Hills District Bulls

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Hills District Bulls
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Club information
Full nameHills District Junior Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bulls, Hills.
Colours  Black
  Maroon
  Yellow
Founded1964;61 years ago (1964)
Current details
Ground(s)
CoachPaul Griffin
Competition Parramatta Junior Rugby League
Ron Massey Cup
Sydney Shield

The Hills District Bulls is an Australian rugby league football club. It plays in the Parramatta District junior league based in Baulkham Hills at Crestwood Oval.

Contents

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.

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] 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. [2]

Hills District are currently a senior feeder side to NSW Cup team The North Sydney Bears. [3]

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[ peacock prose ] rugby league careers, playing first grade for Parramatta Eels and later representing NSW and Australia. [1]

Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions

Ron Massey Cup

YearCompetitionLadderFinals PositionAll Match Record
PosByesPtsPWLDForAgstDiff
2016Ron Massey Cup [6] 8222Last 6 Semi-Finalist2210120686512174
2017Ron Massey Cup [7] 3736Last 6 Semi-Finalist20119051343677
2018Ron Massey Cup [8] 9212184140254562-308
2019Ron Massey Cup [9] 8216Last 4 Preliminary Finalist239140500548-48
2020Ron Massey CupN/A00Competition Cancelled [10] 1010412-8
2020President's Cup4112Semi-Finalist [11] 951320211488

Sydney Shield

YearCompetitionLadderFinals PositionAll Match Record
PosByesPtsPWLDForAgstDiff
2014Sydney Shield9015227141552694-142
2015Sydney Shield [12] 5229Grand Finalist [13] 241581718500218
2016Sydney Shield [14] 12014227150626738-112
2017Sydney Shield [15] 10316225170340712-372
2018Sydney Shield [16] 1028182160264826-562
2019Sydney Shield [17] 9114206140506736-230
2020Sydney Shield502Competition Cancelled110024204
2020Sydney Shield [18] 5111843122615868

Metropolitan Cup

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

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