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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Glebe District Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Dirty Reds |
| Short name | Glebe |
| Founded | 9 January 1908 as Glebe |
| Exited | 1929 |
| Readmitted | 2017 |
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| Competition | NSWRFL (1908–1929) Ron Massey Cup (2017–present) Sydney Shield (2023–present) |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 1 2024 |
| Runners-up | 4 (1911, 1912, 1915, 1922) |
| Minor premierships | 1 (1911) |
The Glebe Dirty Reds are an Australian rugby league foundation club which played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Sydney premiership, the major competition for the sport in Sydney, from 1908 until their exit at the end of 1929. They were formed on 9 January 1908, with some sources suggesting that they may have been the first Sydney rugby league club to have been created. They were nicknamed and well known as the "Dirty Reds" due to the maroon colour of their playing jerseys.[2]
Based in Glebe, New South Wales and playing most of their home matches out of the local Wentworth Oval, Glebe remained a highly competitive team for many years. Though they came close at times, the club was never able to secure a premiership title. After struggling towards the end of the 1920s the club was eventually voted out of the premiership. The club was revived in late 2015 and began to field teams in 2017 for the first time in 87 years. During their revival, they played their home games at Henson Park in Marrickville, sharing the ground with fellow foundation club, the Newtown Jets. In 2023, Glebe make their return to play home games permanently at Wentworth Oval for the first time since 1929.[3]
- ^ Note that this figure is based on the assumption that a record crowd of 20,000 achieved in a 1915 match against Balmain was also the maximum capacity of the ground. "Rugby League Tables / Venues / Wentworth". Rugby League Tables & Statistics. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
- ^ "Rugby League History - RL1908.com - Glebe RLFC". RL1908. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
- ^ "Glebe Dirty Reds 2023 draws released". Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.