Jump on board the bid to expand the NRL. The West Coast Pirates are aiming to become the 17th NRL team and expand the game into Perth. Join up for free or pay a small sum and get a members pack: westcoastpirates.com.au

Jump on board the bid to expand the NRL. The West Coast Pirates are aiming to become the 17th NRL team and expand the game into Perth. Join up for free or pay a small sum and get a members pack: westcoastpirates.com.au

Perth's new NRL team will be called West Coast Pirates, if a WA Rugby League bid to enter a team in an expanded competition is successful. The WARL today launched its new look, with the colours of red, gold and black a salute to history, as they were the original colours of the Western Reds. The Reds fielded a team in the NRL and Super League from 1995 to 1997. The Pirates' moniker will replace the old Reds' logo, which up until now had been the face of the bid. www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl- ... 6410409335

Perth's new NRL team will be called West Coast Pirates, if a WA Rugby League bid to enter a team in an expanded competition is successful. The WARL today launched its new look, with the colours of red, gold and black a salute to history, as they were the original colours of the Western Reds. The Reds fielded a team in the NRL and Super League from 1995 to 1997. The Pirates' moniker will replace the old Reds' logo, which up until now had been the face of the bid. www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl- ... 6410409335

Watch the promo video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=II94qKYvt_E

Watch the promo video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=II94qKYvt_E

Going to be some amazing merch available!

Good luck

and

Good Merchandise

Do want!

I do like that t-shirt. Also saw the advert on TV.

get yourself joined up mate!

that certainly looks a good t shirt

$50 membership will get you a pirates cap, a bumper sticker and RL ball. Or you can sign up for free to show your support for Perth in the NRL expansion, we have crew members joining from all around the world so don;t be shy! westcoastpirates.com.au/join-the-pirates-crew/

$50 membership will get you a pirates cap, a bumper sticker and RL ball. Or you can sign up for free to show your support for Perth in the NRL expansion, we have crew members joining from all around the world so don;t be shy! westcoastpirates.com.au/join-the-pirates-crew/

The cap you'll get as a member

I will be doing! Went down to the NIB stadium office a month or two ago to find out about the membership and had a quick chat with them

Has to be the worst name for a team I have ever heard.

What was wrong with WA Reds?

I would love to see a team in Peth and in NZ to seriously EXPAND the game, but that name and logo is just awful.

Seen worse, Roosters, Eeels Rabbts? lol

At least people want to be a Pirate!

plus we do have Australia's only Pirate sailed the WA waters.

Rabbits?

Well, look at the history behind the name. It actually means something.

Pirate is just totally made up and has nothing behind it.

West Coast Swans would make much more sense and means much more than 'pirates'. However, this would be a bad idea because of the football team in sydney.

There was nothing wrong with WA Reds.

Actaully there is a couple of significant WA links to Pirates. I know where the Rabbits, Eels and Roosters names come from historically, they are still crap for marketing. At least Pirates had huge potential for marketing and merchandise, it is unique in Australian sport and does have some historical context for WA.

Your right there was not much wrong with WA Reds (apart from 2 other sports teams called Reds and the smell it still carried from SL), I liked it and was very disappointed we binned it. At least we binned it for something that has some potentail and can be a strength of the new club.

Lets just hope they can add more to the league than some of the current clubs. Poor attendances and league positions/performances for some heartland clubs just are not good enough really.

Jersey ideas- The club colours will be Red, Black & Gold

Home

Away

WARL CEO talking about the change in name www.sportal.com.au/​mediaplayer/audio/League/​john-sackson-explains-west-coas​t-pirates-na-13281

WARL CEO talking about the change in name www.sportal.com.au/​mediaplayer/audio/League/​john-sackson-explains-west-coas​t-pirates-na-13281

Become a crew member and the pack now includes this full size Steeden Pirates ball! westcoastpirates.com.au/join-the-pirates-crew/

Become a crew member and the pack now includes this full size Steeden Pirates ball! westcoastpirates.com.au/join-the-pirates-crew/

All looks great JB.

Without jumping any gun. You must be getting well excited?

Home shirt... When and where can you get them?

Not really tbh. I have a horrible gut feeling the ARLC are going to delay expansion until 2018. Even then I am not convinced they won't go with the two safe options of a Q'land and NSW team. This is RL we are talking about, we are hardly known for setting the world on fire when it comes to sensible expansion!

Not designed yet (that one I posted was just a fans mock up idea). I suspect they will be designing them over the next couple of months ready for the SG Ball team KO in January. Expect to see fan replica ones around that time (we will also know by then if and where expansion will happen).

JB are you in Perth? I fly into perth at the end of august, pirate ahoy for this pommie! I think changing the logo and name is a great idea and will bring interest from outside of the usual WA reds fanbase.