At the insistence of South Sydney this, combined with the industrialisation of the area led to their omission from the competition for further seasons at the end of 1920.

All these events are often attributed to the fact that fewer players were eligible to play under the residency rules in place at the time (Glebe would also later fall victim, in part, to this phenomenon).

Annandale were initially a second grade feeder club for Glebe in the Metropolitan Rugby Union competition.

[2] Annandale began their first season with a very poor start, losing their first four games straight which as it turned out sent them immediately out of the race for the premiership.

[3] The 1911 season was arguably Annandale's most successful, managing to win five of their fourteen games, equalling their performance in the previous year.

Despite having lost to Western Suburbs in round seven, Annandale won the match 15–6, avoiding them claiming the wooden spoon.

The club claimed just one draw from their first eleven games of the 1914 season, leaving them in last position and three points behind Western Suburbs.

[8] In 1916 they began the season poorly, winning just one of their first ten games and leaving them two points behind Western Suburbs in last position.