Where are they now? Every player from North Sydney Bears’ final first grade game in 1999 tracked down

They’re the 17 players who hold an important place in rugby league’s 117-year history. TYSON JACKSON tracks down every player from the North Sydney Bears’ final first grade game in 1999.

Where the North Sydney Bears’ class of 1999 are now.

They’re the 17 players who hold a strange yet important place in rugby league’s 117-year history.

On 28 August 1999, North Sydney Bears played their final game as a first grade side against the Cowboys, ending the foundation club’s storied history in the top flight competition.

North Sydney would go out fitting winners 28-18 - but what happened to the men who wore the famous red and black jersey for the last time?

From North Sydney’s last point-scorer to the last player to be sin-binned in a Bears jersey - we reveal where the 1999 Bears are 26 years later.

Originally published as Where are they now? Every player from North Sydney Bears’ final first grade game in 1999 tracked down