New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[Perth Red]

So Perth bears are going to represent Rottnest island ?

Aren’t the swans owned by the afl now ? You know like the Perth bears ?

Same jersey from south Melbourne too and guess what Sydney fans didn’t care cause they didn’t know who south Melbourne were ?

1. They moved lock stock and barrel to Sydney, no playing one home game in melbourne bs or having reserves and jnrs in Melbourne
2. They changed the name
3. they changed the logo
4. they changed the kit design

if bears do that in perth then I’m on board,

 

[Vlad59]

1. They moved lock stock and barrel to Sydney, no playing one home game in melbourne bs or having reserves and jnrs in Melbourne
2. They changed the name
3. they changed the logo
4. they changed the kit design

He just writes whatever suits his agenda regardless of the truth. The swans clearly relocated. The Bears will not. The comparison is utter BS.

 

[Wb1234]

1. They moved lock stock and barrel to Sydney, no playing one home game in melbourne bs or having reserves and jnrs in Melbourne
2. They changed the name
3. they changed the logo
4. they changed the kit design

if bears do that in perth then I’m on board,

They do still have a junior team in Melbourne

And playing 11 out of 12 games in Perth doesn’t make it a Perth team ?

So if that one home game was magic weekend it would be ok ?

There’s going to be a rugby league team playing 11 home games in a 27k capacity hbf park

What else is there to do in a dump like Perth in winter ?

 

[Gobsmacked]

How cool is having a thread dedicated to a second NZ team

 

[Pippen94]

1. They moved lock stock and barrel to Sydney, no playing one home game in melbourne bs or having reserves and jnrs in Melbourne
2. They changed the name
3. they changed the logo
4. they changed the kit design

if bears do that in perth then I’m on board,

Logo pretty much the same after move from Melbourne

Red v south Melbourne jersey still in use after move. Changed slightly in 1987.


Name, logo, colours & jersey have had minimal change over years. Initials for south Melbourne are on back of jersey to this day.

 

[Pippen94]

How cool is having a thread dedicated to a second NZ team

This thread is specifically about the impact of NRL expansion on NZ rugby union. That's the topic veered off from.

 

[Wb1234]

Logo pretty much the same after move from MelbourneView attachment 97897

Red v south Melbourne jersey still in use after move. Changed slightly in 1987.
View attachment 97898

Name, logo, colours & jersey have had minimal change over years. Initials for south Melbourne are on back of jersey to this day.

Maybe initials pr on the back of the Perth bears black and red jersey ?