Bears Confirmed & Rumoured Signings

[Gobsmacked]

Two things here.

Please keep in mind that just because a player is mentioned in an article, it doesn’t necessarily mean the Bears are going to formally target that player and offer a contract. There’s a difference between looking at someone and offering someone a contract.

Secondly, talent is talent irrespective of where it’s from. There will continue to be PNG players playing for other clubs not named Chiefs just as there is NZ players playing for other clubs not named Warriors.

PNG’s main strength is their ability to be able to further resource the playing pool due to their love of the game and how many people (juniors) play the game. There is a reason the NRL have offered all clubs salary cap exemptions if they sign PNG juniors to their squads.

ARLC to fast track development of PNG players

The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has announced a new policy aimed at developing rugby league talent in Papua New Guinea, in preparation for a Port Moresby-based NRL team expected to join the competition in 2028.

www.nrl.com

The NRLWA is a fair bit off where it needs to be to adequately resource the game (Bears) in any meaningful way. The revised junior pathways structures are still being developed and worked-on. The Bears were always going to look around for talent. I’ve been saying since day-1 that they would be taking a holistic approach to recruitment. I’ve been saying since day-1 that PNG would likely provide some players (or juniors) for the Bears. Judah Rimbu is on a train & trial with the Bears after all.

I’m not sure why you gents are suddenly up in arms. The information has been here in this very sub-forum for absolute months.

Whether the Bears potentially are or aren’t looking at a young talent like Gairo Voro - his place of origin is completely irrelevant.

It is what it is mate.
This is like Andrew Johns playing for Newcastle.
If the Bears don't want a reaction, don't strike a nerve.
I get all this talk about how much talent is around, yet there's these efforts to attract players who are clearly more beneficial to certain teams/ areas these players are associated with and the game as a whole.

Ponga would have been the ideal player for Perth in this regard but no articles linking an approach to him..

Hard to like a Perth team that is trying to undermine the core fabric of other clubs.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

It is what it is mate.
This is like Andrew Johns playing for Newcastle.
If the Bears don't want a reaction, don't strike a nerve.
I get all this talk about how much talent is around, yet there's these efforts to attract players who are clearly more beneficial to certain teams/ areas these players are associated with and the game as a whole.

Ponga would have been the ideal player for Perth in this regard but no articles linking an approach to him..

Hard to like a Perth team that is trying to undermine the core fabric of other clubs.

no one cares if ya like bears or not.
whatever you think the club should do is irrelevant. they are a business first and foremost.

you guys criticzing them for maybe targeting a talented player because he is papuan but then also criticise them for signing guys like wishart and henry but then also criticise them for going for big dogs like tino.

you guys dont know what ya want, but ya quick to start shit bagging them for months on end no matter what they do. every decision they make isn't good enough for you on ya iphone ceo's it would seem.

talent is talent it doesn't matter where it from. if ya want to start segregating talent based on their best candidate location then what are you even talking about lol. as i said its the shittest take ive ever seen on this forum.
be better cob

 

[Gobsmacked]

are you 2 ok?? like did you 2 get hit on the head during the weekend or something?

nrl and its clubs are a business. a business tries to resource the best talent to improve itself.

are you saying all papuan players are now off limits because chiefs are coming into the comp? should all pasifika and new zealanders be off limits if/when nz2 come into the comp? should queenslanders be off limits if/when jets come into the comp?

like what are you 2 even talking about here. must be one of the shittest takes ive seens on this forum.

clubs will approach whoever they see fit that is available to best develop their rosters. be it a primary or development player. it doesnt matter if that person is from australia, nz, pasifika, papua, fiji, england etc. if theyre available then clubs reserve the right to chat to that player.

ya 2 just randomly criticising bears now for the most random reasons and ya arguments dont hold up.
be better & get some common sense in ya's with real life. if ya gonna go on these shit take crusades lol fmd

What would Andrew Johns be if he wasn't playing for Newcastle?
Jayden Cambell is the GC version/ or could be for the Titans.
This young Papuan fits a similar mould.

It's the Bears right to target anyone they choose.
I've never argued that it's not or shouldn't be.

