CHRISTMAS MESSAGE/2010 PLAYER ANNOUNCEMENTS

17th December 2009 | Full List of Articles

Well what a year. We have made massive progress in our bid to be back in the
NRL by 2013, and next year plans to be even bigger.

Our performance on the park was excellent and we have set the benchmark for
2010, so hopefully we can go 1 better and make Grand Final day in October.

For now we will break over the Christmas period, gather our thoughts and
launch into the new year with a sense of optimism that we haven't felt for
many years.

There will be a few changes to our team next year. Reece Robinson, Samu
Wara, Sean Dalton, Chris Trembath, Bladen Baird, Brett Blaker and Justin
Hunt have all moved on and we wish them the best of luck in the pursuit of
their dreams.

We have recruited many capable replacements none more so than Eddie Paea who returns to the Bears after his tremendous year in 2007, assisting in getting us to the Grand Final. Other quality recruits are Zeb Tawha and Andre Itula (CC Storm) and James Nightingale from Redcliffe Dolphins.

Add these players to the likes of Jarryd Hogan, Matt Hunt, Deon Apps and you have a fairly handy team. Keep an eye out for Joel Jasmin, John Kaifoto and Curtis Johnston who are all primed for a huge season.

The draw has been released and we are due to play 25 games over the 26 rounds, which is a step up from last years draw and we will have to be smart in our approach to preparation and recovery to ensure we are at our best every week.

I am pleased to announce that we have negotiated a further 2 years of our arrangement with the South Sydney Rabbitohs. This will again give us the much needed NRL bred player in our ranks which is so necessary if you are to succeed at this level. Souths roster is laden with big men and no doubt we will see a few of them back at the Bears over the course of the season, so physicality will not be an issue for us!

Merry Christmas to all from the Bears

FULL LIST - 2010 CONTRACTED PLAYERS

Deon Apps
Jarryd Hogan
Matt Hunt
Andre Itula
Joal Jasmin
Curtis Johnston
John Kaifoto
James Nightingale
Brock Molan
Eddie Paea
Daniel Sayegh
Zeb Tawha