North Sydney began playing in the NSW Cup (formerly known as Reserve Grade) at their traditional base, North Sydney Oval, where they are the feeder team to the
South Sydney Rabbitohs. As of 2014, there have been several attempts for the Bears to come back into the NRL by being based at the Central Coast, Perth, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Tasmania and many more locations. Former North Sydney internationals
Greg Florimo and
David Fairleigh play a prominent role in the club's push to join the NRL. So far they have failed to gain a licence to re-enter the NRL with the latest push of buying the Manly Sea Eagles licence from Penn Sports for $6,000,000 after a failed attempt by Qatar to buy Manly for $22,000,000 a week earlier.