North Sydney Bears

[Redrum]

Whose feeder club are they for/belong 2?

 

[fatal1]

this year they were for melbourne...but i think they are feeders for souths next year...correct me if im wrong..

 

[Z-Dizzle]

Yea im pretty sure thats right. Melbourne ended their contract with them on bad terms.

 

[Redrum]

y? wat happend?

 

[Z-Dizzle]

Storm had heard some complaints about the attitude of players and club officials or something like that

 

[Horse]

yeah what zor said is right and also because their best products were coming from Brisbane North and feedership from North Sydney wasnt required

 

[100% Warriors]

yeah what zor said is right and also because their best products were coming from Brisbane North and feedership from North Sydney wasnt required

yea

 

[Ben Godberts]

storm were concerned that norths was just a pub team

 

[Mitch Connor]

Storm now get the ever talented Central Coast RIP....lol

 

[Ben Godberts]

yeah haha there an outstanding team defence is hard to get through they only conceed about 1000 points a year

 

[girvie]

y? wat happend?

Melbourne heard that the Bears were going to be the feeder club for Souths in 2007, and Melbourne's other feeder club the North Brisbane Devils were also going to stop being Melbourne's feeder club, so to try and get the Devils to stay with them the Storm stopped feeding North Sydney mid-season and put all their players with the Devils.


Being a feeder club for Souths is a much better situation for the Bears. There will be more opportunity for the Bears players now.

 

[Redrum]

Are their a great deal of Bears players coming the ranks? Billy Ngawini is the only one that comes 2 mind

 

[girvie]

Are their a great deal of Bears players coming the ranks? Billy Ngawini is the only one that comes 2 mind

Yeah Billy. Lester Salanoa who is also at Canterbury, he was 2nd highest try scorer in Premier League for the Bears last year behind only Nathan Merritt.

Mitchell Pearce (current Australian Schoolboys) from the Bears now with the Roosters.
Liam Foran (current Australian Schoolboys) signed with Melbourne for next year.

Lee Te Maari was from the Bears.

James Maloney signed with Parramatta
Daniel Russell signed with Wests Tigers
Eddie Sua signed with Cronulla.

 

[Redrum]

damn, more players than i had thought, with such talent you'd expect them to finish higher up on the tables.

 

[girvie]

damn, more players than i had thought, with such talent you'd expect them to finish higher up on the tables.

Well all the best players leave when they get fulltime contracts at other clubs.

North Sydney are holding open trials for next season:
http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/Information/trials2007.htm

 

[MrCharisma]

Yeah Billy. Lester Salanoa who is also at Canterbury, he was 2nd highest try scorer in Premier League for the Bears last year behind only Nathan Merritt.

Mitchell Pearce (current Australian Schoolboys) from the Bears now with the Roosters.
Liam Foran (current Australian Schoolboys) signed with Melbourne for next year.

Lee Te Maari was from the Bears.

James Maloney signed with Parramatta
Daniel Russell signed with Wests Tigers
Eddie Sua signed with Cronulla.

Matt Thurston is at Newcastle too

 

[Redrum]

what do they do at try outs exactly... just set up teams n vs one another?

 

[girvie]

what do they do at try outs exactly... just set up teams n vs one another?

Yeah pretty much have 13 players against another 13 players. It gives the coaches a chance to look at each player and they can decide if they want them for the summer training squad.

 

[Redrum]

After they get picked what general happens nxt, they test their fitness and skills to c were everyone's at, do they test differnet positions they can play in? (Just curious to knw)

 

[girvie]

After they get picked what general happens nxt, they test their fitness and skills to c were everyone's at, do they test differnet positions they can play in? (Just curious to knw)

Yeah they probably would test them at the start of off-season training.