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Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 football team based in Wollongong

Wollongong, New South Wales

Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney...

. The club are a part of Country Rugby League and compete in the Illawarra Rugby League

Illawarra Rugby League

The Illawarra Rugby League is a rugby league competition in Wollongong, NSW. It is one of the oldest rugby league competitions in Australia, founded in 1911 with five clubs ....

 premiership. The club plays out of University Oval, Wollongong. Collegians wear red and black jerseys and have won 8 minor premierships and 8 premierships. The Collegians Leagues club is a thriving club in North Wollongong.

Team

• Illawarra Rugby League
  Illawarra Rugby League
  The Illawarra Rugby League is a rugby league competition in Wollongong, NSW. It is one of the oldest rugby league competitions in Australia, founded in 1911 with five clubs ....
  
   First Grade Premierships: 8

1967, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2007

• Illawarra Rugby League Minor Premierships: 8

1986, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005

Players

Notable former players of the Collegians club include:

• Ron Costello
  Ron Costello
  Ron Costello was a rugby league player for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side....
  
  
• Michael Cronin
• Ryan Girdler
  Ryan Girdler
  Ryan Girdler is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played centre and was a successful goal-kicker. Thanks to his on-field skills and good looks he became a popular figure in rugby league.-Rugby league career:Girdler first played in the NSWRL for the Illawarra...
  
  
• Les Hanigan
  Les Hanigan
  Les Hanigan is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. An Australian international and New South Wales representative wing three-quarter back, he played club football in Illawarra for Collegians, in Sydney for Manly-Warringah and in North Queensland for...
  
  
• Allan McMahon
  Allan McMahon
  Allan McMahon was an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He was an Australian test player and a former coach of the Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights and Illawarra Steelers.-Playing career:...
  
  

External links

• Dapto Canaries Homepage
• Country Rugby League Homepage
• Country Rugby League
• Illawarra Rugby League Homepage
• Illawarra Rugby League
  Illawarra Rugby League
  The Illawarra Rugby League is a rugby league competition in Wollongong, NSW. It is one of the oldest rugby league competitions in Australia, founded in 1911 with five clubs ....