The Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles are an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n 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...

 football team based in Albion Park

Albion Park, New South Wales

Albion Park is a suburb in the City of Shellharbour, which is in turn one of the three local government areas that comprise the Wollongong Metropolitan Area, New South Wales, Australia...

, a country town of the Illawarra

Illawarra

Illawarra is a region in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a coastal region situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the Shoalhaven or South Coast region. It encompasses the cities of Wollongong, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven and the town of Kiama. The central region contains Lake...

 region. The club are a part of Country Rugby League and have competed in both the Illawarra

Illawarra Rugby League

The Illawarra Rugby League is a rugby league competition in Wollongong, NSW. It is one of the oldest rugby league competitions in Australia, founded in 1911 with five clubs ....

 and South Coast

Group 7 Rugby League

South Coast Group 7 Rugby League is the divisional boundary drawn from the Southern Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia and is governed by the NSWCRL...

 competitions, where it competes today. The club's greatest achievement to date is winning the Clayton Cup

Clayton Cup

The Clayton Cup is a trophy awarded by the Country Rugby League to the NSW country rugby league team with the best overall record for that season. To be eligible, the team must win the highest level of competition in its region. Usually the winner of the Clayton Cup goes through the season undefeated...

 in 2007.

History

Originally the team was known as Albion Park until 1964, before the team expanded to Oak Flats

Oak Flats, New South Wales

Oak Flats is a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia situated on the south western shores of Lake Illawarra. It is a residential area of 6,400 people and has a railway station which was moved in 2003...

 thus changing their name to Albion Park-Oak Flats. The team won two premierships before this time, the first in 1944 and the second in 1949. The Eagles were originally members of South Coast Rugby League before switching to the Illawarra District League in the 1920s where the remained until its return to the South Coast in 1933.

After a slow start to the 20th century, they finished off with a bang winning the 1998 and 1999 First Grade Premierships. They brought this strength into the 21st century winning a third consecutive premiership in 2000. They remained one of the strongest team in the South Coast throughout the 2000's, appearing in six grand finals and winning the Clayton Cup

Clayton Cup

The Clayton Cup is a trophy awarded by the Country Rugby League to the NSW country rugby league team with the best overall record for that season. To be eligible, the team must win the highest level of competition in its region. Usually the winner of the Clayton Cup goes through the season undefeated...

 in 2007.

Name and Emblem

The Eagles logo is adapted from that of NRL and NSWRL side 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...

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Team

• Group 7 Rugby League
  Group 7 Rugby League
  South Coast Group 7 Rugby League is the divisional boundary drawn from the Southern Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia and is governed by the NSWCRL...
  
   Premierships: 12

1944, 1949, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009

• Second Grade Premierships: 7

1938*, 1966, 1976, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2008

• U-18's Premierships: 6

1954, 1966, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1999

• Leo O'Dwyer Cups: 4

1963, 1968, 1969, 1975, 2000

• Third Grade Premierships (Regan Cup): 4

1974, 1981, 1985, 1991

• Club Championships: 7

1975, 1984, 1985, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007

• Clayton Cup
  Clayton Cup
  The Clayton Cup is a trophy awarded by the Country Rugby League to the NSW country rugby league team with the best overall record for that season. To be eligible, the team must win the highest level of competition in its region. Usually the winner of the Clayton Cup goes through the season undefeated...
  
  : 1

2007

Individuals

• Group 7 Player of the Year (5)

John Marley (1969), Jade Lucas (2000), Simon Pimanovs (2005 & 2007), Derek "Spud" Gray (2008)

• Highest Point-scorer of the Year (2)

David Jensen (2000), Sean Jenkins (2007)

• Highest Try-scorer of the Year (6)

Ralph Clarke (1987), Cole Skelly (1995), Mick Gillespie (1999), Simon Pimanovs (2000 & 2007), Sean Jenkins (2007), Danny Sartori (2009)

• Rookie of the Year (2)

Craig Nicholls (1993), Sean Jenkins (2001)

• Kevin Walsh Scholarship (1)

Jacob Boon (2006)

• Under-18s Player of the Year (2)

Cole Skelly (1989), Ian Jones (1990)

• Under-21s Player of the Year (2)

Cole Skelly (1990), Ian Jones (1991)
Source: Albion Park-Oak Flats **History**

External links

• Albion Park-Oak Flats Homepage
• Country Rugby League Homepage
• Country Rugby League
• South Coast Rugby League Homepage
• Group 7 Rugby League
  Group 7 Rugby League
  South Coast Group 7 Rugby League is the divisional boundary drawn from the Southern Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia and is governed by the NSWCRL...