The Chester Hill Rhinos were a

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

team based in the suburb of

Chester Hill Chester Hill, a suburb of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area, is located 19 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is part of Western Sydney, Chester Hill shar ...

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's south-west. From 2007 to 2009 the club fielded a side in the semi-professional

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competition in

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. They folded in 2009. Their colours were blue, gold and white.

History

Chester Hill was admitted to the

for the 2007 season and adopted the Rhino moniker for the side. They folded the team in 2009.

Notable Juniors

Notable First Grade Players that have played at Chester Hill Rhinos include: *

Corey Payne Corey Payne (born 7 May 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Payne played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the St George Illawarra D ...

(2005-12 St George Illawarra, Wests Tigers &

Canterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

External links

Official website
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