The Western Suburbs Magpies (originally the Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club) is an Australian rugby league football club based in Sydney's western suburb of New South Wales. Formed in 1908, the Western , as it is often called, is one of nine club foundations of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia. The club, as the only entity, left the top competition in 1999 after forming a 50-50 joint venture with Balmain Tigers to form Wests Tigers. The club are currently pretending sides in the Ron Massey Cup (Opening), Sydney Shield (Open), S.G. (Under 18's) and Harold Matthews Cup (Under 16's) competition.
Campbelltown Stadium, which has a capacity of 20,000, is their home stadium.
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History
The club was one of the founding members of the Sydney rugby league competition in 1908. Founded at a meeting on February 4, 1908 at Ashfield Town Hall, they only won one game the following season, as did the second League wooden spangers (after Cumberland in 1908). Although they spend a long time because they also feel the success of the prime minister four times in the mid-20th century. They won their first prime minister in 1930, defeating St. George 27-2. Four years later they defeated the Eastern Suburbs to win their second title. For 1944 NSWRFL Queensland season 1910 player representative Henry Bolewski coached West Suburbs club, replacing Alf Blair, who moved to South Sydney. Wests improved slightly in the previous season, finishing 5 (out of 8), but failed to reach the final, and Bolewski was replaced by a superb club, Frank McMillan.
Wests won a second pair of prime ministers, beating Balmain in 1948 and South Sydney 22-12 in 1952. Both times they beat their third consecutive title hunting club.
1960s
Apart from this opportunity, the club is best known for its three successive grand finals in 1961, 1962 and 1963 against St George Dragons in the midst of their 11-premier journey. The club boast football players like halfback Arthur Summons, Harry 'Bomber' Wells, Kelly O'Shea, Noel Kelly and Peter Dimond. The grand final of 1963 was immortalized in a photograph which became known as 'The Gladiators' after the captain St. George Norm Provan and Summon came out of the field together.
1970s
The final period of glory signaled in the late 1970s where they spent several years on or near-the table, but failed to make the grand final. Coached by Roy Masters and boasting players like fullback John Dorahy, half Tommy Raudonikis, five eight Graeme O'Grady, Gavin Miller, Ron Giteau, Les Boyd, support John Donnelly and Terry Lambs five-eight. Yet an attractive offer from other clubs and then doubts about the club's eligibility led to the years of talent exodus. Wests won the 1977 Amco Cup.
1980s
John Ribot, winger for Wests, was the top scorer for the 1980 season. In 1983 the NSWRFL sought to oust the West from the competition, but a prolonged legal battle to keep their place going, unlike the unhappy Newtown Jets that year. Richard Conti emerged against New South Wales Rugby League bosses John Quayle and Colin Love in 1985, successfully advocating to keep the club fighting in the competition. He was later appointed chairman of the NSWRL Judiciary.
Eventually, Wests moved to Campbelltown in 1987. Ironically, this is where Newtown did not make the move to four years before.
1990s
The West began the process of rebuilding in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Laurie Freier started the 1988 Winfield Cup season as club coach but was replaced during the season by John Bailey.
The club made the semi-finals in 1991 and 1992 under coach Warren Ryan. Wests was the NSWRL Club Champions in 1991 when the three classes reached the semi-finals. The team also made it to the pre-season Challenge Cup final in 1993 but were beaten by a star-studded Canberra team. The club then descended the ladder and the training control was handed over to Wayne Ellis's caretaker. The decision to appoint Tommy Raudonikis as coach to start the 1995 season sent an adrenaline shot to the club. Raudonikis brought the Magpies to the finals in 1996. But the club could not compete in the player market in 1997 thanks to a Super League war that saw players contract soaring to an unsustainable level. In 1998 and 1999, Magpie teams filled by many unknown players struggled to be competitive and twice received wooden spoons. With the club struggling on the pitch and trying to compete financially against the club with News Limited funding, it is on the wall.
Joint ventures
The well-documented Super League War of 1997 between the Super League (News Ltd) and the Australian Rugby League (ARL) resulted in a compromise that in 2000, the National Rugby League (NRL) competition will be contested by just 14 teams.
With the Wests Magpies fighting in the field in the NRL competition, it was decided by the club in mid-1999 that to survive, they would be asked to combine their senior team with other club teams. After initial talks with Canterbury Bulldogs failed, an agreement was reached with Balmain Tigers on 27 July 1999.
The Wests Tigers first competed in the 2000 competition. The club also incorporated the color of its game from two joint venture partners.
Main sponsor
- Allied Express
- Victa (1978-1982)
- IPEC Couriers (1984-1985)
- Masterton Homes (1986-1992)
- Goldstar/LG Electronics (1995-1997)
- Signature Security System (1998-1999)
- Club Hotels (2000)
- Save home loan (2005)
- Wests Ashfield Leagues (2006-2015)
Wests Ashfield Leagues is also a major sponsor & amp; supporters of the club since they were founded.