Some clubs are very tasteful and respectful in their recruitment process, it just so happens that Perth almost deliberately are at the complete opposite side of the spectrum

 

[Wb1234]

are you 2 ok?? like did you 2 get hit on the head during the weekend or something?

nrl and its clubs are a business. a business tries to resource the best talent to improve itself.

are you saying all papuan players are now off limits because chiefs are coming into the comp? should all pasifika and new zealanders be off limits if/when nz2 come into the comp? should queenslanders be off limits if/when jets come into the comp?

like what are you 2 even talking about here. must be one of the shittest takes ive seens on this forum.

clubs will approach whoever they see fit that is available to best develop their rosters. be it a primary or development player. it doesnt matter if that person is from australia, nz, pasifika, papua, fiji, england etc. if theyre available then clubs reserve the right to chat to that player.

ya 2 just randomly criticising bears now for the most random reasons and ya arguments dont hold up.
be better & get some common sense in ya's with real life. if ya gonna go on these shit take crusades lol fmd

Adding clubs in afl states has many negatives and few positives

Adding clubs where people love rugby league has many positives and few negatives

Storm spent 30 years bludging off qld talent to the detriment of the broncos

I want png to keep all its players

 

[Gobsmacked]

no one cares if ya like bears or not.
whatever you think the club should do is irrelevant. they are a business first and foremost.

you guys criticzing them for maybe targeting a talented player because he is papuan but then also criticise them for signing guys like wishart and henry but then also criticise them for going for big dogs like tino.

you guys dont know what ya want, but ya quick to start shit bagging them for months on end no matter what they do. every decision they make isn't good enough for you on ya iphone ceo's it would seem.

talent is talent it doesn't matter where it from. if ya want to start segregating talent based on their best candidate location then what are you even talking about lol. as i said its the shittest take ive ever seen on this forum.
be better cob

Happy with Wishart, Henry ( may have paid too much for Wishart, we'll see.) gave praise for the English signings and praise the efforts to sign Sorensen.
I call it what it is.
Going after Tino and Cambell is in bad taste, so is this.

 

[RL The greatest game]

I'm not convinced this is a good idea giving a player a 2 year deal when he's contract runs out at this present club when he's 33 years old next month

Perth Bears launch raid at new Panthers target

They have already signed one Panther.

www.zerotackle.com

 

[Gobsmacked]

Adding clubs in afl states has many negatives and few positives

Adding clubs where people love rugby league has many positives and few negatives

Storm spent 30 years bludging off qld talent to the detriment of the broncos

I want png to keep all its players

One of the best things about NRL is the absence of a draft.
Stacey Jones plays for the Warriors..
AJ for Newcastle.
Jaden Campbell for the GC !!!

Local stars are just that, they can move but it's better when they don't.

 

[Gobsmacked]

I'm not convinced this is a good idea giving a player a 2 year deal when he's contract runs out at this present club when he's 33 years old next month

Perth Bears launch raid at new Panthers target

They have already signed one Panther.

www.zerotackle.com

He's a solid player, got 2 good years in him for sure, even if you only got one good year out of him, that would be great because that's the hardest for Perth.

 

[Red&BlackBear]

It is what it is mate.
This is like Andrew Johns playing for Newcastle.
If the Bears don't want a reaction, don't strike a nerve.
I get all this talk about how much talent is around, yet there's these efforts to attract players who are clearly more beneficial to certain teams/ areas these players are associated with and the game as a whole.

Ponga would have been the ideal player for Perth in this regard but no articles linking an approach to him..

Hard to like a Perth team that is trying to undermine the core fabric of other clubs.

No, it isn’t what it is. It’s delusional thoughts devoid of common sense and/or the actual thought process of how a professional sporting business operates.

Talent is talent. If people legitimately think that the Bears (or any club for that matter) shouldn’t potentially look at certain players because those players might have been born in a specific geographical location then that’s some of the biggest disservice and lack of due diligence that any club could do - that I have read from an outside opinion. It actually highlights how far off the mark some people are in relation to how the NRL and its clubs operate.

You have put up Ponga as some sort of example. Let’s look at the facts. He is signed until the end of 2027. Knights are all in on him. He might have been born in WA but his entire family is based on the east coast or in NZ. He would’ve been a great player to target but the Bears couldn’t approach him, even if they wanted to. He isn’t off contract and the Knights aren’t looking to off load him.

If you want to debate real stuff that is actually applicable in the real world, then by all means let’s go for it. But if you are here to put up nonsensical opinions that have hollow substance then sorry, you’re wasting peoples time by even posting it.

 

[Wb1234]

One of the best things about NRL is the absence of a draft.
Stacey Jones plays for the Warriors..
AJ for Newcastle.
Jaden Campbell for the GC !!!

Local stars are just that, they can move but it's better when they don't.

If this kid is any good and he’s playing for png and starring for them in the nrl it’s going to be very aspirational for the kids of png seeing one of the own doing well in th big league

 

[Wb1234]

No, it isn’t what it is. It’s delusional thoughts devoid of common sense and/or the actual thought process of how a professional sporting business operates.

