To be a part, even if its a minor part, of a northern Sydney nrl club or remain a nswrl leagues club suburban entity? 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. Hard-nosed? 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. [6], The team became known as the North Sydney Bears during the 1950s after accepting a sponsorship from the nearby Big Bear supermarket at Neutral Bay. The Northern Eagles represented Manly. 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. I trudged in the rain with my Mum, Dad, and four uncles, back to the pub Percys across Miller Street. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. And today there's 600,000 people from Kirribilli to Mt Colah who dont have a rugby league team. Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears must merge into a 'behemoth' club, says Brad Fittler Michael Di Lonardo 3 min read First it was the Gold Coast Bears. An independent voice that will not be influenced by power or money, and will not be silenced by any official heirachy. In that time Norths made the preliminary final 4 times but lost on each occasion. 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. For mine, sports fans, that is freakin La La Land. Sat 25 Jun 2022 16.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 25 Jun 2022 18.49 EDT Two Classics, back in stock! A WA-Bears joint venture will be judged very much on their business model rather than the emotion around the Bears. The 2002 season was played under the Northern Eagles name, although effectively the club was the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles by another name. Matt Cleary is a sports writer from Sydney. Perry suggested that the NRL should look at creating a promotion/relegation system similar to other sports around the world. Everyones sold a pup, a homeless hound that nobody owns. They love the club. And it was bye-bye Bears to purgatory. Its a bad merge. On a fine and sunny afternoon at dear little Brookie, against the Eels, say, thered be what - 15,000 fans? Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Sign up successfully. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. 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. 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. 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. 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. Youre getting the best of both. [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. A host of Norths' finest . 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. A team they cant really own. This automatically renews to be charged as $16 (min. But like said abominable Northern Eagles, they would be horrible. Former North Sydney internationals Greg Florimo and David Fairleigh play a prominent role in the club's push to join the NRL. Due to having a debt of around $4 million, the North Sydney club was not considered under the NRL's inclusion criteria. And it should be done because there is not a team in northern Sydney. Because eyeballs watching product are all. Red & Black Foundation. 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. Nothing locked in, of course, not officially. Subscribe with Google lets you purchase a subscription, using your Google account. This is the point where opponents will suggest that the partner should go it alone. Its the same in Canberra as the Shire as Townsville TNorth Queensland. However, theres already enough Sydney teams so doing it with an area like Perth makes sense. You are using an out of date browser. See: The Northern Eagles. Supporters of grass roots Rugby League. [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. He also pointed out, that only a few years earlier, outside the one-city teams then only Newcastle and Brisbane in 1991 and 1994 Norths were the competitions largest-drawing team. Former North Sydney chief executive Bob Saunders said the Bears saw the move to Gosford as a great opportunity to secure their future, but wet weather and construction delays left them without a regular home ground and led to the club's demise after they failed to meet the NRL criteria when the competition was cut to 14 teams, because of their However! They didn't win many, these Bears. West Australian desire. And all those aforementioned Sydney fisheries have a team, while a one million-strong chunk of northern Sydney and its near north does not. People follow footy teams largely because the team represents them, their patch, their people. 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. [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. Penrith (590,000) is about the same. Cronulla has 220,000. "We went with the Dolphins for the 17th because they had a strong business . Full Digital Access to be billed $1 for the first 28 days. As would electric Dog-Eels. If you subscribe directly with us you will also get access to our News+ Network which is made up of some of our most popular news sites, like. Please check your email to receive the magic link. On 3 September 2017, Norths played against Newcastle in the first elimination match and were defeated 40-18 ending their season. Brisbane team? [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. 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. While the Dolphins will. You must log in or register to reply here. 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". In the fifty years the new building has stood, a number of redesigns and refurbishments have taken place. And they would dinkum hang from the trees. You must log in or register to reply here. 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. "Never going to happen. Souths: 390,000. Est 1908. Lost the plot. [4] Many good players such as Andy Morton, Jimmy Devereaux and Sid Deane were lost to English clubs in the years after making the semi-finals in the season of 1908. Politicians do the same thing with policy; leak a backbenchers brain-fart to the papers, see how it flies among the populace. And they could again. Please call us on 1800 070 535 and well help resolve the issue or try again later. [50], Throughout 2017 there was much media speculation around North Sydney and their moves to purchase the struggling Gold Coast Titans licence when it went on sale by The NRL. 