Hills District Bulls

The Hills District Bulls is a Parramatta District junior rugby league football club which play in Baulkham Hills at Crestwood Oval. They have played in the Parramatta District since 1964.[1] They field teams in all age groups including C-Grade, A-Grade, Sydney Shield and Ron Massey Cup competitions.

Hills District Bulls
Club information
Full nameHills District Junior Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bulls, Hills.
Colours  Black
  Maroon
  Yellow
Founded1964
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Crestwood Oval
CoachPaul Griffin
CompetitionParramatta Junior Rugby League
Ron Massey Cup
Sydney Shield

History

Over a few beers at the Bull & Bush Hotel at Baulkham Hills the club's name and legend was born in 1963. The club's inaugural season was 1964. They commenced with an A Grade, A Reserve Grade and C Grade team and trained on Yattenden Oval. On some match days when there were insufficient A Grade players available, players from the A Reserve Grade team would double up and play two games. They moved from Yattenden Oval to The Castle Hill Showground in about 1966 although some home games were played at the Showground in 1964. From there they moved to Jasper Road to train and play their home games. The C Grade side won the Premiership in 1965 their second year in the competition and the first Premiership for the Club. They have used Crestwood Oval, Baulkham Hills, as their home ground since it was created in the 1970s.[1]

Hills District are currently a senior feeder side to NSW Cup team The North Sydney Bears.[2]

Notable Juniors

Notable First Grade Players that have played at Hills District Bulls include:

Patrons

The club patrons are John Kolc and Ron Hilditch, both of whom have had distinguished rugby league careers, playing first grade for Parramatta Eels and later representing NSW and Australia.[1]

Life members

The following persons have been awarded the honour of life membership of the club in recognition of many years of volunteer service to the club: Barry Clapham, John Billings, Bob Collings, Phil O'Brien, Mick Shanahan, Allan Cook, Barry L'Estrange, Michael Gremmo, Bob Rose, Jenny Byrne, Brian Witt, Dennis Foulstone, Barry Rudd, Allan Weeks, John Noble, John Young, Brian Horder, Kevin Shanahan, Keith Churchland, Barbra Abbott, Steven Sullivan, Marj Radford (d), Warren Heath (d), Stan Concroft (d), Keith Hoyle (d), Keith Woellner (d).

Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions

Ron Massey Cup
YearCompetitionLadderFinals PositionAll Match Record
PosByesPtsPWLDForAgstDiff
2016Ron Massey Cup[5]8222Last 6 Semi-Finalist2210120686512174
2017Ron Massey Cup[6]3736Last 6 Semi-Finalist20119051343677
2018Ron Massey Cup[7]9212184140254562-308
2019Ron Massey Cup[8]8216Last 4 Preliminary Finalist239140500548-48
2020Ron Massey CupN/A00Competition Cancelled[9]1010412-8
2020President's Cup4112Semi-Finalist[10]951320211488

Sydney Shield
YearCompetitionLadderFinals PositionAll Match Record
PosByesPtsPWLDForAgstDiff
2014Sydney Shield9015227141552694-142
2015Sydney Shield[11]5229Grand Finalist[12]241581718500218
2016Sydney Shield[13]12014227150626738-112
2017Sydney Shield[14]10316225170340712-372
2018Sydney Shield[15]1028182160264826-562
2019Sydney Shield[16]9114206140506736-230
2020Sydney Shield502Competition Cancelled110024204
2020Sydney Shield[17]5111843122615868

Metropolitan Cup
YearCompetitionLadderFinals PositionAll Match Record
PosByesPtsPWLDForAgstDiff
1990Metropolitan Cup218Grand Finalist
1991Metropolitan Cup88
1992Metropolitan Cup821716691288292-4
1993Metropolitan Cup52231696132927158
1994Metropolitan Cup4022Grand Finalist24131104384317
1995Metropolitan Cup7210182160234519-285


See also

References
  1. http://www.hillsrugbyleague.com.au/content.php?id=88
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.nrl.com/buhrer-embracing-knights-leadership-role/tabid/10874/newsid/103214/default.aspx
  4. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/eels/the-parramatta-eels-have-resigned-pauli-pauli-on-a-new-twoyear-deal/news-story/ac4cf53b2b57cb0b594a36fb306efcdc
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  9. "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". NSWRL. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  10. "Pickers' Grand Final berth comes at a cost". NSWRL. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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  12. "Sydney Shield Grand Final". NSWRL. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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  17. "Sydney Shield 2020 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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