Penrith District Rugby League
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.
Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 1967 |
Number of teams | 24 |
Region | Penrith, New South Wales (NSWRL) |
Premiers | Emu Plains Emus (2023) Hawkesbury City Hawks (Div 2) St Patrick's (Div 3) (2023) |
Related competition | Sydney Combined Competition |
History
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
Club | Moniker | Suburb | Division/s |
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Colts | Colyton, New South Wales | 1,3 |
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Panthers | Cambridge Park, New South Wales | 1,3 |
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Roos | Doonside, New South Wales | 2,3 |
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Emus | Emu Plains, New South Wales | 1,3 |
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Broncos | Glenmore Park, New South Wales | 1 |
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Hawks | Hawkesbury, New South Wales | 2 |
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Mounties | Penrith, New South Wales | 2 |
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Magpies | Minchinbury, New South Wales | 1 |
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Magpies | Richmond, New South Wales | 1 |
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Razorbacks | Riverstone, New South Wales | 2 |
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Brothers | Penrith, New South Wales | 1 |
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Quakers | Quakers Hill, New South Wales | 2 |
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Comets | St Clair, New South Wales | 1,3 |
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Saints | St Marys, New South Wales | 1 |
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Saints | The Ponds, New South Wales | 1,3 |
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Tigers | Penrith, New South Wales | 2 |
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Wolves | Windsor, New South Wales | 1,3 |
All District clubs
Club |
Inaugural Season | Former Comp
(Pre 1967) |
Home Ground |
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Late 1980s as Blacktown City | Jack Myers Field | |
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1967 | HE Laybutt Sports Complex | |
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1968 as St Dominic's | Parker Street oval | |
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1968 | Allsop Patterson Oval | |
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1968 | CEC Blinkhorn Oval | |
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1968 | Kareela Reserve | |
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1967 | Leonay Oval | |
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1994 | Ched Towns Reserve | |
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Late 1980s | Turnbull Oval | |
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1968 | Katoomba Showground | |
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Late 1980s | Warrimoo Oval | |
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1994 | Federation Forest | |
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2018 | Tamplin Oval | |
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1915 as Penrith | Parramatta | Doug Rennie Fields |
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1995 | Waite Reserve | |
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1915* | N/A | Basil Andrews Field |
Western Vikings | 2020 | Whalan Reserve | |
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2023 | ||
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1984 | Peppertree Sports Complex | |
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1908 | Parramatta | The Kingsway (Saturday) St Marys Leagues club Stadium (Sunday) |
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1967 | The Ponds | |
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Late 1980s as West Mt Druitt | Heber Park | |
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1909 | Parramatta | Tamplin Fields, Windsor Sports Complex |
Former clubs
Club |
Inaugural Season | Final Year |
Reason |
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Londonderry Greys | 1967 | 2022 | Folded |
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1967 | 2022[1] | Dissolved |
Mt Druitt Raiders | late 1980s as Wests Mt Druitt | N/A | later replaced by Vikings |
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1967 as Rooty Hill | 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 |
Warimo | 1967 | Late 1980s | Merged With Springwood |
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* | Late 1980s | Merged with Whalan |
Whalan | 1960s–1980s* | Late 1980s | Merged With Tregear |
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.