St Edwards Bears

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St Edwards JRLFC
Club information
Full nameSt Edwards Junior Rugby League Football Club
Colours  Red
  Black
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Current details
Ground(s)
  • St Edwards College Grounds
CompetitionCentral Coast Division of Country Rugby League

The St Edwards Bears are an Australian junior rugby league football club associated with St Edward's College, East Gosford, on the Central Coast of NSW. They have numerous teams competing in competitions run by the Central Coast Division of Country Rugby League, from Under 7s through to Under 16s. Since 2013, the club has also fielded a team in the senior, Open Age competition. The Bears play their home matches on the grounds of the college. Their traditional colours are red and black.

St Edwards won the junior club championship in their second year, 1971, and the following three seasons.[1][2]

Honours and records[edit]

Team[edit]

  • Junior Club Champions (7): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 2014, 2018, 2019
  • Under 16 (2): 1994, 1997.
  • Under 16 Division 2 (1): 2005
  • Under 10 Division 3 (1): 2014
  • Under 14 Division 3 (1): 2018
  • Under 15 Division 3 (1): 2019



Team Numbers[edit]

Team numbers obtained and compiled from competition tables and match results published in the newspapers, Central Coast Express, Wyong Shire Advocate and Central Coast Express Advocate. Numbers for 2003 and 2011 taken from copies of the Central Coast Division Junior Rugby League Yearbook of those years, supplied by Toukley Hawks RLFC. Age groups Under 9 and younger not included as team numbers from 1985 to 2011 not known to the author.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Schoolboys R.L. - Club title to Saints". Central Coast Express. Gosford: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 61. 13 August 1971.
  2. ^ "Schoolboys' Rugby League - Fourth successive championship to Saints". Central Coast Express. Gosford: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 61. 2 August 1974. p. 20.