Sydney Combined Competition

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Sydney Combined Competition
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Rugby football current event.svg 2015 Sydney Combined Competition
Sport Rugby league
Instituted2013
Ceased2020
Number of teams58
RegionSydney (New South Wales Rugby League)
Premiers Penshurst RSL

The Sydney Combined Competition (SCC) formerly Inner City Combined Competition (ICCC) was an amateur rugby league competition for both senior and junior rugby league clubs in the St. George, Canterbury-Bankstown, Balmain, Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs areas of Sydney.

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The competition replaced the Inner City Combined Competition in 2013. It featured over 40 clubs from under 13's right through to A Grade, before it was scrapped in favour of a new model in 2020, known as the NSWRL conference. [1] [2] [3]

District clubs (2013–2020)

Club
Home Ground
Alexandria Rovers Erskineville Oval
All Saints Liverpool Woodward Park
Arncliffe scots Cahill Park
Auburn Warriors Lidcombe Oval
Balmain PCYC Birchgrove Oval
Bankstown Bulls Ruse Park
Bankstown Sports RLFC Steve Folkes Reserve
Bass Hill Broncos Middleton Park
Berala Bears Peter Hislop Park
Bondi United Waverley Oval
Botany Rams Booralee Park
Brighton Seagulls Scarborough Park
Burwood North-Ryde United TG Millner Field
Campbelltown Collegians Bradbury Oval
Campbelltown Warriors Worrell Park
Carlingford Cougars Cox Park
Chester Hill Hornets Terry Lamb Complex
Clovelly Crocodiles Burrows Park
Concord-Burwood United Wolves Goddard Park
Coogee Randwick Wombats Marcellin Fields
Dundas Shamrocks St Patricks Marist College
Eaglevale St Andrews RLFC Eschol Park Sports Complex
East Campbelltown Eagles Waminda Oval
East Hills Bulldogs Smith Park
Earlwood Saints Peakhurst park
Enfield Federals Cooke Park
Five Dock RSL RLFC Five Dock Park
Greenacre Tigers Roberts Park
Holy Cross Rhinos Frank Street/Cressy Rd
Hurstville United Bexley Oval
Ingleburn Bulldogs Warren Ritchie Oval
Ingleburn RSL Tigers Wood Park
Kingsgrove Colts Beverly Hills Park
Kogarah Cougars Todd Park
La Perouse United Yarra Oval
Leichhardt Wanderers Blackmore Oval
Liverpool Catholic Club Raiders LCC Sportsground
Liverpool Titans Jardine Park
Maroubra Lions Snape Park
Matraville Tigers Heffron Park
Mascot Jets Mascot Oval
Milperra Colts Killara Reserve
Minto Cobras Benham Reserve
Moorebank Rams Hammondville Oval
Newtown Junior Jets Tempe Reserve
Paddington Woollahra Tigers Centennial Park
Penshurst RSL RLFC H.E Evatt Park
Redfern All Blacks Redfern Oval
Renown United Renown Park
Regents Park Pumas Guilfoyle Oval
Riverwood Legion Riverwood Park
South Eastern Seagulls Pioneers Park
St Christophers RLFC Bill Delauney Reserve
St. George Dragons (Canterbury)Lance Hutchinson Oval
St Johns Eagles Begnell Oval
Strathfield Raiders Airey Park
Valley United Vikings Edwin Wheeler Oval
Zetland Magpies -

First Grade Premierships

SeasonGrand Final InformationMinor Premiers
PremiersScoreRunners-up
2012 Australian colours.svg Hurstville United 4–78 Australian colours.svg St. George Dragons St. George colours.svg All Saints Liverpool
2013 Australian colours.svg Penshurst RSL RLFC 40–4 Australian colours.svg All Saints Liverpool St. George colours.svg All Saints Liverpool
2014 Australian colours.svg Penshurst RSL RLFC 30–6 St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons (Canterbury District) St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons (Canterbury District)
2015 Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Auburn Warriors 20–17 St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons (Canterbury District) St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons (Canterbury District)
2016 Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Auburn Warriors 20–17 St. George colours.svg Kingsgrove Colts St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons (Canterbury District)

NSWRL Conference (2021–present)

The NSWRL Conference Competitions are a set of competitions for clubs in the Sydney rugby league districts of Balmain, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cronulla-Sutherland, Manly-Warringah/North Sydney, Parramatta and St. George. [4] The competition replaced the Sydney Combined Competition (SCC) in 2020.

