Just seen this on one of the socials. Bears looking at Geyer 2.0
BEARS’ BLAST FROM PAST
Thirty years after Mark Geyer headed across the Nullarbor to be the face of the Western Reds, one of the NRL’s most sentimental stories is on the cusp of unfolding when the 18th team enters the competition next year.
The sight of big MG, eyes rolling and foam almost coming out of his mouth as he tried to demolish rival forwards was perhaps the lasting memory of the Reds’ short foray into the old top grade.
But Geyer’s 25-year-old son Mavrik, who has already tasted the NRL, has been locked in talks with the Perth Bears about continuing the Geyer legacy out west.
Mavrik Geyer is on the Bears’ radar. Photo: Wests Tigers
While Penrith premiership winner Scott Sorensen is closing in one last big payday, the Bears have also quietly been wooing Baby MG to be a foundation player in Mal Meninga’s first squad in 2027. Mavrik Geyer has been mulling a multi-year deal to join the Bears.
Geyer has only signed a one-year deal to join the Wests Tigers this season having played 14 NRL games with the Panthers in the last two years, so has been a free agent since November 1.
He could provide Meninga with another Penrith connection as prop Liam Henry was one of the first players to commit to the Bears and Sorensen is eyeing a move west.