In 2022 the Eagles made finals for the first time in 12 years, finishing 5th on the ladder.

In 1963 the Eagles joined the TAFL (Southern Division) where they won three premiership titles in 1966, 1983 and their most recent premiership in 1990, they remained a member of that competition until the League collapsed at the end of the 1995 season.

Sorell's time in the SFL has seen little success, the Eagles' have made the finals a number of times and participated in two grand finals which resulted in a 77-point drubbing at the hands of Cygnet in 2004 and a narrow 10-point loss to South-Eastern rival, Dodges Ferry in 2006.

The club is based in a growing semi-rural township 27 km east of Hobart and takes in many small towns in its district, they play their home matches at Pembroke Park, where they have been based since 1992.

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