Sydney Bulls
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| Club name | Sydney Bulls |
| First Season | 2003 |
| Ground | The Crest Stadium, Bass Hill |
| Coach | David Bayssari |
| Premierships | 2 |
The Sydney Bulls are a rugby league
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...
team based in the suburb of Bass Hill
Bass Hill, New South Wales
Bass Hill, a suburb of local government area City of Bankstown, is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney region.-History:...
in Sydney's South-Western Suburbs. Founded in 1999, the club was formed by Lebanese-Australian players and businessmen who were involved in the 1997 Lebanon
Lebanon national rugby league team
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Rugby League World Sevens
Rugby League World Sevens
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side. Since 2000, the Bulls have competed in the semi-professional Metropolitan Cup and, since its inception in 2003, the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup
NSWRL Jim Beam Cup
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competition in NSW, Australia. Their colours are black, white green and red. They have since been included in the NSW Cup for 2009 acting as a feeder club for the Canterbury Bulldogs
Canterbury Bulldogs
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under the name of the Bankstown-City Bulls.
Metropolitan Cup/NSWRL Jim Beam Cup
The Bulls found success early in their history winning the last-ever Metropolitan Cup in their third season, 2002.Since the competition was reorganised into the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup in 2003 the Bulls have appeared in four of the five Grand Finals, winning in both 2004 (defeating defending premiers The Entrance Tigers) and 2006 (defeating Newtown Jets
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSWRL Premier League competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season...
). In 2005 the Bulls were defeated by Windsor Wolves
Windsor Wolves
The Windsor Wolves are a Rugby league team based in the town of Windsor, NSW. The club fields both junior and senior teams in the Penrith district competitions and, since 2003, the semi-professional NSWRL Jim Beam Cup competition in NSW, Australia...
in the season decider, and in 2007 30-20 by The Entrance Tigers.