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Super League Basketball disruptors Newcastle Eagles proved they are going nowhere in this season’s gripping race for the Championship title with a gutsy win against joint leaders London Lions. Marc Steutel’s men fought for every point against the defensively resolute visitors, as a compelling top-flight classic ebbed and flowed from tip to buzzer. And that…
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Newcastle Eagles must focus on the fundamentals and forget about the scoreboard as a pivotal month of British basketball action gathers pace. That’s the verdict of playcaller Marc Steutel as the Eagles welcome league leaders London Lions to the Vertu Motors Arena. Inconsistency continues to dog a talented roster that’s lost four of its last…
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Newcastle Eagles bounced back in tremendous style in Saturday’s Super League Basketball Women’s Championship game against the Nottingham Wildcats taking a well deserved victory by 89 points to 64 to move to third in the table with a 5 wins 2 losses record The Wildcats made things difficult for Newcastle especially in the first half….
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On the face of it a 25-point win for the Eagles to bounce back from their defeat seven days prior to Sheffield Hatters looks a comfortable outcome. It was anything but as for the first three quarters there was little between the sides. Indeed, the Wildcats who came into the game with a 2 wins…
A typically tenacious second half fightback couldn’t prevent Newcastle Eagles leaking another league loss on the road at Bristol Flyers. Not for the first time this season Marc Steutel’s men gave themselves a mountain to climb as the hosts raced into a 13-point first half lead. And Newcastle trailed by as many as 21 as…
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Newcastle Eagles take to their home court for the second time in 2025 tonight hoping for a better result than 7 days previous against Sheffield Hatters. This time their opponents are Nottingham Wildcats who arrive at the Vertu Motors Arena today with 2 wins 6 losses in the Super League Basketball Championship this season, making…
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Marc Steutel is convinced Newcastle Eagles will continue to play their part in a ‘wide open’ title race this season following another thrilling week of European action. The Saturday night 2025 SLB Trophy Final dress rehearsal sees the men in black travel to Bristol for what promises to be a feisty affair against the Flyers….
The Jekyll and Hyde Newcastle Eagles crashed to a disappointing defeat down in Guildford, Surrey on Sunday afternoon to move to 5 wins 4 losses in the SLB Championship. After the great work they did at home to defeat high-flying Leicester this was not the follow-up they were hoping for. It seems at times that…
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There’s a temptation to roll out the cliches after a result and performance where Newcastle lost at home by 36 points. After 4 successive wins ‘the honeymoon period’s over’, ‘you learn more about your team in defeat than in victory’ being two. Truth is the Eagles were overpowered by a very good Sheffield side that…
