The Mounties Rugby League Football Club (sponsored by Mounties Group) is an Australian
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
football club based in
Mount Pritchard, New South Wales formed in 1927. They currently play in the
Ron Massey Cup and
Sydney Shield.
Recent Seasons
2015
In 2015, Mounties defeated the
Asquith Magpies to win the
Ron Massey Cup 30–14.
2016
Mounties achieved a rare feat in 2016 by having all 3 grades
NSW Cup
The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve ...
,
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
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. 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
The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve ...
grand final.
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. On 24 September 2017, the
Sydney Shield side made it to the grand final against St Mary's but lost the match 34–20. 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
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
NRL Juniors
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Arthur Summons (1960–64
Western Suburbs)
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Bob O'Reilly
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(1967–82
Parramatta Eels
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Penrith Panthers
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&
Eastern Suburbs)
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Geoff Gerard
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(1974–89
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Manly-Warringah &
Penrith Panthers
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Eric Grothe, Sr.
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(1979–89
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Steve Ella (1979–88
Parramatta Eels
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Brad Fittler
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(1989–2004
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Sydney Roosters
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Lenny Beckett (1999–2002
Newcastle Knights
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Northern Eagles
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Eric Grothe Jr (1999–2010
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Sydney Roosters
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Shane Shackleton (2005–12
Sydney Roosters
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Parramatta Eels
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Penrith Panthers
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Tony Williams (2008
Parramatta Eels
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Manly-Warringah,
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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Cronulla Sutherland Sharks)
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Shannon Boyd (2014–20
Canberra Raiders
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Gold Coast Titans
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Nathan Davis (2016–17
Parramatta Eels
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Gold Coast Titans
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Tevita Funa (2020–
Manly-Warringah)
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Josh Schuster (2020–
Manly-Warringah)
Honours
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Intrust Super Premiership NSW Minor Premiers:
:: 2015, 2016
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Ron Massey Cup Premiership:
:: 2015, 2016
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Ron Massey Cup Minor Premiers:
::2014
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Sydney Shield Minor Premiers:
:: 2016, 2017
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NSWRL Women's Premiership
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Premiers:
::2018, 2023
Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions
NSW Cup
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.
Sydney Shield
See also
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National Rugby League reserves affiliations
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List of rugby league clubs in Australia
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Rugby league in New South Wales
References
External links
Mounties Group WebsiteMounties Rugby League FacebookMounties Rugby League TwitterMounties Rugby League Instagram
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Rugby league teams in Sydney
Rugby clubs established in 1927
1927 establishments in Australia
Ron Massey Cup