Rugby league · New South Wales

Rugby league training for the northern beaches & North Shore

The north has two junior rep programs sharing one district competition, which gives a northern junior two chances at a jersey — and two clubs watching.

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Short answer

Rugby league on Sydney’s northern beaches, North Shore and Hornsby Shire runs through the Manly-Warringah and North Sydney district junior leagues, which operate together, with clubs such as Narrabeen, Mona Vale, Belrose and Beacon Hill. Both Manly and North Sydney field Harold Matthews (under-17) and SG Ball (under-19) teams, and both have NSW Cup sides.

20 clubs

Find your club in Northern beaches & North Shore

The clubs in the competition’s own record, with their home grounds. Contact the club for age groups and girls’ and women’s teams.

Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League
ClubHome groundDistrict
Asquith MagpiesStorey ParkNorth Sydney
Avalon BulldogsHitchcock ParkPittwater
Beacon Hill BearsBeacon Hill OvalWarringah
Belrose EaglesLionel Watts OvalWarringah
Berowra WallabiesWarrina OvalNorth Sydney
Manly Brothers RLFCNolans ReserveManly
Cromer KingfishersSt Matthews FarmWarringah
Forrestville FerretsForestville ParkWarringah
Harbord United DevilsHarbord ParkWarringah
Ku-ring-gai CubsTurramurra Memorial ParkNorth Sydney
Lane Cove TigersTantallon OvalNorth Sydney
Manly Cove RebelsNolans ReserveManly
Mona Vale RaidersNewport OvalPittwater
Narrabeen SharksLake ParkPittwater
Narraweena HawksBeverley Job ParkWarringah
Northwest Hawks RLFCDural ParkNorth Sydney
North Curl Curl KnightsDenzil Joyce OvalWarringah
North Sydney Brothers RLFCTunks ParkNorth Sydney
Pennant Hills-Cherrybrook StagsGreenway ParkNorth Sydney
Willoughby RoosWilloughby ParkNorth Sydney

Checked September 2026. Clubs merge, fold and change grounds between seasons; the competition is right if this is not.

Your pathway

Which club your address belongs to

The Manly-Warringah/North Sydney district feeds two sets of junior representative teams.

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup teams, and a NSW Cup side.
North Sydney Bears
Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup teams, and a NSW Cup side.

Junior district boundaries follow where your club plays, and clubs near a boundary can sit in either district. Your club or the district junior league can confirm yours.

How the rugby league pathway works, step by step →

Where you play

The competitions

Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League
Senior and junior football across the northern beaches, North Shore and Hornsby Shire, run by the Manly-Warringah and North Sydney district junior leagues. Clubs include Narrabeen, Mona Vale, Belrose and Beacon Hill.
NSW Cup sides here
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
NSW Cup.
North Sydney Bears
NSW Cup.
Your first ten minutes

Set it up for Northern beaches & North Shore

Four things, in the order the app asks them. None of them needs a coach.

Choose rugby league, then your team nights

Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.

Match the program to your league’s start

The app treats November to February as rugby league pre-season and March to October as the season. A junior rep player whose games start in late January or February can set their phase to in-season early. The phase lives in Program → Your year.

Know your numbers on day one

Your first testing session is ready immediately: Bronco test, Bench press 1RM, Weighted chin-up 3RM, Back squat 1RM, Standing vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.

Put your suburb on the board

In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.

ManlyNarrabeenMona ValeDee WhyBrookvaleBelroseNorth SydneyChatswoodHornsby

Starting now

What you start with, by the month you join

Every block is four weeks — three building, one deload — so a free month is one complete block. The rugby league calendar and conditions are on the Sydney guide.

Jan
Pre-season
Max-strength block
Feb
Pre-season
Max-strength block
Mar
In-season
Maintenance block
Apr
In-season
Maintenance block
May
In-season
Maintenance block
Jun
In-season
Maintenance block
Jul
In-season
Maintenance block
Aug
In-season
Maintenance block
Sep
In-season
Maintenance block
Oct
In-season
Maintenance block
Nov
Pre-season
Max-strength block
Dec
Pre-season
Max-strength block
Read from the app: the season phase a new rugby league account starts in, and the first four-week block it runs.
For coaches

Coaching a side in Northern beaches & North Shore?

A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.

FAQ

Rugby league in Northern beaches & North Shore: questions

Which junior league covers the northern beaches?
The Manly-Warringah/North Sydney district, which covers the northern beaches, North Shore and Hornsby Shire.
Do Manly and North Sydney have separate junior rep teams?
Yes. Both fielded Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup teams in 2026.
Sources

Where these facts come from

Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.

  1. Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League
  2. SG Ball Cup — 2026 teams and age group
  3. Rugby league in Sydney — the ten junior competitions
  4. NSWRL — 2026 major competitions

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Turn up to round one already fit

Pick rugby league, tell it your team nights, and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.

One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.