Rugby league training for St George & the Sutherland Shire
The Georges River splits Sydney’s south into two proud junior districts. Both run their own rep teams, and both draw on large junior competitions — so a spot on either list is hard-won.
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Sydney’s south is two junior districts either side of the Georges River. St George Junior Rugby League runs competitions from under-6 to A grade across the St George district; Cronulla-Sutherland District Junior Rugby League, formed in 1963, has 14 clubs across the Sutherland Shire. St George and Cronulla both field Harold Matthews (under-17) and SG Ball (under-19) teams.
Find your club in St George & the Sutherland Shire
The clubs in the competition’s own record, with their home grounds. Contact the club for age groups and girls’ and women’s teams.
| Club | Home ground |
|---|---|
| Aquinas Holy Family Colts | Blaxland Oval |
| Como Jannali | Scylla Bay Oval |
| Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks | Cronulla High School |
| De La Salle | Woolooware Oval |
| Engadine Dragons | ANZAC Park |
| Gymea Gorillas | Corea Oval |
| Kurnell Stingrays | Marton Park |
| Menai Roosters | Akuna Oval |
| St John Bosco Bulldogs | Boystown Oval |
| St Josephs | Kareela Oval |
| St Patricks JRLFC | |
| Sutherland Loftus United | Sutherland Oval |
| Taren Point Titans | Gwawley Oval |
| Yarrawarrah Tigers | Yarrawarrah Oval |
St George District Junior Rugby League clubs are not in a published record we could check; the league’s own site has a club map.
Checked September 2026. Clubs merge, fold and change grounds between seasons; the competition is right if this is not.
Which club your address belongs to
Each district feeds its own junior representative teams.
- St George
- Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup teams. St George Illawarra field the NSW Cup side.
- Cronulla
- Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup teams.
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.
The competitions
- St George District Junior Rugby League
- Junior and open-age football, under-6 to A grade, across the St George district.
- Cronulla-Sutherland District Junior Rugby League
- 14 clubs across the Sutherland Shire, under-5 to open age, men’s and women’s, tackle and tag. Formed in 1963.
- St George Illawarra Dragons
- NSW Cup.
Set it up for St George & the Sutherland Shire
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 — St George District Junior 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.
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.
Coaching a side in St George & the Sutherland Shire?
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.
Rugby league in St George & the Sutherland Shire: questions
Which junior league covers the Sutherland Shire?
Do St George and Cronulla have separate junior rep teams?
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.
Nearby and related
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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.