BIG-STEVE'S
RED & BLACK SITE -
10/12/03
The NRL
has announced that tickets are now on sale for The Rugby League World
Sevens Next Year. It is to have
Twenty six teams, a new tournament format, exciting rule changes and a
new sponsor - Cougar Bourbon - that will give Sevens Rugby League a
whole
new look from January 24, 2004.
But
curiously there is this paragraph;
The
Qualifying tournament also features
the return of THE NORTH SYDNEY
BEARS as they join the Newtown Jets, the Balmain Tigers, Western
Suburbs, NSW Country and Indigenous Australian teams.
While the
Bears efforts to relocate to the Central Coast only a matter of a few
years ago, seem to be unacknowledged by the NRL, the Bears
name must be of some worth to them, because they are using it to
promote one of there events.
While the
red and capitals are my idea the fact that the Bears are once again in
the Sevens is clearly being highlighted. Now you could take a cynical
view and be insulted by the fact that the NRL has till now refused to
let the Bears back in the NRL but is still prepared to use the Bears
name to promote the game BUT! I think this should be seen as an attempt
by the NRL to acknowledge that people are still interested in seeing
the Bears play.
So let's
not waste the opportunity. Email us and get your T-shirts and your
stickers, make up some banners and get down to St Marys on January 21st
(and hopefully Aussie Stadium on 24th and 25th) and support the Bears.
BIG-STEVE