The Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club based in Drummoyne, New South Wales

Drummoyne, New South Wales

Drummoyne is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 6 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Canada Bay....

, in Sydney, Australia. It's 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

New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union

The New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union is affiliated to the New South Wales Rugby Union and runs the competition affectionately known as "Subbies" rugby. There are around 7500 players and 55 clubs competing across 6 divisions, making "Subbies" the largest centrally administered rugby competition...

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History

According to its website, the Drummoyne DRFC traces its origins to the very foundations of rugby union in Australia

Rugby union in Australia

Rugby union is the third most popular winter sport in Australia, with its history dating back to 1864.The principal competition in Australian rugby union is Super Rugby, which is a multi-regional competition across the southern hemisphere...

, with its predecessor Balmain Rugby Club formed in 1873, and winning the newly formed Southern Rugby Union's firt 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.

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.

In more recent decades, the club won the Kentwell Cup

Kentwell Cup

The Kentwell Cup is the major trophy for the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union , colloquially known as the "Subbies" competition. It is awarded to the first grade premiers of the first division competition....

 in 1947, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Colours and home ground

Drummoyne's club colours are red, black and yellow and its home ground is Drummoyne Oval

Drummoyne Oval

Drummoyne Oval is a multi-use stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches during summer; and during winter it is home to Drummoyne Rugby Club Est. 1874 and the Balmain Australian Football Club in the Sydney AFL competition. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000...

. The club fields junior, senior and women's rugby sides.

International representatives

• Steve Williams
  Steve Williams (Australian rugby player)
  Steve Williams is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies in five Test matches in 1985.-Early life and sporting promise:...
  
  
• Douglas Keller

Further reading

"Men in Scarlet" - The History of the Balmain, Glebe & Drummoyne Rugby Clubs 1874-2004, by John Mulford.