The Sydney Shield will expand to nine teams in 2023 with Mounties and Cabramatta joining the competition for clubs from across the Sydney metropolitan area. [18] Despite the war, some senior football was played the following season. Moss Vale Dragons secured the 2010 1st Grade premiership with a nail-biting 62 defeat of defending premiers Picton Magpies at Campbelltown Stadium. Spurred into action by their first ever wooden spoon in 1979 (the first time they had missed the semi finals since 1963), Campbelltown City sought revenge for the 1980 premiership, indulging in a recruitment drive that brought former Australian schoolboy representative Paul Murray to the club as captain-coach and Bulldogs legend and hardman Phil Charlton to the club to beef up the front row. The Group 6 Junior Rugby League board are looking forward to working together with Wests Tigers Macarthur for many years to come in providing Rugby League throughout the Region.. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on. Group 6 Junior Rugby League Chair Mark Dooner said: Exciting times ahead for Rugby League in the Macarthur Region starting in 2022. PO Box 99 Kingsford NSW 2032 Street Address: 5 Wallace St Kingsford Nsw 2032 P: (02) 9314 4271 E: [email protected], Copyright 2023 South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League Ltd, Download 2022 NSW Rugby League Conference Competitions Handbook, Download 2022 NSW Community Rugby League Policy & Procedures Manual, Download NSWRL Weight guidelines for playing down one age. After last week's announcement regarding the major competitions, NSWRL have now abandoned all community rugby league across Greater Sydney. Its fantastic that stakeholders are keeping their historical structures from Under 6s to Under 12s to allow these competitions to stay localized and with the introduction of combined competitions from Under 13s to First Grade. The Reserve Grade competition was as equally effected. I thank all the stakeholders for the spirit of co-operation they have shown throughout this process and I look forward to the impact this decision will have for Rugby League in the area.. Finals series Group 6 fielded a 3rd Division competition for the only time in 1981 with Cross Roads Hotel defeating Minto Cobras 288 in the Grand Final.