Endeavour Field (also known by its commercial name PointsBet Stadium and colloquially as Shark Park during

Cronulla Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league ...

matches) is a

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stadium in the southern Sydney suburb of

Woolooware, New South Wales Woolooware is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woolooware is located south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. It shares the 2230 postcode with Cronulla. Woolooware stretches ...

, Australia. It is the home ground of the Cronulla-Sutherland Rugby League Club, which represents the

Cronulla Cronulla is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Boasting numerous surf beaches and swimming spots, the suburb attracts both tourists and Greater Sydney residents. Cronulla is located 26 kilometres south of the Sydne ...

and

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areas in the

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competition. Unique among NRL clubs, the Sharks own and operate their home ground. The Sharkies Leagues Club sits beside the stadium.

History

The stadium was built in 1960 and currently has a capacity of 20,000. The Cronulla-Sutherland Rugby League Club own the stadium and Leagues Club next door, the only club in the

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to own their own stadium. Local councils usually own sporting venues in Australia. On 21 April 2006, the Federal Government announced a A$9.6 million grant would be given to the Cronulla Sharks to upgrade the stadium. The upgrade included a new covered stand to seat over 1,500 spectators at the southern end. The new stand was completed in time for the 2008 season. Renovations are also planned for the ET Stand, named for Cronulla club legend and games record holder

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, and the Peter Burns Stand. As of June 2020, the Leagues Club is undergoing redevelopment with the Leagues Club closing its doors on 15 December 2019, with the facility originally due to reopen in early 2022. Due to the

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impacting construction timelines in the Leagues Club site, the completion date has been pushed back to early 2023, but Cronulla will be playing home games at the stadium again in 2022.

Ground usage

Rugby league

In the

competition, the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league ...

team has been playing at this venue since midway through the 1968 NSWRFL season, which was the club's second season into the competition (they had previously played at Sutherland Oval from 1967 until 1968). High turnout in crowd numbers are usual when Cronulla play local-derby rivals, the

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. The ground attendance record is 22,302, which was set when Cronulla-Sutherland took on St George in May 2004. In late 2017, the ground hosted the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup tournament. It played host to the group stages and semi-finals matches. The grand final was held at

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. During the

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, it was announced that the ground and the Cronulla leagues club would be undergoing renovations and as a result Cronulla revealed that for the next two years that they would be playing home matches away from their spiritual home with

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and the new

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as new temporary home grounds.

Soccer

The

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club played at the ground for two seasons, from 2001 until 2003, in the former National Soccer League.

Naming rights

The ground has had numerous naming rights deals. Names of this ground over the years have been: * Endeavour Field * Ronson Field * Caltex Field * Shark Park *

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Park * Toyota Stadium * Remondis Stadium * Southern Cross Group Stadium * PointsBet Stadium

Gallery

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References

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