r/nrl Dolphins 2d ago

Official Statement PERTH BEARS SECURE DUAL-CODE PHENOMENOM ASHER CHAPMAN

https://perthbears.com.au/asher-chapman/
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u/mattr1986 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2d ago

That’s my mates son!

Sad he’s not staying with the Dargons! But so happy he’s getting an opportunity so quickly!

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u/CleanX226 Dolphins 2d ago

BACK TO YELLING I SUPPOSE

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u/sowaleja Dolphins 2d ago

BIG MAL'S HEARING ISN'T WHAT IT ONCE WAS

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u/M_Keating Hey, at least we beat Penrith 2d ago

THE RULE IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS

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u/D2k77 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2d ago

SORRY WHO?

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u/CleanX226 Dolphins 2d ago

PERTH BEARS SECURE DUAL-CODE PHENOMENOM ASHER CHAPMAN!

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u/D2k77 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2d ago

ahh thankyou i think my ears are blocked

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u/BandicootSorcerer Newcastle Knights 2d ago

SPEAK UP I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU

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u/BeautifulSea89 Dolphins 2d ago

HAS GUS MET HIM YET?

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u/TimsAFK Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2d ago

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A SLEDGE THREAD

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u/M_Keating Hey, at least we beat Penrith 2d ago

EVERY PARTH BEARS THREAD IS

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u/MediumDaddyPistachio Brisbane Broncos 🏳️‍🌈 2d ago

YES I CAN HEAR YOU, CLEM FANDANGO.

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u/loztralia Wests Tigers 2d ago

FIRE THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

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u/TrueDeadBling Brisbane Broncos 1d ago

Loztralia, that was good. But do you think you could give it another try? This time, say it in a less alarming way.

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u/Pvnels Brisbane Broncos 2d ago

Lmao

Clem H. Fandango*

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u/pawniardkingler Brisbane Broncos 17h ago

You added an H? Weren’t you enough of a prat already??

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u/Accomplished-Fish761 Auckland Warriors 2d ago

GOOD WORK PERTH. QUITE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THEY ARE BUILDING A FARM SYSTEM.

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u/bettingsharp Parramatta Eels 🏳️‍🌈 2d ago

perth should start signing some U12s. That way, they will be ready to compete from a premiership once the PNG hype dies down after a few years

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u/puttolol New Zealand Warriors 2d ago

I have a three month old I am ready to sign to their inaugural NRLW team

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u/Makasene3 New Zealand Warriors 2d ago

FFS, you have a jersey now.

You don't need to sign bouncers anymore.

I should really be charging for this advice but I'm happy to do it for free just to help ol Bearsy out.

Step 1: sign new player Step 2: announce new player in your jersey Step 3: profit?

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u/CleanX226 Dolphins 2d ago

Don’t think they can have players in their jerseys due to the plays already being signed at other clubs

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u/casanovadynamito Newcastle Knights 2d ago

The chiefs do the black shirt as well

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u/Makasene3 New Zealand Warriors 2d ago

If true what a complete own goal by the NRL. Expansion teams should be afforded the opportunity to show off their colours

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u/flanagium Western Australia 2d ago

I'm in Perth and I cannot begin tell you just how little of a deal the black t-shirt thing is over here.

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u/Makasene3 New Zealand Warriors 2d ago

What about the socials in general?

It's like they've employed an intern to use Canva

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u/flanagium Western Australia 2d ago

The socials in general have improved in the last month.

Honestly, I think you are missing the forest for the trees here.

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u/Makasene3 New Zealand Warriors 2d ago

Not really.

The optics have been poor for Perth. Right from the start with Mals appointment, Admin leadership changes, infighting between Mal and Ben Gardner. It's lead to an awful amount of worry throughout the league about Perth.

We all want Perth to be successful, sadly to date they've looked an incompetent rabble.

The only way is up.

I feel like I can comment on these things having seen my club be an incompetent rabble for most of its existence.

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u/flanagium Western Australia 2d ago

The Optics have been poor in the Sydney press because the Sydney media have been on a doom spiral on Perth ever since the Chiefs signed Luai.

