Here are the dates for all foundation clubs, via
www.rl1908.com.au
Balmain Rugby League Club was born at a public meeting held at Balmain Town Hall in Darling Street,
on January 23, 1908.
Cumberland, officially known as "Central Cumberland", were formed on the evening of
April 20, 1908
Glebe was the first Rugby League club formed in Australia, having their inaugural meeting on
January 9, 1908.
The League's Harry Hoyle travelled to Newcastle and spoke persuasively to a large gathering at Pike's Rooms (in Bolton Street) on the evening of
February 8, 1908
The Newtown Rugby League Club was the second club formed under the NSWRL banner (14th January) - though some members of the club insist Newtown was first (8th January). All newspaper reports confirm the date as
14th January
North Sydney was formed as a foundation club of the newly arrived rugby league game in 1908 and were known as the Shoremen. Can't find a date.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs began in October 1907 when star Rugby Union hooker, Arthur Hennessy, covened a small gathering of locals who were supportive or directly involved in the creation of the new professional rugby game in Sydney.
The meeting was held in Hennessy's home (Chapman Street, Surry Hills) shortly after Baskerville's ‘All Blacks' had played the rebel NSW rugby team. The object was the formation of a Rugby League club in the South Sydney district. It was a humble beginning for what would soon become one of the world's greatest ever football clubs, of any code.
The first public meeting was held at a packed Redfern Town Hall on
17 January, 1908 where a vote to seek club registration with the NSWRL was endorsed ‘overwhelmingly'.
Easts were founded at a meeting held at Paddington Town Hall on
January 24 1908
Almost every decade saw Wests hit with some decision of the game's administration that would see their ability to compete brought into serious examination. Even at the formation of the competition in 1908, the club missed out on some good footballers. No mention of a meeting etc.
