Forshaw Rugby Park
Sydney (Sylvania Waters), New South Wales, Australia
Forshaw Rugby Park, Sydney (Sylvania Waters), Australia — opened 1989, 5 rugby league games hosted, home of none -- home of Southern Districts Rugby Club (rugby union, Shute Shield), not a rugby league tenant.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1989 (1989 is when Southern Districts Rugby Club (formed that year from the amalgamation of the St George and Port Hacking rugby union clubs) took up the ground as its headquarters, not necessarily when the park itself opened as a council reserve. This is primarily a rugby UNION venue -- Southern Districts play in the Shute Shield -- with no resident rugby league club; its 5 recorded rugby league matches are a single 2009 NSW Cup fixture plus four 2023-2024 "emerging nations" international friendlies (Malta, Chile, North Macedonia, Poland) using it as a neutral Sydney venue.) |
| Home club | none -- home of Southern Districts Rugby Club (rugby union, Shute Shield), not a rugby league tenant |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 5 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 (not recorded for any of the 5 rugby league matches) |
| Capacity | approximately 2,000 (one source separately cites 5,000, unexplained) |
| Surface | grass |
| Years used | 2009–2024 |
| Location | Sydney (Sylvania Waters), New South Wales |
Name history
Rugby league history
Forshaw Rugby Park (formally Forshaw Park) in Sylvania Waters, Sydney is the home ground of Southern Districts Rugby Club, a Shute Shield rugby union club, since the club's 1989 formation. Rugby league use has been occasional: a single 2009 NSW Cup reserve-grade fixture, followed by four "emerging nations" international rugby league friendlies -- Malta, Chile, North Macedonia and Poland -- played there in 2023 and 2024.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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