St Johns Eagles

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St Johns Eagles
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Club information
Full nameSt Johns Eagles Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Eagles
Colours  Blue
  Gold
  Red
Founded1954;68 years ago (1954)
Website Official website
Current details
Ground(s)
Competition Sydney Combined Competition and Canterbury-Bankstown juniors
2017 3rd
Rugby football current event.png Current season
Records
Premierships7 (1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1947)

The St Johns Eagles is an Australian rugby league football club based in Punchbowl, New South Wales, formed in 1954. They currently play in the Sydney Combined Competition and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs district junior league.

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The club currently runs 28 age-group teams. [1] [2] 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. [3]

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References

  1. "About St. John's Eagles JRLFC". St. John’s Eagles. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. "Eagles swoop to win the shield". South Sydney Herald. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/bulldogs-junior-reignites-age-vs-weight-competition-debate/news-story/42605efa4b0a07ed8dd917da799dbb2a