Penrith District Rugby League

Penrith District Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1967
General Manager	Blake South
Number of teams	24
Region	Penrith, New South Wales (NSWRL)
Premiers	Emu Plains (Don Feltis Cup); Hawkesbury City Hawks (Barry Nichol Shield) ; Windsor Wolves (Jan Cameron Trophy)
Most titles	St Marys Saints (8 titles)
Broadcast partner	Bar Tv
Related competition	Sydney 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

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
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
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	2,3
Katoomba	Devils	Katoomba, New South Wales	2
Lower Mountains	Mounties	Penrith, New South Wales	2
Minchinbury	Jets	Minchinbury, New South Wales	1,3
Riverstone	Razorbacks	Riverstone, New South Wales	2
Penrith Brothers	Brothers	Penrith, New South Wales	1
Penrith	Warratahs	Penrith, New South Wales	2
Quakers Hill	Quakers	Quakers Hill, New South Wales	2
St Clair	Comets	St Clair, New South Wales	1,3
St Marys	Saints	St Marys, New South Wales	1
St Patricks	Saints	The Ponds, New South Wales	2 (2x)
Western City	Tigers	Penrith, New South Wales	2,3
Windsor	Wolves	Windsor, New South Wales	1,3

All District clubs

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	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 United	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 Marys 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	Windsor Sports Complex

Former clubs

Club	Inaugural Season	Final Year	Reason
Londonderry Greys	1967	2022	Folded
Mt Druitt Lions	1967	2022^[1]	Dissolved
West Mt Druitt Raiders	late 1980s as Wests Mt Druitt	N/A	later replaced by Vikings
Rooty Hill Dragons	1985	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 Bears	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged with Hebrshem
Hebershem	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged With Blacket
Tregear Foxes	1960s–1980s*	1989	Merged with Whalan to form West Mt Druitt
Whalan	1971	1989	Merged With Tregear to form West Mt Druitt
Lethbridge Park Ravens	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged With West Mt. Druitt
Mt Druitt Dragons	1960s–1970s*	1985	Merged With Rooty Hill RSL
Rooty Hill RSL	1967	1985	Merged With Mt Druitt Dragons
North Mt Druitt Millers	1960s–1970s*	Late 1980s	Merged With Shalvey to form Mt Druitt Devils
Shalvey Bears	1960s–1970s*	Late 1980s	Merged With North Mt. Druitt to form Mt Druitt Devil
PCYC Spartans-Shalvey	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
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 (Don Feltis Cup) Premiers

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Ground / Crowd
1967
1968
1969	Windsor Wolves	10–5	Mount Druitt Lions	Penrith Park
1970
1971
1972
1973	Richmond	10–8	Windsor Wolves
1974
1975
1976
1977	St Marys Saints
1978	St Marys Saints
1979
1980	St Marys Saints
1981
1982
1983
1984	St Marys Saints	18–6	Colyton Colts
1985
1986
1987	St Marys Saints
1988	Windsor Wolves	24–12	St Marys Saints
1989
1990	St Marys Saints
1991
1992	Cambridge Park	18–14	Colyton Colts
1993	St Marys Saints
1994
1995	St Marys Saints
1996
1997
1998
1999	St Marys Saints	24–6	Colyton Colts
2000	St Marys Saints	30–16	Colyton Colts
2001	St Clair Comets		St Marys Saints
2002	St Marys Saints	46–24	Doonside Roos
2003	Brothers Penrith		St Marys Saints
2004	Brothers Penrith	23–14	Doonside Roos
2005	St Marys Saints	28–24	Doonside Roos
2006	St Clair Comets		Doonside Roos
2007	St Marys Saints
2008	Brothers Penrith	20–14	Emu Plains
2009	Emu Plains		St Marys Saints
2010	St Marys Saints	19–18 (G.P)	Emu Plains
2011
2012	Colyton Colts		Cambridge Park
2013	St Marys Saints	32–12	Brothers Penrith	Penrith Stadium
2014	Brothers Penrith	36–12	St Marys Saints	Penrith Stadium, 2,449
2015	St Marys 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*	Cambridge Park	18-14	Minchinbury Jets	Windsor Stadium
2021	Season suspended Minor Premier: Colyton Colts
2022	Minchinbury Jets	32–30	Emu Plains	St Marys Leagues Stadium
2023	Emu Plains	32-26	Windsor Wolves	St Marys Leagues Stadium
2024	Emu Plains	20-18	Colyton Colts	Windsor Sporting Complex