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Gerard Neesham: The Dockers Blueprint for the Perth Bears
28:34|Gerard Neesham AM knows what it takes to build a club from the ground up.The inaugural Fremantle Dockers coach reflects on the challenges, opportunities and hard decisions involved in launching an expansion team, drawing striking parallels between the Dockers’ birth and the arrival of the Perth Bears in 2027.Neesham also looks back on the Dockers and Perth Reds entering the national sporting landscape in the same year, sharing lessons that remain just as relevant today.Beyond football, he discusses the remarkable success of the Clontarf Foundation, which he founded to improve education, employment and life outcomes for young Aboriginal men. The program has helped shape the lives of thousands of students, including many current NRL and AFL stars.Big Bears podcast is brought to you by Cash Converters and is available wherever you get your podcasts.
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NRL Roast: Toasts the Bears
27:19|Roasty from The NRL Roast joins Big Bears Podcast thanks to Cash Converters this week to share passion and love for the game. The self confessed fan boy of the game runs one of the most popular social media rugby league concepts and shares in the excitement of the Perth Bears joining the competition in 2027.Roasty reflects on rugby league’s expansion in the 1990s, why this era feels different, and why he believes the Bears are perfectly placed to become one of the competition’s biggest success stories.Big Bears Podcast is brought to you by Cash Converters and is available wherever you get your podcasts.Bite-back: Memberships, jersey + Q&A with the CEO
14:08|More than 20,000 members have signed up as members of the Perth Bears and in this episode of Big Bears Podcast thanks to Cash Converters the CEO Anthony de Ceglie answers your questions in Bite Back. Anthony address the recruitment of Gareth Holmes as new GM of football, David Campese’s role in recruiting South African rugby union players as well as addressing more membership options and where the Bears will be playing in round one. The CEO reveals that fans who buy a ticket to Melbourne Storm and Manly Sea Eagles match at HBF Park in Perth on August 8 will be able to buy the inaugural jersey. So sit back and enjoy the podcast, buy your tickets and let’s see you at the game in your brand new bears jersey. Have a question you want the club to answer? Drop it in the comments!Big Bears Podcast is brought to you by Cash Converters and is available wherever you get your podcasts.Justin Rodski: The Melbourne blueprint
16:55|Storm CEO Justin Rodski is excited to be bringing the club to Perth to host arch rivals Manly on Saturday August 8th - the same time the Bears unveil the playing jersey.Rodski talks about the parallels for the Bears infiltrating AFL cities and how the Storm have built success.He describes the loss of Tyran Wishart and Nick Meaney to Perth as bittersweet as Bears fans get their chance to see two of their recruits run out at HBF Park on August 8.Get your tickets now via Ticketmaster.Have a question you want the club to answer? Drop it in the comments!Big Bears Podcast is brought to you by Cash Converters and is available wherever you get your podcasts.Phil Rothfield: Why I’m “buzzing” about the Bears
15:30|Legendary rugby league journalist Phil “Buzz” Rothfield is backing the Perth Bears.In the latest episode of The Big Bears Podcast, Buzz explains why the Bears are vital to the game’s future, how a team in Perth can unlock new growth for rugby league, and why fans across the competition should be excited. Now happily retired but still consuming rugby league seven days a week, Buzz reflects on every club expansion of the past three decades, the lessons learned along the way, and why he believes the Perth Bears will be a win not just for WA, but for the entire NRL.Have a question you want the club to answer? Drop it in the comments!Big Bears Podcast is brought to you by Cash Converters and is available wherever you get your podcasts.Daniel Dickson: Bear Force One here we come
22:00|Perth Bears board member and North Sydney Bears Chairman Daniel Dickson reveals plans to charter “Bear Force One” to fly east coast fans to WA for game one. In this episode Dickson reveals why he never gave up on the desire of the Bears to return from rugby league obscurity and why fans will follow in droves. Have a question you want the club to answer? Drop it in the comments!Big Bears Podcast is brought to you by Cash Converters and is available wherever you get your podcastsDean Ritchie: Bulldog in the Bear Cave
15:31|Code Sports and Daily Telegraph rugby league journalist Dean “Bulldog” Ritchie has entered the Bear cave touring the Perth HQ and joining coach Mal Meninga in Karratha at Junior Gala Day.Bulldog has seen where the Bears will be training when the squad gathers later this year in Perth and interviewed WA Premier Roger Cook. In this podcast, Bulldog is taken back by the level of interest in memberships and the number of juniors playing rugby league in WA. Have a question you want the club to answer? Drop it in the comments!Big Bears Podcast is brought to you by Cash Converters and is available wherever you get your podcasts.