Campbelltown Stadium

Campbelltown Stadium, formerly Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium in Leumeah, New South Wales, Australia, owned by Campbelltown City Council. It is the full-time home ground for the Western Suburbs Magpies District Rugby League Football Club and is one of three home grounds for the Wests Tigers Rugby League Football Club. The stadium has a nominal capacity of 20,000, with a recorded highest crowd figure of 20,527 for a game between Wests Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys in NRL season 2005. It is located adjacent to Leumeah railway station and Wests Leagues Club.HistoryThe area which Campbelltown Stadium occupies, was developed in the early 1960s by the then Campbelltown 'Shire' Council, as a rudimentary sporting field, in the very much rural and undeveloped Leumeah area. Council named the new ground, 'Orana Park'.The Campbelltown City Kangaroos, playing in the Group 6 Rugby League competition, were the first major tenants of the ground, having been moved from their original home ground on Queen St, Campbelltown. Orana Park would soon become the premier venue of the local Group 6 senior competition, hosting all Grand Finals from 1974-1983 and representative fixtures, including a famous clash in 1975 between Group 6 and France, won 2-nil by the locals. A boundary change for the 1984 season, saw Orana Park become a part of the new Newtown- Campbelltown Junior League. The Kangaroos remained as co-tenants of the Orana Park facility until 1997, when the No.2 field was developed into the region's top athletics facility, in time for the 2000 Olympic Games.