He also represented both new south wales and australia from 1971 to 1980. The club is based in the inner west of sydney, new south wales, and its senior teams played their home games at henson park in 2009 and 2010 but returned to their spiritual home of picken oval, next door to their social club, in 2011. Is the west lineup county simons hill will spell to a jealous the nearest and language. Also playing at davies park and representing the area was west end who won. The club is a member of the country rugby league and compete in the illawarra rugby league premiership. The sherwood magpies australian football club is the senior australian rules football club of the western suburbs of brisbane which competes in division one of the aflq state league. Qualifying final the western suburbs magpies missed out on the minor premiership by three percentage points last weekend and will be looking to book a place in the game against the camden cats in week 2 of the finals series. It was established back in 1908 alongside north sydney, eastern suburbs, south sydney, newtown, glebe, newcastle, cumberland and balmain. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a. Name career appearances tries goals field goals points 1. He later coached the western suburbs magpies and new south wales in.
Forum rules this section of the forum is dedicated to the history of the western suburbs magpies and the wests tigers. Noel kellys kids, a website by tony lewis, greg willis and steve lothian honouring rugby league legend noel kelly and the western suburbs magpies from 1966 to 1969. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Many fine players have been recruited from the western suburbs magpies to the afl including paul bevan sydney, arthur chilcott sydney, terry ingersoll hawthorn and greg stafford sydneyrichmond amongst others. The western suburbs magpies have two leagues clubs, one representing their former innercity base ashfield, and the other established when they relocated to the outer west in the 1980s campbelltown. Memorabilia sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, new to old date, old to new limited edition clouds of dust, buckets of blood. In 2004, the western suburbs magpies team of the century was selected. Aug 24, 2015 the western suburbs magpies gave local magpies fans a chance to meet some of the clubs former players while spurring their current sydney shield and ron massey cup sides against blacktown workers on at campbelltown sports stadium on saturday. Noel kelly,captain coach of the western suburbs rugby league club. Players are listed in the order they made their debut. A year by year account of the western suburbs magpies. Both the jets and magpies are fighting for a finals place. Noel kellys kids 2018 pratten park magpies reunion.
Author gary lester has completely updated the official history of the western suburbs drlf club. Petition to bring back the magpies page 3 the front. Seats are limited so please book in quick either speak to scott morris in the group, at the games or by email as these tickets will go quick. The wests tigers do not have a single home but play at a number of grounds each year. Western magpies australian football club wikipedia. This weekends bye comes at an opportune time for the newtown jets. Ian heads has written the rugby league book about the 1969 grand final its called. Western suburbs joined the inaugural australian rugby league competition in 1908, but had to wait many years for their first premiership title.
The men of league foundation cares for the men, women and children of the rugby league community with physical, financial and. Paul bevan was a sydney swans premiership player in 2005. Jul 31, 20 established on february 4 1908 the western suburbs magpies are one of only 6 remaining foundation clubs that formed the first rugby league competition in australia. The western suburbs magpies is an australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of sydney, new south wales. The federals were formed in 1912 but dissolved, to be reformed by tims father harrie and friend jim bagnall in the late 1950s. The club, as a sole entity, departed the topflight competition in 1999 after forming a 5050 joint. Dollar sevens but they had a big ride come to western suburbs back by cherry hill getting them out. Western suburbs magpies est 1908 official facebook page. The story of the western suburbs rugby league magpies gary lester playright publishing, 1995 rugby league football 304 pages. Ball under 18s and the sydney shield and ron massey cup opens. The magpies is a gripping psychological thriller in which the monsters are not vampires or demons but the people who live next door.
The western suburbs red devils wests illawarra, wests wollongong, wests red devils or simply wests devils are an australian rugby league football team based in figtree. W wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Western suburbs district rugby league football club ltd is an australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of sydney, new south wales. Tommy raudonikis simple english wikipedia, the free.
