Drummoyne DRFC

Australia Drummoyne
Full nameDrummoyne District Rugby Football Club
NicknameDirty Reds
Founded1916 (1916)
LocationDrummoyne, Sydney, Australia
Ground(s)Drummoyne Oval, (Bayswater Rd)
LeagueNSWSRU
Team kit
Official website
drummoynerugby.com.au

The Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club (Drummoyne DRFC) is a rugby union club based in Drummoyne, New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia.[1] The club was founded in 1916 as the Glebe-Balmain District Football Club, being a merger of existing district clubs Glebe[2] and Balmain.[3][4] In 1931 the name was altered to Drummoyne DRFC.[3] The present day Drummoyne DRFC competes prominently in the First Division of the NSW Suburban Rugby Union.

History

The name Drummoyne DRFC was adopted in 1931 by the then Shute Shield competition side Glebe-Balmain DFC.[3] The Glebe-Balmain DFC was established in 1916 as a war-time merger of the 1900 founded district clubs Glebe[2] and Balmain.[3] Both of these suburbs had rugby union clubs in the 1870s-90s, however the two clubs founded in 1900 under the city's district scheme and residential rules were entirely new bodies.[5]

In 1917 the Glebe-Balmain DFC attempted to arrange a match with Balmain rugby league club.[6] Following the end of the war the Glebe-Balmain DFC entered the 1919 first grade club competition (now Shute Shield). The merged club's colours were a combination of maroon jersey (Glebe) and black and gold socks (Balmain).[3] The Glebe club's maroon jersey had in the early 1900s given rise to the club's nickname of "Dirty Reds".[2]

Over the 1920s the change in the suburban demographics of the Glebe and Balmain parts of Sydney saw players, training, meetings and support increasingly related to the growing residential area of Drummoyne.[3] In 1931 the club adopted its new name as the Drummoyne DRFC and changed to a scarlet colour jersey,[3][7] and began playing home games at the recently renovated Drummoyne Oval in 1932.[3]

The club has produced many representative players, the first Rugby Union team to leave Australian shores for an overseas tour, the historic 1882 NSW team to NZ, included 3 players from the Balmain Club: M.H.Howard, R.W.Thallon and C.Hawkins. In 1909-10 Bill McKell, later to become Australia's Governor General, played on the wing for Balmain and the very first Wallaby Captain, Dr.H.Moran of the 1908 Australian side, served as Balmain's president in 1911-12.[7]

In 1979 the club was moved to the Second Division competition, returning to the Shute Shield first grade in 1991.[8] The club now competes in the First Division of the NSW Suburban Rugby Union.[9]

Honours

Sydney Premiership

Division 1 Championships

  • Kentwell Cup: (8) 1947, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2020.[10]
  • Division 1 Club Championship - Bruce Graham Shield: (3) 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2020.
  • Burke Cup: (2) 2000, 2004 and 2019
  • Whiddon Cup: (3) 2001, 2015, 2017
  • Sutherland Cup: (1) 2010

Division 2 Championships

  • Barraclough Cup: (1) 1999
  • Stockdale Cup: (1) 1999

Division 3 Championships

  • Division 3 Club Championship - Keith 'Doc' Harris Shield (1) 1997
  • Clark Cup: (1) 1997
  • Nicholson Cup: (1) 1997

Division 4 Championships

  • McLean Cup: (1) 1996
  • Grose Cup: (1) 1996

Colours and home ground

Drummoyne's club colours are red, black and yellow and its home ground is Drummoyne Oval.[1] The club fields junior and senior teams and a women's sevens rugby side.

International representatives

Further reading

  • "Men in Scarlet" - The History of the Balmain, Glebe & Drummoyne Rugby Clubs 1874-2004, by John Mulford.

References

  1. 1 2 "Drummoyne". NSW Suburban Rugby. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Fagan, Sean (2 December 2013). "GLEBE DIRTY REDS WERE A RUGBY POWERHOUSE". — saintsandheathens.com —. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fagan, Sean (31 October 2013). "THE OLD BALMAINS WERE A FORCE". — saintsandheathens.com —. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Referee - Glebe-Balmain Rugby Union". Trove NLA. 16 March 1921. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Fagan, Sean (12 July 2026). "THE LAST STAND OF THE WALLAROOS". WALLAROOFC1870.com. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "The Referee, 'And the Glebe-Balmain Affair!'". Trove NLA. 25 August 1917. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 Mulford, John. "Club History". Drummoyne Rugby. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Drummoyne Rugby History - Drummoyne Rugby". 2 February 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "NSW Suburban Rugby Union : Division One". rugby.net.au. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Premiers - Kentwell Cup". NSW Suburban Rugby. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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