About the Sunshine Coast Falcons
Our History
The Sunshine Coast Falcons Rugby League Club was formed in 2006 as a pathway to the Queensland Cup for local Sunshine Coast players. The Falcons played in the reserve grade competition (FOGS Cup) for 3 years until they were accepted into the QLD Cup Intrust Super Cup competition in 2009 as the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles and were a feeder team for the Manly Sea Eagles.
The Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles won the 2009 QLD Cup in their first year of competition defeating the Northern Pride 32 – 18 at Sunshine Coast Stadium.
The Sea Eagles affiliation ended after the 2010 season and in 2014 the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles re-branded back to the Falcons to realign with their junior and senior representative teams in the black and yellow.
In 2015 the Falcons affiliated with the Melbourne Storm and began a highly successful partnership that saw players such as Harry Grant, Ryan Papenhuyzen, Scott Drinkwater and Nelson Asafo-Solomona to name a few, pull on the Falcons jersey and cut their teeth in the QLD Cup competition before going on to long and successful NRL careers.
In the Club’s history, the Sunshine Coast Falcons have seen more than 70 players play for the Falcons and then go on to play in the NRL, including Local juniors Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, Trent Loiero and Tyson Smoothy with plenty more Falcons juniors currently in NRL systems and squads.
The Club has also seen other primary signed Falcons players go on to play in the NRL, such as Chris Lewis, Darryn Schonig, Tui Kamikamica, Ryley Jacks, Grant Anderson and 2022 Dally M winner, Nicho Hynes, just to name a few.
In 2025 the Falcons affiliated with the 2025 Premiers, the Brisbane Broncos for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
The SC Falcons is committed to providing opportunities and pathways for our players, engaging with our community, connecting our members and sponsors and growing grassroots participation.
James Ackerman
James ‘Ackers’ Ackerman was a Falcons local junior who tragically passed away during a QLD Cup game vs Norths Devils at Bishop Park in 2015.
Ackers was a tough football player that wore his heart on his sleeve and gave 100% effort and commitment to his teammates each and every time he pulled on a Falcons jersey, or any jersey for that matter. He was a player that all of his teammates wanted beside because they knew that he would never let them down during the heat of battle.
Ackers is survived by his wife Saraa, children Ollie and Milly and parents Michael and Sonya, as well as his brothers Andrew and Tom.
The SC Falcons and Redcliffe Dolphins face off in the James Ackerman Cup each year as part of the Hostplus Cup calendar to honour James’ legacy. In 2025, the James Ackerman Cup is still yet to be decided on a date
In James’ honour, jersey number 8 has been retired, and the SC Falcons Hostplus Cup player of the year medal is named after James – the James Ackerman Medal. Previous medal winners have included Harry Grant, Ryley Jacks, Dane Hogan, Patrice Siolo, Tom Murphy, Jon Grieve and Luke Polselli.
The Falcons victory song ends with the words “Every time we’re doing it, we’re doing it for Ackers”