Penrith District Rugby League

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Penrith District Rugby League
SportRugby league
Instituted1967
Number of teams24
RegionPenrith, New South Wales (NSWRL)
PremiersEmu Plains Emus (2023)
Hawkesbury City Hawks (Div 2)
St Patrick's (Div 3) (2023)
Related competitionSydney Combined Competition

The Penrith District Junior Rugby League (PDJRL) is an Australian amateur rugby league competition for senior and junior rugby league clubs in the Penrith, Blacktown, and Blue Mountains area.

History[edit]

The competition was founded in 1912 and grew gradually as more clubs from the surrounding areas entered the competition. The first Penrith club were the Waratahs and adopted the blue and white colours, playing out of Penrith Showground. When the Parramatta District Rugby League was formed all the teams from the Penrith and surrounding areas affiliated and played in the Parramatta League. During the early-1960s the NSWRL Second Division was formed where a team from Penrith began playing, in 1967 the now Penrith Panthers were promoted to the NSWRL First Grade competition in that year the following clubs were invited to enter the Penrith District Junior Rugby League; Blacktown, Blacktown Workers, Blacktown St Patricks, Emu Plains, Londonderry Mount Druitt, Penrith Waratahs, Riverstone, Rooty Hill, Richmond, Springwood, Windsor, Warragamba, Warrimoo and St Marys.

The number of clubs in the 1970s grew gradually and more than doubled to 32 clubs. During the late-1980s it was decided to reduce number of clubs to 22. Some teams were either merged or became standalone clubs;

  • Blacktown Leagues and Blacktown RSL became Blacktown City.
  • Springwood and Warrimoo became Lower Mountains.
  • Colo, Richmond and North Richmond became Hawkesbury City.
  • Colyton and St. Clair became separate clubs.
  • Blackett and Hebersham became Mt Druitt City.
  • Tregear and Whalan became Wests Mt Druitt.

Current Open Age Clubs[edit]

Club Moniker Suburb Division/s
Colyton Colts Colyton, New South Wales 1,3
Cambridge Park Panthers Cambridge Park, New South Wales 1,3
Doonside Roos Doonside, New South Wales 2,3
Emu Plains Emus Emu Plains, New South Wales 1,3
Glenmore Park Broncos Glenmore Park, New South Wales 1
Hawkesbury Hawks Hawkesbury, New South Wales 2
Lower Mountains Mounties Penrith, New South Wales 2
Minchinbury Jets Magpies Minchinbury, New South Wales 1
North West Magpies Richmond, New South Wales 1
Riverstone Razorbacks Riverstone, New South Wales 2
Penrith Brothers Brothers Penrith, New South Wales 1
Quakers Hill Quakers Quakers Hill, New South Wales 2
St Clair Comets St Clair, New South Wales 1,3
St Mary's Saints Saints St Marys, New South Wales 1
St Patricks Saints The Ponds, New South Wales 1,3
Western City Tigers Penrith, New South Wales 2
Windsor Wolves Windsor, New South Wales 1,3

All District clubs[edit]

Club
 Inaugural Season Former Comp

(Pre 1967)

Home Ground
Blacktown Bears Late 1980s as Blacktown City Jack Myers Field
Blacktown Workers 1967 HE Laybutt Sports Complex
Brothers Penrith 1968 as St Dominic's Parker Street oval
Cambridge Park RLFC 1968 Allsop Patterson Oval
Colyton Colts 1968 CEC Blinkhorn Oval
Doonside Roos 1968 Kareela Reserve
Emu Plains JRLFC 1967 Leonay Oval
Glenmore Park Brumbies 1994 Ched Towns Reserve
Hawkesbury City Hawks Late 1980s Turnbull Oval
Katoomba Devils 1968 Katoomba Showground
Lower Mountains Eagles Late 1980s Warrimoo Oval
Minchinbury Jets 1994 Federation Forest
North West Magpies JRLC 2018 Tamplin Oval
Penrith Waratahs 1915 as Penrith Parramatta Doug Rennie Fields
Quakers Hill Destroyers 1995 Waite Reserve
Riverstone Razorbacks 1915* N/A Basil Andrews Field
Western Vikings 2020 Whalan Reserve
Schofield's Crusaders 2023
St Clair Comets 1984 Peppertree Sports Complex
St Mary's Saints 1908 Parramatta The Kingsway (Saturday) St Marys Leagues club Stadium (Sunday)
St Patricks Blacktown 1967 The Ponds
Western City Tigers Late 1980s as Mt Druitt City Heber Park[1]
Windsor Wolves 1909 Parramatta Tamplin Fields, Windsor Sports Complex

