Penrith Brothers Rugby League Football Club is an Australian

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football club based in

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which was formed in 1968. It was initially known as St. Dominics RLFC but was rebranded as Penrith Brothers RLFC in 2003. On 22 March 2018, it was announced that Brothers Penrith would be fielding a team to compete in The Ron Massey Cup competition taking the place of The Auburn Warriors who became defunct. They also began fielding a team in The Sydney Shield competition for the 2018 season.

History

For the 2018 season, both of the Brothers Penrith teams in the Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield finished with the wooden spoon in their respective competitions with the Sydney Shield side winning only one game for the entire season. At the end of the 2019 season, Brothers Penrith finished last in the Ron Massey Cup for a second consecutive season. The Sydney Shield side avoided the wooden spoon finishing second last above the Belrose Eagles. On 4 September 2022, Brothers Penrith reached the 2022 Sydney Shield grand final but were defeated 36-12 by St Mary's. On 14 September 2024, Brothers Penrith won their first Sydney Shield title defeating Wentworthville 43-18 in the grand final which was played at

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Notable players

* Greg Alexander * Mitchell Allgood * Mark Carroll * John Cartwright * Nathan Cleary * Garrett Crossman * Kurt Falls *

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* Des Hasler * Clay Priest *

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* Jesse Sene-Lefao * Steve Turner

Playing Record in NSWRL Competition

Fourth Tier

Third Tier

References

External links

Brothers RLFC website
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