Drummoyne DRFC
| Full name | Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club (DDRFC) |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Dirty Reds |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Location | Drummoyne, Sydney, Australia |
| Ground(s) | Drummoyne Oval, (Bayswater Rd) |
| League(s) | NSWSRU |
| Official website | |
| www | |
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 decided to change its name to the Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club in 1931.[2]
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.[3]
In more recent decades, the club won the Kentwell Cup in 1947, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010.[4]
Colours and home ground
Drummoyne's club colours are red, black and yellow and its home ground is Drummoyne Oval.[5] The club fields junior, senior and up until recently a women rugby sides.
International representatives
- Steve Williams
- Douglas Keller
- Greg Davis
- Alan Cardy
- Arthur McGill
- John Freedman
- Ian Moutray
Further reading
"Men in Scarlet" - The History of the Balmain, Glebe & Drummoyne Rugby Clubs 1874-2004, by John Mulford.