The Blacktown Workers Rugby League Football Club, also known as Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, are an Australian

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales formed in 1962. Since 2017 they have had a side in the

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, as the feeder team to the

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Knock-on Effect NSW Cup

The Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles first season in The

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was a disappointing one at they finished the season in 10th place and missed out on the finals series. In 2018, the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles missed out on the finals for a second consecutive season after finishing 9th on the table. At the end of the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW season, the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles endured a tough season finishing last on the table and claiming the wooden spoon with just six wins all year. The

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 ...

side also had a tough season finishing 9th on the table and missing out on the finals. In the 2022 NSW Cup season, Blacktown Workers finished last on the table and claimed the

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after winning only two matches for the entire year. The 2022 Ron Massey Cup side also had a poor year finishing second last on the table. {, class="wikitable" width="auto" style="text-align: right" , - ! rowspan=2 , Year !! rowspan=2 , Competition !! colspan=3 , Ladder !! rowspan=2 , Finals Position !! colspan=7 , All Match Record , - ! Pos !! Byes !! Pts !! P !! W !! L !! D !! For !! Agst !! Diff , - , 2017 , , align=center , Intrust Super NSW Premiership , , 10 , , 3 , , 22 , , align=left , , , 22 , , 8 , , 14 , , 0 , , 466 , , 606 , , style="color:red;" , -140 , - , 2018 , , align=center , Intrust Super NSW Premiership , , 9 , , 2 , , 22 , , align=left , , , 22 , , 8 , , 12 , , 2 , , 476 , , 496 , , style="color:red;" , -20 , - , 2019 , , align=center , Canterbury Cup , , 12 , , 1 , , 15 , , align=left , , , 22 , , 6 , , 15 , , 1 , , 460 , , 615 , , style="color:red;" , -155 , - , 2020 , , align=center , Canterbury Cup , , N/A , , 0 , , 0 , , align=left , Competition Cancelled , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 30 , , 44 , , style="color:red;" , -14 , - , 2021 , , align=center , Knock on Effect NSW Cup, , 10 , , 4 , , 20 , , align=left , , , 16 , , 4 , , 8 , , 4 , , 254 , , 368 , , Style="color:red;" , -114

Notable Juniors

* John Klein (1974–76

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) *Gary Allsop (1975–78

) *Wayne Moore (1972–75) Penrith Panthers however graded in 1973 from Blacktown Leagues *Peter Newsome (1975–77

) however graded in 1973 from Blacktown Leagues * Brad Izzard (1982–92

) * Craig Izzard (1983–93

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) *Robbie Robards (1985–88

) *

Grant Izzard Grant Izzard (born in Penrith, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played for the Penrith Panthers and the Illawarra Steelers of the New South Wales Rugby League premiersh ...

(1990–93

) *

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(1999–13

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) *

Geoff Daniela Geoff Daniela (born 28 February 1987) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays a and er for the St Mary's Saints in the Ron Massey Cup competition. He has previously played as a professional for the Penrith Panthers ...

(2007–2013

) *

Brian To'o Brian To'o (born 18 August 1998) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. He won both the 2021 and the 2022 NRL Grand Finals with the Panthers. He has represented the NSW Blues in ...

(2019–

)

Honours

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Minor Premiers: :: 2013

Ron Massey Cup

Blacktown competeted in the NSWRL Second Division and Matropolitan Cup in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Blacktown Workers entered the competition now known as the

