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| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hills District Junior Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Bulls, Hills. |
| Colours | Black Maroon Yellow |
| Founded | 1964; 61 years ago (1964) |
| Current details | |
| Ground |
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| Coach | Paul Griffin |
| Competition | Parramatta Junior Rugby League Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield |
TheHills District Bulls is an Australianrugby league football club. It plays in theParramatta District junior league based inBaulkham Hills atCrestwood 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.
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 theRon Massey Cup after defeatingGlebe 18-12 in the grand final. On 3 September 2023, Hill District defeatedSt Mary's 34-30 to win the Sydney Shield Grand Final.[2]
Hills District are currently a senior feeder side toNSW Cup team TheNorth Sydney Bears.[3]
Notable First Grade Players that have played at Hills District Bulls include:
The club patrons areJohn Kolc andRon Hilditch, both of whom played first grade forParramatta Eels and represented Australia.[1]
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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