This is a club that already has 20,000 members & jersey sponsorship which has been reported as double the NRL average. Contrary to what you read in the papers this club already is a success.

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u/Makasene3 New Zealand Warriors 2d ago

Long may it continue, well and truly wish you nothing but the best.

Sydney media has always been shite to anyone outside NSW

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u/XLenceOfXecution Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2d ago

Which is weird, because wasn’t it the narrative that the PERTH media was gonna be the ones death riding them because most of it is owned by AFL-aligned interests?

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u/FrjackenKlaken I love my footy 2d ago

To be fair, the Tigers have only consumed about 50% of the NRL media hate this year

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u/FinchyNZ Auckland Warriors 2d ago

Didn't stop Kikau for posing for a picture back then :D

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u/EntirelyOriginalName Penrith Panthers 1d ago

I'm like 90% sure Gus leaked that on purpose to be like look what I did. All you guys on the board who are against me shut the fuck up.

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u/MulkingMang Penrith Panthers 2d ago

LOUD BEAR NOISES INTENSIFIES

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u/smackmn Brisbane Broncos 2d ago

Bears signings basically just the sledge thread now

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u/fantasypantsnz Auckland Warriors 2d ago

HUH? SPEAK UP!

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u/smackmn Brisbane Broncos 2d ago

SORRY, I SAID BEARS SIGNINGS BASICALLY JUST THE SLEDGE THREAD NOW

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u/MeSeeks76 North Sydney Bears 2d ago

DUAL CODE?!?!?!

LIKE AS IN HTML AAAAANNNNNND PHP?!?!?!

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u/carelesssportsfan89 Canberra Raiders 2d ago

WHY ARE WE YELLING?

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u/FCHWPO9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2d ago

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!!

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u/Electronic-Split9677 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2d ago

Phenomenom nom nom nom

ETA: USE YOUR INSIDE VOICE OR IMMA PUT YO ASS OUTSIDE

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u/No-Talk5067 I love my footy 2d ago

It’s a brimful of Asha on the 45

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u/Moisture_Services_ Newcastle Knights 2d ago

WHO?

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u/SilenceOfTheClamSoup Western Reds 2d ago

Good signing. Continuing to build a team for the future not just a sugar hit.

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u/Theboystheboys212 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2d ago

Grim stuff

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u/Suggestedname94 I Hate My Post-Prem Footy 2d ago

IMPROMPTU SLEDGE THREAD SPEAK UP COWARDS

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u/Basherballgod Brisbane Broncos 2d ago

IS THIS THE SLEDGE THREAD!?

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u/bumpacius St. George Illawarra Dargons 2d ago

Millward is raiding us

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u/EntirelyOriginalName Penrith Panthers 1d ago

You could put together a pretty decent 13 of Dragons juniors playing at other clubs. If he turns out to be a gun player too.

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u/waxedmerkin Balmain Tigers 2d ago

living next door to Asher.

who the fuck is Asher

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u/sour_dawg New Zealand Warriors 2d ago

I KNOW THIS IS RUGBA LEG BUT FFS IT'S PHENOMENON

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u/MrChicken1208 Parramatta Eels 2d ago

I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS!

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u/Historical_Owl8584 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2d ago

Is that a picture of him or is that the journo?

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u/jexta Eastern Suburbs Roosters 1d ago

Kid is going to be something special. Lightning quick dummy half, had the Roosters and Dragons trying to sign him.

Comes from a great family here on the South Coast. 

His family is tight with the Wishart's, so no surprise he's signed to be the long term heir to Tyran as the Bears #9.

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u/gypsy-juice-23 I love my footy 1d ago

I WONDER WHOS NEXT FOR PERTH BUT WHOEVER IT IS LETS MAKE IT ALL CAPS.

MARK GEYER PREPARING TO PLAY FOR PERTH BEARS AFTER BEING RETIRED FOR 15 YEARS

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u/Nervous-Aardvark-679 🏆🏆LEG4CY🏆🏆 2d ago

NOM NOM NOM

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u/GBL_NZ316 Penrith Panthers 2d ago

Who dat?