This is a list of rugby league footballers who played firstgrade for the western suburbs magpies. On the occasion of the opening of the original clubhouse in 1973 frank sargent, secretary of the qjafl, articulately put into perspective the tireless work required to establish a sporting club such. Formed in 1908, wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first new south wales rugby league competition in australia. After last years success western suburbs magpies fanatics will be hosting this event again, for all past players who played at campbelltown during the 80s and 90s and for the fans, the fanatics. Ian heads, peter boulton, allan fitzgibbon, gary leo and rick. One of the foundation clubs on the nswrl the magpies field teams in the nswrl premier league and. A website for the fans of the western suburbs wests magpies, we invite you to be involved by contributing your personal memories of this great era of rugby league. Formed in 1908, wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first new south wales rugby league competition. The club played their first nswrfl game against balmain at birchgrove oval on the 20th of april 1908. Campbelltown stadium, which has a capacity of 20,000, is their home stadium. Western suburbs magpies provide a pathway to success for juniors from the macarthur, liverpool and the southern highlands to the nrl via the wests tigers. Western suburbs magpies 15 hrs the nrl national rugby league have selected the wests magpies modern day home ground since 1987 for rounds 3 to 9 of the covid19 disrupted 2020 season. We are calling on p layers required for western suburbs district rugby league football club 20 bundy red competition.
History shows us that the magpie committee took alderman thomsons advice and submitted a claim for the playing fields at the chelmer dump site. Details of western suburbs magpies in the nswrfl 1977 season. Wests made three grand finals in a row in the 1960s, as they formed a keen rivalry with the champion st george side of the era. Western suburbs wests magpies competed in first grade at different homes from 1908 to 1999 19081966 st lukes park concord pratten park ashfield. We currently have sides in the harold matthews under 16s, s. Formed in 1908, wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first new south wales rugby league. Western suburbs australian football club is an australian rules football club competing in the sydney afl league. Western suburbs district rugby league football club, the magpies, were established on feb 4 1908. Always understated, the little western suburbs halfback nicknamed. Western suburbs magpies wests magpies vs png from 1993. The club is based at mccarthy homes oval, 41 chelmer st, chelmer, at the same grounds as the sherwood junior australian football club and fields a team in the aflq senior, reserve, under 18 and womens grade. Wests wear red and blue jerseys and have won 14 premierships.
Dont forget, the updated newtown jets history book, taking it to the. The newtown jets and western suburbs magpies clubs head into. Three players from the balmain team were special guests and they were interviewed by rick wayde. He played for the western suburbs magpies between 1969 and 1979, and the newtown jets for two seasons from 1980 to 1982. I have a number of signed western suburbs magpies rugby league cards available for purchase. The jets are in 7 th position on 21 points and wests are in 10 th place and only two points behind on 19. Why the western suburbs magpies are saving the balmain tigers. Petition to bring back the magpies page 3 the front row. The magpies set up a new rivalry with manly in the 1970s, but.
Feb 27, 2009 believe it or not this try in 1994 against the north sydney bears at campbelltown stadium was not in the top 100 tries of australian rugby league. Tommy raudonikis oam born april 1950 is an australian former rugby league player and coach. Western suburbs magpies stalwart bryan schafer honoured with. Nswrfl 1977 western suburbs magpies rugby league project. The western suburbs magpies originally western suburbs district rugby league football club are an australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of sydney, new south wales. Tim pickup was a western suburbs rugby league junior who played his formative years with the enfield federals j. This page is a look back at the players, coaches and people which helped make the club from 19081999. Jonathan hill the magpies is a cunninglycrafted piece of psychological crime fiction which burrows into the brain with a plentiful supply of what if moments thatll have you concerned about your own closest neighbours. The magpies are a half owner of the wests tigers nrl joint venture. Western suburbs magpies welcome former players to the nest. In 1969 the biggest upset in sporting history was when balmain 11 defeated souths 2. Club history sherwood magpies australian football club. The site involves statistics, photos, with interviews from west greats. They should be providing local junior and senior representative sides to an area crying out for recognition.
Western suburbs magpies first grade players an ordered list of players who pulled on a western suburbs magpies 1st grade jumper from 1908 1999. Western suburbs magpies enter a senior team into the ron massey cup 3rd grade. The newtown jets and western suburbs magpies clubs head into saturdays 23 rd round canterbury cup confrontation with a place in the competitions top eight on the line. Western suburbs magpies team of the century rugby league. In his 25 years with western suburbs magpies rugby league club, bryan schafer overlooked the development of a number of highly esteemed. The book includes rare photographs of the boys from western suburbs, recording their triumphs and milestones. Both the jets and magpies are fighting for a finals place this. If you wish to contribute or ask questions, please send us an email. The definitive history of western suburbs rugby league from 1908 to the present. The book includes rare photographs of the boys from western suburbs. The western suburbs magpies therefor still has a very important part to play.
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