Sutherland Loftus United
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Sutherland Loftus United Rugby League Football Club is a junior and senior amateur rugby league
football club that was formed in 1912 and competes in the Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League
; the junior side of the club was formed in 1963 to coincide with the formation of the CSDJRFL
. The club is based out of Sutherland
where its headquarters are located and usually draws on the large majority of its junior players from that suburb and the surrounding area of Loftus
.
The Sutherland Loftus United club currently field teams from Under 6's age groups all the way up to A Grade.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
football club that was formed in 1912 and competes in the Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League
Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League
The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League is an amateur competition for rugby league clubs in and around the Sutherland Shire district of New South Wales, Australia.The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League was formed in the early 1950s following the formation of several...
; the junior side of the club was formed in 1963 to coincide with the formation of the CSDJRFL
Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League
The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League is an amateur competition for rugby league clubs in and around the Sutherland Shire district of New South Wales, Australia.The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League was formed in the early 1950s following the formation of several...
. The club is based out of Sutherland
Sutherland, New South Wales
Sutherland is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland is located 26 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Sutherland Shire....
where its headquarters are located and usually draws on the large majority of its junior players from that suburb and the surrounding area of Loftus
Loftus, New South Wales
Loftus is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Loftus is located 29 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire....
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The Sutherland Loftus United club currently field teams from Under 6's age groups all the way up to A Grade.
Notable players
| Player |
Professional club(s) |
|---|---|
| Steve Kneen Steve Kneen Steve Kneen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. He was also selected on the 1978 tour to Britain with the Australian side but did not play in a Test... |
Cronulla |
| Luke MacDougall Luke MacDougall Luke MacDougall is an Australian professional rugby league footballer in the National Rugby League competition, currently playing for the Canterbury Bulldogs. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, South Sydney Rabbitohs, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights and... |
Cronulla / Souths South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital... / St George Ill. St George Illawarra Dragons The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They have competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 as a joint venture between Sydney's historic St. George Dragons club and 1982 expansion club, the... |
| Scott MacDougall | St George Ill. St George Illawarra Dragons The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They have competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 as a joint venture between Sydney's historic St. George Dragons club and 1982 expansion club, the... |
| Steve Rogers Steve Rogers (rugby league footballer) Steve Rogers was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and St. George Dragons teams in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition and for Widnes in the English competition, usually in the position of centre... |
Cronulla / St. George St. George Dragons The St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales that played in Australia's top-level Rugby league competition from New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921 until 1998; in 1999 they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers,... |
| Graeme Sams | Cronulla / St. George St. George Dragons The St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales that played in Australia's top-level Rugby league competition from New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921 until 1998; in 1999 they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers,... |
| Phyl Silvester | Cronulla |
| Denis Stapleton | Cronulla |
| Luke Stuart Luke Stuart Luke Stuart is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League . His playing position is second row forward... |
Cronulla / Souths South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital... |
| Paul Taylor | Cronulla |
| Chris Wellman | Cronulla / Wests Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia... |