in 2012.
The win–loss–draw record in the table below includes Finals Series matches. {, class="wikitable" width="auto" style="text-align: right" , - ! rowspan=2 , Year !! rowspan=2 , Competition !! colspan=3 , Ladder !! rowspan=2 , Finals Position !! colspan=7 , All Match Record , - ! Pos !! Byes !! Pts !! P !! W !! L !! D !! For !! Agst !! Diff , - , 1967 , , align=center , Second Division , , 8 , , 0 , , 2 , , align=left , Wooden Spoon , , 14 , , 1 , , 13 , , 0 , , 112 , , 329 , , style="color:red;" , -217 , - , 1968 , , align=center , Second Division , , 7 , , 2 , , 10 , , align=left , , , 16 , , 5 , , 11 , , 0 , , 140 , , 321 , , style="color:red;" , -181 , - , 1969 , , align=center , Second Division , , 2 , , 0 , , 26 , , align=left , Finalist , , 18 , , 13 , , 5 , , 0 , , 346 , , 193 , , 153 , - , 1970 , , align=center , Second Division , , 2 , , 2 , , 30 , , align=left , Grand Finalist , , 22 , , 16 , , 6 , , 0 , , 373 , , 208 , , 165 , - , 1971 , , align=center , Second Division , , 10 , , 2 , , 9 , , align=left , , , 20 , , 4 , , 15 , , 1 , , 250 , , 601 , , style="color:red;" , -351 , - , 1972 , , align=center , Second Division , , 9 , , 2 , , 16 , , align=left , , , 20 , , 6 , , 14 , , 0 , , 261 , , 528 , , style="color:red;" , -267 , - , 1973 , , align=center , Second Division , , 10 , , 2 , , 11 , , align=left , , , 18 , , 3 , , 14 , , 1 , , 282 , , 484 , , style="color:red;" , -202 , - , 1974 , , align=center , Metropolitan Cup , , 4 , , , , 25 , , align=left , Semi-Finalist , , 22 , , 12 , , 9 , , 1 , , 305 , , 282 , , 23 , - , 1975 , , align=center , Metropolitan Cup , , 9 , , 2 , , 4 , , align=left , Wooden Spoon , , 16 , , 2 , , 14 , , 0 , , 209 , , 449 , , style="color:red;" , -240 , - , 2012 , , align=center , Bundaberg Red Cup , , 9 , , 0 , , 5 , , align=left , , , 18 , , 2 , , 15 , , 1 , , 372 , , 904 , , style="color:red;" , -532 , - , 2013 , , align=center , Ron Massey Cup , , 10 , , 0 , , 16 , , align=left , , , 22 , , 8 , , 14 , , 0 , , 576 , , 824 , , style="color:red;" , -248 , - , 2014 , , align=center , Ron Massey Cup , , 10 , , 0 , , 16 , , align=left , , , 22 , , 8 , , 14 , , 0 , , 501 , , 713 , , style="color:red;" , -212 , - , 2015 , , align=center , Ron Massey Cup , , 7 , , 2 , , 22 , , align=left , Last 6 Semi-Finalist , , 22 , , 10 , , 12 , , 0 , , 622 , , 499 , , 123 , - , 2016 , , align=center , Ron Massey Cup , , 10 , , 2 , , 20 , , align=left , , , 20 , , 8 , , 12 , , 0 , , 503 , , 496 , , 7 , - , 2017 , , align=center , Ron Massey Cup , , 8 , , 7 , , 28 , , align=left , Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist , , 19 , , 7 , , 12 , , 0 , , 408 , , 648 , , style="color:red;" , -240 , - , 2018 , , align=center , Ron Massey Cup , , 8 , , 2 , , 20 , , align=left , Last 6 Semi-Finalist , , 20 , , 9 , , 11 , , 0 , , 457 , , 551 , , style="color:red;" , -94 , - , 2019 , , align=center , Ron Massey Cup , , 9 , , 1 , , 16 , , align=left , , , 20 , , 6 , , 14 , , 0 , , 362 , , 606 , , style="color:red;" , -244 , - , 2020 , , align=center , Ron Massey Cup , , N/A , , 0 , , 0 , , align=left , , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 4 , , 30 , , style="color:red;" , -26

Sydney Shield

{, class="wikitable" width="auto" style="text-align: right" , - ! rowspan=2 , Year !! rowspan=2 , Competition !! colspan=3 , Ladder !! rowspan=2 , Finals Position !! colspan=7 , All Match Record , - ! Pos !! Byes !! Pts !! P !! W !! L !! D !! For !! Agst !! Diff , - , 2014 , , align=center , Sydney Shield , , 10 , , 0 , , 13 , , align=left , , , 22 , , 6 , , 15 , , 1 , , 410 , , 790 , , style="color:red;" , -380 , - , 2015 , , align=center , Sydney Shield , , 9 , , 2 , , 19 , , align=left , , , 20 , , 7 , , 12 , , 1 , , 554 , , 573 , , style="color:red;" , -19 , - , 2016 , , align=center , Sydney Shield , , 13 , , 0 , , 12 , , align=left , , , 22 , , 6 , , 16 , , 0 , , 525 , , 730 , , style="color:red;" , -205 , - , 2017 , , align=center , Sydney Shield , , 9 , , 3 , , 18 , , align=left , , , 22 , , 6 , , 15 , , 0 , , 538 , , 806 , , style="color:red;" , -268 , - , 2018 , , align=center , Sydney Shield , , 8 , , 2 , , 16 , , align=left , Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist , , 19 , , 6 , , 13 , , 0 , , 454 , , 610 , , style="color:red;" , -156

Sources

{, class="wikitable" , - bgcolor=#bdb76b ! Years !! Acronym !! Item !! Available
Online !! Via , - , 1920 to 1973 , align=center , RLN , '' Rugby League News'' , align=center , Yes
Trove
, - , 1972-76, 78, 80-81,
1991-96, 1998-2009 , align=center , - , ''New South Wales Rugby League Annual Report'' , align=center , No , State Library of NSW , - , 2014-19 , align=center , - , ''New South Wales Rugby League Annual Report'' , align=center , Yes
NSWRL website
, - , 2003 to 2014 , align=center , RLW , ''

Rugby League Week ''Rugby League Week'' (frequently abbreviated to RLW) was the highest selling Australian rugby league magazine, ahead of major competitor ''Big League''. It was published weekly (on Wednesdays) during the Australian rugby league season, which ru ...

'' , align=center , Yes , eResources at State Library of NSW , - , 1974 to 2019 , align=center , BL , ''

Big League ''Big League'' was the official magazine of the National Rugby League. Its predecessor, ''The Rugby League News'', was first published in 1920; in 1974 it was rebranded as ''Big League''. In 2020, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in ...

'' , align=center , No , State Library of NSW , - , 2014 to now , align=center , LU , ''League Unlimited'' , align=center , Yes
League Unlimited website
, - , 2010 to 2019 , align=center , - , Various Newspaper Websites , align=center , Yes , As referenced

References

External links

* * * {{Ron Massey Cup Rugby league teams in Sydney Rugby clubs established in 1962 1962 establishments in Australia New South Wales Cup Ron Massey Cup Blacktown