Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League

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Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League

Sport	Rugby League
Founded	1964
No. of teams	16
Country(ies)	Australia

The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League (Cronulla-Sutherland District Junior Rugby Football League in the case of junior football) is an amateur competition for rugby league clubs in and around the Sutherland Shire district of New South Wales, Australia.

The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League was formed in the early 1950's following the formation of several new Sutherland Shire based clubs and the arrangement of a committee that would eventually become the CSDRFL. All Shire based clubs had previously played in several Inter-District matches throughout the year but with the formation of a localised Sutherland league these were no longer deemed necessary.

The Cronulla-Sutherland Junior District Rugby Football League was formed in 1963 after a general meeting among several of the already established junior clubs whom decided it would be beneficial to form and arrange an annual competition amongst themselves and other teams in the Sutherland Shire.

Since its inception several new teams have gradually joined the association where the team numbers now stand at a total of sixteen clubs.

1 District clubs
2 2006 A-Grade Premiership
3 Notable Players
- 3.1 Internationals
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] District clubs

Club	Formed
Aquinas Holy Family Colts	1992^[1]
Bundeena Bushrangers
Como Jannali	1947^[2]
Cronulla-Caringbah	1952^[3]
De La Salle
Engadine Dragons	1955^[4]
Gymea Gorillas	1952^[5]
Heathcote Rams
Kurnell Stingrays	1991^[6]
Menai Roosters	1984^[7]
St John Bosco
St Josephs	1964^[8]
St Patricks
Sutherland Loftus United	1912^[9]
Taren Point Titans	2004^[10]
Yarrawarrah Tigers

[edit] 2006 A-Grade Premiership

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
De La Salle	13	11	0	2	320	144	+176	22
Taren Point Titans	13	10	0	3	390	166	+224	19
Cronulla-Caringbah	13	9	1	3	286	180	+106	18
Gymea Gorillas	13	6	1	6	276	271	5	13
St Josephs	13	5	1	7	198	290	+92	11
Engadine Dragons	13	3	2	8	192	292	-100	8
Como Jannali	13	3	0	10	144	288	-144	6
Menai	13	2	1	10	169	344	-175	5

De La Salle defeated the Taren Point Titans in the Final 30 - 16

[edit] Notable Players

Since the establishments of both the CSDRFL and the CSDJRFL many local players have gone on to play first grade for many of the Australian and overseas professional teams contained in the National Rugby League and the European Super League.

The vast majority of these players have usually gone on to appear for both the local sides in the area; the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the St. George Dragons/St George Illawarra Dragons.

For more details on this topic, see List of first grade CSDRFL Players.

[edit] Internationals

Player	CSDRFL Club	Professional Clubs
Michael Schembri	St Josephs	Canberra Raiders
Robbie Kearns	Engadine / Bosco	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks / Western Reds / Melbourne Storm
Mark Lennon	Como Jannali	Castleford Tigers / Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Cliff Lyons	Como Jannali	North Sydney Bears / Leeds Rhinos / Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Mark McGaw	Engadine	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks / Penrith Panthers / South Sydney Rabbitohs
Greg Pierce	Gymea	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Aaron Raper	De La Salle	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks / Parramatta Eels
Russell Richardson	Como Jannali	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks / South Sydney Rabbitohs / Newcastle Knights
Mat Rogers	Engadine	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks / Gold Coast Titans
Steve Rogers	Sutherland-Loftus	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks / St. George Dragons
Ben Sammut	De La Salle	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks