Nickname(s) Dirty Reds Ground Drummoyne Oval | Founded 1931 | |
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Full name Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club (DDRFC) Location Drummoyne, Sydney, Australia League New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union | ||
The Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Drummoyne, New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. Its predecessor Glebe and Balmain Rugby Clubs are among the oldest in Australia and today it competes prominently in the First Division of the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union.
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History
According to its website, the Drummoyne DRFC traces its origins to the very foundations of rugby union in Australia, with its predecessor Balmain Rugby Club formed in 1873, and winning the newly formed Southern Rugby Union's first competition in 1875. In neighbouring Glebe, another rugby club was founded in 1889 and these two clubs formed the foundation of Drummoyne. The Glebe-Balmain Club was established in 1919 and decided to change its name to the Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club in 1931.
The club has produced many representative players, indeed 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.
Sydney Premiership
Division 1 Championships
Division 2 Championships
Division 3 Championships
Division 4 Championships
Colours and home ground
Drummoyne's club colours are red, black and yellow and its home ground is Drummoyne Oval. The club fields junior and senior teams and, up until recently, a women's rugby side.