Talent is talent. If people legitimately think that the Bears (or any club for that matter) shouldn’t potentially look at certain players because those players might have been born in a specific geographical location then that’s some of the biggest disservice and lack of due diligence that any club could do - that I have read from an outside opinion. It actually highlights how far off the mark some people are in relation to how the NRL and its clubs operate.

You have put up Ponga as some sort of example. Let’s look at the facts. He is signed until the end of 2027. Knights are all in on him. He might have been born in WA but his entire family is based on the east coast or in NZ. He would’ve been a great player to target but the Bears couldn’t approach him, even if they wanted to. He isn’t off contract and the Knights aren’t looking to off load him.

If you want to debate real stuff that is actually applicable in the real world, then by all means let’s go for it. But if you are here to put up nonsensical opinions that have hollow substance then sorry, you’re wasting peoples time by even posting it.

Bears added to the nrl so their juniors would have a club to aspire too

 

[Gobsmacked]

No, it isn’t what it is. It’s delusional thoughts devoid of common sense and/or the actual thought process of how a professional sporting business operates.

Talent is talent. If people legitimately think that the Bears (or any club for that matter) shouldn’t potentially look at certain players because those players might have been born in a specific geographical location then that’s some of the biggest disservice and lack of due diligence that any club could do - that I have read from an outside opinion. It actually highlights how far off the mark some people are in relation to how the NRL and its clubs operate.

You have put up Ponga as some sort of example. Let’s look at the facts. He is signed until the end of 2027. Knights are all in on him. He might have been born in WA but his entire family is based on the east coast or in NZ. He would’ve been a great player to target but the Bears couldn’t approach him, even if they wanted to. He isn’t off contract and the Knights aren’t looking to off load him.

If you want to debate real stuff that is actually applicable in the real world, then by all means let’s go for it. But if are here to put up nonsensical opinions that have hollow substance then sorry, you’re wasting peoples time by even posting it.

You don't get it, that's fine. Neither does Mal and that why they're struggling.

 

[Gobsmacked]

If this kid is any good and he’s playing for png and starring for them in the nrl it’s going to be very aspirational for the kids of png seeing one of the own doing well in th big league

That's right. Perth are in the comp to add to it.
This will take more from the game than it could add.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

Bears added to the nrl so their juniors would have a club to aspire too

time for katoa to go back to penrith then. because phins only had a handful redcliffe players in their first season in their top 30 squad. lol

yours and @Gobsmacked argument is so stupid that it boggles the mind.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

You don't get it, that's fine. Neither does Mal and that why they're struggling.

only person that doesnt get it is you gobby.

youre so dumb, seriously. lol.

time for phins to relinquish katoa because hs isn't from redcliffe or a queenslander lol

 

[Wb1234]

time for katoa to go back to penrith then. because phins only had a handful redcliffe players in their first season in their top 30 squad. lol

yours and @Gobsmacked argument is so stupid that it boggles the mind.

Not a bad point but we know Perth won’t be producing nrl players and will have to dip into the pool like the storm

If they are going to weaken the png nrl side like storm did Brisbane then they can rack off

Go and sign bears juniors

And Penrith are a strong club they could afford to lose him

 

[SirPies&Beers]

That's right. Perth are in the comp to add to it.
This will take more from the game than it could add.

they were never gonna add to it in their first year. man youre an absolute moron

 

[Gobsmacked]

only person that doesnt get it is you gobby.

youre so dumb, seriously. lol.

time for phins to relinquish katoa because hs isn't from redcliffe or a queenslander lol

"youre so dumb, seriously. lol."

... And the person responsible for this sentence is???

 

[SirPies&Beers]

Not a bad point but we know Perth won’t be producing nrl players and will have to dip into the pool like the storm

If they are going to weaken the png nrl side like storm did Brisbane then they can rack off

Go and sign bears juniors

And Penrith are a strong club they could afford to lose him

how did storm weaken brisbane? lol storm were formed off perth reds and hunters players.
broncos won the premiership in 98 and 00 either side of storm winning in 99.
broncos didnt want cronk smith or slater so storm took them.

if you wanna argue this though then phins weakened storm by taking bromwich and kaufusi...

your argument doesnt stand up. you both been crushed by common sense lol.

 

[Gobsmacked]

they were never gonna add to it in their first year. man youre an absolute moron

Huh??
How many people are going to be watching NRL in Perth?? That's the value add and the entire point.

Are you drunk again?