The Sunshine Coast Falcons are a

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football team based on

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's Sunshine Coast. They compete in the

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and their home ground is Sunshine Coast Stadium. The Falcons are currently affiliated with the NRL team

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History

The Falcons were originally the

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representative team for the Sunshine Coast. First competing in the 1993 season, they won their pool before losing in the semi-finals. For the 1994 season, they competed as Sunshine Coast/Gympie, against winning the pool matches, but losing both semi-final matches. In the last year of the State League, the combined Sunshine Coast/Gympie team failed to progress from the pool stage. They competed in the first season of the

in 1996 but dropped out the following season. In 2006, the club joined the FOGS Cup competing in the second-level competition. The club finished their first season in sixth position, just outside the finals positions.

Partnership with Manly (2009-2010)

In 2009, they were readmitted to the Queensland Cup after securing an agreement with the NRL's

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to become a feeder club. Between 2009 and 2013 the club was renamed the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles due to the partnership with the Manly Sea Eagles. The partnership instantly proved successful with the team winning the 2009 Queensland Cup Grand Final 32-18 to secure their first premiership, with a number of Manly players in the squad. Following the end of the 2010 season, Manly were forced to cut ties with the club after a change in policy disallowed NRL teams from having feeder clubs in both the

and

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Partnership with Melbourne Storm (2014-)

In 2014 the club reverted to the Falcons name and struck a three-year partnership with the

from the 2015 season. The Falcons endured a 36-game losing streak during the 2013 and 2014 seasons, on their way to consecutive wooden spoons. In May 2021, Melbourne extended their affiliation partnership with the Falcons to the end of the 2024 season.

Life Members

In September 2021, the club awarded the first life memberships of the club: * Don Oxenham – Inaugural CEO and former board member * Dave Cordwell – Coach (Colts: 2009-10; FOGs Cup: 2011; Queensland Cup: 2012-13) and former board member * Alan Marr – Board member 2009-19 * Gordon Oakes – Chairman 2006-13

Season Summaries

Honours

Queensland Cup

* Premierships: 1 ( 2009) * Runners Up: 1 (

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) * Minor Premiership: 1 (

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) * Duncan Hall Medal: 1 ( Tony Williams – 2009) *

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Medal: 1 (

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– 2010) * Rookie of the Year: 2 (

– 2010); ( Brandon Smith – 2017) * Coach of the Year: 1 (Eric Smith – 2019)

Junior

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: 1 (2019)

Players

2022 squad

Melbourne Storm allocated players

Storm splits its squad of NRL and development list players between the Falcons and

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, with players not required for that weekend’s NRL fixture heading to their

team: *

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* Sua Fa'alogo * Harry Grant * Jack Howarth * Jahrome Hughes *

Cooper Johns Cooper Johns (born 14 July 1999) is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays as a and for the Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL). Background He is the son of former Newcastle Knights player Matthew Johns, n ...

Tui Kamikamica Erevonu Tuicaumatalevu "Tui" Kamikamica (born 18 May 1994) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Fiji at international level. Early life Kamikamica was b ...

* Chris Lewis *

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* Tepai Moeroa * Justin Olam *

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* Brandon Smith * Reimis Smith *

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Representatives

The following players have played representative football for the

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in the annual match against NSW Residents while playing for the Falcons. *

Trent Hodkinson Trent Hodkinson (born 31 August 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the NRL. He played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in two separate spells, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Newcastle ...

(2009) *

(2010 - captain) *

Jamie Buhrer Jamie Buhrer (born 28 November 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. He also played for NSW City and New South Wales. ...

(2010) *

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(2015) *

(2015) * Jahrome Hughes (2017) * Lachlan Timm (2018) *

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(2019) * Darryn Schonig (2019)

Awards

The James Ackerman Medal is awarded to the Sunshine Coast Falcons Player of the Year. Named in honour of the late James Ackerman who died from injuries from a tackle while playing for the Falcons in 2015.

Personnel

Coaches

* 2009 – 2010 —

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* 2011 —

Adam Mogg Adam Mogg (born 31 July 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. A Queensland State of Origin representative , he played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for Australian clubs the Canberra Rai ...

* 2012 – 2013 — Dave Cordwell * 2014 —

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(quit midseason, replaced by Glen Dreger) * 2015 — Glen Dreger * 2016 – 2018 — Craig Ingebrigtsen * 2019 — Eric Smith * 2020 – 2021 — Sam Mawhinney * 2022 – present – Brad Henderson

Name, logo and colours

The Falcons historic colours have been black and gold however when the Manly Sea Eagles announced their partnership with the Falcons the club rebranded to become the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles and the colours changed to Manly's colours of maroon and white. When the feeder arrangement ended the club continued with the name but changed the colours to blue and white. However fans and players on the Sunshine Coast called for a return to the clubs traditional name and colours and in the 2014 season the club complied, rebranding back to the Falcons with gold and black colours. Image:Sunshine Coast Falcons logo.jpg, Before 2008 Image:Sunshine coast sea eagles.png, 2008-10
During link with Manly Image:Sunshine coast sea eagles 2011.png, 2011-13 Image:Sunshine_Coast_Falcons_logo_2014.png, 2014–present

Stadium

The Falcons home ground is Sunshine Coast Stadium, located in

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. In both 2020 and 2021, Falcons' affiliated NRL club

were forced to relocate to the Sunshine Coast Stadium due to the ongoing

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Major Sponsors

* Vantage Homes Queensland
Sunshine Toyota
* South East Civil * Bebrok Excavations * Sunshine Coast Council *

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* Green RV * North Coast Foods * Go Turf
Southern Cross Sheds
* Maroochy RSL * Pacific Office Solutions * Channel 9 *

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* Sunshine Coast Daily * Asset Electrical Contractors * Headland Plumbing & Drainage * L & H Electrical * Subway

References

External links

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