Mount Pritchard Mounties

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Club information
Full nameMounties Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Mounties
Colours  Yellow
  Black
  White
Founded1927;97 years ago (1927)
Current details
Ground(s)
CoachLuke Branighan Ron Massey Cup Alex Miller Sydney Shield
Competition
Ron Massey Cup
Sydney Shield
Parramatta Junior Rugby League
NSWRL Women's Premiership

The Mounties Rugby League Football Club (sponsored by Mounties Group) is an Australian rugby league football club based in Mount Pritchard, New South Wales formed in 1927. They currently play in the Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield. [1]

Contents

Recent Seasons

2015

In 2015, Mounties defeated the Asquith Magpies to win the Ron Massey Cup 30–14. [2]

2016

Mounties achieved a rare feat in 2016 by having all 3 grades NSW Cup, Ron Massey Cup and the Sydney Shield finish first in the regular season and win the minor premiership. Not since 1985 had a club finished top of all 3 grades to claim the minor premiership in the same year. The last team to do so before this was the St. George Dragons. Mounties also finished the season with all 3 grades making the grand final. The Sydney shield side was defeated by East Campbelltown Eagles, the Ron Massey Cup side won against St Mary's Saints and Illawarra Cutters defeated Mounties in the NSW Cup grand final. [3] [4] [5]

2017

Mounties finished 5th in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW season. On 3 September 2017, Mounties faced off against Illawarra in the elimination final which was a rematch from last years Grand Final. Mounties went on to be defeated by Illawarra 30–26 and were eliminated. [6] On 24 September 2017, the Sydney Shield side made it to the grand final against St Mary's but lost the match 34–20. [7] On 24 October 2017, coach Steve Antonelli announced he was leaving the club after five years in charge to join Canterbury as assistant coach to Dean Pay. [8] On 5 December 2017, Mounties announced that Ryan Carr would be new head coach of the Intrust Super Premiership NSW side for The 2018 season. [9]

Jeff Lynch playing for Mounties Jeff Lynch (cropped).jpg
Jeff Lynch playing for Mounties

2018

Mounties qualified for the 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW finals series finishing 6th on the table. Mounties progressed the second week on the final series where they were defeated 34–16 by Newtown ending their season. [10] The Mounties Ron Massey Cup team also made it to the second week of the finals series but were defeated 20–14 by the Concord-Glebe Wolves. [11]

2019

Mounties finished the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW season in sixth place on the table and qualified for the finals. Mounties were eliminated in week one of the finals series as they were defeated by Newtown 44–20 at Campbelltown Stadium. [12]

The Ron Massey Cup side also qualified for the finals and reached the preliminary final but were defeated 22-12 by Wentworthville at Kogarah Oval. [13]

2020

Mounties entered in the Canterbury Cup and Ron Massey Cup competitions, however both were cancelled after one round due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

In August 2020, it was announced that Mounties had joined forces with NRL side Canterbury-Bankstown to act as their feeder club side in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition for the next two years starting in 2021. [14]

2022

Mounties finished 9th on the table during the 2022 NSW Cup season. The Ron Massey Cup side had a slightly better season finishing 5th on the table. [15]

2023

In 2023, Mount Pritchard pulled out of the NSW Cup competition but continued to field sides in the Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield. In the Ron Massey Cup, Mounties finished second last. In the Sydney Shield, Mounties finished sixth on the table. [16]

NRL Juniors

Honours

2015, 2016
2015, 2016
2014
2016, 2017
2018, 2023

Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions

NSW Cup

YearCompetitionLadderFinals PositionAll Match Record
PosByesPtsPWLDForAgstDiff
2012NSW Cup9229241211163761621
2013NSW Cup102242410140541618-77
2014NSW Cup [17] 5232Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist2514110720571149
2015NSW Cup [18] 1336Last 4 Preliminary Finalist241572722533189
2016Intrust Super NSW Premiership [19] 1344Grand Finalist [20] 282140683504179
2017Intrust Super NSW Premiership [21] 5330Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist231110254949851
2018Intrust Super NSW Premiership [22] 6226Last 6 Semi-Finalist241212056951554
2019Canterbury Cup [23] 6125Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist231111160455945
2020Canterbury CupN/A02Competition Cancelled [24] 1100443014

Ron Massey Cup

The club has had two stints in third tier NSWRL competitions - initially in the early 1990s and from 2007 to the present.

YearCompetitionLadderFinals PositionAll Match Record
PosByesPtsPWLDForAgstDiff
1990Metropolitan Cup610
1991Metropolitan Cup
1992Metropolitan Cup622016880279307-28
1993Metropolitan Cup8213164111248356-108
1994Metropolitan Cup6017218121319516-197
2007Jim Beam Cup7020221012061054169
2008Jim Beam Cup3032Finalist251780782602180
2009Bundaberg Red Cup4023Semi-Finalist20127154646977
2010Bundaberg Red Cup3024Semi-Finalist2312110550617-67
2011Bundaberg Red Cup2036Grand Finalist242040791442349
2012Bundaberg Red Cup6022181170642471171
2013Ron Massey Cup2033Grand Finalist [25] 261871877517360
2014Ron Massey Cup [26] 2029Grand Finalist [27] 251681761531230
2015Ron Massey Cup [28] 1240Premiers [29] 242130824374450
2016Ron Massey Cup [30] 1236Premiers [31] [32] 241950810381429
2017Ron Massey Cup [33] 4734Last 6 Semi-Finalist2099248638898
2018Ron Massey Cup [34] 2230Last 6 Semi-Finalist201262456313143
2019Ron Massey Cup [35] 3234Last 4 Preliminary Finalist231670719381338
2020Ron Massey CupN/A00Competition Cancelled110030426

Sydney Shield

YearCompetitionLadderFinals PositionAll Match Record
PosByesPtsPWLDForAgstDiff
2014Sydney Shield6022Grand Finalist [36] 2411112620687-67
2015Sydney Shield [37] 4230Last 6 Semi-Finalist22139066256795
2016Sydney Shield [38] 1040Grand Finalist [39] 2522301108424684
2017Sydney Shield [40] 1344Grand Finalist [41] 262150904417487


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