The Penrith District Junior Rugby League (PDJRL) is an Australian amateur rugby league competition for senior and junior rugby league clubs in the Penrith, Blacktown, and Blue Mountains area.

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The competition was founded in 1912 and grew gradually as more clubs from the surrounding areas entered the competition. The first Penrith club were the Waratahs and adopted the blue and white colours, playing out of Penrith Showground. When the Parramatta District Rugby League was formed all the teams from the Penrith and surrounding areas affiliated and played in the Parramatta League. During the early-1960s the NSWRL Second Division was formed where a team from Penrith began playing, in 1967 the now Penrith Panthers were promoted to the NSWRL First Grade competition in that year the following clubs were invited to enter the Penrith District Junior Rugby League; Blacktown, Blacktown Workers, Blacktown St Patricks, Emu Plains, Londonderry Mount Druitt, Penrith Waratahs, Riverstone, Rooty Hill, Richmond, Springwood, Windsor, Warragamba, Warrimoo and St Marys.

The number of clubs in the 1970s grew gradually and more than doubled to 32 clubs. During the late-1980s it was decided to reduce number of clubs to 22. Some teams were either merged or became standalone clubs;

• Blacktown Leagues and Blacktown RSL became Blacktown City.
• Springwood and Warrimoo became Lower Mountains.
• Colo, Richmond and North Richmond became Hawkesbury City.
• Colyton and St. Clair became separate clubs.
• Blackett and Hebersham became Mt Druitt City.
• Tregear and Whalan became Wests Mt Druitt.

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Club	Inaugural Season	Final Year	Reason
Londonderry Greys	1967	2022	Folded
Mt Druitt Lions	1967	2022[1]	Dissolved
Mt Druitt Raiders	late 1980s as Wests Mt Druitt	N/A	later replaced by Vikings
Rooty Hill Dragons	1967 as Rooty Hill RSL	2020	Replaced by Vikings
Blacktown Leagues	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged With Blacktown RSL
Blacktown RSL	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged with Blacktown Leagues
Springwood	1967	Late 1980s	Merged With Warimoo to become Lower Mountain Eagles
Warimoo	1967	Late 1980s	Merged With Springwood to become Lower Mountain Eagles
Colo	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged to become Hawkesbury City
Richmond	1915*, 1967	Late 1980s	Merged to become Hawkesbury City
North Richmond	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged to become Hawkesbury City
Blackett	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged with Hebrshem
Hebershem	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged With Blacket
Tregear	1960s–1980s*	1989	Merged with Whalan to form West Mt Druitt
Whalan	1971	1989	Merged With Tregear to form West Mt Druitt
Lethbridge Park	1960s–1980s*	Late 1980s	Merged With West Mt. Druitt
Mt Druitt Dragons	1960s–1970s*	1985	Merged With Rooty Hill RSL
North Mt Druitt	1960s–1970s*	Late 1980s	Merged With Shalvey to form Mt Druitt Devils
Shalvey	1960s–1970s*	Late 1980s	Merged With North Mt. Druitt to form Mt Druitt Devil
PCYC Spartans-Shalvey	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
North St Marys	1960s–1970s*	Mid 1980s	Folded
St Marys Band Club	1960s–1970s*	Late 1980s	Folded
Warragamba Wombats	1967	1970s–1980s	Departed to Balmain DRLFC
Blacktown	1915*. 1967	1960s–1980s*	Split becoming Blacktown Leagues and RSL

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• Teams for cities with 1915 had teams playing, Penrith before the junior league.

• Teams with 1960s–1980s means the team may have had there first season from 1960s–1980s.

• Balmain District Junior Rugby League
• Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League
• Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League
• Parramatta Junior Rugby League
• South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League
• Sydney Roosters Juniors
• Rugby League Competitions in Australia