Penrith Rugby Club, known as the ''Emus'', is an Australian
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
club based in
Penrith, a western suburb of
Sydney
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New South Wales
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. The club was formed in 1965 as Nepean and renamed Penrith in 1981 and began playing in the
Shute Shield in 1995 until their removal midway through the 2018 competition. Sydney Rugby Union chairman David Begg said the Emus had failed to 'meet the standards set for all clubs to compete at the premiership level'. The club was readmitted to the competition for the 2020 season before being dropped again ahead of the 2022 season.
Club information
''COMPETITION HISTORY:''
*1965: NSW Suburban Rugby Union
*1966-1980: Sydney Rugby Union-2nd Division
*1981-1983: Sydney Rugby Union-3rd Division
*1984-1992: Sydney Rugby Union-2nd Division
*1993-1994: NSW Suburban Rugby Union-1st Division
*1995-2018: NSWRU Shute Shield
*2020-2021: NSWRU Shute Shield
*2022-Present: ACT John I Dent Cup
''PREMIERSHIPS:''
Sydney Rugby Union-3rd Division
*1st Grade: 1981, 82, 83
*2nd Grade: 1981, 82
*3rd Grade: 1982
*4th Grade: NIL
*Colts (U20): NIL
*Club Championship: 1983
NSW Suburban Rugby Union-1st Division
*1st Grade (W.H. Kentwell Cup): NIL
*2nd Grade (George Burke Memorial Cup): NIL
*3rd Grade (H.W. Whiddon Cup): 1994
*4th Grade (H.A. Judd Cup): 1993
*5th Grade (Sutherland Cup): NIL
*Colts (U21) (Barbour Cup): NIL
*Club Championship (Bruce Graham Shield): NIL
References
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Rugby union teams in New South Wales
Rugby union teams in Sydney
Rugby clubs established in 1965
1965 establishments in Australia
Penrith, New South Wales
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