Former clubs[edit]

Club
 Inaugural Season Final Year
 Reason
Londonderry Greys 1967 2022 Folded
Mt Druitt Lions 1967 2022[1] Dissolved
Mt Druitt Raiders late 1980s as Wests Mt Druitt N/A later replaced by Vikings
Rooty Hill Dragons 1967 as Rooty Hill RSL 2020 Replaced by Vikings
Blacktown Leagues 1960s–1980s* Late 1980s Merged With Blacktown RSL
Blacktown RSL 1960s–1980s* Late 1980s Merged with Blacktown Leagues
Springwood 1967 Late 1980s Merged With Warimoo to become Lower Mountain Eagles
Warimoo 1967 Late 1980s Merged With Springwood to become Lower Mountain Eagles
Colo 1960s–1980s* Late 1980s Merged to become Hawkesbury City
Richmond 1915*, 1967 Late 1980s Merged to become Hawkesbury City
North Richmond 1960s–1980s* Late 1980s Merged to become Hawkesbury City
Blackett 1960s–1980s* Late 1980s Merged with Hebrshem
Hebershem 1960s–1980s* Late 1980s Merged With Blacket
Tregear 1960s–1980s* 1989 Merged with Whalan to form West Mt Druitt
Whalan 1971 1989 Merged With Tregear to form West Mt Druitt
Lethbridge Park 1960s–1980s* Late 1980s Merged With West Mt. Druitt
Mt Druitt Dragons 1960s–1970s* 1985 Merged With Rooty Hill RSL
North Mt Druitt 1960s–1970s* Late 1980s Merged With Shalvey to form Mt Druitt Devils
Shalvey 1960s–1970s* Late 1980s Merged With North Mt. Druitt to form Mt Druitt Devil
North St Marys 1960s–1970s* Mid 1980s Folded
St Marys Band Club 1960s–1970s* Late 1980s Folded
Warragamba Wombats 1967 1970s–1980s Departed to Balmain DRLFC
Blacktown 1915*. 1967 1960s–1980s* Split becoming Blacktown Leagues and RSL
  • Teams for cities with 1915 had teams playing, Penrith before the junior league.
  • Teams with 1960s–1980s means the team may have had there first season from 1960s–1980s.

List of A Grade Premiers[edit]

Season Premiers Score Runners-up Ground / Crowd
1999 St Mary's Saints 24–6 Colyton Colts
2000 St Mary's Saints 30–16 Colyton Colts
2001 St Clair Comets St Mary's Saints
2002 St Mary's Saints 46–24 Doonside Roos
2003 Brothers Penrith St Mary's Saints
2004 Brothers Penrith 23–14 Doonside Roos
2005 St Mary's Saints 28–24 Doonside Roos
2006 St Clair Comets Doonside Roos
2007 St Mary's Saints
2008 Brothers Penrith 20–14 Emu Plains JRLFC
2009 Emu Plains JRLFC St Mary's Saints
2010 St Mary's Saints 19–18 (G.P) Emu Plains JRLFC
2011
2012 Colyton Colts Cambridge Park RLFC
2013 St Mary's Saints 32–12 Brothers Penrith Penrith Stadium
2014 Brothers Penrith 36–12 St Mary's Saints Penrith Stadium, 2,449
2015 St Mary's Saints 24–20 St Clair Comets Penrith Stadium, 3,717
2016 St Clair Comets 46–30 St Patricks Blacktown Penrith Stadium, 3,428
2017 St Clair Comets 42–24 Brothers Penrith St Marys Stadium
2018 Windsor Wolves 28–4 Glenmore Park Brumbies Penrith Stadium
2019 St Clair Comets 32–0 Glenmore Park Brumbies Penrith Stadium
2020 Unknown
2021 Season suspended Minor Premier: Colyton Colts
2022 Minchinbury Jets 32–30 Emu Plains JRLFC St Marys Stadium
2023 Emu Plains JRLFC 32-26 Windsor Wolves St Mary's Stadium

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.facebook.com/mtdruittlionsjrlc [user-generated source]

External links[edit]

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