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.

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	2,3
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

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
Windsor Wolves	1909	Parramatta	Tamplin Fields, Windsor Sports Complex

Former clubs

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

See also

• Balmain District Junior Rugby League
• Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League
• Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League
• Parramatta Junior Rugby League
• South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League
• Sydney Roosters Juniors
• Rugby League Competitions in Australia

References

External links

• Penrith District Rugby League
• Penrith District Rugby League on Facebook