The Shellharbour City Dragons are an Australian

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football club based in the

Shellharbour, New South Wales Shellharbour (also known as Shellharbour Village) is a suburb located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the local government area, City of Shellharbour, and its central business district, Shellhar ...

. They currently are not competing in any competitions and formerly competed in the

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in 2009 and 2010 and acted as a feeder club to the NRL club St. George Illawarra Dragons.

History

The Shellharbour City Dragons were formed from current Illwarra Carlton League and former

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member, the

Shellharbour Sharks The Shellharbour City Sharks are a Country Rugby League club founded in 1920 located on the South Coast of NSW that compete in the South Coast Group 7 competition. Club Info History Shellharbour City RLFC has a 113-year history, originally exis ...

. The Sharks administration still run this version of Shellharbour City representation as well as the other Sharks sides. The Dragons were established in 2007 as the Shellharbour City Marlins to act as a feeder club to the

St George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George, Sydney, St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since NR ...

, initially entering the

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with the thought in mind to gain entry into the

NSW Cup The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...

, a feat achieved in 2009. When this occurred, the name was converted from Marlins to Dragons to further enhance the association between the two clubs. In 2011, the Dragons failed to come up with money to field a team in the NSW Cup, so currently the club is taking a hiatus from this competition with an aim to return in 2012.Steelers ready to fill NSW Cup void
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2010 squad

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* Jace Brown * Ian Catania *

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* Daniel Deaves * Nick Emmett *

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* Michael Greenfield * Aaron Henry *

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* Daniel Jimenez * Scott Jones * Scotty Jones * Matthew Kent *

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Trent Merrin Trent Merrin (born 7 October 1989) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a and forward for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL and Australia at international level. He also played for the Dragons, ...

Ryan Millard Ryan Millard (born 13 March 1987) is an Australian-born Fijian rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Magpies in the New South Wales Cup. He plays as a or , and can also play as a or on the . He is a Fijia international. Backgro ...

* Damian Paulissen *

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* Luke Priddis * Ricky Thorby * Mataika Vatuvei *

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References

External links

Shellharbour City Dragons

New South Wales rugby league
{{Ron Massey Cup 2007 establishments in Australia Rugby clubs established in 2007 Rugby league teams in Wollongong St. George Illawarra Dragons Ron Massey Cup City of Shellharbour