- Rebel Sport (Centenary Partner and 2008 Major Sponsor)
- Allied Express (2015)
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Today
The Western Suburbs Magpies home match is played at Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah and their training facilities, along with offices are at Whitlam Center in Liverpool. The club has advanced facilities here, and they are considered the best in the league.
In 2000, the Western Suburbs Magpies Under 20 team was a runner up to Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs, headed by Mitch Zammit and Luke Duffy. The Western Suburbs Magpies last title was won in 2002 when the West Suburbs Magpies captained by Liam Fulton won the New New Wales Rugby League Under 18 competition.
From 2000 to 2012, Western Suburbs Magpies fielded teams in the First Grade NSWRL competition now known as the NSW Cup.
In 2006, Wests Tigers on the advice of Team Sheens pushed the idea that the NRL would be better served with one side of the NSW Cup. The Western Suburbs Council opposed this decision and decided to continue to bring down their own team. Wests Tigers then allocated all NRL contract players to Balmain Tigers (Wests Magpies has six junior players in the group, as opposed to one from Balmain), citing the advantages of both NRL and NSW Cup teams practicing together at the Concord Oval. This continued from 2006 to 2007.
Newcastle chairman Kevin Hammond was disappointed by Wests Tigers' decision and told Wests Tigers about it in 2008, if the Magpies did not receive a fair share of the Wests Tigers, they would form a feeding partnership with Canberra Raiders rivals. The Wests Tigers surrendered.
The Western Suburbs Magpies made the semifinals in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
In 2012, the funds were withheld from the Magpies by Wests Ashfield Leagues Club Directors (not unanimously) as they now support the Wests Tigers proposal for one side of the NSW Cup, although this was done only because Balmain was unable to afford and Wests could.
This is also against the wishes of Magpies Football Club members and they are organizing the Protest Rally through the streets of Campbelltown. Wests Ashfield Leagues Club under pressure to refund the end of the season off after the Magpies players have signed up to play with another team.
Wests Tigers but decided to stop all support from the NSW Magpies Cup side while ongoing support for Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers though it continues to be reminded that Wests Tigers should not be the one to tell Wests Ashfield what to do; they are employees of Wests Ashfield and Balmain, NOT the opposite. The Magpies failed to win the game in 2012 while Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers made it to the Grand Final where they were beaten by Newtown Jets.
The Magpies fell back to the third level of the Ron Massey Cup in 2013, with members voting for a separate NSW Cup team squad in 2014, although this did not materialize.
In 2015, Magpies adds teams in the Sydney Shield competition to act as a feeder for their Ron Massey Cup campaign.
In 2016, Suburbs West made an early final match against St Mary's in The Ron Massey Cup but lost the match. 2017 proved to be a bad year for Wests when Ron Massey Cup side finished with a wooden spoon and The Sydney Shield finished second last.
On June 5, 2017, it was announced that the Western Suburbs had submitted an offer for inclusion in the Intrust Super Premiership season for 2018. Re-entry to Intrust Super Premiership ended the 5-year club absent from the top-level NSWRL competition that it has been participating continuously from 1908 to 2012 For the return of the team will be trained by former 1st class Suburbs West Brett Hodgson.
Home page
St. Luke's Park was home to the clubs of Western Suburbs in 1910 and 1911. They began playing their match at Pratten Park in Ashfield in 1912, but after pressure from local residents there the council refused the club's permission to use the land, forcing them to return to St. Luke's Oval from 1915 to 1919. The Magpies have been playing in the three yards of the house since it was founded. They returned to Pratten Park in 1920, remaining there until 1966, the club subsequently played in Pratten Park sporadically for the next two decades playing games there in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977 and 1985. The very first class game played at Pratten Park on 18 August 1985 against Penrith, Penrith won the match with 42-16. They then moved to Lidcombe Oval in 1967. This is because the Ashfield board does not allow the club to play matches on Sunday (as this is church day). In 1987, they moved to Campbelltown's Orana Park (located in adjacent Leumeah), which, after a $ 25 million renovation, is now called Campbelltown Stadium which is now one of the home yards of Wests Tigers. The Magpies' lower class side plays most of the home games at Campbelltown Stadium, with occasional game moves to the Lidcombe Oval.
Western Suburbs Magpies Leagues Club
There is no League of Western Suburbs club. The Magpies are financially supported by Wests Ashfield Leagues club.
