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Club History
1989 Group 6 NSWCRL 1st Grade Warragamba Team, Premiers!
1986 saw the NSWRL allow Warragamba Wombats to rejoin Group 6 from the Penrith Junior League. The Wombats were successful in their first season back, with their U/18 team defeating Campbelltown City in the Grand Final. City had been granted special dispensation by the CRL to compete in the U/18 competition only as the Campbelltown- Liverpool competition lacked the numbers to compose a competition in this grade.
Warragamba wouldn't have to wait long for top grade success, claiming the 1989 Grand Final with a 22–12 victory over Oakdale Workers. This has been Warragamba's only 1st Grade premiership to date.
Wombat Player Profiles
GLEN NISSEN
Glen Nissen (born 4 March 1966), nicknamed "Know-How", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who primarily played as a fullback, centre or a winger.
Nissen played for at a club level for Penrith and the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs, plus Fulham RLFC in England.
Glen & his brothers grew up on Nineteenth St, Warragamba. Youngest of four sons to John & Mary Nissen.
Information source: https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/aboriginal-health-leader-kicks-goals/?fbclid=IwAR3HnKzmOearcbzMoh0dYnCf49bqeYfRogeabb0ybCsiw3-HJVxW_N0_WMM
CLARKE SCOTT
Proud Wiradjuri man, Clarke Scott, member of the first ever-all Aboriginal rugby league side and dedicated leader within our Aboriginal Health Unit at NBMLHD.
With rugby league always part of his identity, the former five-eighth started playing at primary school in Warragamba with the full support of his family. “I was born into rugby league. Both sides of my family – my dad and uncles, even my mum were all mad football people,” says Clarke.
“There’s not a lot to do in Warragamba, so I played football. I started my footy career and finished it as a Warragamba Wombat.”
Clarke was one of 20 players hand-picked for the 1973 Aboriginal All Stars tour to New Zealand. Players were picked from both Queensland and New South Wales, by a selection panel that included league legends such as Eric Simms and Johnny Raper.
Clarke (front right) stands in front of his father, Douglas, as ball boy for Warragamba Wombats.
The 1973 Indigenous All Stars team at Mascot airport ahead of their historic trip to New Zealand.
CREDIT:VICTOR WRIGHT SNR
JED CARTWIGHT
Jed Cartwright plays as a second-row forward and centre for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Son of former Penrith, Australian international and NSW Origin player John Cartwright, he is also the cousin of current Gold Coast Titans player and former Panther Bryce Cartwright. He played his junior rugby league for the Warragamba Wombats.
Cartwright made his first grade debut for Penrith against his cousin Bryce Cartwright in round 17 of the 2019 NRL season vs the Gold Coast Titans which ended in a 24-2 victory at Penrith Park.
