
2022 Community Season Launch
Join us in celebrating the start of the 2022 season at our ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐บ โ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ. All welcome to attend this fun and free event! This is a great opportunity to meet the 2022 North Sydney Bears NSW Cup and Harvey Norman Womenโs Team and Coaching Staff, plus hear from our Chairman Daniel Dickson on the direction of the Club for 2022 and beyond.

VALE OLSEN FILIPAINA
It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of rugby league and Bears legend Olsen Filipaina, the Big O. He lost the fight today after battling kidney failure over the last fortnight at Westmead Hospital, aged 64.

Greg Florimo Gym Grand Opening
We had the great honour to officially open the Greg Florimo Gym at Norths Cammeray on Monday. This space is a huge asset to all of our teams and allows them to train at a high level, connect with physios and their trainers, review game footage and discuss game plans.

TEAM LIST TUESDAY: ROUND 2 JUNIOR REPS
Last Saturday, the NSWRL Junior Representative competitions kicked off and all three of our teams went up against the Newcastle Knights. Our inauguralย Tarsha Gale Cupย (U19s Females) team was first up and the cheer as these young women ran out on to the field for the first was amazing. The girls managed to calm the nervous and channel the Bear and although the Knights got the first points on the board with two early triesย our girls quickly recouped with Chloe Jacksonย scoringย the first try for the team in the 20th minute and Sienna Williams converting.

Harold Matthews 2022 Captains Announced
Today our Harold Matts (U17s Male Junior Reps) team announced their 2022 Captains, ahead of the new competition starting this Saturday. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ป on this wonderful and well earned accolade.

2022 SG Ball Cup Final Squad Announced
Congratulations to these young men selected as our 2022 SG Ball Cup team. Starting with over 400 applicants, enduring a tough pre-season and grueling training program it is a real achievement to be offered a chance to wear the Red & Black with pride. Well done to all!

2022 Tarsha Gale Cup Final Squad Announced
๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ ๐จ๐ญ๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ
This group of young women have brought such energy, both on and off the field, to our Club and we are excited to watch them refine their skills, build their confidence and rip in when the competition starts on the 5th February. Wear the Red & Black with pride ladies, you earnt it!

2022 Harold Matthews Cup Final Squad Announced
These 29 young men have worked very hard during pre-season and have earnt their spot in the final team. Last night they were presented with their jersey and reminded of the honour it is to wear the Red & Black. Congratulations to all!

BEARS RETURN TO TRAINING
The safety of our players, staff and their families is of utmost importance to the Bears and thus we return with new processes in place. For 2022ย we have implemented club-wide guidelines regarding covid-safety, covid awareness and also return-to-play and train post-covidย protocols for our players and staff. "Ensuring our teams are able to continue to thrive in the current environment is essential as we head towards the start of the new season" stated Bears CEO, Gareth Holmes.

New Football Operations Manager Joins the Bears
It is with great pleasure thatย we introduce our new Football Operations Manager, Daniel Hutton, who will be overseeing all things on-field across all of our grades from Developmentย Squads up to NSW Cup. Daniel brings with him a wealth of experience in rugby leagueย having previously worked as an NRL Lead Game Development Officer

BEARS GO TECH IN 2022
This season we have ramped up our use of technology to give our teams and coaching staff the best possible support when training and during game day. We caught up with our Knock On Effect NSW Cup Analyst, Pat Gough, to find out what tech is being used and how it will impact our teams.ย To support Pat and expand our tech footprint across the Club in 2022, we have added two new Analysts, Oscar Green and Brooke Mugridge, to assist in supporting our Junior Reps and Women'sย programs.

NEAT TO HEADLINE BEARS LEGENDS LOUNGE IN 2022
In 2022 we are raising the bar of our game day experience with the introduction of the Bears Legends Lounge and are excited to announce that Neat will be joining us on this journey as named partner, the Neat Legends Lounge. Held on level two of the Molly Dive Stand, the lounge will be open at all Bears home games for exclusive use by 1908 Club Members, Bears Business Club Members and Sponsors as a fully catered experience. This is a place to rub shoulders with club legends both past and present.

Team Check In: Harold Matthews Cup
Over the next few weeks we will be checking in on each of our teams to see how pre-season training is going. With five teams currently training it is a feat of organisation to ensure each squad has access to field, gym, Physios, Trainers, Strength & Conditioning Coaches and, of course, their Head Coach to ensure they are maintaining a high level of performance.
To start the series, we chatted with Hayden Gregory, Strength & Conditioning Coach our our Harold Matthews Cup U17s junior representative squad. Hayden has been impressed with how the team is training so far "The boys are hitting three gym sessions a week in their own time and one with the club which isย a high intensity strength and conditioning circuit."

Mammoth returns as Major Partner in 2022
Mammoth Projects return as a major partner of the North Sydney Bears female pathways programs for 2022. The sponsorship will see the Mammoth Projects logo featured across the upper back of jerseys of our Harvey Norman Womenโs Premiership, Tarsha Gale Cup U19s and Lisa Fiaola Cup U17s teams for the coming season.

Bears visit the Brewery
Recently we were lucky enough to visit Six String Brewing Company to help with the canning of our limited edition Team of the Century Bear Park Brew. A few Bears legends, Michael Buettner, John McArthur, Greg Florimo and Jason Taylor, joined us on the tour including getting to sample the first of the special edition Bear Park Brew straight from the production line!

A New Era, our concept for the NRL
On Thursday 27th October, we released our initial roadmap to readmission to the NRL as the 18th team, this is something we have been working on this year and it's exciting to share this with all of our Members and fans. The first step on this journey was the unveiling of our refreshed Club logo. Please click on the video below to watch the story of the logo creation come to life.
Our Chairman, Daniel Dickson, takes us through the initial proposed roadmap in the below video, please take the time to listen to our vision and click to read more about the roadmap to readmission.

A New Logo
We are excited to unveil the first step on our roadmap to NRL readmission โ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ฏ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ผ. Bringing together over a century of heritage featuring ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป, our ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ & ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ and represents our club, our people, and our brand as we build into a new era. The Club has always been vocal in our ultimate desire to return to the NRL and now our efforts are firmly focused on paving the way for the Bears as the 18th team.

2022 NSW Cup Signings
As we prepare for the 2022 season, we announce our latest Knock On Effect NSW Cup signings. Our Head of Recruitment, Pat Weisner, and Head Coach, Jason Taylor, have been scouring the talent nationwide to select the best on-field to take us all the way to a Premiership next year.

2022 Harvey Norman Women’s Signings
As we prepare for the 2022 season, we announce our latest Harvey Norman Women's Premiership signings. Our Head of Recruitment, Pat Weisner, and Head Coach, Rob Capizzi, have been scouring the talent nationwide to select the best on-field to take us all the way to a Premiership next year.

North Sydney Bears 2022 Junior Representative EOI (Male)
APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED
The North Sydney Bears are pleased to announce that they will be holding invitation-only trials for our 2022 Harold Matthews & SG Ball Squads.
Applications close at 5pm Thursday 30th September 2021.ย All successfulโฆ

Ken McCaffery Tribute
Like many things in the last 7 weeks, our Ken McCaffery Round was cancelled last month however we still wanted to pay tribute to the great man and his importance to the North Sydney Bears. With the family's help, we have put together this video tribute to honour Ken.