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. [60] In 2018 theyd explored the possibility of establishing a Western Bears franchise based in Perth.[61]. Had another chat with a bloke involved in the Bears ill-fated bid for the Gold Coast licence. Too right. Its never easy, is it? [11], The nineties saw finals appearances and near misses in 1991 and 19941998. Then it was the Western Bears. This automatically renews to be charged as $24 (min. I can live on the beach". It will never happen, not 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. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. Penrith (590,000) is about the same. 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. Normally a very reliable kicker and one of the most accurate in the competition, Taylor had already missed two previous conversions in the match but if he was to kick this goal it could send North Sydney through to their first grade final since 1943. See www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. 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 there are lots and lots and lots of eyeballs. Its a bad merge. And they didnt. This is one of those things that wont happen but I do wonder what the future holds for Manly. The loss was evidently too much for me, and I began to cry. "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. 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. In 2014 facilities comprised two dining areas, function rooms, a 530-seat auditorium, a fitness and wellness centre, indoor and outdoor lounge areas, a bottle shop, a TAB, two squash courts, a courtesy bus service, a members rewards program and a multi-level car park for 320 vehicles. (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). They have to be from somewhere, represent some patch. 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. Home delivery is not available in all areas. Relocation disenchants and disenfranchise existing fans, while new ones get a sort of half-arsed mob from somewhere else. 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. 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. They love that place. Some fans will tell you the Bears are a relic of the past. Like Illawarra got the socks in their merge and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in the merge. Missed out. A reconvened AFL presidents' meeting endorses the AFL commission's recommendation of a Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy merger. I was eight, Norths were first. There are a million reasons why. In 2009, North Sydney lost to Balmain Tigers in extra time to miss out on the Grand Final 1918. Bring Back The Who? Probably not irrevocable, either, given the volatile nature of this greatest game of all. 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 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. But once your delivery is activated, youll get the next edition, hot off the press. 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. 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. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. 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.. 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. Same-same. Its from that place. 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. promote your clubs sponsors and connect Now Brad Fittler wants the Manly Bears. Policy played out in the court of public opinion; its how we roll in the twenties. [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. Given the nrl bears are gone and never coming back surely they have the most to gain? 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. I had a yarn once with an academic, Hunter Fujak, of University Technology Sydney. People can also support a team though theyve never set foot in their zone. They were eliminated by Balmain in a playoff for 5th place. cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $24 every 4 weeks. If thats the marker, then the ARLC suited bean-counters should do this. The Northern Eagles ultimately didnt represent anyone from Milsons Point to North Turramurra, from west Willoughby to east Epping. Bring back the Bears. Gold Coast? 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. Not sure how many of those boxes the Port Moresby Bears would tick, but Id hazard a guess its none. [29][30] In 1986 North Sydney missed the finals. Become a member to join in Australia's biggest sporting debate, submit articles, receive updates straight to your inbox and keep up with your favourite teams and authors. Going with the Flo. 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! 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. North Sydney would be eliminated from the finals in straight sets losing to Penrith and Canterbury. Billy Moore, Greg Florimo and a massive bear (left). The North Sydney Bears would be back and there would be, give us your best Rabbits Warren, deadset jubilation. And Dr Fujaks research tells us this: Canterbury has 440,000 people in their catchment. 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. Their subsequent, rapid demise was not organic, and hundreds of thousands of Bears people are still out there, wandering. 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. Penrith won the match 16-14 despite the fact that Norths scored more tries. And lo did journos On The Pulse and 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. The Dragons have 260,000 (not counting the Illawarra). 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. 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. Renewals occur unless cancelled in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. NRL support. Payment will be charged to your Google Account. And he said the NRL told these guys not to use the media to play things out. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. [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. Exhibit A: The Northern Eagles. How long does it take for my home delivery to start? Cheaper and easier than focus groups. Speaking . 