Penrith District Rugby League
| Penrith District Rugby League | |
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Current season or competition: 2015 Penrith District Rugby League | |
| Sport | Rugby league |
| Ceased | 1912 |
| Number of teams | 21 |
| Region | Penrith, New South Wales (New South Wales Rugby League) |
| Premiers | Brothers Penrith (2014 Penrith District Rugby League season) |
| Related competition | Sydney Combined Competition |
The Penrith District Junior Rugby League (PDJRL) is an amateur rugby league competition for senior and junior rugby league clubs in the Penrith, Blacktown, and Blue Mountains area.
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.
District clubs
| Club |
Home Ground |
|---|---|
| Blacktown Bears | Jack Myers Field |
| Blacktown Workers | HE Laybutt Sports Complex |
| Brothers Penrith | Hickeys Lane (Saturday) Nepean Rugby Park (Sunday) |
| Cambridge Park RLFC | Allsop Patterson Oval |
| Colyton Colts | CEC Blinkhorn Oval |
| Doonside Roos | Kareela Reserve |
| Emu Plains JRLFC | Leonay Oval |
| Glenmore Park Brumbies | Ched Towns Reserve |
| Hawkesbury City Hawks | Turnbull Oval |
| Katoomba Devils | Katoomba Showground |
| Londonderry Greys | Londonderry Oval |
| Lower Mountains Eagles | Warrimoo Oval |
| Minchinbury Jets | Mt Druitt Town Centre Reserve |
| Mt Druitt Spartans | Peter van Hasselt Reserve |
| Penrith Waratahs | Doug Rennie Fields |
| Quakers Hill Destroyers | Waite Reserve |
| Riverstone Razorbacks | Basil Andrews Field |
| Rooty Hill Dragons | Whalan Reserve |
| St Clair Comets | Peppertree Sports Complex |
| St Mary's Saints | The Kingsway (Saturday) St Marys Leagues club Stadium (Sunday) |
| Western City Tigers | Heber Park |
| Windsor Wolves | Tamplin Fields, Windsor Sports Complex |
See also
- Balmain District Junior Rugby League
- Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League
- South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League
- Sydney Roosters Juniors
References
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