Posts Tagged "North Sydney Bears"

Before we get into the nitty gritty let me just put one thing on the record – I am not nor have I ever been a North Sydney Bears supporter. What I am first and foremost is a rugby league fan. When the Super League fiasco died down I was one of the lucky ones [...]

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Greg Florimo, CEO of the Central Coast Bears, has made a direct appeal to the rugby league community for assistance in bringing the question of expansion back to the table.

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The recent sacking of Steve Kearney by the Parramatta Eels and the ensuing media interest had me cast my mind back to a similar incident that occurred during my own playing career. The incident stirred up emotions that had long been buried.

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I am an unashamed traditionalist when it comes to rugby league. This Sunday, I will head to North Sydney Oval to witness what may well be the last ever clash between the North Sydney Bears and the Western Suburbs Magpies.

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It has been a bittersweet week for fans of the old North Sydney Bears. Websites across the land have been inundated with cheeky utterances of “Go the Bears” and “The Bears live!” after the Western Sydney Wanderers football club unveiled their inaugural playing strip.

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When I was younger, so much younger than today, there were lots of things about rugby league that floated my boat. With apologies to Lennon and McCartney, I didn’t need help in any way to love just about every aspect of the sport.

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It seems every man and his dog has an opinion on NRL expansion and whom the next two licenses should go to. Do we head back west and finish something we started decades ago?

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As the wheel of fortune turns in professional sport the average fan can expect their team to have a dud year every now and then. Yes, it’s never much fun losing and being teased by Dave from work, but hey, new seasons bring new hope. However, once in a generation will come that year.

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In the last few weeks Central Coast’s dream of entering the National Rugby League competition has been severely dashed, all thanks to the old and used North Sydney Bears brand.

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The ARL’s AGM in Byron Bay has confirmed the push for the Independent Commission has maintained momentum and that the “Australian Rugby League Commission” (ARCL) could be working before the 2011 competition.

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As a proud Central Coast resident, I say we do not want the Central Coast Bears here. Our kids and juniors have since turned into proud Manly fans.

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A chat with Central Coast Bears CEO and former North Sydney star Greg Florimo reveals the importance of the Bears’ bid in taking the ‘expansion’ fight to the AFL, the preparations underway in league-mad Gosford, and his passion for seeing the red and black of North Sydney back in the top flight in new and [...]

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The media is saying if the independent commission get up then it’s giving the game back to the fans. Well, I’m a fan, and I want my Bears back.

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October 15th marks the tenth year the Bears, along with the Bunnies, were officially removed from the NRL competition.

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Why do athletes have to be good role models?

By Benjamin Conkey, 5 Feb 2009

 

It turns out that Michael Phelps, the man who captured eight incredible gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, can also smoke a bong. Wow, amazing! Thankyou News of the World. I feel so much better about myself now that I know an Olympic champion is on the wacky tobaccy.

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There is an elephant sitting in the NRL boardroom and it is adorned with a large flashing Las Vegas style neon light which reads ‘Central Coast rugby league’. The next big thing on the domestic to-do list is to get the Central Coast up and running and into the NRL.

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Rugby league was built on tough blokes who loved the game, who would literally play for nothing. But we should all look at rugby league today and be ashamed.

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They say a girl never forgets her first love. It was 1992, I was eleven years old and had a crush on North Sydney Bears’ rugby league player, Billy Moore.

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