It has the capacity to soothe so many ills. They were a young side successful team, however … On the other side, Queenslanders would probably reject the Brisbane Bears right away.I'd love to see the Bears back in the NRL, but the only feasible options I see are them being based in North Sydney or Gosford.Hey it’s me a qlder who supported the bears. The rivalry would be a fun.Why? I don’t really care who the new team is but why would having the Bears back be so bad in your eyes Revs.I mean it’s more plausible than bringing the Western Reds or Adelaide Rams to Brisbane. My life was so calm and easy the past couple of months without Paul KentCan we just promote Redcliffe and get this song and dance over with already? But it’s never gonna happen.News sneaks out that the NRL is planning a 17th team, a long overdue expansion, and it leaves nothing else to do but to strike up that grand old cabaret theme, with a brass section: “The Big Black Bears are back on the road again …”If the song is dated so is the idea; that the NRL should forget any bid process and simply invite North Sydney Bears to become the NRL’s 17th franchise when the game expands in 2023.There are so many positives attached to the Bears returning to the NRL, a foundation club in from the cold, that they should think of nobody else.It would be a resounding tick for the ARL Commission and League Central, accused long ago of falling out of touch with its fan base.Just to be sure this idea was as sensible as it sounds I called the wise sage Billy Moore, knowing the response would be thought out and considered.“Putting my red and black hat on …” he began, which is all I needed to hear.It is easy to dismiss any conversation about a Bears return as misplaced sentiment but, with the NRL getting closer to confirming expansion in 2023, the return of the Bears provides benefits far beyond warming a few red and black hearts.“You reignite dormant rugby league fans,” Moore said, for one.It would be a comeback story with a Rocky soundtrack.When the Bears were cut out of the NRL in 2002 thousands of disillusioned fans went with them. Weekly Round discussions about NRL games and other stuff and things.Press J to jump to the feed. The Brisbane Bombers Rugby League Football Club Limited, commonly referred to as Brisbane Bombers are a proposed Australian professional rugby league football club to be based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland.Founded in 2011, the Bombers are seeking entry into an expanded National Rugby League (NRL) for the 2023 NRL premiership season. Can’t call a qld team the north Sydney bearsAbsolutely dumb idea. Do a study into the viability of Redcliffe or Ipswich fer fucks sakeThis ain't it chief. Not just North Sydney fans but Balmain and Western Suburbs and Newtown fans, too. This service is not intended for persons residing in the EU.