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  1. SLB Play-Off Final Report: Eagles Men 74-105 Riders
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  3. Neighbour Knocking on the Door of Victory in London
  4. Report: Sheffield Hatters 102 – 68 Eagles Women (Play-Offs Semi Final)
  5. Report: Eagles Men 77 – 75 London Lions (Play-Offs Semi Final Second-leg) Eagles win 154 – 146 on aggregate

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Men
May 19, 2025
SLB Play-Off Final Report: Eagles Men 74-105 Riders

A punishing Super League Basketball Playoff final proved a game too far for gutsy Newcastle Eagles as the curtain came down on a dramatic campaign for British basketball’s most improved team. Ultimately an unforgiving injury list cost the Tynesiders dearly on the final day of a topsy-turvy season — with a full-strength Leicester side outsmarting…

Men
May 12, 2025
Report: Eagles Men 77 – 75 London Lions (Play-Offs Semi Final Second-leg) Eagles win 154 – 146 on aggregate

Newcastle Eagles’ Magnificent Seven punched their ticket to the 2025 playoff final in sensational fashion to send top seed London Lions packing. Injury ravaged and exhausted following a gruelling 60-game season, Marc Steutel’s never-say-die warriors somehow found the energy to rack up the most famous of wins. And in a final set to roll back…

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Men
May 5, 2025
Play-Offs Quarter-Finals Report: Manchester 87-84 Eagles Men (158-162 on aggregate)

Somehow, someway the Newcastle Eagles survived a huge final quarter onslaught from Manchester Basketball to extend their season and move through to the semi finals of the End of Season Play-Offs. They will face Champions London Lions next weekend in that two-legged semi-final. The first leg will be in London at The Copperbox on Friday…

Women
May 4, 2025
Report: Eagles Women 90-82 Essex Rebels (Play-Offs Quarter-Final)

The Newcastle Eagles survived an extremely tough encounter with a talented Essex Rebels side to eventually force their way into the Play-Off Semi stage after a great game of basketball. It sets up a game in Sheffield next Sunday against The Hatters for the right to go to the O2 on Sunday May 18th. A…

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Men
May 3, 2025
Report: Eagles Men 78-71 Manchester (Play-Offs Quarter-Finals First Leg)

Cole Long enjoyed the sweet taste of playoff success after returning to Newcastle’s starting five and sparking a quarter-final first leg win against Manchester. Just seven days earlier the Canadian all-rounder had been rushed to hospital with blood pouring from a serious gash to his top lip, as the Eagles lost out to Leicester. But…

Men
April 29, 2025
Report: Cheshire Phoenix 99 – 89 Eagles Men

Injury-ravaged Newcastle Eagles lost the battle but won the war as the men in black secured fifth place and a playoff quarter-final against Manchester Basketball. Not for the first time this season, late drama defined an action-packed affair at the Cheshire Oaks Arena. But never-say-die Newcastle managed to avoid the 12-point defeat that would have…

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Women
April 28, 2025
Report: Durham Palatinates 73-75 Eagles Women

They say that it’s not how you start it’s how you finish. At Maiden Castle, Durham that proved to be true for Newcastle Eagles although to be fair they did start well before powering through the final quarter to complete a league double over their derby rivals. In doing so the Eagles ended the regular…

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Men
April 26, 2025
Report: Eagles Men 91-106 Leicester Riders

Battling Newcastle Eagles lost a first game in four on a night of high drama inside a vocal Vertu Motors Arena. In front of former coach and British basketball legend Fabulous Flournoy — fresh from his latest NBA campaign with the Philadelphia 76ers — the hosts finished the game with just four players. But that…

Men
April 20, 2025
Report: Surrey 89ers 87-95 Eagles Men

Classy Christian James closed out a huge victory on the road for Newcastle Eagles after the all-action American blazed a trail from the bench at Surrey. Marc Steutel introduced his mid-season signing five minutes into another must-win game for the men in black. And what followed was a masterclass in composure and aggression from a…