Shellharbour Sharks
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Shellharbour City Sharks RLFC |
| Colours | Maroon Gold |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Current details | |
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| Chairman | Allan Cody |
| Coach | Abed Atallah |
| Captain | James Ralphs |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 6 (1939, 1962, 1971, 1973, 2001, 2018) |
The Shellharbour City Sharks are a Country Rugby League club founded in 1920 located on the South Coast of NSW that compete in the South Coast Group 7 competition.
Club Info
[edit]History
[edit]Shellharbour City RLFC has a 113-year history[citation needed], originally existed as a rugby union club, before switching to rugby league in 1920.
The club have won five first-grade premierships in total, as well as over 30 reserve, third, and under-18 premierships. The club's inaugural first grade premiership was in 1939.[1] The last premiership was won in 2018.
The Shellharbour LGA itself forms the southern part of the Greater Wollongong urban area.
Shellharbour City Marlins/Dragons
[edit]In 2007, Shellharbour City struck a deal with NRL side the St. George Illawarra Dragons and thus created a new team and entered themselves into the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup with the name Shellharbour City Marlins using the colours as their parent club. It is rumoured that the name Marlins was chosen to differentiate themselves from any Cronulla Sharks sides. The Shellharbour Sharks still competed in Group 7 Rugby League competition during this time. During 2008, the Dragons leagues club however did not give the same backing to Sharks, instead the Sharks stayed alive through other sponsorship deals, most notably Corban KIA.[2] 2009 saw a change in direction again with both the Sharks side moving into the Illawarra Carlton League and the Marlins side moving into the NSW Cup.[3] This resulted in the Marlins changing their name to Shellharbour City Dragons and consequently changing their strip to the more famous Red-V.
The club moved back to Group 7 from the Illawarra League in 2014.
Ron Costello Oval
[edit]Ron Costello Oval (formally Fuller Park) has been the home of Shellharbour City Rugby League Football Club since the mid-1950s.
Notable Juniors
[edit]- Ron Costello – Wests, Canterbury, NSW, and Australian Kangaroo. The club's home ground, Ron Costello Oval, is named after him.
- Luke Bailey – St George Illawarra, Gold Coast captain, NSW and Australian front row forward.
- Matt Cooper – St George Illawarra, NSW, and Australian centre
- Dan Hunt – St George Illawarra and Country prop.
- Trent Merrin – St George Illawarra, Country, NSW and Australian Lock.
- Adam Docker – Penrith Panthers
- Euan Aitken – St George Illawarra
- Jai Field – St George Illawarra
Honours
[edit]- Group 7 Rugby League Premierships: 6
- 1939, 1962, 1971, 1973, 2001, 2018
- Second Grade Premierships: 14
- 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1983, 1990, 2001,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Third Grade Premierships: 2
- 1971, 1977
- Group 7 U-18's Premierships: 11
- 1944, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2020
- Illawarra U-18's Premierships: 3
- 2009, 2010, 2012
Source: [4][failed verification]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby League". Illawarra Mercury. Wollongong: National Library of Australia. 18 August 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Roots, Chris (2 January 2008). "Dragons let us down: Marlins". Illawarra Mercury.
- ^ Keeble, Tim (25 September 2008). "Sharks, Marlins make big moves". Illawarra Mercury.
- ^ "Trophy Room". FOX SPORTS PULSE. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Shellharbour Sharks Illawarra District Homepage
- Shellharbour Sharks Junior South Coast District Homepage
- Sharks clubpage
- Country Rugby League Homepage
- South Coast Rugby League Homepage
- Illawarra District League
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