydney Dragon-Sharks would be logical. 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. As Lane Cove was in North Sydney's district, the club protested to the NSWRFL and claimed Hyde from Balmain. Unprecedented goodwill. You are only entitled to this subscription if and for as long as you hold a valid and active subscription with your Google Account. Its the same in Canberra as the Shire as Townsville TNQ. [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. [15], The following year saw two separate national rugby league championships, and confirmation of the club's intention to move north to New South Wales' Central Coast. linktr.ee/northsydneybearsofficial. 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. Subscription automatically renews at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. 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! People follow footy teams largely because the team represents them, their patch, their people. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. But it should still be done. Speaking . Speaking to Sporting News Australia, Manly tragic Peter Zorba Peters proudly rubbished Fittlers recommendation with a warning for the Bears. Brad Fittler calls for Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears to merge and form a 'behemoth' club The Northern Eagles in 2000. The Bears bid committee is lobbying the NRL for inclusion as the next expansion team. 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. NRL support. After this, the Northern Eagles' licence then reverted to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, leaving the foundation club out of the top flight of rugby league in Australia after more than 90 years. Its the same in Canberra as the Shire as Townsville TNorth Queensland. And we had a $50 million bank guarantee, so we would have been strong. Policy played out in the court of public opinion; its how we roll in the twenties. These are the ties that bind. L.U. 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. Manly dissolved the merger after just two . Politicians do the same thing with policy; leak a backbenchers brain-fart to the papers, see how it flies among the populace. Hes a doctor of demographics. Dont need to have surfed the Long Reef bommie to back the maroon and white. First it was the Gold Coast Bears. And they would dinkum hang from the trees. 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.. [5] when an injury riddled North Sydney were beaten by Newtown 347. Hard-nosed? Sat 25 Jun 2022 16.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 25 Jun 2022 18.49 EDT Manly has 270,000. Playing half of their games in Manly and half on the Central Coast, the merged was a complete and utter failure. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions www.dailytelegraph.com.au/connectedterms. Yeah the Northern Eagles were such a success. Norths went on to make the finals again in 1953 and 1954, losing to Souths and St. George respectively. I can see how that might appear. [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]. 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. Anyway: old mate also said the next step wouldnt be Bears to Perth or the Central Coast or where I reckon, the northern region of Sydney with all those people, but rather 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. But they are separate, distinct entities. The Dragons have 260,000 (not counting the Illawarra). The club was formed at the North Sydney School of Arts in Mount Street on 7 February 1908. Brookvale is already well below the standard that should be required to home an NRL team and things are only getting worse. To be a part, even if its a minor part, of a northern Sydney nrl club or remain a nswrl leagues club suburban entity? 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. 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. Photograph: North Sydney Bears NRL Fans gather on the hill at North Sydney Oval to watch the North Sydney Bears. Its more than watch footy in the catchments serving Roosters, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Sea Eagles and Bulldogs. Its like when politicians are parachuted into safe seats. You already have a current subscription with us. The Northern Eagles ultimately didnt represent anyone from Milsons Point to North Turramurra, from west Willoughby to east Epping. Article proves that ice is a scourge on Australian lives. Perth team? Knock On Effect NSW Cup Draw; Harvey Norman Women's Premiership. But Jeez that's two million eyeballs. 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. 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. Since the North Sydney Bears were banished from the NRL after the ill-fated merger with Manly (forming the Northern Eagles) in 2002, the Upper and Lower North Shore and Northern Suburbs have gone . [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. Then it was the Western Bears. 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. There are a million reasons why. Get five per cent of Northern Sydney to a North Sydney Bears game and that's 50,000 citizens. I wonder if he realises that a twelve team co p survival of the fittest would almost certainly see Newcastle gone? North Sydney were coached that year by the great Ron Willey. 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. Matt Cleary will receive 80% of all funds contributed. Home Delivery is not available in all areas. For mine, sports fans, that is freakin La La Land. JavaScript is disabled. They have also been affiliated with the New Zealand Warriors, the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Melbourne Storm in the past.[23]. Oops! Former North Sydney internationals Greg Florimo and David Fairleigh play a prominent role in the club's push to join the NRL. 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. Gee lock up him up it already happened and didn't work, I could be wrong but Im sure if seen a merged club, possibly the Northern Eagles that went well. In that time Norths made the preliminary final 4 times but lost on each occasion. 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. The Northern Eagles represented Manly. In the 2022 NSW Cup season, North Sydney finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. Hes presented Powerpoint shows to many suits detailing the findings of his years of study into Sydney peoples sports-consuming habits. That's lotta eyeballs. Copyright 2023 NorthernBeachesSportsTribune News. On 11 October 2017, Shane Millard was announced as new head coach by the club. Don't need to have surfed the Long Reef bommie to back the maroon and white. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Steve Menzies played the most games for the club, with 69 caps.[3]. This automatically renews to be charged as $16 (min. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Everyones sold a pup, a homeless hound that nobody owns. 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. 380 following. [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. While the Dolphins will. 