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. So bring em back, baby, and fill Percys Bar. 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. In 2013, the Bears recorded several large victories in the regular season and finished third. Since the Northern Eagles folded at the end of 2002, Manly and North Sydney have gone their separate ways. 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. Payment will be charged to your Google Account. [39], The Bears have won eight premierships in reserve grade, making them the second most successful club currently participating in the competition. 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. It would be 17 years before North Sydney made the finals series again when they finished 3rd in the 1982 season. Cronulla has 220,000. The only comments appearing to temper matters are those from Dickson himself. 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. Whos fearful? Norths were knocked out of the finals series that year in consecutive games, first losing to Manly and then to Eastern Suburbs. I was eight, Norths were first. 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. 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. 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. On 3 November 2017, it was revealed that Norths had failed in their bid to purchase The Gold Coast licence. "We are here to win games and show our fans a product they can be proud of. 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. Penrith (590,000) is about the same. 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. 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. Brookvale is already well below the standard that should be required to home an NRL team and things are only getting worse. featured alongside some of Australias most prominent sports journalists. Get five per cent of Northern Sydney to a North Sydney Bears game and that's 50,000 citizens. And he said the NRL told these guys not to use the media to play things out. But they would. Full Digital Access 12 Month Plan costs $208 (min.cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $16 every 4 weeks. Article proves that ice is a scourge on Australian lives. But how can you blame Manly for doing the right thing by Manly? Its why people follow footy teams. Knock On Effect NSW Cup Draw; Harvey Norman Women's Premiership. [60] In 2018 theyd explored the possibility of establishing a Western Bears franchise based in Perth.[61]. If the NRL wants to expand it should look inside itself: And bring back the North Sydney Bears. The partnership folded in 2002, with Manly emerging as the stand-alone entity. West Australian desire. [20], On 28 August 1999, Norths played their final game as a first grade side against the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville. 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. Its not all about numbers, of course. L.U. And so it was bye-bye Bears to purgatory. Hes a doctor of demographics. [14], North Sydney remained loyal to the Australian Rugby League during the Super League war of the mid-1990s. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled 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. On 3 September 2017, Norths played against Newcastle in the first elimination match and were defeated 40-18 ending their season. JavaScript is disabled. 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.. A page that will not be. It's just sad that the owner of the Roosters doesn't realise they are a drain on the NRL and don't pull crowds. [11], The nineties saw finals appearances and near misses in 1991 and 19941998. Consider my own northern beaches. But how can you blame Manly for doing the right thing by Manly? Is it time to dream? Bulletin Latest Headlines direct to your inbox, LeagueUnlimited | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer. Penrith won the match 16-14 despite the fact that Norths scored more tries. Dont need to have surfed the Long Reef bommie to back the maroon and white. [7], The 1952 season saw North Sydney reach the finals for the first time since 1943. The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. 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. 2012 saw North Sydney make the semi finals, missing out on the minor premiership by points differential to Canterbury-Bankstown. Bring Back 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. Fish where the fish are, is something my old man would say and he didnt even like fishing. [38] In total, 247 players who had been affiliated with Souths played with Norths in The Intrust Super Premiership NSW. Renewals occur unless cancelled in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. Missed out. 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. Like Illawarra got the socks in their merger and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in their merger. 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. MORE:Cameron Smith reveals the 'difficulty' of not having a consistent halfback for the 2018 season. Hes presented Powerpoint shows to many suits detailing the findings of his years of study into Sydney peoples sports-consuming habits. Nobody would win, not even TV. The loss was evidently too much for me, and I began to cry. Norths player Drew Hutchison also had a bad match kicking two goals from six attempts including one from right in front to send the game into extra-time. I had a yarn once with an academic, Hunter Fujak, of University Technology Sydney. But as recently as April 2021 the Bears have expressed their intent on eventually returning the brand to the NRL competition. Photograph: North Sydney Bears NRL Fans gather on the hill at North Sydney Oval to watch the North Sydney Bears. Mergers mean dogs and cats living together in unholy matrimony. 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. 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. Because eyeballs watching product are all. 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. And if there were Bears people would invest in the Bears, consume the Bears, love the Bears. Thats a nudge over five per cent of the population. Nothing locked in, of course, not officially. Matt Cleary will receive 80% of all funds contributed. 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. To be a part, even if its a minor part, of a northern Sydney nrl club or remain a nswrl leagues club suburban entity? But they could be a much bigger thing. For those who wish to see the Bears return to the top grade, it is hard to conceive of a comment more inviting. Probably not irrevocable, either, given the volatile nature of this greatest game of all. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. Its like when politicians are parachuted into safe seats. Full Digital Access to be billed $1 for the first 28 days. North Sydney would be eliminated from the finals in straight sets losing to Penrith and Canterbury. [13] That year they came within one match of the grand final but lost to Canberra. [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". North Sydney now field a team in the Canterbury Cup NSW, the competition immediately below NRL level, as a feeder to the Sydney Roosters. But Jeez that's two million eyeballs. Gold Coast? 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]. 2010 was a poor season for Norths, who received the wooden spoon. They have to be from somewhere, represent some patch. The Northern Eagles represented Manly. And we had a $50 million bank guarantee, so we would have been strong. 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. Weve been burnt before, but were still here, and still hoping. 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. Home Delivery is not available in all areas. People follow footy teams largely because the team represents them, their patch, their people. [36], In 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Canterbury Cup NSW, Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield competitions were cancelled. However, no such sentiment appears to exist in Perth. And there are lots and lots and lots of eyeballs. People from outside can conflate Sydney's north shore with the northern beaches. And Dr Fujaks research tells us this: Canterbury has 440,000 people in their catchment. But Jeez thats two million eyeballs. A team they cant really own. Fish where the fish are, is something my old man would say and he didnt even like fishing. ll never forget the first time the Bears caused me pain. I think they would be crazy not to make that work, a Northern Suburbs team, Fittler told Wide World of Sports. However! I can see how that might appear. 