WA BEARS

[MugaB]

Interesting how sensible posts can be when they say what your small brain thinks.

Hey last drinks for miltrollhouse and logan/donks
Cheers everyone!!!!
Loving this forum now

 

[Matt_CBY]

On the western bears jersey they should have the western reds roo on it like what west's do with Magpies

Why?

 

[Reflector]

It's hard to move players when they're all long retired since "99.

The time gap makes it seem a lot more new than it is, but it's the same club revived in a new city with a name change to reflect it.

Maybe we can see if Ben Ikin, Billy Moore or Jason Taylor feel up to getting in shape and taking the field for the Bears first game in 2027, just to shut the doubters up?

 

[MugaB]

Why?

Why not?

 

[MugaB]

Maybe we can see if Ben Ikin, Billy Moore or Jason Taylor feel up to getting in shape and taking the field for the Bears first game in 2027, just to shut the doubters up?

Mark Geyer and Brad Mackay too

 

[Reflector]

Makes sense at Allianz from a revenue perspective, makes no sense at NSO. Might as well use that for what would be a low drawing game in Perth given the NS fans will fill it regardless.
The manly at nso is just pure nostalgia from the Sydney media.

I would have the Manly clash at Allianz, and save the NSO clash for a lower-drawing out of state side like the Titans.

 

[Wb1234]

Wasn’t it a consortium including Mike Willisee and a couple of others as owners when they moved to Sydney? Or did they come in after the Pink Pantera fiasco? Edelstein also claimed to buy Cronulla… that only lasted a few days I think. Shonk.

I only remember edelstien and capper

at that stage I hadn’t watched a game of afl

 

[Perth Red]

I would have the Manly clash at Allianz, and save the NSO clash for a lower-drawing out of state side like the Titans.

There’ll only be one ‘home’ game in Sydney.

 

[Perth Red]

News Article - from Sporting Base (coaching speculation again)
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Arthur shapes as first Western Bears coach as expansion follows Bennett blueprint
AUGUST 15, 2024
BY ISAAC MCINTYRE

Arthur shapes as first Western Bears coach as expansion follows Bennett blueprint
Brad Arthur is the lead contender to helm the Western Bears when they join the NRL in 2027 as the next expansion team, with the club eager to look in a proven commander and the recently ousted Parramatta Eels coach keen to take the gig.

Arthur is coaching the seventh-placed Leeds Rhinos in the English Super League right now but should be free to eventually return to Australia by the end of 2026, if not sooner.

The Sporting Base has heard things are already progressing behind the scenes. Not only are the early Bears powerbrokers already trying to sort things out, but rugby league bosses like Peter V’Landys and Andrew Abdo are also lending a heavy hand in recruitment. They similarly helped the Dolphins as that Brisbane club prepared for its inaugural campaign.

There have been some suggestions from Fox Sports that the Western club may try to poach legendary Melbourne helmsman Craig Bellamy over Arthur, but The Sporting Base hasn’t heard anything on that front; it would be a shock for Bellamy to leave the Storm.

Instead, it seems like Arthur will be slotted in in 24 months to begin the building.

This follows the same blueprint Redcliffe just followed: Pick up a tenured NRL coach, hand them the reigns, and then have the whole football department work together to construct a competitive roster—as well as a plan for the future. The Dolphins, who ran out the exact same strategy with Wayne Bennett, are currently running eighth.

The Bears’ return will mark the first time the famed rugby league brand competed in the top flight since their doomed 1999 run. At the time, Arthurs was captain-coaching the Cairns Brothers.

Arthur shapes as first Western Bears coach as expansion follows Bennett blueprint - The Sporting Base

Brad Arthur is the lead contender to helm the Western Bears when they join the NRL in 2027 as the next expansion team, with the club eager to look in a proven commander and the recently ousted Parramatta Eels coach keen to take the gig. Arthur is coaching the seventh-placed Leeds Rhinos in the...

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