The Ryde-Eastwood Rugby League Football Club is 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

Ryde, New South Wales Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ryde is located 13 km north-west of the Sydney central business district and 8 km east of Parramatta. Ryde is the administrative centre of the local government area of the C ...

formed in late 1962, with the intent of entering the inaugural Inter-District competition in 1963. This competition became known as Second Division from 1964. They currently play in the

Sydney Shield The Sydney Shield is a rugby league football competition played in Sydney, New South Wales. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. Clubs Seven teams are competing in the 2022 Sydney Shield. The season commenced on M ...

. The club also fields open age (mens and womens) and under age (20s and 18s) teams in Sydney Combined competitions. The club has previously fielded teams in Balmain District and Parramatta District competitions.

Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions

Sydney Shield

The club entered the

in 2019.

NSW Cup

In a joint venture with Balmain Football Club, Balmain Ryde-Eastwood competed in the second-tier

NSW Cup The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...

Second Division / Metropolitan Cup

Ryde-Eastwood entered the ''Inter-District'' competition in 1963. This was renamed as ''Second Division'' in 1964 and reorganised as the ''Metropolitan Cup'' in 1974. The competition collapsed after the 1976 season. It was revived in 1990. Ryde-Eastwood were premiers on both sides of the 13 season hiatus.

AMCO Cup

As the previous season's Second Division, Metropolitan Cup premiers, Ryde-Eastwood qualified for the

Amco Cup The Amco Cup (subsequently known by various other sponsors' names including the Tooth Cup, KB Cup, National Panasonic Cup and Panasonic Cup) was a mid-week rugby league competition held in Australia between 1974 and 1989. The format was usual ...

knock-out competition on three consecutive occasions in the mid 1970s.

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