The North Sydney Bears faithful buoyed by recent talk about their team's possible return to the NRL have an ally in a former Canberra Raiders star.
Sean Rutgerson played 12 games for the Bears between 1998-1999, before the club fell out of the NRL and he joined Canberra, where the forward added 56 first-grade appearances to his name over four seasons.
His first try actually came in Canberra's iconic snow game against Wests Tigers back in 2000.
Now the head coach of the USA rugby league team in between coaching the Jacksonville Axemen in Florida, Rutgerson has been closely following the news back home of the Bears' possible resurrection.