Hills District Bulls

History

The club's inaugural season was 1964. They commenced with an A Grade, A Reserve Grade and C Grade team and trained on Yattenden Oval. On some match days when there were insufficient A Grade players available, players from the A Reserve Grade team would double up and play two games. They moved from Yattenden Oval to The Castle Hill Showground in about 1966 although some home games were played at the Showground in 1964. From there they moved to Jasper Road to train and play their home games. The C Grade side won the Premiership in 1965 their second year in the competition and the first Premiership for the Club. They have used Crestwood Oval, Baulkham Hills, as their home ground since it was created in the 1970s. On 4 September 2022, Hills District won the Ron Massey Cup after defeating Glebe 18-12 in the grand final. On 3 September 2023, Hill District defeated St Mary's 34-30 to win the Sydney Shield Grand Final.

Hills District are currently a senior feeder side to NSW Cup team The North Sydney Bears.

Notable Juniors

Notable First Grade Players that have played at Hills District Bulls include:

• John Kolc (1972–81 Parramatta Eels)
• Wade L'Estrange (2000 Parramatta Eels)
• Daniel Irvine (2000–07 Parramatta Eels, Canterbury & South Sydney Rabbitohs)
• Nathan McMillan (2003 Parramatta Eels)
• Heath L'Estrange (2004–13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Sydney & Bradford)
• John Williams (2005–10 Parramatta Eels, Sydney, Cronulla & North Queensland)
• Blake Green (2007– Parramatta Eels, Cronulla, Canterbury, Hull KR & Wigan)
• David Williams (2008–15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
• Jarred Farlow (2013 Wests Tigers)
• Jason Baitieri (2010– Sydney Roosters & Catalans Dragons)
• Jamie Buhrer (2010– Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Newcastle Knights)
• Luke Keary (2013– South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters)
• Ava Seumanufagai (2013– West Tigers, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Leeds)
• Pauli Pauli (2014– Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights, Wakefield Trinity)
• Feleti Mateo (2004, 2006–2010 Parramatta Eels, 2011–2014 New Zealand Warriors, (2015–2016) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
• Joshua Curran (2019 Sydney Roosters, New Zealand Warriors)
• Ryan Papenhuyzen (2019– Melbourne Storm)
• Luke Sommerton (2023- Penrith Panthers)
• Jayden Tanner (2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
• Ethan Sanders (2024- Parramatta Eels & Canberra Raiders)

Patrons

The club patrons are John Kolc and Ron Hilditch, both of whom played first grade for Parramatta Eels and represented Australia.

Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions

Ron Massey Cup

Sydney Shield

Metropolitan Cup

References

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