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. A coping mechanism, probably. And it should be done because there is not a team in northern Sydney. Missed out. Relocating rugby league clubs disenchants new fans and disenfranchises existing ones. Mergers mean dogs and cats living together in unholy matrimony. And all those aforementioned Sydney fisheries have a team, while a one million-strong chunk of northern Sydney and its near north does not. Nothing locked in, of course, not officially. But only like the two Koreas. 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. Maybe not instant. Given Manleys lack of money they migh end up one day in charge anyway ala wests in the Wests Tigers merger. I think they would be crazy not to make that work, a Northern Suburbs team, Fittler told Wide World of Sports. 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. Missed out. Earlier in the week, The Australian's. After a meeting between the administrator of Fitzroy and the AFL commission, the AFL commission recommends a Bears-Fitzroy merger. A reconvened AFL presidents' meeting endorses the AFL commission's recommendation of a Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy merger. Relocation disenchants and disenfranchise existing fans, while new ones get a sort of half-arsed mob from somewhere else. Missed out. But only like the two Koreas. Now that youve found Todays Tale why not join in on 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. "We went with the Dolphins for the 17th because they had a strong business . For two wilderness-riven decades, Bears hopefuls have been scoffed at, cast as hopeless, foolish tragics, and blind to the realities of economic rationalism in the 21st century. NRL support. But it should still be done. After three consecutive top four finishes, season 2014 was a horror year for North Sydney, who recorded only two wins throughout the entire season and finished with the wooden spoon, eight points below the second-last placed Manly Warringah. 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. Going with the Flo. Commercial viability. However! However, independent research shows the club still has 220,000 avid followers, a huge supporter . And Dr Fujaks research tells us this: Canterbury has 440,000 people in their catchment. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. the fun and become a member of the community, You can share sports stories, experiences, match reports, Only Parramatta (890,000) and Wests Tigers (690,000) have a larger catchment than the Bears would have. Renewals occur unless cancelled in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. The proposed team would play 11 games in Gosford and one game at North Sydney Oval (obviously against Manly as part of a heritage or rivalry round). Carney's blocked move coincided with the departure of Souths contracted player Robbie Farah who spent the first 12 weeks playing for North Sydney. Norths were knocked out of the finals series that year in consecutive games, first losing to Manly and then to Eastern Suburbs. This is one of those things that wont happen but I do wonder what the future holds for Manly. 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. 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. The North Sydney Bears would be back and there would be, give us your best Rabbits Warren, deadset jubilation. Matt is the Tribunes head curator of content. In 2009, North Sydney lost to Balmain Tigers in extra time to miss out on the Grand Final 1918. But they would. Mergers mean dogs and cats living together in unholy matrimony. [63] The Bears intend to retain their 113-year history and traditional black and red colours. Consider: six hundred thousand people live from Kirribilli to Hornsby Heights, from the Roseville Bridge to north-west Ryde. Hes done the PhD, bought the T-shirt. But moot it they did, these people in suits, because television told them. They would allocate between four and six games at a potentially upgraded North Sydney Oval. Like Illawarra got the socks in their merger and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in their merger. There are a million reasons why. Its like when politicians are parachuted into safe seats. It didnt matter: the Bears were done, their cards were marked. After being behind on the scoreboard 12-0, Norths fought their way back into the match to level the scores at 14-14. 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 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. 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. 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. Madness, of course. The loss was evidently too much for me, and I began to cry. 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. 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. In the next match North Sydney had the chance to make their first grand final in 48 years if they could defeat Penrith in the semi-final. 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. Some fans will tell you the Bears are a relic of the past. They are headed up by Perry Lopez and Greg Florimo and has the corporate backing of a number of local Central Coast and some North Shore businesses. [34] Not in conjunction with any other offer. 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. Newcastle, and Andrew Johns, then 19, beat us at home. If Brookie is not up to NRL standard, why does the NRL allow them to play there? [37] Consider: six hundred thousand people live from Kirribilli to Hornsby Heights, from the Roseville Bridge to north-west Ryde. 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. Too right. For mine, sports fans, that is freakin La La Land. It may not display this or other websites correctly. See www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Exhibit A: The Northern Eagles. 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. 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. Hes a doctor of demographics. The rugby league greathas revived calls for the Sea Eagles to capitalise on the broader NSW north border and expand their fan base across North Sydney, the Northern Beaches and the Central Coast. They love the club. 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. Penrith won the match 16-14 despite the fact that Norths scored more tries. I agree with you but the roosters wont be going anywhere now they are champions. Florimo then went on to say "I don't see too many other options presenting themselves, The energy and finance that we put into the Central Coast bid really didn't come to fruition so we're going hard to the plate on this". Its why people follow footy teams. 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. Newcastle, and Andrew Johns, then 19, beat us at home. Please call us on 1800 070 535 and well help resolve the issue or try again later. Dickson will later be joined in a box by Australian comedian Jim Jeffries, an avid Bears man, who once said my big dream in life is that Ill make enough money that Ill buy the Bears back into the NRL. "We are here to win games and show our fans a product they can be proud of. They knew: tribalism is good. See www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. On 1 July 2018, Carney's move to North Sydney was blocked after Carney refused to pay a $15,000 release fee. [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.

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