Waratah Mayfield Cheetahs

Waratah Mayfield is a rugby league club based in the Newcastle, New South Wales region of Australia.

Known as The Cheetahs and wearing Maroon and Gold, they were a member of the First Grade Newcastle Rugby League until 2004.

Waratah-Mayfield
Club information

Cheetah
Full name	Waratah-Mayfield Cheetahs Rugby League Football Club
Website	http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=7-2358-21234-0-0
Colours	Gold Maroon
Founded	1927
Current details
Ground(s)	Waratah Oval, Waratah NSW
Competition	Newcastle Rugby League

History

Waratah Mayfield RLFC were founded in 1927 and entered the Newcastle Rugby League in 1928. Waratah were successful right from the start in the Newcastle First Grade in only their second year losing the grandfinal in the years 1929, 1933 and 1934, before finally tasting glory in 1936 when they beat Northern Suburbs in the grandfinal, the team they lost to in 1929.

In 1990, Waratah-Mayfield ended a 38-year drought when they defeated Lakes United 17-14 to win the Newcastle premiership. The next premiership came in 2000 when Waratah Mayfield faced off against Lakes United and again claimed victory taking out the grand final 20-14.

Leaner times were ahead for Waratah Mayfield, and in 2004 the club suffering from financial hardships and struggling to recruit enough players to take part in the Newcastle rugby league they were forced to withdraw from all senior competitions. Today the club continues on in junior rugby league competitions only.

Premiership titles

**Years Won**
1936	1942	1944	1952	1990	2000

Notable juniors

References

Rugby league in New South Wales

Representative competition

City vs Country Origin
Women's City vs Country Origin

NSWRL

Representative teams	New South Wales Blues City Origin Team

Other competitions	Intrust Super Premiership NSW Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield SG Ball Harold Matthews Cup

Discontinued competitions	Jersey Flegg Cup NSWRL premiership Amco Cup

CRL

Representative team	Country Origin

CRL divisions	Canberra Central Coast Illawarra Newcastle Northern Rivers Sunraysia-Riverlands

CRL groups	Region 1: 2 3 Region 2: 4 19 21 Region 3: 9 20 Region 4: 10 11 14 Region 5: 6 7 16

Illawarra teams	Berkeley Eagles Collegians Corrimal Cougars Dapto Canaries Helensburgh Tigers Shellharbour Workers Thirroul Butchers UOW Titans Wests Red Devils

Newcastle teams	Central Charlestown Butcher Boys Cessnock Goannas Kurri Kurri Bulldogs Lakes United Seagulls Macquarie Scorpions Maitland Pickers Northern Blues South Newcastle Lions Western Suburbs Rosellas Wyong Roos

Group 7 teams	Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles Batemans Bay Tigers Berry-Shoalhaven Heads Magpies Gerringong Lions Jamberoo Superoos Kiama Knights Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs Warilla-Lake South Gorillas

Other cups	Castlereagh Cup Woodbridge Cup Clayton Cup Outback RL Mid-West Cup

New South Wales
Women's Rugby League

Representative team	New South Wales women's

Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League teams	Auburn Warriors Canley Heights Dragons Forestville Ferrets Maitland Pickers Penrith Waratahs Redfern All Blacks

Other competitions	Country Rugby League Women's RL competitions

New South Wales
Tertiary Student
Rugby League

Clubs	CSU Bathurst Mungoes Cumberland Beavers Lewisham Old Boys Macarthur Magpies Newcastle Seahorses Norwest Polecats RailCorp Apprentices Royal Australian Navy Tridents Sydney University University of Canberra Cows UTS Tigers West Sydney Blues

Previous clubs	Alexander Mackie College Hornsby TAFE Macquarie University Mount Saint Mary College North Sydney TAFE NSW Institute of Technology Sydney University Vet Science Teachers Club University of New South Wales University of Technology, Kuring-gai University of Western Sydney, Nepean Wollongong University