Penrith Australian Football Club

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Penrith Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith, which plays its home games at Greygums Oval, Cranebrook. It competes in the Sydney AFL competition, running Senior and Reserve open-age grade sides in First Division and an Under 18 grade side in the Challenge Cup.

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[edit] Formation

The club formed in 1981, adopting the "Rams" nickname.

[edit] Club Colours

From its formation until 2005, the club wore the colours of the Geelong Football Club, comprising guernseys with blue and white horizontal hoops. (In 2001 an updated style of the guernsey adding a "PFC" monogram on the front was adopted).
In 2006, the Rams changed their club colours and guernsey design to black, with teal, white and red trimmings.

[edit] Home Grounds

1981 - 1982: Penrith did not have its own home ground. It shared the home ground of the Hawkesbury AFC (firstly Deerubbun Park, Windsor and then Colbee Park, McGraths Hill).
1983 - 1986: Sales Park, Luddenham
1987 - 2002: Greygums Oval, Cranebrook
2003 - 2005: Dukes Oval, Emu Plains
2006 - Date: Greygums Oval, Cranebrook

[edit] Premierships

SENIOR GRADE (2)
1989 - Sydney AFL Second Division Senior Grade
Grand Final: Penrith 14.5 (89) d Auburn 5.8 (38)
1991 - Sydney AFL Second Division Senior Grade
Grand Final: Penrith 22.17 (149) d Hawkesbury 10.11 (71)
UNDER 18 GRADE (2)
2001 - Sydney AFL Second Division Under 18 Grade
Grand Final: Penrith 12.17 (89) d Manly-Warringah 4.3 (27)
2002 - Sydney AFL Second Division Under 18 Grade
Grand Final: Penrith 6.9 (45) d Wollongong 3.9 (27)

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