South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League

The South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League is an affiliation of junior clubs in the inner southern and south-eastern suburbs.[1]

South Sydney District Rugby Football League
Current season or competition:
2018 South Sydney District Rugby Football League
SportRugby league
Number of teams14
RegionInner Southern Suburbs, South-Eastern Suburbs (New South Wales Rugby League)
PremiersMatraville Tigers (2022 South Sydney District Rugby Football League season)
Most titlesCoogee Randwick Wombats (13 titles)
Websitesouthsjuniors.leaguenet.com.au
Related competitionSydney Combined Competition

History

When the South Sydney Rabbitohs first entered the NSWRL competition as South Sydney in 1908, Souths would become neighbours to fellow city counterpart, the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Anzac Parade separated the territories for both inner-Sydney clubs when the boundaries were first established the previous year. Souths' boundaries were based on the municipalities of Redfern, Botany, Alexandria, Mascot and Waterloo, while the Roosters' boundaries were those of the eastern municipalities of Paddington, Woollahra, Vaucluse and Waverley.

The new junior league boundaries set out in the early 1950s would take territory away from the Roosters, and hand it over to rival neighbouring club South Sydney.

In the mid-20th century, the southern half of Roosters territory within the Randwick local government area was handed to South Sydney. The NSWRL made this change to 'even the competition' as South Sydney's original heartland, around Redfern and Waterloo, had rapidly industrialised and de-populated. Rabbitohs stalwart S.G. Ball was a dual administrator within South Sydney Rabbitohs and the New South Wales Rugby League at the time. The Rabbitohs were in a highly successful period and had established South Sydney Juniors Rugby League Club in Kingsford, Roosters territory in recent times.

Debate still continues amongst rival fans as to how and why Eastern Suburbs territory, comprising suburbs with junior league clubs rich in talent and numbers in the Randwick and Coogee areas, was given to South Sydney. The Roosters expressed disappointment at losing some of its junior clubs, but the NSWRL would not waver.

This was not to be the end of struggle for junior territory between the two inner-city clubs. In the 1980s some junior clubs such as Paddington Colts that were within Roosters territory became dissatisfied with Roosters management and affiliated with South Sydney.

After the Newtown Jets were expelled from the NSWRL in 1983, their junior district was eventually absorbed into the South Sydney junior district in 1987. With the tide having turned compared to the situation decades earlier, and the Roosters having a much smaller junior League than South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs at this time then made unsuccessful attempts to regain the suburbs on the same grounds used to hand the southern parts of Coogee and Randwick from Easts to Souths, that of providing an 'even competition'. The NSWRL, controlled at the time by a Board with a ruling faction of representatives from South Sydney (Terry Parker), Balmain (Keith Barnes), Canterbury (Peter Moore) and Manly (Ken Arthurson), refused to redraw the boundaries.

Current District Clubs
Club Home Ground Premierships
Alexandria RoversErskineville Oval 7 (1951, 1954, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1990)
Botany RamsBooralee Park 1 (1947)
Coogee DolphinsKensington Oval 3 (2004, 2007, 2008)
Coogee Randwick WombatsCoogee Oval 14 (1956, 1970*, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019)
La Perouse UnitedYarra Reserve 8 (1963, 1964*, 1970*, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
Maroubra LionsSnape Park 1 (1979)
Marrickville RSL KingsMarrickville Oval 1 (1995)
Mascot JuniorsMascot Oval 7 (1952, 1953, 1955, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1998)
Matraville TigersHeffron Park 0
Moore Park Broncos 12 (1961, 1964*, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Newtown Jnr JetsTempe Reserve 0
Redfern All BlacksWaterloo Oval 6 (1974, 1987*, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Saints JRLFCKensington Oval, Kensington 0
South Eastern SeagullsPioneers Park, Malabar 0
South Sydney MustangsRowland Park, Daceyville 0
Waterloo Waratahs 1 (1988)
  • Asterisks indicates years where premierships were shared between two teams.

2023 A Grade Clubs
Club[2] Moniker Suburb A Grade A Reserve
Alexandria Rovers Rovers Alexandria, New South Wales No Yes
Coogee Dolphins Coogee, New South Wales Yes Yes
Coogee Randwick Wombats Coogee, New South Wales No Yes
La Perouse United Panthers La Perouse, New South Wales Yes Yes
Mascot Juniors Jets Mascot, New South Wales Yes Yes
Marrickville RSL Kings Marrickville, New South Wales No Yes
Matraville Tigers Matraville, New South Wales Yes Yes
Moore Park Broncos Moore Park, New South Wales No Yes
Redfern All Blacks All Blacks Redfern, New South Wales Yes Yes
South Eastern Seagulls Malabar, New South Wales Yes Yes

