Jason Taylor returns as Head Coach of our KOE NSW Cup team and will be supported by strong off-field staff including Pat Weisner (Assistant Coach/Recruitment), Brent Banning (Trainer), Steve McGuire (Manager), Darren Allard (Manager), Andy Davies (Strength & Conditioning), Tara Dighton (Head Physio), Jack Turner (Analyst) and Joel Scrivener (Analyst).

On field, we welcome back to the red & black for another big year Kieran Hayman, Josh Bergamin, Toa Mata’afa, Jesse Marschke and Regan Hughes. Between them they have over 200 NSW Cup games under their belts and bring a wealth of knowledge, strength and a brilliant sense of humor to the team.

Our Head of Player Recruitment, Pat Weisner, has secured a list of strong new talent for our Knock On Effect NSW Cup team for 2023. The club has increased our contracted players by 60% while also strengthening our partnership with the Hills Bulls. We have one more year remaining on our contract with the Sydney Roosters and balancing the combination of NRL returning players to the squad with our own players will be important for on-field performance in 2023.

“Scouting the nation for the best new talent to join the Bears has been my highest priority for a few months now. We have been able to lock in a number of players with strong NRL experience. Although we will still be welcoming back Roosters players into our team each week, ensuring we have high quality contracted Bears players to draw on week in and week out is essential to our team’s performance next year” said Weisner. Head Coach Jason Taylor commented “We are all pumped to be starting training this week and to welcome a heap of new faces to the Bears. Having increased the number of Bears contracted players for 2023 means our training sessions output will be raised and this should reflect to our performance on the field.”.

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