Scully Park
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Scully Park, Tamworth, Australia — opened The current main grandstand ground opened Jun 2015, replacing the old 'No. 2 Oval' on a site approx. 70 metres away, as part of a $3.2M redevelopment, 34 rugby league games hosted, home of Tamworth Lions (rugby league) and Tamworth Pirates Rugby Club; West Tamworth Leagues Club is on-site; Wests Tigers (NRL) have used it as a satellite/second 'home' venue for NRL matches since 2020.
Sourcing caveat: The ground's record NRL crowd is disputed between sources: 10,082 (dated 2018 by one source) vs. 10,453 (attributed to a 28 Jul 2023 Tigers v Rabbitohs match by another) — not resolved, both recorded rather than one picked.
Ground facts
| Opened | The current main grandstand ground opened Jun 2015, replacing the old 'No. 2 Oval' on a site approx. 70 metres away, as part of a $3.2M redevelopment (The wider Scully Park precinct predates the 2015 rebuild by decades (the old No. 2 Oval had a capacity of approx. 2,500 before redevelopment), but an original opening date for the precinct itself was not found.) |
| Home club | Tamworth Lions (rugby league) and Tamworth Pirates Rugby Club; West Tamworth Leagues Club is on-site; Wests Tigers (NRL) have used it as a satellite/second 'home' venue for NRL matches since 2020 |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 34 |
| Top recorded crowd | 12,000 |
| Capacity | 11,000 total, approx. 700 covered/seated in the grandstand |
| Test matches hosted | 2 |
| Floodlights installed | Present, confirmed |
| Surface | Grass; also used for rugby union and football (soccer) |
| Years used | 1974–2026 |
| Location | Tamworth, New South Wales |
Name history
- Scully Park Regional Sporting Precinct — official current name, no evidence of a different historical name and no sponsorship rename found
Rugby league history
A significant regional sporting precinct in NSW's New England region, now a regular satellite venue for NRL 'country' round matches (Wests Tigers' most common regional venue), also hosting rugby union and football. Has hosted a City-Country Origin fixture (year not specified in sources found) and rugby league greats in exhibition/clinic contexts including Andrew Johns, Ellery Hanley, and Steve Menzies.
Also used for rugby union and football (soccer).
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- Aug 2020 — Warriors v Knights (NRL Round 16), staged partly to thank Tamworth for hosting the NZ Warriors during their COVID-19 quarantine period
- 2022 — Wests Tigers v Cronulla Sharks (NRL Round 22)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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