The Asquith Magpies Rugby League Football Club is an Australian

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football club based in

Asquith, New South Wales Asquith is an outer suburb of Northern Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Asquith is located 26 km north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. The suburb contains a sec ...

formed in 1953. They previously competed in the NSW

Ron Massey Cup The Ron Massey Cup (formerly known as the Bundaberg Red Cup and Jim Beam Cup) is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, run jointly by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and the ...

competition and the

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. Asquith are currently a senior feeder club side to

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team the

North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in the ...

Notable players

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(2007-

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(2008-13

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Kieran Foran Kieran Foran (born 13 July 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL and New Zealand at international level. Foran previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, ...

(2009-

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) * Kevin Wilson 1970 to 1976 - then graded to North Sydney Bears playing all Grades including Captain of First Grade.

Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions

Tier 3

In three different time-periods, Asquith has entered teams in lower tier competitions run by the

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The win-loss-draw record in the table below includes Finals Series matches.
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League Unlimited

Tier 4

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External links

* {{Ron Massey Cup Rugby league teams in Sydney Rugby clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in Australia Ron Massey Cup Asquith, New South Wales