Metro Open Age Gold

The competition is holding one top grade division in 2023, similar to the now defunct Sydney Combined Competition. [5]

ClubMonikerHome GroundSuburbDistrict
South Sydney colours.svg AvalonBulldogsHitchcock Park Avalon Beach, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Sheffeagles colours.svg Belrose Eagles EaglesLionel Watts Oval Belrose, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg BerowraWallabiesWarrina Oval Berowra, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Yorkcolours.svg CromerKingfishersSt Matthews Farm Cromer, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Western Suburbs colours.svg East HillsBulldogsEast Hills Castle Hill, New South Wales Canterbury-Bankstown
Canberra colours.svg ForrestvilleFerretsForestville Park Forestville, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
North Sydney colours.svg Harbord UnitedDevilsHarbord Park Harbord, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Brisbane colours.svg Hills District BullsCrestwood Oval Baulkham Hills, New South Wales Parramatta Junior Rugby League
Canterbury colours.svg MoorebankRamsHammondville Oval Moorebank, New South Wales Canterbury-Bankstown
Western Suburbs colours.svg NarrabeenSharksLake Park Narrabeen, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood HawksLidcombe Oval Ryde, New South Wales Balmain District Junior Rugby League
Western Suburbs colours.svg Wentworthville United JRLFC MagpiesRingrose Park Wentworthville, New South Wales Parramatta Junior Rugby League

Central Northern Open Age

The Central Northern Open Age competitions are for clubs in the Sydney rugby league districts of Balmain and Manly-Warringah/North Sydney. The following clubs are participating in Central Northern District competitions in 2023. This competition's Gold division is merged with Central West for 2023 as Metro Open Age Gold (see above).

Central Northern Open Age Silver

ClubMonikerHome GroundSuburbDistrict
Western Suburbs colours.svg Asquith MagpiesStorey Park Asquith, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Ireland colours.svg Bondi United UnitedBondi Bondi, New South Wales South Sydney District RFL
Glebe colours.svg Concord-Burwood WolvesWentworth Park Concord, New South Wales Balmain District Junior Rugby League
Yorkcolours.svg Cromer (2)KingfishersSt Matthews Farm Cromer, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Wests Tigers colours.svg LeichhardtTigersBirchgrove Oval Leichhardt, New South Wales Balmain District Junior Rugby League
North Sydney colours.svg Leichhardt WanderersN/ASydney Balmain District Junior Rugby League
University colours.svg Sydney University LionsUniversity Oval University of Sydney Balmain District Junior Rugby League
Cronulla colours.svg TAFE NSW PolecatsN/ASydney Balmain District Junior Rugby League
University colours.svg WilloughbyRoosWilloughby Park Willoughby, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney

Central Northern Open Age Bronze

ClubMonikerHome GroundSuburbDistrict
Western Suburbs colours.svg Asquith (2)MagpiesStorey Park Asquith, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Carlingford CougarsCougarsN/A Carlingford, New South Wales Balmain District Junior Rugby League
North Sydney colours.svg Harbord UnitedDevilsHarbord Park Harbord, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
North Sydney colours.svg Leichhardt (2)WanderersN/ASydney Balmain District Junior Rugby League
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Macquarie University WarriorsMacquarie University Ryde, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
St. George colours.svg Pennant Hills-CherrybrookStagsGreenway Park Pennant Hills, New South Wales Manly-Warringah/North Sydney
Western Suburbs colours.svg Redfern All Blacks All BlacksPioneers Park Redfern, New South Wales South Sydney District RFL
University colours.svg Sydney University (2)LionsUniversity Oval University of Sydney Balmain District Junior Rugby League
Cronulla colours.svg TAFE NSW (2)PolecatsN/ASydney Balmain District Junior Rugby League

Central West Open Age

Central West Open Age is the premier rugby league competition clubs in the Parramatta and Canterbury-Bankstown districts of Sydney. The competition features 12 clubs in 2023, in a single division, with its gold clubs playing in the Metro Gold competition.

Central West Open Age Silver

ClubMonikerHome GroundSuburbDistrict
Balmain colours.svg All-Saints ToongabbieTigersC.V. Kelly Park Toongabbie, New South Wales Parramatta Junior Rugby League
University colours.svg Bankstown SportsClubBankstown Sports Club Bankstown, New South Wales Canterbury-Bankstown
North Sydney colours.svg BeralaBearsN/A Berala, New South Wales Canterbury-Bankstown
Ireland colours.svg Canley ValeKookaburrasAdams Park Canley Vale, New South Wales Parramatta Junior Rugby League
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Chester HillHornetsN/A Chester Hill, New South Wales Canterbury-Bankstown
Wests Tigers colours.svg GreenacreTigersN/A Greenacre, New South Wales Canterbury-Bankstown
Giantscolours.svg GuildfordOwlsMccredie Park Guildford, New South Wales Parramatta Junior Rugby League
Illawarra colours.svg KellyvilleBushrangersKellyville Park Kellyville, New South Wales Parramatta Junior Rugby League
Brisbane colours.svg Lalor ParkKookasCavanagh Reserve Lalor Park, New South Wales Parramatta Junior Rugby League
South Sydney colours.svg MerrylandsRamsMerrylands Oval Merrylands, New South Wales Parramatta Junior Rugby League
Cronulla colours.svg South WestSharksN/ASydney Parramatta Junior Rugby League

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  5. ↑ "Competition: 2023 METRO COMBINED OPEN AGE MENS GOLD Draw". www.playrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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