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Holy Cross Rhinos Junior Rugby League Football Club
Holy Cross Junior Rugby League Football Club was founded in 1961. Robert Godfrey, a former grade footballer, approached the Patrician Brothers at the then 70-year-old Holy Cross College on Victoria Road at Ryde and received permission to mentor a group of 8-year-old boys in the local rugby league coaching class competition.

In 1967, the fledgling club accepted an invitation to participate in the Balmain Junior Rugby League Football competition and has remained a member since.

Later adopting the nickname, the Rhinos, Holy Cross JRLFC gradually became a league nursery for the Balmain Tigers. Its most famous footballing product to date is former Tiger, NSW and Kangaroo hooker Ben Elias. In 2003, the Rhinos launched an annual knockout competition in his honour, known as the Benny Elias Shield.

Today, the club fields age group teams from under 6s through to under 19s. The Rhinos continue to use the two main Holy Cross College sporting fields, which are located at Frank Street and Cressy Road, Ryde but linked by footpath, as their home ground. The Frank St site also features canteen and change room facilities and parking for about 60 cars.

Like most sports club Holy Cross Rhinos is run entirely by volunteers who coach and manage teams, help with setting up grounds, run the canteen and work on the club committee. All Holy Cross teams require a coach and all Rhinos coaches are supported to obtain the relevant compulsory qualification (Australian Rugby League Accredited).

The club's players come from all over Sydney's inner north-west. However, most are drawn from Ryde, Gladesville, Putney, Boronia Park, Hunters Hill, Meadowbank, West and East Ryde.