Clubs offered $500k sweetener to get Perth NRL team over the line

Clubs offered $500k sweetener to get Perth NRL team over the line

Rugby league’s governing body has agreed to a revised bid to revive the North Sydney Bears as the NRL’s 19th team, in Perth, from 2027. But the other clubs need to sign off.

Perth Bears Prepare to Join the NRL After Years in the Wilderness

Perth’s prospective new National Rugby League (NRL) team will need to get their claws stuck into training soon, with news they are expected to return to the league in 2027. The team will revive the North Sydney Bears, one of the NRL’s foundation clubs formed in 1903, through a new partnership with Western Australia. The Bears lost their NRL licence in 1999 but have long campaigned for a return to the top level of the sport. The Australian Rugby …