East Coast Eagles

In 1993 the Baulkham Hills Football Club, which two years earlier had won its first and only Sydney Football Association premiership, was admitted to the elite football competition in Sydney, the Sydney Football League.

The side finished seventh out of nine teams in its debut season. At the end of the 1999 season the club secured a partnership arrangement with AFL side West Coast which proved to be a prototype for numerous other such liaisons between clubs at AFL and state league levels. Playing as the East Coast Eagles, the side finished in sixth place in the 2000 season, and the following year saw the club officially being split in two. The junior arm of the club - which remains one of the strongest and most popular in New South Wales - retained both the Baulkham Hills name and the old Falcons logo, while the senior arm carried on under the East Coast Eagles banner.

The East Coast Eagles' playing uniform is identical to that used by West Coast in away matches, and the club continues to benefit tangibly from the partnership.

In 2003 the Eagles enjoyed a promising season, finishing sixth, a result on which they improved by one place in both 2004 and 2005. In 2006 they enjoyed arguably their best - and, ultimately, most distressing - ever season as they won all 16 home and away matches and then comfortably defeated Western Suburbs to qualify for their first ever grand final. Opposing them in the premiership decider was Pennant Hills, which had won only 10 home and away matches, but had shown ominously strong form in both its finals matches. The grand final was hard fought and closely contested, but ultimately there could be no doubt that Pennant Hills was the better side on the day, as the final scores of 5.20 (50) to 7.6 (48) clearly show. Eagles player Kristian Pearson was awarded the Rod Podbury Medal for best afield.

In 2007, the Eagles suffered a substantial post-grand final hangover when they plummeted to 5th place with a 10-8 record. A year later they fought their way through to the grand final from fourth place, only to suffer a 104 point loss against Pennant Hills.

Club Snapshot

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City	Sydney
Home Ground	Bruce Purser Reserve, Cnr Commercial & Withers Rd, Rouse Hill
Club Address	PO Box 6610, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153
Established	1976 (as Baulkham Hills)
Nickname:	Eagles
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President:	Gus Seebeck
Coach:	Glenn Garner
Premierships:	1991
Phone Contact:	0433 824 455
Email Contact:	anthony@eastcoasteagles.com.au
Website:	http://www.eastcoasteagles.com.au
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23028737727