Asquith Magpies

Australian rugby league club, based in Asquith, NSW

Asquith Magpies

Club information
Full name| Asquith Magpies Rugby League Football Club
Founded| 1953; 72 years ago (1953)
Current details
Ground(s)|

* Storey Park

Coach| Patrick Weisner
Competition| Ron Massey Cup
Sydney Shield
NSWRL combined U23s

The Asquith Magpies Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Asquith, New South Wales formed in 1953. They previously competed in the NSW Ron Massey Cup competition and the Sydney Shield. Asquith are currently a senior feeder club side to NSW Cup team the North Sydney Bears.[1]

## Notable players

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* Kaeo Weekes (2022- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
* Mitchell Pearce (2007- Sydney Roosters, Newcastle Knights)
* Liam Foran (2008-13 Melbourne Storm, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles & Salford City Reds)
* Kieran Foran (2009- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Parramatta Eels, New Zealand Warriors & Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
* Kevin Wilson 1970 to 1976 - then graded to North Sydney Bears playing all Grades including Captain of First Grade.

## Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions

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### Tier 3

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In three different time-periods, Asquith has entered teams in lower tier competitions run by the New South Wales Rugby League.
The win-loss-draw record in the table below includes Finals Series matches.
Sources: Rugby League Week, Big League, NSWRL Rugby League News, Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph (Sydney), League Unlimited.

Year | Competition | Ladder | Finals Position | All Match Record

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Pos | Byes | Pts | P | W | L | D | For | Agst | Diff
1970 | Second Division[2] | 8 | 2 | 14 |  | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 264 | 347 | -83
1971 | Second Division[3] | 9 | 2 | 10 |  | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 223 | 497 | -274
1972 | Second Division[4] | 1 | 2 | 40 | Finalist | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 523 | 248 | 275
1973 | Second Division[5] | 3 | 2 | 32 | Semi-Finalist | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 423 | 336 | 87
2005 | Jim Beam Cup | 7 | 3 | 19 |  | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 538 | 589 | -51
2006 | Jim Beam Cup | 9 | 2 | 12 |  | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 319 | 544 | -225
2007 | Jim Beam Cup | 11 | 0 | 8 |  | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 428 | 806 | -378
2013 | Ron Massey Cup | 11 | 0 | 15 |  | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 550 | 726 | -176
2014 | Ron Massey Cup[6] | 3 | 0 | 28 | Last 4 Preliminary Finalist | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 676 | 557 | 119
2015 | Ron Massey Cup[7] | 3 | 2 | 28 | Grand Finalist[8] | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 697 | 568 | 129
2016 | Ron Massey Cup[9] | 9 | 2 | 22 |  | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 473 | 608 | -135
2018 | Ron Massey Cup[10] | 7 | 2 | 23 | Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 417 | 439 | -22
2019 | Ron Massey Cup[11] | 4 | 2 | 27 | Last 6 Semi-Finalist | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 482 | 374 | 108
2020 | Ron Massey Cup | N/A | 0 | 0 | Competition Cancelled[12] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 44 | -12

### Tier 4

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Year | Competition | Ladder | Finals Position | All Match Record

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Pos | Byes | Pts | P | W | L | D | For | Agst | Diff
2014 | Sydney Shield | 11 | 0 | 8 |  | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 466 | 890 | -424
2015 | Sydney Shield | 12 | 2 | 15 |  | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 421 | 616 | -195
2016 | Sydney Shield | 14 | 0 | 2 |  | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 137 | 1270 | -1133
2017 | Sydney Shield | 4 | 3 | 34 | Last 4 Preliminary Finalist | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 712 | 594 | 118
2018 | Sydney Shield | 5 | 2 | 25 | Last 6 Semi-Finalist | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 616 | 482 | 134
2019 | Sydney Shield | 8 | 1 | 19 | Last 6 Semi-Finalist | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 658 | 612 | 46
2020 | Sydney Shield | N/A | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 20 | -4

## See also

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* Sports portal

* List of rugby league clubs in Australia

## Sources

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Years | Acronym | Item | Available
Online | Via

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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 present  | LU  | League Unlimited | Yes  | League Unlimited website
2010 to 2019  | \-  | Various Newspaper Websites  | Yes  | As referenced

## References

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1. ^ "Senior Feeder Clubs - North Sydney Bears". Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
2. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. "Points Table". The Rugby League News. 51 (40 (September 5, 1970)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League: 16. Retrieved 1 September 2020 - via Trove.
3. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. "Points Table". The Rugby League News. 52 (37 (September 26, 1971)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League: 4. Retrieved 1 September 2020 - via Trove.
4. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. "Points Table". The Rugby League News. 53 (36 (September 16, 1972)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League: 18. Retrieved 1 September 2020 - via Trove.
5. ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. "How they finished". The Rugby League News (Grand Final 1973 Supplement (September 16, 1973)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League: 21. Retrieved 1 September 2020 - via Trove.
6. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2014 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
7. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2015 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
8. ^ "Grand Final Highlights: Mounties v Asquith". NSWRL. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
9. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2016 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
10. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2018 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
11. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2019 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
12. ^ "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". NSWRL. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

## External links

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* Official website

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