The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian Rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level Rugby League competition from 1982, when they, along with the Canberra Raiders, were admitted into the then Sydney Rugby League premiership until 1998 when they formed a new joint venture team, the St George Illawarra Dragons with the St George Dragons in 1999, before selling its remaining share in the club to WIN Corporation in 2018. Over those seventeen seasons the club received three wooden spoons, made the play-offs twice and had a total of three of its players selected to don the green and gold for Australia. Illawarra still field stand alone teams in the Tarsha Gale Cup , SG Ball and Harold Matthews competitions as the Steelers. Their mascot from 1982 to 1998 was the popular Stanley, the Steel Avenger . 23,750 capacity WIN Stadium is their home stadium.
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