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. Petition to bring back the magpies page 3 the front. The magpies set up a new rivalry with manly in the 1970s, but. A year by year account of the western suburbs magpies. One of the foundation clubs on the nswrl the magpies field teams in the nswrl premier league and. The wests tigers do not have a single home but play at a number of grounds each year. The club is a member of the country rugby league and compete in the illawarra rugby league premiership. 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. 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 district rugby league football club, the magpies, were established on feb 4 1908.
The story of the western suburbs rugby league magpies gary lester playright publishing, 1995 rugby league football 304 pages. Paul bevan was a sydney swans premiership player in 2005. Three players from the balmain team were special guests and they were interviewed by rick wayde. He later coached the western suburbs magpies and new south wales in. 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. The western suburbs magpies is an australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of sydney, new south wales. Western magpies australian football club wikipedia. Players are listed in the order they made their debut. The magpies is a gripping psychological thriller in which the monsters are not vampires or demons but the people who live next door. 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.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. W wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. The magpies are a half owner of the wests tigers nrl joint venture. 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. 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. Ball under 18s and the sydney shield and ron massey cup opens. Ian heads, peter boulton, allan fitzgibbon, gary leo and rick. Name career appearances tries goals field goals points 1. Petition to bring back the magpies page 3 the front row. In 1969 the biggest upset in sporting history was when balmain 11 defeated souths 2. 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. 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. Both the jets and magpies are fighting for a finals place. Western suburbs magpies team of the century rugby league.
The club played their first nswrfl game against balmain at birchgrove oval on the 20th of april 1908. 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. Always understated, the little western suburbs halfback nicknamed. It was established back in 1908 alongside north sydney, eastern suburbs, south sydney, newtown, glebe, newcastle, cumberland and balmain. This weekends bye comes at an opportune time for the newtown jets. Tommy raudonikis simple english wikipedia, the free. The federals were formed in 1912 but dissolved, to be reformed by tims father harrie and friend jim bagnall in the late 1950s. Campbelltown stadium, which has a capacity of 20,000, is their home stadium. In his 25 years with western suburbs magpies rugby league club, bryan schafer overlooked the development of a number of highly esteemed. The western suburbs magpies therefor still has a very important part to play. Western suburbs magpies stalwart bryan schafer honoured with. Western suburbs wests magpies competed in first grade at different homes from 1908 to 1999 19081966 st lukes park concord pratten park ashfield.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a. 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. Both the jets and magpies are fighting for a finals place this. Western suburbs joined the inaugural australian rugby league competition in 1908, but had to wait many years for their first premiership title. The club, as a sole entity, departed the topflight competition in 1999 after forming a 5050 joint. Also playing at davies park and representing the area was west end who won. We currently have sides in the harold matthews under 16s, s. Club history sherwood magpies australian football club. 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. 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. 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. Western suburbs magpies wests magpies vs png from 1993. We are calling on p layers required for western suburbs district rugby league football club 20 bundy red competition. Apr 06, 2016 the magpies have been on the executioners block three times and know what it is like to be threatened with excision from history.
Noel kelly,captain coach of the western suburbs rugby league club. 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. 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. Forum rules this section of the forum is dedicated to the history of the western suburbs magpies and the wests tigers.
Western suburbs australian football club is an australian rules football club competing in the sydney afl league. 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. He also represented both new south wales and australia from 1971 to 1980. 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. He played for the western suburbs magpies between 1969 and 1979, and the newtown jets for two seasons from 1980 to 1982. 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. Wests wear red and blue jerseys and have won 14 premierships.
Dollar sevens but they had a big ride come to western suburbs back by cherry hill getting them out. Details of western suburbs magpies in the nswrfl 1977 season. 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. Author gary lester has completely updated the official history of the western suburbs drlf club. The jets are in 7 th position on 21 points and wests are in 10 th place and only two points behind on 19. Nswrfl 1977 western suburbs magpies rugby league project. 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. 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. The men of league foundation cares for the men, women and children of the rugby league community with physical, financial and. Western suburbs magpies est 1908 official facebook page. Is the west lineup county simons hill will spell to a jealous the nearest and language.
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. The newtown jets and western suburbs magpies clubs head into. Why the western suburbs magpies are saving the balmain tigers. This is a list of rugby league footballers who played firstgrade for the western suburbs magpies. Tim pickup was a western suburbs rugby league junior who played his formative years with the enfield federals j. Western suburbs magpies welcome former players to the nest. 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.
In 2004, the western suburbs magpies team of the century was selected. Tommy raudonikis oam born april 1950 is an australian former rugby league player and coach. Providing that pathway to success for the local players, coaches and trainers as they have been since 1987, no matter what their financial status is. History shows us that the magpie committee took alderman thomsons advice and submitted a claim for the playing fields at the chelmer dump site. The book includes rare photographs of the boys from western suburbs, recording their triumphs and milestones. The site involves statistics, photos, with interviews from west greats. I have a number of signed western suburbs magpies rugby league cards available for purchase. The definitive history of western suburbs rugby league from 1908 to the present. 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. Dont forget, the updated newtown jets history book, taking it to the. Ian heads has written the rugby league book about the 1969 grand final its called. The book includes rare photographs of the boys from western suburbs. Noel kellys kids 2018 pratten park magpies reunion. The team comprises the greatest western suburbs players between 1908 and 1999.
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