BEARS X DANNY MET SALLY
The North Sydney Bears and Danny Met Sally, a leading National Premium Disability Service Provider, are proud to announce their partnership for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. This collaboration is founded on a shared commitment to advocating for the disability sector, raising awareness, and creating meaningful opportunities for individuals with disabilities to engage in the community. Together, the North Sydney Bears and Danny Met Sally aim to champion inclusion and accessibility in the rugby league heartland and broader local sporting communities.
VALE PAUL GRIFFIN
The North Sydney Bears were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Paul Griffin this week. Paul, a member of the Bears 1989 Reserve Grade premiership winning squad has been a wonderful and generous supporter of local rugby league for many years.
NEW HEAD COACH ANNOUNCED
As we prepare to launch into the 2025 season, we are excited to announce our new Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Head Coach as Tony Barnes. Barnes comes to the club with 31 seasons of coaching under his belt having worked with the Sydney Roosters from 2010 - 2023 including holding roles as Head Coach of their NSW Cup team and many successful years as Head Coach of Jersey Flegg. More recently, Barnes was Assistant Coach of the 2024 premiership winning Newtown Jets team and comes highly recommended.
Boost The Bears With Send
We’re thrilled to announce our new partnership between Send Payments and our Bears 2025 Junior Representative program. Send believes in supporting future stars, both on the field and in business. That’s why they’re offering a unique opportunity to do both. When you make an international transfer with Send, they will donate a percentage of the money made to the Bears Junior Reps team. Your support will help cover vital expenses like team travel, equipment, and high-performance training for the rising stars of the Bears.
North Sydney Bears Announce Official Community Partnership with Mary’s House Services
The North Sydney Bears are proud to announce Mary's House Services as their official community partner for the season 2025 and beyond. This exciting partnership will see the Bears and Mary's House Services come together to support women and children escaping domestic violence, raising awareness and contributing to positive change in the local community.
2024 Red & Black Foundation Sports Lunch
We held a fabulous lunch at Norths Cammeray on Friday 4th October supporting the Red & Black Foundation. Guest speaker NSW Blues Super Coach and now Brisbane Broncos Coach, Michael Maguire, regaled the audience about what it takes to win an Origin Series and his struggles and triumphs to reach that moment. Our Bears panel was studded with Old Bears including Mark Graham, Billy Moore, Mark Soden and Kieran Dempsey and had the guests in stitches over old stories.
2024 Awards Night (Senior)
To celebrate the end of another successful year for the Bears our Knock-On Effect NSW Cup team, staff, members and corporate partners spent a beautiful evening on Sydney Harbour on Wednesday 2nd October. This was a wonderful opportunity to recognise the people who have contributed so much to the club both on and off the field all year. Join us in congratulating the award winners below
2025 Junior Reps Summer Squads Announced
25 rounds completed and one game to go in the regular season of the 2024 Knock-On Effect NSW Cup. And it's going to be a great one! We kick off the day bright and early with local junior league grand final games starting from 9am and ending at 5pm with an A-Grade grand final between Asquith Magpies v Narraweena Hawks. Following at 7.30pm with Bears v Knights and under lights. To top off an epic day of footy, it's also Members Round. This is the time of year we get to say a big thank you to everyone who backed the Bears in 2024 and took up a membership. Members are the lifeblood of our club, and your ongoing support is truly appreciated. Come on down, help the team get the win and enjoy the last home game of the season at Bear Park.
2024 Grand Final: All The Info You Need
The stage is now set, and our opponent has been named as fellow foundation club the Newtown Jets. Not since 1943 have these two mighty clubs faced each other in a Grand Final. 81 years ago, before we were the Bears and the Bluebags, Newtown took home the cookies but this year it's the mighty red & blacks turn to bask in the glory. To do this, our team NEEDS YOU. They need to see your there and they need to hear you. This phenomenal Bears fan energy will drive them forward and lift them up when things get tough. Get your friends, family, mates and dates together. Book your tickets, jump on the supporter buses and bring the boys home with the premiership.
