So much so that after a match at the Sports Ground (now Lyall Peacock Field) the referee was thrown into the adjacent creek and the club was banished from the competition.
Bob Hume, who had a league background at Kurri Kurri, arrived to work at Awaba State Mine in 1952 and inspired a long campaign to establish the code on a firm footing in the Toronto area.
Firstly, a team played in red and blue colours in the Newcastle third grade competition, with under 16's and under 18's formed in 1953.
Early in 1954, the Toronto club applied and was accepted into the Central Coast competition.
The under 19's, captained by Johnny Shields and coached by Mike Conway, won the premiership.
Former Newcastle Northern Suburbs and subsequent Kangaroo forward Arthur Collinson, was signed from Wauchope to be Toronto's first captain/coach for the 1960–61 seasons.
Following is a diary of landmark events for the club over the past half century: 1959 – 14 December: Approval in principle for Toronto United to become part of the Newcastle premiership.
1967 – 12 June: First competition win in final of the Caltex $1000 knockout, 22–5 against Central Newcastle.
1985: Peter “Zac” Alexander breaks John Bainbridge's record as highest amount of first grade games.
1992: Macquarie (Toronto Workers) the defending premiers fail to reach the semi-final.
2007: Reserves reach the semi-finals defeating Wests in the grand final to bring home the club's 3rd premiership.
2017 A stellar year for the Scorpions stamping themselves as the premier club in the NSW CRL winning the Mudgee 9s tournament and the inaugural NSW Challenge Cup against the best sides from Newcastle, Illawarra and Ron Massey Cup.