Junior District Competition
The Western Suburbs District Junior Rugby League (WSDJRL) also known as "Junior Magpies" manages the junior rugby league on behalf of Western Suburbs Magpies and Wests Tigers joint venture. It comprises a network of affiliated junior rugby league clubs throughout Campbelltown and Greater Liverpool in southwest Sydney. In 2016, the following clubs are involved in WSDJRL;
- All JRLFC Saints
- All Stars Glenquarie (formally Macquarie field eagle)
- Campbelltown City Kangaroo JRLFC
- Campbelltown Collegians JRLFC
- Campbelltown Warriors JRLFC
- Eaglevale St Andrews JRLFC
- East Campbelltown Eagles JRLFC
- Hinchinbrook Hornets JRLFC
- Ingleburn RSL Tigers JRLFC
- Liverpool Catholic Club Raiders JRLFC
- Macarthur Saints JRLFC (ex-St Thomas More JRLFC)
- Minto Cobras JRLFC
- Valley United Vikings JRLFC (officially known as East Valley United and also Green Valley United)
The following clubs also competed in WSDJRL, but now have folded:
- Airds Colts JRLFC
"Ashcroft JRLFC
- Claymore Panthers JRLFC
- Dayments Dolphins JRLFC
- Heckenberg JRLFC
"Ingleburn Bulldogs JRLFC
- Leumeah Wolves JRLFC
- Liverpool City JRLFC
"Liverpool Titans JRLFC
- Liverpool RSL JRLFC
- Macquarie Cobras JRLFC
- Warwick Farm JRLFC
- Woodlands JRLFC
- Sadlier Bulldogs JRLFC
WSDJRL telah menghasilkan banyak pemain mantan pemain Macan West termasuk Brett Hodgson (Eagle Vale-St Andrews & amp; Ingleburn RSL), Dean Collis (Campbelltown Warriors), Bryce Gibbs (All Saints Liverpool), Shannon Gallant (All Saints Liverpool & amp; Campbelltown City) Chris Lawrence (Eagle Vale), dan Shannon McDonnell (All Saints Liverpool). David Noaofaluma (Campbelltown Warriors, Campbelltown Collegians) James Tedesco (Eagle Vale St.Andrews) juga Camden Rams (grup 6, CRL) Pemain NRL terkenal lainnya yang tumbuh bermain liga rugby junior di WSDJRL adalah Anthony Minichiello (East Valley United), Mark Minichiello (Liverpool Klub Katolik) Frank Pritchard (Campbelltown City) Eric Grothe, Jr (Eagle Vale), Ryan Hoffman (Campbelltown Collegians), Ben Roberts (Narellan Jets), Sauaso Sue (Macquarie Field Hawks), Israel Folau, Jarryd Hayne , Krisnan Inu, Michael Lett (Ingleburn RSL), Gray Viane, John Skandalis, Ken McGuiness, Kevin McGuinness, Tim Lafai, dan Mickey & amp; Lopini Paea (semua Minto Cobra).
The WSDJRL took over its current limits from CRL Group 6 of the Northern Junior League and part of Parramatta DJRL (ie Liverpool) in 1987. They were forced to break out of their traditional territory around Ashfield and the Lidcombe area in western Sydney to be able to then survive in NSWRL. The old WSDJRL area has been purchased by DJRL Balmain DJRL and Bulldogs (Canterbury). Clubs used to play at WSDJRL include;
- Ashfield Colts (now folded) - Also known as Ashfield Kings
- Burwood United (now merged with Concord in Balmain DJRL)
- Concord United (now joined Burwood on Balmain DJRL)
- Benedicts Auburn (now Trinity University, Auburn)
- Enfield Federals (When The Magpies first went to Campbelltown they became part of Canterbury, then they folded for several years before entering under Balmain DJRL) (resulting in Hazem El Masri, Robbie Farah, Scott Gale, Brett Clark, Wayne Smith , Ken Hey, Jim Serdaris, Dennis Pittard, Team Pickup, and Brett Gale Leo Epifania)
- Five Dock JRLFC (now in Balmain DJRL)
- Lidcombe Bulls (folded in the mid-1980s)
- Berala Bears (now in Bulldogs DJRL)
- Croydon Park (folded in the mid-1980s) Holman JRLFC (Named after Keith Holman, based in Henley Park, Enfield, yellow with a blue shoulder saddle, and the oval-shaped emblem with kangaroos, balls, kiwis, roosters & lions indicating that Keith played for Australia against New Zealand, France & UK Folded in the mid-1980s)
- Homebush - not sure when folded
- Royal Sheaf Hotel (Burwood, folded in the late 1980s)
- Oriental Shamrocks (folded in 1960)
- Granville Diggers - folded in the mid 80s
- De La Salle - Ashfield - again, not sure when they fold
- Christian Brothers Burwood
- Auburn United - not sure when folded
- Strathfield - not sure when folded
Famous player
Hall of Fame
On Friday, May 30, 2008, the 100th century Western Suburbs Magpies celebrated with a ball at the Grand Harbor Ballroom in Sydney's Star City Casino. Six inaugural members were also inducted into the Suburbs of the West Suburbs Hall of Fame:
- Keith Holman
- Jim Abercrombie
- Peter Dimond
- Arthur Summon
- Tommy Raudonikis
- Noel Kelly
2010 Inductees
- Dick Vest
- Bill Keato
- Trevor Cogger
1997 pemain MIA
- Wayne Shields
Inductees 2012
- Clarrie Prentice
- Frank Stanmore
- Wayne Smith
Tim Abad Ini
In 2004, the club named the Age Team:
International Representatives
The following Western Suburbs Magpies players have represented their country in international competitions.