2025 Junior Reps Coaches
Introducing our Junior Representative Head Coaches for the 2025 season >>
Red & Black Foundation Sports Luncheon
Our last home game of the season is fast approaching, and we are excited to be playing under lights for Saturday Night Footy! We kick off the day nice and early with local Junior League Grand Finals for ages U11s and up. Come cheer on the junior Bears in the making and watch some great grassroots footy at iconic North Sydney Oval. In the evening, Bears take on the Newcastle Knights for our last home game for 2024 and the last game of the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup regular season before finals begin. And to make it even more special, it is our annual Members Round! A time when we get to say a big thank you to everyone who backed the Bears in 2024 and show our appreciation for your ongoing support. We will have a string of local craft beer tents on the hill and special bar seating set up around the fence line for ultimate Saturday night footy viewing. Check out all the fun activities we have planned below >>
Saturday Night Footy 2024
Our last home game of the season is fast approaching, and we are excited to be playing under lights for Saturday Night Footy! We kick off the day nice and early with local Junior League Grand Finals for ages U11s and up. Come cheer on the junior Bears in the making and watch some great grassroots footy at iconic North Sydney Oval. In the evening, Bears take on the Newcastle Knights for our last home game for 2024 and the last game of the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup regular season before finals begin. And to make it even more special, it is our annual Members Round! A time when we get to say a big thank you to everyone who backed the Bears in 2024 and show our appreciation for your ongoing support. We will have a string of local craft beer tents on the hill and special bar seating set up around the fence line for ultimate Saturday night footy viewing. Check out all the fun activities we have planned below >>
Breakfast with Bellamy
Last Friday we hosted our first business breakfast event for 2024 at The Greens North Sydney, Breakfast with Bellamy. It was an honour to welcome to the stage one of the most decorated coaches in the NRL and the current Head Coach of our partner club, Melbourne Storm Craig Bellamy. Bellamy played 150 first grade games for the Canberra Raiders from 1982 - 1992 and has gone on to coach Melbourne Storm for over 20 years.
North Sydney Bears 2025 Junior Representative EOI
The North Sydney Bears are pleased to announce that we will be holding invitation-only trials for our 2025 Junior Representative Squads in September. Please click to find out more information and to submit an Expression of Interest to trial.
Club Statement: NSWRL Breach of Conduct Update
Updated Post 15th August 2024
Club Statement: NSWRL Breach of Conduct
No further comment will be made at this stage.
UPDATE: BEARS NRL BID
This development has fast tracked the possible inclusion of an additional team in the national league and speculation amongst media, fans and key stakeholders is once again a buzz. The Bears can confirm that our Chairman and CEO met with Peter V'Landys, Chairman of the ARL Commission, regarding the Bears proposal for readmission in the NRL.
Axis Medical Update 11th June 2024
“Working in a part-time environment can be very challenging for all players and medical/performance staff managing injuries. This year we are really focusing on working with the players, so they understand how to best manage their injury in their daily lives including in their full-time jobs, alongside setting them up with specific gym and field-based rehab plans." stated the teams Head Physiotherapist George Davis from Axis Athletic Performance Lab.
2024 Winter Development Squads
The North Sydney Bears are pleased to announce their 2024Winter Development Squads. Players are selected in consultation with club coaches and the Bears own recruitment officers. All player’s selected from within the district will be under the guidance of Bears representative coaches following a program set by Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Head Coach Pat Weisner.
INDIGENOUS ROUND COMES TO BEAR PARK
The North Sydney Bears would like to dedicate our 2024 Indigenous Round, to be held on Sunday 26th May 2024, to those who resided on this land 6,000 years ago, land that is now North Sydney Oval. To those indigenous men, women, boys and girls who have proudly represented the Red and Black, to our local ancestors the Cammeraygal people and to the land on which we play, on this day we acknowledge them.
BEER FOOTY AND FOOD FESTIVAL READY TO TAKE OVER NORTH SYDNEY OVAL
The stage is all set for the inaugural Beer Footy and Food Festival at North Sydney Oval with rugby league’s most loved characters combining at the iconic venue today, as tickets go on sale one week out from gates opening.
BEARS LAUNCH USA PLAYER PATHWAY PARTNERSHIP
In an historic move, the North Sydney Bears have reached a partnership agreement to establish the Boston Bears for the 2024 USARL season. Previously known as the Boston Thirteens RL, the club will be rebranded as the Boston Bears and will compete in the newly combined USARL competition for the upcoming season beginning in June this year.