2021 Illawarra Rugby League season

Presidents Cup (Southern Conference)

2021 NSWRL Presidents Cup
Duration10 April – 29 August
Teams5
Broadcast partnersBar TV Sports
2022 →

Teams

Colours Club Home Ground(s) Head Coach(s)
Collegians Red Dogs Collegians Sports Complex Nathan Fein
Corrimal Cougars Ziems Park Sean Maloney
Dapto Canaries Groundz Precinct Chris Liekvoll

Adam Blake

Thirroul Butchers Gibson Park Jarrod Costello
Western Suburbs Red Devils Sid Parrish Park Peter McLeod

Ladder

The ladder below reflects the 9 out of scheduled 15 rounds that were completed prior to the suspension and subsequent cancellation of the competition. The cause was lockdown measures used to combat the delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales. Originally scheduled for 8 May 2021, Round 5 was washed out and postponed until 24 July 2021, however, due to the lockdown the round was not played.

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Thirroul Butchers 8 7 0 1 1 200 100 100 16
2 Collegians Red Dogs 7 5 0 2 2 242 133 109 14
3 Western Suburbs Red Devils 7 4 0 3 2 216 122 94 12
4 Corrimal Cougars 7 2 0 5 2 110 206 -96 8
5 Dapto Canaries 7 0 0 7 2 91 298 -207 4

Regular season

Round 1

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Dapto Canaries 16 – 46 Thirroul Butchers Saturday, 10 April, 15:00 Groundz Precinct W. Damato
Collegians Red Dogs 24 – 22 Western Suburbs Red Devils Saturday, 10 April, 15:00 Collegians Sports Complex R. Jackson
Bye: Corrimal Cougars
Reference(s): [1][2][3]

Round 2

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Thirroul Butchers 22 – 0 Corrimal Cougars Saturday, 17 April, 15:00 Gibson Park
Dapto Canaries 0 – 58 Collegians Red Dogs Saturday, 17 April, 15:00 Groundz Precinct
Bye: Western Suburbs Red Devils
Reference(s): [4]

April 24
Collegians Red Dogs 26 beat Thirroul Butchers 14 at Gibson Park on Saturday, 24 April 2021.
Wests Devils 42 beat Corrimal Cougars 42-22 on Saturday, 24 April 2021.[5]
Dapto Canaries had the bye.

May 1
Corrimal Cougars 24 beat Dapto Canaries 16 at Ziems Park on Saturday, 1 May 2021.
Thirroul Butchers beat Wests Devils at Parrish Park on Saturday, 1 May 2021.[6]
Collegians Red Dogs had the bye.

May 8
Corrimal Cougars versus Collegians Red Dogs at Ziems Park on Saturday, 8 May 2021 was washed out.
Dapto Canaries versus Wests Devils was also abandoned, the two games were rescheduled to be played on July 24.[7]
Thirroul Butchers had the bye.


May 15-16 Representative Weekend
Open Age Men: Newcastle Rebels 36 beat Illawarra Steelers 4 at Collegians Sporting Complex on Sunday, 16 May 2021.[8]
Under 20s Men : Newcastle Rebels 26 beat Illawarra Steelers 22 at Collegians Sporting Complex on Sunday, 16 May 2021.


May 22
Wests Devils 40 beat Collegians Red Dogs 16 at Parrish Park on Saturday, 22 May 2021.
Thirroul Butchers 32 beat Dapto Canaries 12 at Gibson Park on Saturday, 22 May 2021.[9]
Corrimal Cougars had the bye.

May 29
Thirroul Butchers 24 beat Corrimal Cougars 14 on Saturday, 29 May 2021.
Collegians Red Dogs 62 beat Dapto Canaries 10 on Saturday, 29 May 2021.[10]
Wests Devils had the bye.

June 5
Thirroul Butchers 26 neat Collegians Red Dogs 18 on Saturday, 5 June 2021.
Wests Devils 42 beat Corrimal Cougars 16 on Saturday, 5 June 2021. [11]
Dapto Canaries had the bye.

June 12
There were no games scheduled on this long weekend.

June 19
Thirroul Butchers 16 beat Wests Devils 2 at Gibson Park on Saturday, 19 June 2021.
Corrimal Cougars 22 beat Dapto Canaries 20 at Groundz Precinct on Saturday, 19 June 3021.[12]
Collegians Red Dogs had the bye.

