Western Suburbs

Real club history, premierships, Grand Final appearances, and ladder finishes, aggregated from our sourced rugby league archive.

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Western Suburbs — 4 premierships on record (1930, 1934, 1948, 1952).

Club Background

Western Suburbs is one of rugby league's oldest clubs, founded on 4 February 1908 at a meeting at Ashfield Town Hall as one of the nine foundation members of the inaugural NSWRL premiership. Early players were dubbed the "Cherry Pickers" after the orchards around Ashfield before the "Magpies" name and black-and-white colours were adopted in 1928, with the club moving through St Luke's Park, Pratten Park and Lidcombe Oval before settling at Campbelltown Stadium from 1987. Weakened by the Super League war, Wests agreed on 27 July 1999 to a 50-50 joint venture with the Balmain Tigers, folding into the newly formed Wests Tigers for the 2000 season.

Honours

Premiership
Winners (4)1930, 1934, 1948, 1952
Runners-up (8)1918, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963
Minor Premiership
Winners (5)1930, 1934, 1948, 1952, 1978

League history

1st 20th 1908: 8 of 91909: 8 of 81910: 8 of 81911: 7 of 81912: 8 of 81913: 8 of 81914: 7 of 81915: 8 of 81916: 8 of 81917: 4 of 81918: 2 of 81919: 4 of 81920: 4 of 91921: 7 of 91922: 6 of 91923: 4 of 91924: 3 of 91925: 2 of 91926: 5 of 91927: 3 of 91928: 6 of 91929: 3 of 91930: 1 of 81931: 3 of 81932: 2 of 81933: 8 of 81934: 1 of 81935: 3 of 91936: 6 of 91937: 8 of 91938: 7 of 81939: 6 of 81940: 8 of 81941: 6 of 81942: 8 of 81943: 8 of 81944: 6 of 81945: 3 of 81946: 7 of 81947: 4 of 101948: 1 of 101949: 2 of 101950: 4 of 101951: 4 of 101952: 1 of 101953: 10 of 101954: 7 of 101955: 10 of 101956: 4 of 101957: 4 of 101958: 2 of 101959: 2 of 101960: 2 of 101961: 2 of 101962: 3 of 101963: 2 of 101964: 7 of 101965: 8 of 101966: 5 of 101967: 7 of 121968: 7 of 121969: 6 of 121970: 11 of 121971: 12 of 121972: 7 of 121973: 9 of 121974: 4 of 121975: 7 of 121976: 7 of 121977: 9 of 121978: 1 of 121979: 4 of 121980: 4 of 121981: 6 of 121982: 5 of 141983: 14 of 141984: 13 of 131985: 12 of 131986: 12 of 131987: 13 of 131988: 16 of 161989: 14 of 161990: 13 of 161991: 6 of 161992: 5 of 161993: 13 of 161994: 13 of 161995: 13 of 201996: 8 of 201997 ARL: 9 of 121998: 20 of 201999: 17 of 17 19081915192219291936194319501957196419711978198519921999

Final ladder position each season on record (1908–1999) — 1st at the top. Hover a point for the exact position and field size that season.

Full table
SeasonFinal position
199917 of 17
199820 of 20
1997 ARL9 of 12
19968 of 20
199513 of 20
199413 of 16
199313 of 16
19925 of 16
19916 of 16
199013 of 16
198914 of 16
198816 of 16
198713 of 13
198612 of 13
198512 of 13
198413 of 13
198314 of 14
19825 of 14
19816 of 12
19804 of 12
19794 of 12
19781 of 12
19779 of 12
19767 of 12
19757 of 12
19744 of 12
19739 of 12
19727 of 12
197112 of 12
197011 of 12
19696 of 12
19687 of 12
19677 of 12
19665 of 10
19658 of 10
19647 of 10
19632 of 10
19623 of 10
19612 of 10
19602 of 10
19592 of 10
19582 of 10
19574 of 10
19564 of 10
195510 of 10
19547 of 10
195310 of 10
19521 of 10
19514 of 10
19504 of 10
19492 of 10
19481 of 10
19474 of 10
19467 of 8
19453 of 8
19446 of 8
19438 of 8
19428 of 8
19416 of 8
19408 of 8
19396 of 8
19387 of 8
19378 of 9
19366 of 9
19353 of 9
19341 of 8
19338 of 8
19322 of 8
19313 of 8
19301 of 8
19293 of 9
19286 of 9
19273 of 9
19265 of 9
19252 of 9
19243 of 9
19234 of 9
19226 of 9
19217 of 9
19204 of 9
19194 of 8
19182 of 8
19174 of 8
19168 of 8
19158 of 8
19147 of 8
19138 of 8
19128 of 8
19117 of 8
19108 of 8
19098 of 8
19088 of 9

Club history

Western Suburbs is one of rugby league's oldest clubs, founded at a meeting at Ashfield Town Hall on 4 February 1908 as one of the nine foundation members of the inaugural NSWRL premiership. In the club's earliest years players were known informally as the "Cherry Pickers," a reference to the orchards then common around Ashfield; the "Magpies" name was formally adopted in 1928 and has stuck ever since, worn with black-and-white colours. Wests moved through several home grounds — St Luke's Park, Pratten Park, Lidcombe Oval — before relocating to Campbelltown Stadium from 1987.

By the late 1990s, weakened financially and competitively by the Super League war and the push to shrink the national competition, Wests agreed on 27 July 1999 to a 50-50 joint venture with the Balmain Tigers, another struggling inner-city foundation club. The merged Wests Tigers entered the competition in 2000, folding two of rugby league's most storied but financially embattled clubs into a single entity that preserved both heritages rather than seeing either disappear outright.

Grand Final appearances (1930-1963)

YearResultOpponentScore
1963LostSt. George3-8
1962LostSt. George6-9
1961LostSt. George0-22
1958LostSt. George9-20
1952WonSouth Sydney22-12
1950LostSouth Sydney15-21
1948WonBalmain8-5
1934WonEastern Suburbs15-12
1932LostSouth Sydney12-19
1930WonSt. George27-2

Sources

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