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Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles are a professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

team currently playing in the Queensland Cup

Queensland Cup

The Queensland Cup is the premier rugby league football competition in the State of Queensland, Australia.It is a statewide competition with the majority of teams based in South East Queensland but also including sides based in Cairns, Mackay and Rockhampton.The competition began in 1996 as a...

they are a new team to the competition. They previously played under the name of the Sunshine Coast Falcons

Sunshine Coast Falcons

The Sunshine Coast Falcons are a rugby league team based on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. They played in the inaugural Queensland Cup in 1996, but left at the end of the season. Following a number of clubs leaving what was then known as the Mixwell Cup , the Sunshine Coast successfully applied for a...

but were booted from the competition. They re-entered into the competition in 2009 and were previously the feeder club for NRL side the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...

External links

http://www.sunshineseaeagles.com.au/indexFrame.html
http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2007/nov/09/coast-lands-footy-coup/

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