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Blacktown Workers

The Blacktown Workers Rugby League Football Club, formerly known as Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, are an Australian rugby league football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales formed in 1962. From 2017 until 2024, they had a side in the NSW Cup, as the feeder team to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[2] However, this partnership ended after Manly decided to revert back their NSW Cup team to play under the banner of Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[3]

Blacktown Workers Rugby League
Club information
Full nameBlacktown Workers Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Workers
Colours  White
  Black
  Red
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Current details
Ground(s)
CoachWayne Lambkin[1]
ManagerTodd Darvall
CaptainJake Toby
CompetitionNSW Cup
Records
Runners-up1 Third Tier (1970)
Minor premierships1 Fourth Tier (2013 (SS))
Wooden spoons4 Third Tier (1967, 1975, 2019, 2022)

Knock-on Effect NSW Cup

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Jad Mahmoud playing for the Workers

The Blacktown Workers first season in The Intrust Super Premiership NSW as the Sea Eagles, was a disappointing one at they finished the season in 10th place and missed out on the finals series.[4]

In 2018, the Blacktown Workers missed out on the finals for a second consecutive season after finishing 9th on the table.[5] At the end of the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW season, the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles endured a tough season finishing last on the table and claiming the wooden spoon with just six wins all year. The Ron Massey Cup side also had a tough season finishing 9th on the table and missing out on the finals.[6][7] In the 2022 NSW Cup season, Blacktown Workers finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon after winning only two matches for the entire year. The 2022 Ron Massey Cup side also had a poor year finishing second last on the table.[8] The 2023 season proved Blacktown's most successful to date after the regular season finishing in fifth position and making it to the finals. The 2024 season, their final season as the Sea Eagles, saw the team miss out on the finals again, finishing in ninth position.

Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record
Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff
2017 Intrust Super NSW Premiership[9] 10 3 22 22 8 14 0 466 606 -140
2018 Intrust Super NSW Premiership[10] 9 2 22 22 8 12 2 476 496 -20
2019 Canterbury Cup[11] 12 1 15 22 6 15 1 460 615 -155
2020 Canterbury Cup N/A 0 0 Competition Cancelled[12] 1 0 1 0 30 44 -14
2021 Knock on Effect NSW Cup[13] 10 4 22 16 4 8 4 290 718 -114
2022 Knock on Effect NSW Cup 12 2 8 22 2 20 0 254 368 -428
2023 Knock on Effect NSW Cup 5 2 32 24 13 9 2 659 524 105
2024 Knock on Effect NSW Cup 9 2 24 24 10 14 0 566 704 -138

Notable Juniors

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Honours

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2013

Ron Massey Cup

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Blacktown competeted in the NSWRL Second Division and Matropolitan Cup in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Blacktown Workers entered the competition now known as the Ron Massey Cup in 2012.
The win–loss–draw record in the table below includes Finals Series matches.

Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record
Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff
1967 Second Division[14] 8 0 2 Wooden Spoon 14 1 13 0 112 329 -217
1968 Second Division[15] 7 2 10 16 5 11 0 140 321 -181
1969 Second Division[16] 2 0 26 Finalist 18 13 5 0 346 193 153
1970 Second Division[17] 2 2 30 Grand Finalist 22 16 6 0 373 208 165
1971 Second Division[18] 10 2 9 20 4 15 1 250 601 -351
1972 Second Division[19] 9 2 16 20 6 14 0 261 528 -267
1973 Second Division[20] 10 2 11 18 3 14 1 282 484 -202
1974 Metropolitan Cup 4 25 Semi-Finalist 22 12 9 1 305 282 23
1975 Metropolitan Cup 9 2 4 Wooden Spoon 16 2 14 0 209 449 -240
2012 Bundaberg Red Cup 9 0 5 18 2 15 1 372 904 -532
2013 Ron Massey Cup 10 0 16 22 8 14 0 576 824 -248
2014 Ron Massey Cup[21] 10 0 16 22 8 14 0 501 713 -212
2015 Ron Massey Cup[22] 7 2 22 Last 6 Semi-Finalist 22 10 12 0 622 499 123
2016 Ron Massey Cup[23] 10 2 20 20 8 12 0 503 496 7
2017 Ron Massey Cup[24] 8 7 28 Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist 19 7 12 0 408 648 -240
2018 Ron Massey Cup[25] 8 2 20 Last 6 Semi-Finalist 20 9 11 0 457 551 -94
2019 Ron Massey Cup[26] 9 1 16 20 6 14 0 362 606 -244
2020 Ron Massey Cup N/A 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 30 -26

Sydney Shield

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Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record
Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff
2014 Sydney Shield 10 0 13 22 6 15 1 410 790 -380
2015 Sydney Shield[27] 9 2 19 20 7 12 1 554 573 -19
2016 Sydney Shield[28] 13 0 12 22 6 16 0 525 730 -205
2017 Sydney Shield[29] 9 3 18 22 6 15 0 538 806 -268
2018 Sydney Shield[30] 8 2 16 Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist 19 6 13 0 454 610 -156

See also

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Sources

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Years Acronym Item Available
Online		 Via
1920 to 1973 RLN Rugby League News Yes Trove
1972–76, 78, 80–81,
1991-96, 1998-2009 		- New South Wales Rugby League Annual Report No State Library of NSW
2014-19 - New South Wales Rugby League Annual Report Yes NSWRL website
2003 to 2014 RLW Rugby League Week Yes eResources at State Library of NSW
1974 to 2019 BL Big League No State Library of NSW
2014 to now LU League Unlimited Yes League Unlimited website
2010 to 2019 - Various Newspaper Websites Yes As referenced

References

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  2. ^ "Sea Eagles shed Silvertails tag in venture with Blacktown Workers". 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2024/09/20/sea-eagles-bring-nsw-cup-back-home/
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  6. ^ "Canterbury Cup NSW ladder". NSWRL.
  7. ^ "Canterbury Cup NSW Rd 24". NSWRL. 31 August 2019.
  8. ^ "NSW Cup 2022 Season Review - Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles". www.nswrl.com.au. 16 October 2022.
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  12. ^ "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". NSWRL. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  13. ^ https://www.nswrl.com.au/ladder/?competition=113&round=24&season=2021%7Ctitle=New South Wales Cup 2021|date=29 Aug 2021|website=League Unlimited|access-date=20 sep 2020
  14. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. "The Rugby League news". 48 (33 (August 19, 1967)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via Trove. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  16. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. "The Rugby League news". 50 (33 (August 23, 1969)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via Trove. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. "The Rugby League news". 51 (40 (September 5, 1970)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via Trove. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. "The Rugby League news". 52 (37 (September 26, 1971)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via Trove. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  21. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2014 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2015 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2016 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2017 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2018 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2019 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  27. ^ "Sydney Shield 2015 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  28. ^ "Sydney Shield 2016 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  29. ^ "Sydney Shield 2017 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  30. ^ "Sydney Shield 2018 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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