Annandale (rugby league team)

Annandale were an Australian rugby league football club which played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership from 1910 to 1920. Based in Annandale, New South Wales and nicknamed "The Dales", the club's colours were red and gold.

Annandale
Club information
Full nameAnnandale District Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)The Dales
Short nameAnnandale
Founded10 April 1910 (1910-04-10) as Annandale
Exited1920 (1920)
Former details
Ground(s)
  • Wentworth Park
    Glebe, Sydney (20,000)
CompetitionNSWRFL

The club was never able to finish higher than fifth in their eleven-year history and won just one match in their final three seasons. At the insistence of South Sydney this, combined with the industrialisation of the area led to their omission from the competition for further seasons at the end of 1920. All these events are often attributed to the fact that fewer players were eligible to play under the residency rules in place at the time (Glebe would also later fall victim, in part, to this phenomenon).

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