<P> The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney , New South Wales . They compete in the New South Wales Cup , having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top - grade competition . The Bears are based on Sydney 's Lower North Shore , and have played at North Sydney Oval since 1910 . There is a bid supporting a resurrection of the club in the NRL as the Central Coast Bears , based in Gosford , New South Wales . </P>
<P> The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney , New South Wales . They compete in the New South Wales Cup , having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top - grade competition . The Bears are based on Sydney 's Lower North Shore , and have played at North Sydney Oval since 1910 . There is a bid supporting a resurrection of the club in the NRL as the Central Coast Bears , based in Gosford , New South Wales . </P>
when did the north sydney bears leave the nrl
when did the north sydney bears leave the nrl
1999
1999