18th club, whose next?

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Donkey, this has already all been discussed many weeks ago.

A successful partnership between the Bears and Perth requires the interests of the latter to be placed ahead of the former.

How many North Sydney Bears fans are willing to make that sacrifice?

No one in Perth gives a f**k about the history of the Bears and rugby league in North Sydney.

If the Bears wish to have a future in Perth then their history in North Sydney will need to be left in the past.

It looks like Dickson and Moore aren't willing to abandon North Sydney.

What irks me is the entitlement complex of NSWRL fans in Sydney.

Western Australians are supposed to embrace a club from North Sydney so a few nostalgic old codgers from the North Shore can remember the old days?

Other expansion hopefuls with more upside should miss out so we can bring a failed Sydney brand back from the dead?

The Bears have shit on every expansion market they've pretended to embrace. If they were true to their initial plan then they would have relocated to Gosford as the Central Coast Bears in 2000. They choose to remain at an oval in North Sydney. They could do so much more for rugby league as the Central Coast Bears in the NSW Cup and age-restricted divisions.

 

[MugaB]

Surprised he didn’t bring up the milperrra massacre too

yeah coz milperra is surrounded and bordered by Penrith ffs

 

[Foreign Legion]

ITS PNG JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED ON 2GB

 

[RedVee]

I’m not sure it wasn’t the club themselves who didn’t want to use Redcliffe

they get home games there

If they use Redcliffe how do they becomes a north Brisbane team

I read ages ago that it was a QRL rule that disallowed them using the same name at both levels.

 

[Dragonwest]

I'm sure there were similar discussions in Sydney and Brisbane when the Swans and Lions were relocated to Sydney and Brisbane respectively.

Again, the devil is in the detail - a Perth dominant board is a must, single trial at NSO, colours and name linked to NS with two pathway programs can be a positive outcome.