June 26
Collegians Red Dogs beat Corrimal Cougars at Collegians Sports Centre on Saturday, 26 June 2021.
Wests Devils 54 beat Dapto 8 at Parrish Park on Saturday, 26 June 2021.[13]
Thirroul Butchers had the bye.

1st Division

2021 Illawarra Rugby League 1st Division
Duration10 April –
Teams7
Broadcast partnersBar TV Sports
← 2020
2022 →

Teams

Colours Club Home Ground(s) Head Coach(s) 2020 Position
Avondale Greyhounds Dandaloo Sportsground Nathan Roach

Michael Princic

2nd (Runner-ups)
Collegians Red Dogs Collegians Sports Complex Andrew Bray N/A
Corrimal Cougars Ziems Park 3rd
Dapto Canaries Groundz Precinct Dean Grey 6th
Helensburgh Tigers Rex Jackson Oval Chris Coleman 5th
Thirroul Butchers Gibson Park Aaron Beath 1st (Premiers)
Western Suburbs Red Devils Sid Parrish Park Drew Ferns 4th

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Western Suburbs Red Devils 1 1 0 0 0 16 10 +6 2
2 Thirroul Butchers 1 1 0 0 0 14 10 +4 2
3 Helensburgh Tigers 1 1 0 0 0 18 16 +2 2
4 Corrimal Cougars 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
5 Avondale Greyhounds 1 0 0 1 0 16 18 -2 0
6 Dapto Canaries 1 0 0 1 0 10 14 -4 0
7 Collegians Red Dogs 1 0 0 1 0 10 16 -6 0

Regular season

Round 1

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Dapto Canaries 10 – 14 Thirroul Butchers Saturday, 10 April, 13:30 Groundz Precinct M. Reeves
Collegians Red Dogs 10 – 16 Western Suburbs Red Devils Saturday, 10 April, 13:30 Collegians Sports Complex J. Framke
Helensburgh Tigers 18 – 16 Avondale Greyhounds Saturday, 10 April, 15:00 Rex Jackson Oval B. Sigmond
Bye: Corrimal Cougars
Reference(s): [1][14][15][16]

Round 2

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Corrimal Cougars – Thirroul Butchers Friday, 16 April, 20:00 Ziems Park
Dapto Canaries – Collegians Red Dogs Saturday, 17 April, 13:30 Groundz Precinct
Avondale Greyhounds – Western Suburbs Red Devils Saturday, 17 April, 16:00 Dandaloo Sportsground
Bye: Helensburgh Tigers
Reference(s):

2nd Division

2021 Illawarra Rugby League 2nd Division Shield
Duration10 April –
Teams7
Broadcast partnersBar TV Sports
← 2020
2022 →

Teams

Colours Club Home Ground(s) Head Coach(s) 2020 Position
Avondale Greyhounds Dandaloo Sportsground George Webb

Josh Kent

4th
Berkeley Eagles Berkeley Sports Club N/A
Figtree Crushers Figtree High School Glenn Carlson 2nd (Premiers)
Helensburgh Tigers Rex Jackson Oval John Piper 3rd
Mt. Kembla Lowries Mt Kembla Park John Freebairn

Rod Broad

N/A
. Northern Suburbs Bulldogs Jim Allen Oval Ellis Hurworth N/A
Windang Sharks Boronia Park Darrin Gee

Luke Jones

5th

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Avondale Greyhounds 1 1 0 0 0 34 6 +28 2
2 Figtree Crushers 1 1 0 0 0 28 6 +22 2
3 Mt. Kembla Lowries 1 1 0 0 0 20 16 +4 2
4 Berkeley Eagles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
5 Windang Sharks 1 0 0 1 0 16 20 -4 0
6 . Northern Suburbs Bulldogs 1 0 0 1 0 6 28 -22 0
7 Helensburgh Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 6 34 -28 0

Regular season

Round 1

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Helensburgh Tigers 6 – 34 Avondale Greyhounds Saturday, 10 April, 12:00 Rex Jackson Oval W. Cambourn
. Northern Suburbs Bulldogs 6 – 28 Figtree Crushers Saturday, 10 April, 15:00 Jim Allen Oval L. Volpato
Windang Sharks 16 – 20 Mt. Kembla Lowries Saturday, 10 April, 15:00 Boronia Park A. Riolo
Bye: Berkeley Eagles
Reference(s): [1][17][18][19]

