Gymea Gorillas

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**Gymea Gorillas**
Club Information

Full name	Gymea Gorillas Junior Rugby League Football Club
Founded	1962
Current Details
Ground(s)	Corea Oval ()
CEO(s)	Phil Murray
Secretary	Matt Heenan
Competition	CSDRFL
2007 A-Grade	1st

The Gymea Gorillas Junior Rugby League Football Club is a junior and senior amateur rugby league football club that is based in the Sydney suburb of Gymea and competes in the Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League. The club is based out of Gymea where it's headquarters are located and usually draws on the large majority of its junior players from that suburb and the surrounding areas of Kirrawee, Sutherland, Grays Point, Sylvania and Kareela.

The Gymea Gorillas club currently fields teams from Under 8 age groups all the way up to A Grade and has produced several international players including former Australian captain Greg Pierce. Currently Gymea Gorillas club fields 35 teams, equalling with De La Salle JRLFC for the most teams within the CSDRFL Area.

At the end of 2006 Gymea Gorillas JRLFC was awarded with both the junior and senior club of the year within the Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League. As the 2006 season proved to be very successful for Gymea Gorillas JRLFC in the senior grades; attaining both the Under 16's and Under 21's Premierships.

The 2007 season saw further success for the club with it taking out the A Grade premiership over Como Jannali.

[edit] Notable players

Player	Professional club(s)
Grahame Beames	Cronulla
Mitch Brown	Cronulla
Darren Coles	Cronulla
Ian Forrest	Cronulla
Josh Hannay	Celtic Crusaders
Steve Hardy	Cronulla / Easts
David Hatch	Cronulla
Brett Howland	Cronulla / Penrith
Howard Jansen	Cronulla
David Laming	Cronulla
Steve McAlpin	Cronulla
Grant Morton	Cronulla
Greg Nixon	South Sydney Rabbitohs / Cronulla
John O'Connor	Norths / Cronulla
Greg Pierce	Cronulla
Peter Saunderson	Cronulla
Glenn Steele	Cronulla / Illawarra
Craig Tracy	Cronulla
Mark Wakefield	Cronulla / Salford