Cronulla's victory in the NRL Grand Final showed just how important local football teams are in maintaining a sense of community in their area. The people of northern Sydney have now been deprived of seeing their team, the North Sydney Bears, compete in the NRL for 17 years! Despite over 100 years of existence (91years of that as faithful stalwarts of the competition before being cruelly exiled) and having contributed so much to their local community and Rugby League in Australia in that time, the northern suburbs of Sydney from Milsons Point to Berowra remain the only part of Sydney unrepresented in the NRL. The inclusion of the Central Coast in a joint effort with the Bears would no doubt be a huge success and give thousands of rugby league supporters currently without a team to support, the team they deserve. NRL, it's time for action, we've waited long enough. We want our team back - we want the Bears back in the competition now!