Hills District Bulls
{{Short description|Australian rugby league club, based in Baulkham Hills, NSW}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox rugby league club
| clubname = Hills District Bulls
| image = File:Logo_of_The_Hills_District_Bulls.jpg
| fullname = {{nowrap|Hills District Junior Rugby League Football Club}}
| nickname = The Bulls, Hills.
| colours = {{color box|Black}} Black
{{color box|Maroon}} Maroon
{{color box|Yellow}} Yellow
| founded = {{start date and age|1964}}
| ground = Crestwood Oval
| league = Parramatta Junior Rugby League
Ron Massey Cup
Sydney Shield
| coach = Paul Griffin
| position = 0
| current =
| homejersey =
| awayjersey =
}}
The Hills District Bulls is an Australian rugby league football club. It plays in the Parramatta District junior league based in {{NSWcity|Baulkham Hills}} at Crestwood Oval.
They have played in the Parramatta District since 1964.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsrugbyleague.com.au/content.php?id=88 |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-date=17 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217193756/http://www.hillsrugbyleague.com.au/content.php?id=88 |url-status=dead }} They field teams in all age groups including C-Grade, A-Grade, Sydney Shield and Ron Massey Cup competitions.
History
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.
On 4 September 2022, Hills District won the Ron Massey Cup after defeating Glebe 18-12 in the grand final. On 3 September 2023, Hill District defeated St Mary's 34-30 to win the Sydney Shield Grand Final.{{cite web|url=https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2022/09/04/bulls-win-epic-ron-massey-cup-grand-final/|title=Bulls win epic Ron Massey Cup Grand Final|website=www.nswrl.com.au|date=4 September 2022 }}
Hills District are currently a senior feeder side to NSW Cup team The North Sydney Bears.{{Cite web |url=http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/teams/senior-feeder-clubs/ |title=Senior Feeder Clubs - North Sydney Bears |access-date=21 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805093720/http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/teams/senior-feeder-clubs/ |archive-date=5 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}
Notable Juniors
Notable First Grade Players that have played at Hills District Bulls include:
- John Kolc (1972–81 Parramatta Eels)
- Wade L'Estrange (2000 Parramatta Eels)
- Daniel Irvine (2000–07 Parramatta Eels, Canterbury & South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Nathan McMillan (2003 Parramatta Eels)
- Heath L'Estrange (2004–13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Sydney & Bradford)
- John Williams (2005–10 Parramatta Eels, Sydney, Cronulla & North Queensland)
- Blake Green (2007– Parramatta Eels, Cronulla, Canterbury, Hull KR & Wigan)
- David Williams (2008–15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
- Jarred Farlow (2013 Wests Tigers)
- Jason Baitieri (2010– Sydney Roosters & Catalans Dragons)
- Jamie Buhrer (2010– Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Newcastle Knights){{Cite web|url=http://www.nrl.com/buhrer-embracing-knights-leadership-role/tabid/10874/newsid/103214/default.aspx|title = Buhrer embracing Knights leadership role|date = 18 January 2017}}
- Luke Keary (2013– South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters)
- Ava Seumanufagai (2013– West Tigers, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Leeds)
- Pauli Pauli (2014– Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights, Wakefield Trinity){{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/eels/the-parramatta-eels-have-resigned-pauli-pauli-on-a-new-twoyear-deal/news-story/ac4cf53b2b57cb0b594a36fb306efcdc|title=The Parramatta Eels have re-signed Pauli Pauli on a new two-year deal|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=19 March 2023|date=11 July 2015|author=James Hooper}}
- Feleti Mateo (2004, 2006–2010 Parramatta Eels, 2011–2014 New Zealand Warriors, (2015–2016) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
- Joshua Curran (2019 Sydney Roosters, New Zealand Warriors)
- Ryan Papenhuyzen (2019– Melbourne Storm)
- Luke Sommerton (2023- Penrith Panthers)
Patrons
The club patrons are John Kolc and Ron Hilditch, both of whom played first grade for Parramatta Eels and represented Australia.
Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions
=Ron Massey Cup=
=Sydney Shield=
=Metropolitan Cup=
| class="wikitable" width="auto" style="text-align: right" | ||||||||||||
| rowspan=2 | Year | rowspan=2 | Competition | colspan=3 | Ladder | rowspan=2 | Finals Position | colspan=7 | All Match Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Byes | Pts | P | W | L | D | For | Agst | Diff | |||
| 1990 | align=center |Metropolitan Cup | 2 | 18 | align=left |Grand Finalist | ||||||||
| 1991 | align=center |Metropolitan Cup | 8 | 8 | align=left | | ||||||||
| 1992 | align=center |Metropolitan Cup | 8 | 2 | 17 | align=left | | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 288 | 292 | style="color:red;" | -4 |
| 1993 | align=center |Metropolitan Cup | 5 | 2 | 23 | align=left | | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 329 | 271 | 58 |
| 1994 | align=center |Metropolitan Cup | 4 | 0 | 22 | align=left |Grand Finalist | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 438 | 431 | 7 |
| 1995 | align=center |Metropolitan Cup | 7 | 2 | 10 | align=left | | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 234 | 519 | style="color:red;" | -285 |
See also
{{Portal|Sports}}
References
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External links
{{Parramatta Eels}}
{{Ron Massey Cup}}
Category:Rugby league teams in Sydney
Category:Rugby clubs established in 1964