Round 2

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Avondale Greyhounds – Mt. Kembla Lowries Saturday, 17 April, 14:30 Dandaloo Sportsground
Figtree Crushers – Helensburgh Tigers Saturday, 17 April, 15:00 Figtree High School
Berkeley Eagles – Windang Sharks Saturday, 17 April, 15:00 Berkeley Sports Club
Bye: . Northern Suburbs Bulldogs
Reference(s):

Under-18's

2021 Illawarra Rugby League Under-18's
Duration10 April –
Teams6
Broadcast partnersBar TV Sports
← 2020
2022 →

Teams

Colours Club Home Ground(s) Head Coach(s) 2020 Position
Collegians Red Dogs Collegians Sports Complex Peter Hooper N/A
Corrimal Cougars Red Ziems Park 4th
Corrimal Cougars Green
Dapto Canaries Groundz Precinct Dean Callaway 2nd (Runner-ups)
Thirroul Butchers Gibson Park Ben Couchman 3rd
Western Suburbs Red Devils Sid Parrish Park Josh White 1st (Premiers)

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Collegians Red Dogs 1 1 0 0 0 60 6 +54 0
2 Dapto Canaries 1 1 0 0 0 30 14 +16 0
3 Corrimal Cougars Red 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Corrimal Cougars Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Thirroul Butchers 1 0 0 1 0 14 30 -16 2
6 Western Suburbs Red Devils 1 0 0 1 0 6 60 -54 2

Regular season

Round 1

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Dapto Canaries 30 – 14 Thirroul Butchers Saturday, 10 April, 12:00 Groundz Precinct A. Brooks
Collegians Red Dogs 60 – 6 Western Suburbs Red Devils Saturday, 10 April, 12:00 Collegians Sports Complex J. Framke
Reference(s): [1][20][21]

Round 2

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Corrimal Cougars Green – Western Suburbs Red Devils Friday, 16 April, 18:30 Ziems Park
Dapto Canaries – Collegians Red Dogs Saturday, 17 April, 12:00 Groundz Precinct
Thirroul Butchers – Corrimal Cougars Red Saturday, 17 April, 13:30 Gibson Park
Reference(s):

Teams in Recent Seasons

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia the commencement of Illawarra 2020 season was postponed. Due to financial considerations, Collegians decided not to field senior teams and the IRL took a decision NOT to run a First Grade competition in 2020.[22][23][24]

Three clubs – Helensburgh, Thirroul and Wests – elected to enter their highest grade team in NSWRL competitions. Delayed and restructured, IRL competition matches began on 25 July 2020.

The following table lists the clubs and the teams they fielded in the 2019 and 2020 senior competitions: 1st Grade, Reserve Grade (2nd), Division 2 (Div2), Under 18s (U18), Women's tackle (Wom), Women's Under 18 (WU18), Ladies League Tag (LLT), Open Age, NSWRL President's Cup (PC) and Sydney Shield (SS).

Club First
Season 		2019 Season 2020 Season 2021 Season
1st 2nd Div2 U18 Wom WU18 LLT NSW Open Div2 U18 Wom WU18 LLT Jnr NSW
PC 		Div1 Div2 U18 Wom WU18 LLT Jnr
Berkeley Eagles 1955 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Collegians Red Dogs 1933 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Corrimal Cougars 1912 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Two Yes Yes
Dapto Canaries 1911 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Helensburgh Tigers 1911 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NSW Two Yes
Thirroul Butchers 1913 Yes Yes Yes Two PC Yes Yes Two Yes Yes Yes Yes Two Yes
Western Suburbs Red Devils 1949 Yes Yes Yes Two Two PC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Two Yes
Appin Dogs 2019 Yes G6 G6
Avondale Greyhounds 1976 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mount Kembla Lowries 1912 Yes No Yes No
. Northern Suburbs 1946 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windang Pelicans 1974 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Figtree Crushers 2020 Yes No Yes Yes No
Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs 1930s Yes Yes Yes G7 G7 G7 G7 Yes
Port Kembla Blacks 1913 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stingrays of Shellharbour 2013 Yes Yes Yes G7 G7 G7 Yes G7 Yes
Woonona-Bulli Bushrangers 1972 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mt Warrigal Kooris G7 Yes No

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