Mount Pritchard Mounties

The Mounties Rugby League Football Club (sponsored by Mounties Group) is an Australian rugby league football club based in Mount Pritchard, New South Wales formed in 1927. They currently play in the Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield.

Recent Seasons 2015 In 2015, Mounties defeated the Asquith Magpies to win the Ron Massey Cup 30–14.

2016 Mounties achieved a rare feat in 2016 by having all 3 grades NSW Cup, Ron Massey Cup and the Sydney Shield finish first in the regular season and win the minor premiership. Not since 1985 had a club finished top of all 3 grades to claim the minor premiership in the same year. The last team to do so before this was the St. George Dragons. Mounties also finished the season with all 3 grades making the grand final. The Sydney shield side was defeated by East Campbelltown Eagles, the Ron Massey Cup side won against St Mary's Saints and Illawarra Cutters defeated Mounties in the NSW Cup grand final.

2017 Mounties finished 5th in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW season. On 3 September 2017, Mounties faced off against Illawarra in the elimination final which was a rematch from last years Grand Final. Mounties went on to be defeated by Illawarra 30–26 and were eliminated. On 24 September 2017, the Sydney Shield side made it to the grand final against St Mary's but lost the match 34–20. On 24 October 2017, coach Steve Antonelli announced he was leaving the club after five years in charge to join Canterbury as assistant coach to Dean Pay. On 5 December 2017, Mounties announced that Ryan Carr would be new head coach of the Intrust Super Premiership NSW side for The 2018 season.

2018 Mounties qualified for the 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW finals series finishing 6th on the table. Mounties progressed the second week on the final series where they were defeated 34–16 by Newtown ending their season. The Mounties Ron Massey Cup team also made it to the second week of the finals series but were defeated 20–14 by the Concord-Glebe Wolves.

2019 Mounties finished the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW season in sixth place on the table and qualified for the finals. Mounties were eliminated in week one of the finals series as they were defeated by Newtown 44–20 at Campbelltown Stadium.

The Ron Massey Cup side also qualified for the finals and reached the preliminary final but were defeated 22-12 by Wentworthville at Kogarah Oval.

2020 Mounties entered in the Canterbury Cup and Ron Massey Cup competitions, however both were cancelled after one round due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

In August 2020, it was announced that Mounties had joined forces with NRL side Canterbury-Bankstown to act as their feeder club side in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition for the next two years starting in 2021.

2022 Mounties finished 9th on the table during the 2022 NSW Cup season. The Ron Massey Cup side had a slightly better season finishing 5th on the table.

2023 In 2023, Mount Pritchard pulled out of the NSW Cup competition but continued to field sides in the Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield. In the Ron Massey Cup, Mounties finished second last. In the Sydney Shield, Mounties finished sixth on the table.

2024 In 2024, Mount Pritchard's Ron Massey Cup team finished second on the table but were knocked out in the second week of the finals series. The Sydney Shield side finished third on the table in their respective competition.

2025 In 2025, both Mounties Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield sides reached the finals in their respective competitions.

NRL Juniors Arthur Summons (1960–64 Western Suburbs) Bob O'Reilly (1967–82 Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers & Eastern Suburbs) Geoff Gerard (1974–89 Parramatta Eels, Manly-Warringah & Penrith Panthers) Eric Grothe, Sr. (1979–89 Parramatta Eels) Steve Ella (1979–88 Parramatta Eels) Brad Fittler (1989–2004 Penrith Panthers & Sydney Roosters) Lenny Beckett (1999–2002 Newcastle Knights & Northern Eagles) Eric Grothe Jr (1999–2010 Parramatta Eels & Sydney Roosters) Shane Shackleton (2005–12 Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels & Penrith Panthers) Tony Williams (2008 Parramatta Eels, Manly-Warringah, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs & Cronulla Sutherland Sharks) Shannon Boyd (2014–20 Canberra Raiders, Gold Coast Titans) Nathan Davis (2016–17 Parramatta Eels, Gold Coast Titans) Tevita Funa (2020– Manly-Warringah) Josh Schuster (2020– Manly-Warringah)

