The Emergence of Rugby League in The District
The roots of the playing of Rugby Union and League in Parramatta lie in the 19th century with the formation of the Parramatta Rugby Club (now known as Parramatta Two Blues) originally founded in 1879. With the advent of a Sydney Rugby union District competition in 1900, the Parramatta club merged with the Western Suburbs club (now West Harbour Pirates), with the club playing some of its matches at Cumberland Oval.
When the NSWRL Premiership was formed in 1908, a club made up of Western Suburbs Rugby union 'defectors' formed the Central Cumberland club which participated in the first year of competition before the club was absorbed into the Western Suburbs rugby league club, also formed in 1908. Rugby league began to be played in the Parramatta district in 1909 with local teams, such as Iona and Endeavours, forming a district competition. Many other clubs within the Parramatta district also emerged with clubs being established in suburbs across the district over the ensuing decades and a Western Districts side representing the area in the President's Cup.
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