Belrose Eagles Explained

Clubname:Belrose Eagles
Fullname:Belrose Eagles
Colours: Red
Yellow
Black
Premierships:1
Premiershipyears:2013
Spoons:1
Spoonyears:2019
Mgrtitle:Secretary
Coach:Tim Gee
Season:2020
Position:3rd (Semi-Finalist)
Website:Belrose Eagles

The Belrose Eagles are a rugby league team based in the suburb of Belrose in Sydney's Northern Beaches. Founded in 1955, the club has fielded both junior and senior teams in the Manly-Warringah district competitions and since 2013 the semi-professional Sydney Shield competition in NSW, Australia. Their colours are red and gold. After returning to the A Grade competition in 2009, the Belrose Eagles were 2009 Premiers.

In 2013, Belrose joined the Sydney Shield competition and in their inaugural year claimed the premiership. Belrose were also Premiers in the A2 Manly Warringah Rugby League Competition that year.

Notable Juniors

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles legends Geoff Toovey and Jason King (rugby league) represented Belrose in their youth.

Belrose are part of the Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League district competition.

Jim Beam Cup

The Belrose Eagles played in the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup from 2005 until 2009. Prior to this the highest level of competition for the club was in the Manly-Warringah and North Sydney district A-Grade competitions. The Eagles did not make the finals of the Jim Beam Cup competition in any of the four years they participated. The Belrose Eagles returned to the Manly-Warringah/North Sydney district A-Grade competition in 2009 and went on to win this competition.

Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record
Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff
2005 align=center Jim Beam Cup 9 3 16 align=left 19 6 11 2 537 499 38
2006 align=center Jim Beam Cup 7 2 15 align=left 16 5 10 1 320 396 -76
2007 align=center Jim Beam Cup 6 0 28 align=left 22 13 7 2 596 540 56
2008 align=center Jim Beam Cup 8 0 18 align=left 22 9 13 0 570 576 -6

Sydney Shield

Belrose compete in the NSW Sydney Shield competition. At the end of the 2019 Sydney Shield season, Belrose finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon. It was a difficult year for Belrose as they managed only one victory and lost eighteen matches.[1] In 2020, Belrose competed in the two iterations of the Sydney Shield: a single round in mid-March that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and a reorganised competition that ran from July to September 2020.

Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record
Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff
2013 align=center Sydney Shield align=left Premiers
2014 align=center Sydney Shield 4 0 28 align=left Last 4 Preliminary Finalist 22 14 8 0 600 418 182
2015 align=center Sydney Shield[2] 7 2 22 align=left Last 6 Semi-Finalist 22 10 12 0 546 514 32
2016 align=center Sydney Shield[3] 4 0 31 align=left Last 6 Semi-Finalist 24 15 8 1 703 531 172
2017 align=center Sydney Shield[4] 7 3 27 align=left Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist 23 10 12 1 512 572 -60
2018 align=center Sydney Shield[5] 9 2 14 align=left 18 5 13 0 332 447 -115
2019 align=center Sydney Shield[6] 12 1 4 align=left 20 1 18 1 364 958 -594
2020 align=center Sydney Shield[7] N/A 0 1 align=left Competition Cancelled[8] 1 0 0 1 20 20 0
2020 align=center Sydney Shield 3 1 13 align=left Semi-Finalist[9] 9 5 3 1 184 172 12

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ron Massey Cup 2019 Ladder. NSWRL.
  2. Web site: Sydney Shield 2015 - Ladder. 30 Aug 2015. League Unlimited. 20 Sep 2020.
  3. Web site: Sydney Shield 2016 - Ladder. 28 Aug 2016. League Unlimited. 20 Sep 2020.
  4. Web site: Sydney Shield 2017 - Ladder. 3 Sep 2017. League Unlimited. 20 Sep 2020.
  5. Web site: Sydney Shield 2018 - Ladder. 26 Aug 2018. League Unlimited. 20 Sep 2020.
  6. Web site: Sydney Shield 2019 - Ladder. 1 Sep 2019. League Unlimited. 20 Sep 2020.
  7. Web site: Sydney Shield 2020 - Ladder. 13 Sep 2020. League Unlimited. 20 Sep 2020.
  8. Web site: NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season. 27 Mar 2020. NSWRL. 24 Aug 2020.
  9. Web site: Sharks down Eagles to book Grand Final spot. Buxton. Matt. 19 Sep 2020. NSWRL. 20 Sep 2020.