Glebe Dirty Reds

During their revival, they played their home games at Henson Park in Marrickville, sharing the ground with fellow foundation club, the Newtown Jets.

[2] The club therefore often got nicknamed the "Dirty Reds" as a reference to the jersey colour, although this moniker had also been used previously to label other Glebe sporting identities well before the arrival of the rugby league team.

[7] The 1911 season was arguably the most successful in the club's history, taking out the minor premiership outright by two points and winning 11 of their 14 matches on the way.

In round four, Glebe faced Eastern Suburbs in front of a record crowd of 22,000 at the Royal Agricultural Society Grounds, going down 10–2.

[9] 1913 and 1914 proved to be mediocre seasons for Glebe and despite winning more games than they lost in each year, the club only managed to finish fourth and fifth respectively.

With four rounds remaining and equal with their local rivals, Glebe were to face the undefeated Balmain at the Sydney Sports Ground.

Again, however, Glebe failed to win this crucial game, losing 12–2 in front of 20,000 people and allowed Balmain to take a one-match lead.

[15] In their final three seasons, Glebe struggled at the bottom of the premiership after the departure of their long-time player Frank Burge.

One theory is that Balmain made a deal with South Sydney to remove Glebe as a means of consolidating both of their local territories.

Earlier in the year after a series of negotiations, The Concord-Burwood United side agreed to merge with Glebe to form the Concord-Burwood-Glebe Wolves.

[20] On 11 February, Glebe played alongside fellow foundation club Newtown at Wentworth Park in two pre-season trial matches.

[22] At the end of the 2019 Ron Massey Cup season, Glebe finished in second last position on the table only 2 points above last placed Brothers Penrith.

[23] On 16 February, Glebe played in a pre-season trial match against fellow foundation side Newtown at Wentworth Park.

In the 2022 Ron Massey Cup season, Glebe reached the grand final against Hills District but were defeated 18-12 at Kogarah Oval.

[27] On 14 September, Glebe won their first Ron Massey Cup title defeating Wentworthville 19-6 in the grand final which was played at Leichhardt Oval.

As a forward, his record tally of 146 tries (including nine later scored with St. George in 1927) remained unbroken until Steve Menzies managed to do so in 2004, almost 80 seasons after Burge had retired.

[30] During their 22-year presence in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, the club managed to produce 12 internationals.

Those twelve players were Alex Burdon, Frank Burge, who was probably the best player they ever had, Peter Burge, Albert Conlon, Bert Gray, Arthur Halloway, Charlie Hedley, Harold Angus, Tom Gleeson, Jack Hickey, Tom McCabe, Chris McKivat, Peter Moir and Les Cubitt.

The side that played in the 1911 New South Wales Rugby Football League Grand Final is shown below.1 Roy Algie – FB 2 Mick Muggivan – WG 3 Dave Garlick – CE 4 Tom Gleeson – CE 5 Charlie Cubitt – WG 6 Les Cubitt – FE 7 Fritz Thiering – HB 8 Sid Pert – PR 9 Tony Redmond – HK 10 Sam Griffiths – PR 11 Albert Burge – SR (c) 12 Frank Burge – SR 13 Harry Brighton – LK 14 J Farrelly – positions The side that played in the 1922 New South Wales Rugby Football League Grand Final is shown below.

1 R Stapleton – FB 2 Charlie Ogle – WG 3 Ed Summers – CE 4 Tommy James – CE 5 Jack Toohey – WG 6 William Stirton – FE 7 Bill Benson – HB (c) 8 Frank Burge – PR 9 Bert Gray – HK 10 Laidley Burge – PR 11 Tony Redmond – SR 12 Walter Haddock – SR 13 Tom McGrath – LK

Chart of yearly table positions for Glebe Dirty Reds First Grade NSWRL
Glebe first grade team,1926
Chris McKivat
Chris McKivat
Glebe RLC 1911 McKivat (centre with ball), flanked by R Algie left F Burge right