Windsor Wolves
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| Club name | Windsor Wolves |
| First Season | 2003 |
| Ground | Windsor Sporting Complex |
| Coach | Trent Rosa |
| Premierships | 2: 2005, 2008 |
The Windsor Wolves 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 town of Windsor, NSW
Windsor, New South Wales
Windsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Windsor is located in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It sits on the Hawkesbury River, on the north-western outskirts of the Sydney metropolitan area. At the 2006 census, Windsor had a population of...
. The club fields both junior and senior teams in the Penrith
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
district competitions and, since 2003, the semi-professional NSWRL Jim Beam Cup
NSWRL Jim Beam Cup
The Bundaberg Red Cup is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales , Australia, run jointly by the New South Wales Rugby League and the Country Rugby League of New South Wales . The competition is run concurrently with the National Rugby League...
competition in NSW, Australia. In 2008 they became the feeder club to the Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
, playing in the NSW Cup State League competition that replaced the NSWRL Premier League
NSWRL Premier League
The New South Wales Cup is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales previously known as the NSWRL Premier League. It has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve grade competition. It is now the premier open age competition in the state...
.
Jim Beam Cup
The Windsor Wolves have played in the NSWRL Jim Beam CupNSWRL Jim Beam Cup
The Bundaberg Red Cup is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales , Australia, run jointly by the New South Wales Rugby League and the Country Rugby League of New South Wales . The competition is run concurrently with the National Rugby League...
since the inception of the competition in 2003, prior to this the highest level of competition for the club was in the Penrith
Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith...
district A-Grade competition which they last won in 1988.
The Wolves received an enormous boost in July 2007 as they signed a deal with the Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
to act as a feeder club for them in the NSWRL Premier League
NSWRL Premier League
The New South Wales Cup is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales previously known as the NSWRL Premier League. It has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve grade competition. It is now the premier open age competition in the state...
for three seasons. This is a great achievement for the small club and means they will be competing in the second largest 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...
competition in Australia.
- The Wolves have won the Jim Beam Cup competition twice, in 2005 and 2008, defeating Sydney BullsSydney BullsThe Sydney Bulls are a rugby league team based in the suburb of Bass Hill 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 Rugby League World Sevens side...
on both occasions 23 - 18 in 2005 & 36 - 16 in 2008 grand finals.
Team Of The Century
1.Chris Walker2.Collin Murphy
3.Vaughan Humphreys
4.Terry Glover
5.Dan Randall
6.Ron Phillips
7.Garry Longhurst
8.Tito Nuimata
9.Keith Sunderland
10.Leo Grosso
11.Tony Buckpitt
12.Jim Moffat
13.Richie Grech
14.Ray Robinson
15.Val De Bono
16.Craig Trindall
Craig Trindall
Craig Trindall was an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Penrith Panthers of the National Rugby League. His position was halfback / five-eighth...
17.Tony Saunders
Coach. Rod Payne