Wyong Roos
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Wyong Rugby League Football Club |
| Website | wyongroos.com.au |
| Colours |
 Green, Gold |
| Founded | 1910 |
| Current details | |
| Ground(s) |
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| Coach | Rip Taylor |
| Captain | Mitch Williams |
| Competition |
New South Wales Cup Central Coast Division Rugby League |
| 2016 NSW Cup | 6th |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 21 (1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1947, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2016.) |
The Wyong Rugby League Football Club are an Australian rugby league club based on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup and the Central Coast Division Rugby League. The club's colours are green and gold, the home ground of the club is the Morry Breen Oval in Kanwal, New South Wales.
A Wyong District Rugby League Competition was formed by F.G (Gersh) Baker and S.A.McKinnon in 1910. Many of the players had previously played rugby union. Wyong joined the Newcastle Rugby League in 1912, competing in Second Grade that season, and again in 1913 and 1914. In 1915, the Wyong & District Association was formed and matches commenced between Wyong, Erina, Gosford, Ourimbah and Matcham.
In 1919 the Wyong and District Rugby League was formed which included teams from Jilliby, Kincumber, Nords Wharf and Yarramalong. Wyong were unable to consistently field a team during the war years with some players choosing to play with Ourimbah. Races (dogs and horses) were held every Saturday at Wyong or Tuggerah and interest declined, forcing Wyong to withdraw from the 1925 competition and not re-forming until 1929 when they won their first officially recorded premiership.
Further premierships were won in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934 and 1936. During this time the Wyong Rugby League Association became the Erina Rugby League Association with many members of the Wyong Club, including Gersh Baker, holding most of the executive positions.
This competition collapsed in 1937 with most Wyong players electing to join other clubs. Wyong struggled in the years leading up to, and during, the war and eventually disbanded again in 1942. In 1944 they combined with Morriset to play in the Newcastle competition.
In 1947 the Central Coast Rugby League Association was formed. Wyong, with Ted Watts as coach, won the premiership in all three grades. This success did not last and Wyong struggled for the next decade. Wyong teams continually finished on the bottom of the ladder in all grades and eventually withdrew from all competitions in 1958 due to lack of interest, player unrest and poor administration. Most Wyong players left to play with other clubs in the 1958 and 1959 season. The club was reformed in 1960 after a meeting convened by Artie Mollett at Wyong Memorial Hall.
Following the reformation of the Wyong Rugby league Football Club in 1960 a junior club with Russell Potter as President and George Glading as Secretary/Manager was established in 1961. In 1963 Morry Breen was appointed as Wyong’s first grade coach. It was one of the most significant appointments in Wyong’s history as Breen instilled a style of play and culture that was to lead to ongoing success in the '70s and '80s. Breen arrived at Wyong after an extensive career playing and coaching in North Queensland, NSW ountry and with Brisbane Souths and Eastern Suburbs. He was a visionary and was a major force in the establishment of a licensed club in 1973. With Dennis Smith as coach Wyong won the premiership in 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1974.
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