Honours Intrust Super Premiership NSW Minor Premiers: 2015, 2016 Ron Massey Cup Premiership: 2015, 2016 Ron Massey Cup Minor Premiers: 2014 Sydney Shield Minor Premiers: 2016, 2017 NSWRL Women's Premiership Premiers: 2018, 2023

Playing Record in NSWRL Competitions NSW Cup Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff 2012 NSW Cup 9 2 29 24 12 11 1 637 616 21 2013 NSW Cup 10 2 24 24 10 14 0 541 618 -77 2014 NSW Cup 5 2 32 Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist 25 14 11 0 720 571 149 2015 NSW Cup 1 3 36 Last 4 Preliminary Finalist 24 15 7 2 722 533 189 2016 Intrust Super NSW Premiership 1 3 44 Grand Finalist 28 21 4 0 683 504 179 2017 Intrust Super NSW Premiership 5 3 30 Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist 23 11 10 2 549 498 51 2018 Intrust Super NSW Premiership 6 2 26 Last 6 Semi-Finalist 24 12 12 0 569 515 54 2019 Canterbury Cup 6 1 25 Top 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist 23 11 11 1 604 559 45 2020 Canterbury Cup N/A 0 2 Competition Cancelled 1 1 0 0 44 30 14

Ron Massey Cup The club has had two stints in third tier NSWRL competitions - initially in the early 1990s and from 2007 to the present. Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff 1990 Metropolitan Cup 6 10 1991 Metropolitan Cup 1992 Metropolitan Cup 6 2 20 16 8 8 0 279 307 -28 1993 Metropolitan Cup 8 2 13 16 4 11 1 248 356 -108 1994 Metropolitan Cup 6 0 17 21 8 12 1 319 516 -197 2007 Jim Beam Cup 7 0 20 22 10 12 0 610 541 69 2008 Jim Beam Cup 3 0 32 Finalist 25 17 8 0 782 602 180 2009 Bundaberg Red Cup 4 0 23 Semi-Finalist 20 12 7 1 546 469 77 2010 Bundaberg Red Cup 3 0 24 Semi-Finalist 23 12 11 0 550 617 -67 2011 Bundaberg Red Cup 2 0 36 Grand Finalist 24 20 4 0 791 442 349 2012 Bundaberg Red Cup 6 0 22 18 11 7 0 642 471 171 2013 Ron Massey Cup 2 0 33 Grand Finalist 26 18 7 1 877 517 360 2014 Ron Massey Cup 2 0 29 Grand Finalist 25 16 8 1 761 531 230 2015 Ron Massey Cup 1 2 40 Premiers 24 21 3 0 824 374 450 2016 Ron Massey Cup 1 2 36 Premiers 24 19 5 0 810 381 429 2017 Ron Massey Cup 4 7 34 Last 6 Semi-Finalist 20 9 9 2 486 388 98 2018 Ron Massey Cup 2 2 30 Last 6 Semi-Finalist 20 12 6 2 456 313 143 2019 Ron Massey Cup 3 2 34 Last 4 Preliminary Finalist 23 16 7 0 719 381 338 2020 Ron Massey Cup N/A 0 0 Competition Cancelled 1 1 0 0 30 4 26

Sydney Shield Year Competition Ladder Finals Position All Match Record Pos Byes Pts P W L D For Agst Diff 2014 Sydney Shield 6 0 22 Grand Finalist 24 11 11 2 620 687 -67 2015 Sydney Shield 4 2 30 Last 6 Semi-Finalist 22 13 9 0 662 567 95 2016 Sydney Shield 1 0 40 Grand Finalist 25 22 3 0 1108 424 684 2017 Sydney Shield 1 3 44 Grand Finalist 26 21 5 0 904 417 487

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