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Hills District Bulls
Club information
Full nameHills District Junior Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bulls, Hills.
Colours  Black
  Maroon
  Yellow
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
Current details
Ground(s)
CoachPaul Griffin
CompetitionParramatta 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.

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

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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

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

Patrons

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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

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Ron Massey Cup

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Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record
Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff
2016 Ron Massey Cup[6] 8 2 22 Last 6 Semi-Finalist 22 10 12 0 686 512 174
2017 Ron Massey Cup[7] 3 7 36 Last 6 Semi-Finalist 20 11 9 0 513 436 77
2018 Ron Massey Cup[8] 9 2 12 18 4 14 0 254 562 -308
2019 Ron Massey Cup[9] 8 2 16 Last 4 Preliminary Finalist 23 9 14 0 500 548 -48
2020 Ron Massey Cup N/A 0 0 Competition Cancelled[10] 1 0 1 0 4 12 -8
2020 President's Cup 4 1 12 Semi-Finalist[11] 9 5 1 3 202 114 88

Sydney Shield

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Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record
Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff
2014 Sydney Shield 9 0 15 22 7 14 1 552 694 -142
2015 Sydney Shield[12] 5 2 29 Grand Finalist[13] 24 15 8 1 718 500 218
2016 Sydney Shield[14] 12 0 14 22 7 15 0 626 738 -112
2017 Sydney Shield[15] 10 3 16 22 5 17 0 340 712 -372
2018 Sydney Shield[16] 10 2 8 18 2 16 0 264 826 -562
2019 Sydney Shield[17] 9 1 14 20 6 14 0 506 736 -230
2020 Sydney Shield 5 0 2 Competition Cancelled 1 1 0 0 24 20 4
2020 Sydney Shield[18] 5 1 11 8 4 3 1 226 158 68

Metropolitan Cup

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Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record
Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff
1990 Metropolitan Cup 2 18 Grand Finalist
1991 Metropolitan Cup 8 8
1992 Metropolitan Cup 8 2 17 16 6 9 1 288 292 -4
1993 Metropolitan Cup 5 2 23 16 9 6 1 329 271 58
1994 Metropolitan Cup 4 0 22 Grand Finalist 24 13 11 0 438 431 7
1995 Metropolitan Cup 7 2 10 18 2 16 0 234 519 -285

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Bulls win epic Ron Massey Cup Grand Final". www.nswrl.com.au. 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Senior Feeder Clubs - North Sydney Bears". Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Buhrer embracing Knights leadership role". 18 January 2017.
  5. ^ James Hooper (11 July 2015). "The Parramatta Eels have re-signed Pauli Pauli on a new two-year deal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2016 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2017 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2018 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Ron Massey Cup 2019 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  10. ^ "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". NSWRL. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Pickers' Grand Final berth comes at a cost". NSWRL. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Sydney Shield 2015 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Sydney Shield Grand Final". NSWRL. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Sydney Shield 2016 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Sydney Shield 2017 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Sydney Shield 2018 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Sydney Shield 2019 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Sydney Shield 2020 - Ladder". League Unlimited. 13 September 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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