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. Thats a nudge over 5 per cent of the population. Missed out. Same-same. Watch the people stream across Miller Street and into Bear Park, and fill it full to burst. 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). The people of Gosford preferred to wait until a home-grown team was based there. A WA-Bears joint venture will be judged very much on their business model rather than the emotion around the Bears. But it looks like Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Vlandys disagrees. Theyre not just a floating entity that sells merch. Captured a great grassroots sporting moment? Everyones sold a pup, a homeless hound that nobody owns. 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. Unfortunately, these would be their last first grade premierships, and their last grand final appearance was in 1943. Yet the region the catchment, where the fish are continued to grow. Hard-nosed? It may not display this or other websites correctly. Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work Oops! If that's the marker, then the ARLC suited bean-counters should do this: Granted! Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. There are a million reasons why. The Northern Eagles ultimately didnt represent anyone from Milsons Point to North Turramurra, from west Willoughby to east Epping. 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. Consider these northern beaches. They knew: tribalism is good. Souths: 390,000. Its why people follow footy teams. https://birdssa.asn.au/birddirectory/white-bellied-sea-eagle/, 2023 R1 Thu - Parramatta v Melbourne @ CommBank, I Dont' Like Cricket, Oh No, I Love it, Yeah. They love that place. Like Illawarra got the socks in their merge and the Magpies got Campbelltown occasionally, the Bears got shafted in the merge. Even more transparent, in a back-arsed sort of way. NRL support. Cheaper and easier than focus groups. the fun and become a member of the community, You can share sports stories, experiences, match reports, Manly dissolved the merger after just two . Relocation disenchants and disenfranchise existing fans, while new ones get a sort of half-arsed mob from somewhere else. Id have thought the former would be a more preferential choice. 13.3K followers. 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 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. 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. 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]. 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. I trudged in the rain with my Mum, Dad, and four uncles, back to the pub Percys across Miller Street. 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. The Bears remain a thing. An independent voice that will not be influenced by power or money, and will not be silenced by any official heirachy. The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. Had another chat with a bloke involved in the Bears ill-fated bid for the Gold Coast license. Not in conjunction with any other offer. with other sports fans, Please enter your credit or debit card details below. Forge their own identity. 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. It was a wet, Autumnal day in May 1994. And today there's 600,000 people from Kirribilli to Mt Colah who dont have a rugby league team. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. This is one of those things that wont happen but I do wonder what the future holds for Manly. Madness, of course. Sat 25 Jun 2022 16.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 25 Jun 2022 18.49 EDT The joint venture club played out of Brookvale Oval and Central Coast Stadium at Gosford, a ground successfully lobbied and built for the Bears. 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. Not in conjunction with any other offer. They went to the Swans and the Waratahs. Hes done the PhD, bought the T-shirt. Victory may be close, but the Bears do know how to make it hard. 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. 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. And all those aforementioned Sydney fisheries have a team, while a one million-strong chunk of northern Sydney and its near north does not. Politicians do the same thing with policy; leak a backbenchers brain-fart to the papers, see how it flies among the populace. Any Questions? Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. 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. 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. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions www.dailytelegraph.com.au/connectedterms. Not in conjunction with any other offer. But like said abominable Northern Eagles, they would be horrible. Too right. This option is only available where expressly indicated with the offer. There are so many players play up there, so you can get the best kids aspiring to play for the Central Coast". A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. Unprecedented goodwill. Commercial viability. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. 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. You must log in or register to reply here. The Dragons have 260,000 (not counting the Illawarra). 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. The North Sydney Bears would be back and there would be, give us your best Rabbits Warren, deadset jubilation. 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. 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. 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. Supporters of grass roots Rugby League. [17][18], In 1998, Norths finished 5th on the table and qualified for the finals. linktr.ee/northsydneybearsofficial. During that time, North Sydney produced arguably the greatest winger the game has ever seen in Ken Irvine. I cant see any government wanting to throw any money towards that shit hole especially with how small their supporter base is. 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. But moot it they did, these people in suits, because Television as we ranted about the other week told them to. If thats the marker, then the ARLC suited bean-counters should do this. Now that youve found Todays Tale why not join in on With the scores locked at 12-12, Newcastle player Matthew Johns kicked a field goal with 2 minutes to play to make it 13-12. Bears are now officially the feeder club for the Roosters for the next 5 years starting 2019. Perry went on to say "You need 12 and 12, so 24 key markets, and stricter criteria about those clubs around their funding model which means all of the 24 may not fit the top tier criteria, it may only be 16-18 franchises that make the cut, their catchment areas, their population, and their commercial growth, because currently I believe a lot of clubs havent been accountable as much as they should have. Couldn't he go, the Flo. 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. Due to having a debt of around $4 million, the North Sydney club was not considered under the NRL's inclusion criteria. Also, the new club's decision to play games in Gosford instead of the Bears home ground at North Sydney Oval alienated several North Sydney fans, despite North Sydney's planned move to the new Central Coast Stadium, which had been rebuilt for the Bears on the site of the old Grahame Park ground. And it was bye-bye Bears to purgatory. [citation needed] Membership in 2016 stood at 21,500. Their subsequent, rapid demise was not organic, and hundreds of thousands of Bears people are still out there, wandering. Only Parramatta (890,000) and Wests Tigers (690,000) have a larger catchment than North Sydney Bears would have. JavaScript is disabled. The Knock On Effect NSW Cup. Hes in demand by NRL clubs. This decision comes on the back of that. L.U. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. These are the ties that bind. 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". Missed out. 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