The St Johns Eagles 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
Punchbowl, New South Wales
Punchbowl is a suburb south west of Sydney, west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. At the , Punchbowl had a population of 20,23 ...
, formed in 1954. They currently play in the
Sydney Combined Competition
The Sydney Combined Competition (SCC) formerly Inner City Combined Competition (ICCC) is an amateur rugby league competition for both senior and junior rugby league clubs in the St. George, Canterbury-Bankstown, Balmain, Western Suburbs and E ...
and
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...
district junior league.
The club currently runs 28 age-group teams.
In 2017, the club was embroiled in controversy as it emerged that an 8-year-old boy who played for the club appeared to be twice as big as some of the other children he was playing against.
See also
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List of rugby league clubs in Australia
This is a list of current rugby league clubs in Australia.
New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory
State of Origin
New South Wales Blues
National Rugby League
NSWRL Major Competitions
NSW Cup
Ron Massey Cup
Sydney Shi ...
References
External links
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Ron Massey Cup
Rugby league teams in Sydney
Rugby clubs established in 1954
1954 establishments in Australia