The origins of the club stretch back to the end of the Great Depression years in 1933. There was no money, no jobs and plenty of young chaps hanging around. Palmyra district had its quota of young blokes that used to congregate in the team shelter (an old tram shed) on the corner of Waddell Road. It was about this time that a chap from the Fremantle Rugby Club started to kick around with Blue’s mob. His name was Sandy Simpson, a forward for Fremantle, and a good one too. He brainwashed them about how good rugby was and then persuaded a few of them to give the game a go. A handful made the trek, including Ben Siddons, Arthur Love and William (Joey) Jackson.

After a few training nights they were sold on the code. That was the turning point for many of the youngsters as rugby became the number one topic, even taking precedence over girls!

Ben Siddons takes up the story “Eventually it got around to forming our own club. We had quite a few “brains” among the chaps who found out how to go about forming our own club, but we did not expect the opposition that we got. Fremantle Rugby Club did their damndest to prevent us from becoming a registered club, as they were about the most powerful club at the time, and they threw every obstacle in our way. But we did it and although we had to start from the bottom of the ladder, we eventually went to the top and stayed there for quite a few seasons”