Magpies Test Captains
- Herb Gilbert - 1920
- Frank McMillan - 1933 to 1934
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- Arthur Summons - 1963 to 1964
- Tommy Raudonikis - 1973
Coaching register
Recordings
Club
- Premiership: 4 - 1930 defeats St. George; 1934 defeat the Easts; 1948 defeating Balmain; 1952 beat South Sydney
- Runners Up: 8 - 1918; 1925; 1932; 1950; 1958; 1961; 1962; 1963
- Small Premiership: 5 - 1930; 1948; 1952; 1961; 1978
- Wooden Spoon: 17 - 1909; 1910; 1912; 1913; 1916; 1933; 1940; 1942; 1953; 1955; 1971; 1983; 1984; 1987; 1988; 1998; 1999
- NSWRL Club Championships: 4 - 1948; 1960; 1961; 1991
- Amco Cup: 1 - 1977
- City Cup: 2 - 1918; 1919
- Country Cup/Jersey Flegg U20: 1 - 1965
- Ampol Cup: 1 - 1963
NSWRL Reserve Grade : 3 (1936, 1961, 1981)
NSWRL Third Grade : 9 (1936, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1958, 1961, 1967)
Under 23 Premiership : 1 (1977)
President Cup : 1 (1925, 1947, 1958, 1992)
Tropgg Memorial Trophy : 2 (1961, 1981)
NSWRL SG Ball U18's : 2 (1971, 2002)
Kerumunan terbesar :
- Lidcombe Oval: 21.015 vs Parramatta (30 Juli 1978)
- Campbelltown Sports Ground: 17,286 vs St George Campbelltown (2 Agustus 1991)
Biggest defeat : 67 - 0 vs South Sydney (Agricultural Exhibition, July 23, 1910)
The greatest win : 62-5 vs Balmain (Lidcombe Oval, 31 March 1974)
Individual
Most First Class Games (150 or more)
- 201 - Tommy Raudonikis
- 200 - Keith Holman
- 162 - Trevor Cogger
- 160 - Wayne Smith
- 157 - Tedda Courtney
- 155 - Peter Dimond
- 150 - Frank McMillan
Kebanyakan Tries in a Match: Alan Ridley, 6 vs Newtown, Pratten Park, 11 Juli 1936
Most Tries in a Season: Alan Ridley, 18 in 1932 and Paul Smith, 18 of 1994
Most Class 1 Tries For Club: Peter Dimond, 83
Most Tries For Club (All grades): Trevor Cogger, 88
Most Goals in the Game: Les Mead, 12 v Canterbury, Pratten Park, August 31, 1935
Most Games missed [Wayne Shields] v Everyone, All locations 1997
Most Points in the Game: Les Mead, 27 (1 experiment, 12 goals) v Canterbury, Pratten Park, August 31, 1935
Most Points in One Season: Peter Rowles, 215 (8 trials, 94 goals, 3 field goals) in 1978
Most Points for the Club: Bill Keato, 776 (6 tries, 379 goals)
All Time List of Players Numbered 1 Class
Below is a list of all players playing for Western Suburbs Magpies in the NSWRL, ARL and NRL First Grade competitions from 1908 to 1999.
Fans of leading
- Doug Sutherland, Sydney's mayor (1980-87)
- Trooper Mark Donaldson VC
- Paul Gerantonis (1969 - current)
- Malcolm T. Elliott (radio broadcaster)
- John Singleton (entrepreneur, entrepreneur and horse race identity)
- Steve Waugh (former Australian Cricket captain)
- Ken Callander
- John Coates (Chairman of the Australian Olympic Committee)
- The former Michael Clarke Captain Cricket Australia
See also
- Wests Tigers
References
Further reading
- Lester, Gary (1995). Clouds of dust, blood flakes: stories from the Western League Rugby League Suburbs . Playright Publishing. ISBN: 9780949853523.
External links
- Official website
- Wests Archives Web site detailing the history of West Suburbs Magpies and Wests Tigers
- Western Page RL1908
- Page Western Suburbs Rugby League Project on page
- Western West Area Fanatik Fanatik
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