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! But Fittler believes the perfect destination is at their feet, if Manly agree. Relocating rugby league clubs disenchants new fans and disenfranchises existing ones. "We are here to win games and show our fans a product they can be proud of. Don't need to have surfed the Long Reef bommie to back the maroon and white. [54], On 11 November 2018, new North Sydney CEO David Perry said he was aiming at seeing a North Sydney/Central Coast bid come to fruition when the current television deal ends at the end of 2023. This was also Matt King's final game of Rugby League. Newcastle, and Andrew Johns, then 19, beat us at home. Hes in demand by NRL clubs. New South Wales representative Queenslander, Bruce Walker, captained the Bears in the final of the 1976 Amco Cup. In 2013, the Bears recorded several large victories in the regular season and finished third. Halfway through the season, the Eagles even abandoned playing games at Gosford, due to a sharp decline in attendances. [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. The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles name and colours returned to the NRL in 2003.[1][2]. 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. 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. [39], The Bears have won eight premierships in reserve grade, making them the second most successful club currently participating in the competition. Home ground - North Sydney Oval. Please check your email to receive the magic link. Its why people follow footy teams. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. 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. Follow the Bears. Matt has interviewed just about everyone in Australian sport, and has a massive Rolodex of Australian sports folk. But as recently as April 2021 the Bears have expressed their intent on eventually returning the brand to the NRL competition. JavaScript is disabled. East Coast Roosters (or "Easts" for short). Not in conjunction with any other offer. A team they cant really own. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Problem with NRL is too many clubs in Sydney yet far too many grounds to watch teams ( remember the 2 team West Tigers playing out of 4 venues 10 years ago doesn't help) and the f**kin Roosters should f**k off to CC and Crowe should move SS back to Eastern Seabed but hey you are still strong as English Rugby League is f**ked I think. 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. Consider: six hundred thousand people live from Kirribilli to Hornsby Heights, from the Roseville Bridge to north-west Ryde. No cancellations during the first 12 months. But it should still be done. North Sydney now field a team in the Canterbury Cup NSW, the competition immediately below NRL level, as a feeder to the Sydney Roosters. We are super excited to have a player of Todd Carneys calibre join the mighty North Sydney Bears". In total, 247 players who had been affiliated with Souths played with Norths in The Intrust Super Premiership NSW. 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. See www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Northern Eagles: as if a dog and a cat got married. Manly's licence is redistributed to a WA or Bris2 franchise. And Dr Fujaks research tells us this: Canterbury has 440,000 people in their catchment. 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. Weve been burnt before, but were still here, and still hoping. Yes, yes, yes adding a team in Sydney would appear to fly in the face of the theres too many teams in Sydney argument. But the region continued to grow. It could take up to 5 business days before your first paper delivery arrives. Consider: six hundred thousand people live from Kirribilli to Hornsby Heights, from the Roseville Bridge to north-west Ryde. 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. Madness, of course. And watch the people stream across Miller Street and into Bear Park, and fill it full to burst, and chant like Souths fans did. Seriously, brad Fittler and matty johns are past the point of no return. And it should be done because there is not a team in northern Sydney. The Dragons have 260,000 (not counting the Illawarra). The northern beaches. [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. The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. After being behind on the scoreboard 12-0, Norths fought their way back into the match to level the scores at 14-14. 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. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. 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. Theyre not just a floating entity that sells merch. Singleton said We had the players and the lifestyle on the Central Coast once you get people up there they go: wow, how goods this. [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. 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. Peter V'landys is often asked when the NRL will bring back the Bears. Theres thousands and thousands of Bears fans out there and bringing them all together would make a big statement, Mullan said. The Dolphins losing the Redcliffe bit is madness. If the NRL wants to expand it should look inside itself: And bring back the North Sydney Bears. Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work [38] But they could be a much bigger thing. Established in 1908 the North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club is one of the great Rugby League clubs of the World. And it would be magnificent. [citation needed] Membership in 2016 stood at 21,500. And if there were a Bears team to call their own, local people would invest in the Bears, consume the Bears, love the Bears. 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. 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. Earlier in the week, The Australian's. Before this, Norths were the feeder team for South Sydney from 2007 to 2018. 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". The Bears are not in agreement with anyone, Dickson told SENZ Breakfast Radio recently. Bulletin Latest Headlines direct to your inbox, LeagueUnlimited | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer. Its the same in Canberra as the Shire as Townsville TNQ. Get five per cent of Greater Northern Sydney to a North Sydney Bears game and thats 50,000 citizens. Unprecedented goodwill. 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