A Grade Premierships
Season Grand Final Information Minor Premiers
Premiers Score Runners-Up
1947 Botany United
1948 South Sydney Fernleigh
1949 South Sydney Fernleigh
1950 South Sydney Fernleigh
1951 Alexandria Rovers
1952 Mascot Juniors
1953 Mascot Juniors
1954 Alexandria Rovers
1955 Mascot Juniors
1956 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1957 South Sydney Fernleigh
1958 Chelsea Eagles
1959 Chelsea Eagles
1960 Kensington United
1961 Moore Park Broncos
1962 Alexandria Rovers
1963 La Perouse United
1964 Moore Park Broncos / La Perouse United
1965 Alexandria Rovers
1966 Kensington United
1967 South Sydney Fernleigh
1968 Kensington United
1969 Alexandria Rovers
1970 La Perouse United / Coogee Randwick Wombats
1971 Moore Park Broncos
1972 Zetland Magpies
1973 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1974 Redfern All Blacks
1975 Alexandria Rovers
1976 Chelsea Eagles
1977 Moore Park Broncos
1978 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1979 Maroubra Lions
1980 Moore Park Broncos
1981 Zetland Magpies
1982 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1983 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1984 Mascot Juniors
1985 Mascot Juniors
1986 Chelsea Eagles
1987 Redfern All Blacks / Kensington United
1988 Waterloo Waratahs
1989 Mascot Juniors
1990 Alexandria Rovers
1991 La Perouse United
1992 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1993 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1994 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1995 Marrickville Kings
1996 Coogee Randwick Wombats
1997 Moore Park Broncos
1998 Mascot Juniors
1999 Moore Park Broncos
2000 La Perouse United
2001 La Perouse United
2002 La Perouse United
2003 Moore Park Broncos
2004 Coogee Dolphins
2005 La Perouse United
2006 Moore Park Broncos
2007 Coogee Dolphins
2008 Coogee Dolphins
2009 Coogee Randwick Wombats
2010 Coogee Randwick Wombats
2011 Coogee Randwick Wombats
2012 Moore Park Broncos 20 – 8 Coogee Randwick Wombats La Perouse United
2013 Moore Park Broncos
2014 Moore Park Broncos 16 – 12 Mascot Juniors
2015 Redfern All Blacks 42 – 24 Coogee Randwick Wombats Coogee Randwick Wombats
2016 Redfern All Blacks 28 – 16 Coogee Randwick Wombats Coogee Randwick Wombats
2017 Redfern All Blacks 16 – 12 Coogee Randwick Wombats Moore Park Broncos
2018 Redfern All Blacks 28 – 12 Mascot Juniors Coogee Randwick Wombats
2019 Coogee Randwick Wombats 32 – 0 South Eastern Seagulls South Eastern Seagulls
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19.[3]
2021 Season was suspended after COVID-19 breakout.[4]

Reference: [5]

A Reserve Premierships
Season Grand Final Information Minor Premiers
Premiers Score Runners-Up
2015 Bondi United 20 – 18 South Eastern Seagulls Bondi United
2016 Bondi United 22 – 20 Coogee Dolphins Bondi United
2017 Coogee Dolphins 28 – 18 La Perouse United La Perouse United
2018 Mascot Juniors 20 – 18 La Perouse United Mascot Juniors
2019 South Sydney Mustangs 10 – 8 South Eastern Seagulls South Sydney Mustangs
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19.[3]
2021 Season was suspended after COVID-19 breakout.[4]

2023 Alexandria rovers

Team of the Century

On 16 May 2008, the South Sydney Juniors Team of the Century was named at the Centenary Ball.[6]

  1. Eric Simms (La Perouse United)
  2. Harold Holder (Kinkora Juniors)
  3. Paul Sait (Matraville Tigers)
  4. Ray Branighan (Moore Park)
  5. Benny Wearing (Redfern Ioanas)
  6. Greg Hawick (Alexandria Rovers)
  7. Clem Kennedy (Cleveland Street)
  8. Brian Hambly (Mascot Jets)
  9. George Piggins (Mascot Jets)
  10. Ian Roberts (Mascot Jets)
  11. Bob McCarthy (Moore Park)
  12. George Treweek (Mascot Jets)
  13. Ron Coote (c) (Kensington United)
  14. Terry Hill (Zetland Magpies)
  15. Craig Wing (Maroubra Lions)
  16. Craig Coleman (Waterloo Waratahs)
  17. Gary Stevens (Chelsea United)

Coach: Alf Blair (Waterloo Albions)

See also

References
  1. https://www.rabbitohs.com.au
  2. "Competition: 2022 A Grade Draw". www.playrugbyleague.com.
  3. "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". New South Wales Rugby League. 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  4. "Community Competitions abandoned in Greater Sydney and adjoining areas". New South Wales Rugby League. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  5. "Souths Referees › A Grade Honour Roll". Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  6. "2008 South Sydney Juniors Team of the Century - South Sydney Junior Rugby League". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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