Bid for Western Bears to join NRL
Bid for Western Bears to join NRL as new Perth-based rugby league expansion team appears dead
It was just two weeks ago when Western Australia's daily newspaper reported the entry of the Western Bears to the NRL would be confirmed following the code's grand final."Confirmation the Bears will join the competition is expected in the week after the NRL grand final on October 6",
Western Bears blink first in stand-off with NRL expansion bid 'on life support'
Western Bears bosses will backflip and offer a licence fee to the NRL in an effort to take their expansion bid off "life
Western Bears’ expansion bid rejected as shock NRL call blows expansion race wide open
The Western Bears’ bid to join the NRL has been rejected by ARLC boss Peter V’landys in a move that could send shockwaves through the expansion landscape. That is according to The Daily Telegraph, who are reporting NRL bosses are considering starting, owning and operating their own Western Australian franchise.
‘Must have strong business case’: Western Bears bid officially torpedoed
The NRL has officially moved on from the Western Bears bid team, dashing consortium boss Peter Cumins’ hopes of reviving the failed negotiations.The proposal spectacularly unravelled over a decision not to offer a license fee,
The Western Bears bid is dead: NRL severs ties with consortium after ‘low-ball’ proposal
NRL officials are privately fuming over a perceived attempt from the consortium to “low-ball” head office in the business proposal they recently submitted.
Western Bears insist they weren't low-balling the NRL
Western Bears bid chief Peter Cumins has rejected claims his team tried to low-ball the NRL, saying it simply wasn't feasible to pay a licence fee given all of the other start-up costs involved.
NRL 2024: Western Bears expansion bid formally rejected by Peter V’landys and ARL Commission
ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys has dropped an expansion bombshell by formally rejecting the Western Bears’ bid, opening the door for the NRL to take control of a new team in Perth.
Join the NRL for free: The stunning move that buried the Western Bears’ expansion bid
A “gutted” Western Bears bid chief Peter Cumins has offered to smoke the peace pipe with ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys in a last-ditch attempt to expand the NRL to Perth.
Western Bears bid chief hits back at ARLC bosses after Perth expansion bid failure... but reveals why he is still hopeful of an 11th hour U-turn
Peter Cumins had been heading a private consortium of backers from Perth and North Sydney in an attempt to found an NRL side in Western Australia.
‘Blindsided’: Inside bombshell Bears call... and what comes next in NRL expansion race
The latest setback is a hammer blow for Bears supporters, but their hopes to one day see their team and colours back in the ...
A Bears superfan, a few beers and $1000 trademark: The wild story behind NRL expansion drama
The Western Bears are dead. So if a new Perth franchise can be saved, what will it be called? That’s where a Sydney man comes ...
Western Bears’ bid for NRL licence on life support as Peter V’landys raises red flag
The Western Bears’ bid for a NRL licence is on life support. The Bears are hoping to grab the league’s 18th licence but ARL ...
NRL reject Western Bears as bombshell breaks fans’ hearts all over again
The NRL has dropped an expansion bombshell, formally rejecting the bid of the Western Bears to join the competition in 2027.