Fairfax Community Stadium
Sydney (Seven Hills), New South Wales, Australia
Fairfax Community Stadium, Sydney (Seven Hills), Australia — opened The underlying ground dates to at least 1953 under an earlier name (Gabbie Stadium); precise opening day/month not confirmed, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of A soccer venue historically and currently, home to Blacktown City FC (NPL NSW) and Hills United FC; not a rugby league tenant.
Ground facts
| Opened | The underlying ground dates to at least 1953 under an earlier name (Gabbie Stadium); precise opening day/month not confirmed (This venue has carried several names over time: Gabbie Stadium (1953-2007), Fairfax Community Stadium (2007-2009), Lily Homes Stadium (2009-2014), Lily's Football Centre (2014-2020), Blacktown City Sports Centre (2020-2023), and Landen Stadium (2023-present). This timeline puts the Fairfax Community Stadium name at 2007-2009, yet Rugby League Project records the match here as taking place on 8 October 2005, when the site would, per that timeline, still have been called Gabbie Stadium -- an unresolved naming/date discrepancy, disclosed rather than silently reconciled.) |
| Home club | A soccer venue historically and currently, home to Blacktown City FC (NPL NSW) and Hills United FC; not a rugby league tenant |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 1,500 |
| Capacity | 7,500 |
| Floodlights installed | Not confirmed in sources checked, though plausible given its role as a top-level NPL soccer venue |
| Surface | Artificial turf today; whether the surface was grass or synthetic at the time of the 2005 match is not confirmed |
| Years used | 2005 |
| Location | Sydney (Seven Hills), New South Wales |
Name history
- Gabbie Stadium — 1953-2007
- Fairfax Community Stadium — 2007-2009, per Wikipedia -- though Rugby League Project records a match here as early as 2005 under this name
- Lily Homes Stadium — 2009-2014
- Lily's Football Centre — 2014-2020
- Blacktown City Sports Centre — 2020-2023
- Landen Stadium — 2023-present
Rugby league history
The recorded rugby league fixture here was Malta vs Greece, played 8 October 2005, an international friendly won by Malta 24-22 in front of 1,500 fans -- the first meeting between the two national rugby league teams. It reflects Sydney's role as a hub for European-heritage emerging rugby league nations, whose national sides draw heavily on Australian-based diaspora players, to stage representative internationals in front of community crowds rather than at major stadiums.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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