Campbelltown Eagles
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Campbelltown Eagles are an Australian semi-professional rugby league team. They currently play in the combined Group 6 Rugby League
-Western Suburbs District Rugby League
A-grade tournament jointly run by the CRL and NSWRL. The team previously competed in the Bundaberg Red Cup. One of their players is the Portuguese international Ivan Pacho.
until the end of 1983 when all Campbelltown
sides were required to form the Newtown-Campbelltown League, then the Western Suburbs District League. 2001 was an important year for the Eagles, winning the Minor Premiership, Premiership, Senior Club Champions and Overall Club Champions.
In 2008, the Eagles gained acceptance into the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup. However, the move wouldn't prove fruitful for the club and they left the competition at the end of 2010. The Eagles then would re-join the combined Group 6-Westerns Suburbs District A-grade competition from the start of the 2011 season.
The Eagles homeground in Waminda Oval, Campbelltown.
Group 6 Rugby League
Group 6 is a senior Rugby League competition in New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League.The geographical area covered by Group 6 takes in much of the Southern Highlands and southern Macarthur regions of New South Wales, extending from Moss Vale, New South...
-Western Suburbs District Rugby League
Western Suburbs Magpies
The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia...
A-grade tournament jointly run by the CRL and NSWRL. The team previously competed in the Bundaberg Red Cup. One of their players is the Portuguese international Ivan Pacho.
History
The Campbelltown Eagles was first established in 1961 as East Campbelltown. The team was apart of Group 6 Rugby LeagueGroup 6 Rugby League
Group 6 is a senior Rugby League competition in New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League.The geographical area covered by Group 6 takes in much of the Southern Highlands and southern Macarthur regions of New South Wales, extending from Moss Vale, New South...
until the end of 1983 when all Campbelltown
Campbelltown, New South Wales
Campbelltown is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campbelltown is located 51 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.- History :Campbelltown...
sides were required to form the Newtown-Campbelltown League, then the Western Suburbs District League. 2001 was an important year for the Eagles, winning the Minor Premiership, Premiership, Senior Club Champions and Overall Club Champions.
In 2008, the Eagles gained acceptance into the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup. However, the move wouldn't prove fruitful for the club and they left the competition at the end of 2010. The Eagles then would re-join the combined Group 6-Westerns Suburbs District A-grade competition from the start of the 2011 season.
Team emblem and homeground
East Campbelltown's logo is that of a red and white eagle inside a ring with the words "Campbelltown Eagles R.L.F.C" written on it. This logo is similar to that of NSWRL side, Manly Sea Eagles, with the colours changed to suit the club. The colours of the Eagles' jerseys are also red and white like their emblem.The Eagles homeground in Waminda Oval, Campbelltown.