According to its website, the Drummoyne DRFC traces its origins to the very foundations of
rugby union in Australia, with its predecessor Balmain Rugby Club formed in 1873, and winning the newly formed
Southern Rugby Union's first competition in 1875. In neighbouring Glebe, another rugby club was founded in 1889 and these two clubs formed the foundation of Drummoyne. The Glebe-Balmain Club was established in 1919 and decided to change its name to the Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club in 1931. The club has produced many representative players, the first Rugby Union team to leave Australian shores for an overseas tour, the historic 1882 NSW team to NZ, included 3 players from the Balmain Club: M.H.Howard, R.W.Thallon and C.Hawkins. In 1909-10
Bill McKell, later to become Australia's Governor General, played on the wing for Balmain and the very first Wallaby Captain,
Dr.H.Moran of the 1908 Australian side, served as Balmain's president in 1911-12. == Honours ==