PROFILBARU.COM

Drummoyne
Full name	Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	Dirty Reds
Founded	1874; 151 years ago
Location	Drummoyne, Sydney, Australia
Ground(s)	Drummoyne Oval, (Bayswater Rd)
League(s)	NSWSRU
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	drummoynerugby.com.au

The Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Drummoyne, New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia.^[1] 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.

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Honours

Sydney Premiership

Shute Shield: (2) 1925, 1936

Division 1 Championships

Kentwell Cup: (8) 1947, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2020.^[3]
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

References

^ ^a ^b "Drummoyne". NSW Suburban Rugby. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b Mulford, John. "Club History". Drummoyne Rugby. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ "Premiers - Kentwell Cup". NSW Suburban Rugby. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.