Tim Hamilton’s uncle managed the North Sydney Bears’ leagues club for 30 years. In his playing days, the now 57-year-old Tim was good enough to compete for the club in the Jersey Flegg Cup – NSW’s under-21s rugby league competition.
But he drifted away from the team when it fell out of the premiership league 25 years ago, after being a foundation club in a NSW competition that has since grown into an increasingly national behemoth, with multibillion-dollar broadcasting deals.
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