Sheffield Eagles - Season Summary
- Coaches
- John Kear (19)
- Phil Larder (12)
- Captain
- David Mycoe
- Biggest home crowd
- 10,603 (vs. Bradford in round 19)
- Average home crowd
- 3,961
- Top pointscorer
- League: Mark Aston (161)
- All Matches: Mark Aston (249)
- Top tryscorer
- League: Jean-Marc Garcia (9)
- All Matches: Nick Pinkney (16)
Results
| Date | Day | Competition | Opposition | Score | Captain(s) | Coach(es) | Venue | Crowd | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9 | Sun 3:00pm | CC (4) | A | Leigh | W | 62 | - | 18 | P Larder | Coliseum | 2,030 | |||
| 23 | Sun 3:00pm | CC (5) | A | Warrington | L | 18 | - | 31 | P Larder | Wilderspool | 5,438 | |||
| Mar 16 | Sun 3:00pm | Round 1 | H | Paris St Germain | L | 4 | - | 18 | P Larder | Don Valley | 4,213 | 2nd | ||
| 23 | Sun 3:00pm | Round 2 | A | Halifax | L | 16 | - | 18 | P Larder | Thrum | 5,271 | 10th | ||
| 28 | Fri 3:00pm | Round 3 | H | Warrington | W | 32 | - | 18 | P Larder | Don Valley | 4,112 | 10th | ||
| 31 | Mon 3:00pm | Round 4 | A | St Helens | L | 12 | - | 32 | P Larder | Knowsley | 10,344 | 8th | ||
| Apr 6 | Sun 6:30pm | Round 5 | H | Castleford | W | 42 | - | 20 | P Larder | Don Valley | 4,735 | 9th | ||
| 11 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 6 | A | Salford | L | 16 | - | 17 | P Larder | The Willows | 4,686 | 7th | ||
| 20 | Sun 6:30pm | Round 7 | H | Leeds | L | 18 | - | 30 | P Larder | Don Valley | 5,332 | 9th | ||
| 27 | Sun 6:00pm | Round 8 | A | Bradford | L | 10 | - | 54 | P Larder | Odsal | 14,384 | 9th | ||
| May 11 | Sun 3:15pm | Round 9 | H | Oldham | L | 14 | - | 18 | P Larder | Don Valley | 4,000 | 9th | ||
| 17 | Sat 8:00pm | Round 10 | A | Paris St Germain | W | 32 | - | 16 | P Larder | Charlety | 6,788 | 9th | ||
| 23 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 11 | H | Halifax | L | 24 | - | 49 | J Kear | Don Valley | 3,000 | 9th | ||
| 26 | Mon 3:00pm | Round 12 | A | Warrington | W | 38 | - | 12 | J Kear | Wilderspool | 4,370 | 8th | ||
| 30 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 13 | A | London | L | 12 | - | 32 | J Kear | The Stoop | 3,539 | 8th | ||
| Jun 15 | Sun | WCC (2) | H | Perth | W | 26 | - | 22 | J Kear | Don Valley | 2,065 | |||
| 20 | Fri 7:30pm | WCC (3) | H | Hunter | L | 4 | - | 40 | J Kear | Don Valley | 2,350 | |||
| 29 | Sun 3:00pm | Round 14 | A | Wigan | L | 2 | - | 58 | J Kear | Central Park | 6,811 | 8th | ||
| Jul 2 | Wed 7:30pm | Round 15 | H | St Helens | W | 14 | - | 12 | J Kear | Don Valley | 3,200 | 8th | ||
| 6 | Sun 3:00pm | Round 16 | A | Oldham | W | 21 | - | 20 | J Kear | Boundary | 2,168 | 8th | ||
| 13 | Sun 3:15pm | Round 17 | H | London | L | 8 | - | 50 | J Kear | Don Valley | 3,150 | 8th | ||
| 19 | Sat 7:30pm | WCC (4) | A | Perth | L | 12 | - | 48 | J Kear | WACA | 7,429 | |||
| Aug 3 | Sun 2:30pm | WCC (6) | A | Hunter | L | 12 | - | 58 | D Mycoe | J Kear | Topper | 1,965 | ||
| 10 | Sun 6:30pm | Round 18 | H | Wigan | W | 24 | - | 22 | J Kear | Don Valley | 3,250 | 8th | ||
| 16 | Sat 6:30pm | Round 19 | H | Bradford | L | 12 | - | 32 | J Kear | Don Valley | 10,603 | 8th | ||
| 22 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 20 | A | Leeds | W | 24 | - | 22 | J Kear | Headingley | 9,813 | 8th | ||
| 25 | Mon 3:15pm | Round 21 | H | Salford | W | 30 | - | 12 | J Kear | Don Valley | 2,943 | 8th | ||
| 31 | Sun 3:30pm | Round 22 | A | Castleford | L | 10 | - | 12 | J Kear | Wheldon Road | 5,914 | 8th | ||
| Sep 5 | Fri | PT (P) | H | Warrington | W | 26 | - | 16 | J Kear | Don Valley | 2,500 | |||
| 14 | Sun | PT (QF) | A | London | W | 58 | - | 16 | J Kear | The Stoop | 1,750 | |||
| 21 | Sun | PT (SF) | A | Wigan | L | 10 | - | 22 | J Kear | Central Park | 6,624 | |||
31 games
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Legend
H = Home
A = Away
N = Neutral/Alternative Venue
W = Win
L = Loss
D = Draw
Players
* Greyed out numbers in the table below indicate that the corresponding data is incomplete.
Ages listed based on 21 Sep 1997.
Age is sorted on both years and days. Other columns use player name as a secondary sort, or squad number if applicable.
Legend
Rep = Representative Status
App = Starting Appearances
Int = Interchange Appearances
T = Try/Penalty Try
G = Conversion/Penalty Goal
FG = Field Goal/Drop Goal
Pts = Points
B = 5/10 Minute Sin Bins
S = Sendoffs
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Terry Liberopoulos, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Alan Katzmann
Sources:Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), News Reports, RFL Player Registers








