| Western Bears | |
|---|---|
| Names | |
| Full name | Western Bears Rugby League Football Club |
| Club details | |
| Colours | Primary Red Black Secondary White Gold |
| Competition | National Rugby League |
| Ground(s) | Perth Rectangular Stadium (capacity: 20,500) |
The Western Bears was a proposed rugby league football club to be based in Perth, Western Australia. The bid was intended as a partnership between the Western Australian Rugby League and the North Sydney Bears for a team from Perth to rejoin an expanded National Rugby League in 2027. It would have played out of Perth Rectangular Stadium.
The bid was rejected by the NRL in October 2024. However, the NRL are now directly negotiating with the WA Government to admit the Bears into the competition as a possible Perth Bears expansion team.[1]
The team's primary colours are to be the traditional red and black of North Sydney, with the Bears' secondary colour of white joining a secondary gold colour.