# Ryde-Eastwood Hawks

The Ryde-Eastwood Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Ryde, New South Wales formed in late 1962, with the intent of entering the inaugural Inter-District competition in 1963. This competition became known as Second Division from 1964. They currently play in the Sydney Shield. The club also fields open age (mens and womens) and under age (20s and 18s) teams in Sydney Combined competitions.
The club has previously fielded teams in Balmain District and Parramatta District competitions.

## Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions
### Sydney Shield

The club entered the Sydney Shield in 2019.
| Year | Competition | Ladder | Ladder | Ladder | Finals Position | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record |
| Year | Competition | Pos | Byes | Pts | Finals Position | P | W | L | D | For | Agst | Diff |
| 2019 | Sydney Shield | 4 | 1 | 32 | Premiers | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 830 | 444 | 386 |
| 2020 | Sydney Shield | N/A | 0 | 2 | Competition Cancelled | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 42 |
| 2020 | Sydney Shield | 1 | 1 | 16 | Grand Finalist | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 320 | 176 | 144 |

### NSW Cup

In a joint venture with Balmain Football Club, Balmain Ryde-Eastwood competed in the second-tier NSW Cup.
| Year | Competition | Ladder | Ladder | Ladder | Finals Position | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record |
| Year | Competition | Pos | Byes | Pts | Finals Position | P | W | L | D | For | Agst | Diff |
| 2005 | Premier League | 9 | 2 | 24 | | 26 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 696 | 533 | 163 |
| 2006 | Premier League | 6 | 2 | 33 | Last 6 Semi-Finalist | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 775 | 654 | 121 |
| 2007 | Premier League | 3 | 3 | 33 | Last 4 Preliminary Finalist | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 597 | 538 | 59 |
| 2008 | NSW Cup | 8 | 0 | 17 | | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 593 | 616 | -23 |
| 2009 | NSW Cup | 6 | 2 | 26 | Grand Finalist | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 563 | 549 | 14 |
| 2010 | NSW Cup | 2 | 0 | 40 | Last 4 Preliminary Finalist | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 771 | 532 | 239 |
| 2011 | NSW Cup | 8 | 3 | 20 | Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist | 23 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 449 | 544 | -95 |
| 2012 | NSW Cup | 8 | 2 | 30 | Grand Finalist | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 829 | 680 | 149 |

### Second Division / Metropolitan Cup

Ryde-Eastwood entered the Inter-District competition in 1963. This was renamed as Second Division in 1964 and reorganised as the Metropolitan Cup in 1974. The competition collapsed after the 1976 season. It was revived in 1990. Ryde-Eastwood were premiers on both sides of the 13 season hiatus.
| Year | Competition | Ladder | Ladder | Ladder | Finals Position | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record | All Match Record |
| Year | Competition | Pos | Byes | Pts | Finals Position | P | W | L | D | For | Agst | Diff |
| 1963 | Inter-District | 6 | | 19 | | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 174 | 151 | 23 |
| 1964 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 26 | Grand Finalist | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 159 | 242 | -83 |
| 1965 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 20 | | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 213 | 154 | 59 |
| 1966 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 16 | | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 141 | 157 | -16 |
| 1967 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 23 | Grand Finalist | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 272 | 165 | 107 |
| 1968 | Second Division | 8 | 2 | 6 | | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 104 | 298 | -194 |
| 1969 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 19 | Semi-Finalist | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 233 | 198 | 35 |
| 1970 | Second Division | 6 | 2 | 20 | | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 276 | 239 | 37 |
| 1971 | Second Division | 3 | 2 | 33 | Finalist | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 624 | 207 | 417 |
| 1972 | Second Division | 2 | 2 | 39 | Premiers | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 651 | 221 | 430 |
| 1973 | Second Division | 1 | 2 | 42 | Premiers | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 703 | 173 | 530 |
| 1974 | Metropolitan Cup | 1 | | 38 | Premiers | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 498 | 188 | 310 |
| 1975 | Metropolitan Cup | 1 | 2 | 31 | Premiers | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 460 | 143 | 317 |
| 1976 | Metropolitan Cup | 1 | 0 | 30 | Premiers | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 422 | 179 | 243 |
| 1990 | Metropolitan Cup | 1 | | 25 | Premiers | | | | | | | |
| 1991 | Metropolitan Cup | | | 21 | Grand Finalist | | | | | | | |
| 1992 | Metropolitan Cup | 2 | 2 | 23 | Grand Finalist | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 333 | 324 | 9 |
| 1993 | Metropolitan Cup | 2 | 2 | 25 | Grand Finalist | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 373 | 249 | 124 |
| 1994 | Metropolitan Cup | 3 | 0 | 26 | Semi-Finalist | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 467 | 409 | 58 |
| 1995 | Metropolitan Cup | 3 | 2 | 28 | Semi-Finalist | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 439 | 359 | 80 |
| 1996 | Metropolitan Cup | 1 | 2 | 29 | Grand Finalist | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 480 | 314 | 166 |
| 1997 | Metropolitan Cup | 4 | | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| 1998 | Metropolitan Cup | 5 | 0 | 19 | | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 353 | 334 | 19 |
| 1999 | Metropolitan Cup | 1 | | 30 | Grand Finalist | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 550 | 318 | 232 |
| 2000 | Metropolitan Cup | 2 | 0 | 17 | Grand Finalist | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 410 | 326 | 84 |
| 2001 | Metropolitan Cup | 3 | 3 | 26 | Semi-Finalist | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 457 | 422 | 35 |
| 2002 | Metropolitan Cup | 2 | 0 | 18 | Grand Finalist | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 438 | 388 | 50 |
| 2003 | Jim Beam Cup | 6 | 0 | 24 | | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 553 | 534 | 19 |
| 2004 | Jim Beam Cup | 9 | 2 | 21 | | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 436 | 616 | -180 |

### AMCO Cup

As the previous season's Second Division, Metropolitan Cup premiers, Ryde-Eastwood qualified for the Amco Cup knock-out competition on three consecutive occasions in the mid 1970s.
| Year | Opponent | Result | Score |
| 1974 | Penrith | Lost | 10-18 |
| 1975 | Southern Division | Won | 17-16 |
| 1975 | Eastern Suburbs | Lost | 0-34 |
| 1976 | Ipswich | Won | 29-13 |
| 1976 | Newtown | Lost | 6-32 |

## Sources

| Years | Acronym | Item | Available Online | Via |
| 1963 to 2004 | - | History of the Hawks 1963 - 2004 | No | State Library of NSW |
| 1920 to 1973 | RLN | Rugby League News | Yes | Trove |
| 1972–76, 1978, 1980–81, 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 |
| 1970 to 2002 | RLW | Rugby League Week | No | State Library of NSW |
| 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 |