The roster is built, the waiting is over and the anticipation concludes this afternoon. Head Coach Marc Steutel’s 2026/27 Newcastle Eagles take to the court in London for their opening Super League Basketball (SLB) after a progressive and positive pre-season. Three games at home as warm-ups two against fellow SLB sides Caledonia and Sheffield have…
After Friday’s first leg SLB playoff quarter-final in the Vertu Arena, Newcastle Eagles trail by 18-points following their 90-72 loss against London Lions. On the face of it a seemingly impossible task awaits them at Crystal Palace on Sunday night at 7:00pm. Eagles though will travel with heart and desire to at least give a…
Beaten but not bowed in their last two games is the overall feeling for Newcastle Eagles as they go into Saturday’s one-off quarter-final SLB playoff tie against Oaklands Wolves. Two weeks ago, Head Coach Chloe Gaynor’s side travelled to Oaklands and lost 81-76 in a close affair. Had the Eagles won that game and for…
It’s SLB play-off basketball on Friday night in the Vertu Arena. Newcastle Eagles going into a two-legged quarter-final tie against the regular season champions London Lions who have won three competitions already this season. That included one against Eagles with a 74-68 win in The Trophy Final back on February 1st. That’s one of six…
Newcastle Eagles will finish eighth in the SLB standings for the 2025/26 regular season after a thrilling but ultimately unsuccessful double-overtime 94-86 loss to Leicester Riders in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. It means a two-legged play-off quarter final tie against the regular season champions London Lions who have also won the SLB Trophy…
Newcastle Eagles approach the last weekend of the regular season knowing that they have qualified for the end of season playoffs. What they do not know as yet and will not know until after the weekend is done and dusted is where they will finish or who they will play. They could finish as high…
Newcastle Eagles head down south to take on the Oaklands Wolves on Saturday evening currently sitting fourth in the SLBW standings. A placing that would get them a coveted home quarter final place in the end of season play-offs. But with Saturday’s game and a home encounter to follow against Caledonia Gladiators next weekend to…
After a great 103-94 victory on the road in Surrey last Sunday the Newcastle Eagles face another crucial SLB Championship game against fourth placed Sheffield Sharks in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. Head Coach Marc Steutel began his preview of that game by looking back on Sunday. “Sunday was exceptionally pleasing as Surrey is…
It was a disappointing and damaging home loss to Manchester on Friday night by 98-95 that Newcastle Eagles head coach Marc Steutel gave his assessment on before his side travel to Surrey Sports Park on Sunday for a 2pm tip-off against the Surrey 89ers. “I thought we had control of the game for 35 minutes….
