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girvie said:True but are there many people who support the Cougars over the panthers. For example there are some people who support Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies in Premier League but don't support the Wests Tigers NRL team.
Oh, I get you now. St. Mary's had a team in the Metro Cup (which is now the Jim Beam Cup), and then merged their operations with the Penrith premier league team at the end of 2002 - even though the Cougars played in the Jim Beam Cup in 2003, but did not enter one in 2004 and 2005.
So, yes, there would be people that would support the Cougars over the Panthers, and would be the old St. Mary's supporters. But I did read in the NSWRL forum that St. Mary's are looking at a return to the Jim Beam Cup, but I interpreted it as a stand alone team.
Whether or not that means that St. Mary's will pull out of the Cougars partnership if this occurs remains to be seen, but I wouldn't rule it out.