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  Colours Orange and Black
  Founded 1908 (foundation club)
  Departed 1999
  Sport Rugby League
  League NSWRL/ARL , NRL
  Season 1999
  Position 15th of 17
  Premierships 11 - 1915 , 1916 , 1917 , 1919 , 1920 , 1924 , 1939 , 1944 , 1946 , 1947 , 1969
  Runners 9 - 1909 , 1936 , 1945 , 1948 , 1956 , 1964 , 1966 , 1988 , 1989
  Minors 7 - 1915 , 1916 , 1917 , 1919 , 1920 , 1924 , 1939 ,
  Spoons 4 - 1911 , 1974 , 1981 , 1994
  Win 64 - 2 vs Wests , July 29 , 1944 <sup> 1 </sup>
  Loss 5 - 62 vs Wests , March 31 , 1974 <sup> 2 </sup>


The club's home ground is Leichhardt Oval, in Sydney's inner west.

In 2000 , as a result of pressure from the NRL , Balmain merged with the Western Suburbs Magpies to form the Wests Tigers .

Balmain's last premiership victory came in 1969 when they defeated the heavily favoured South Sydney Rabbitohs 11-2.

The last grand final Balmain appeared in was the 1989 loss to the Canberra Raiders in which they had a lead of 12-2 at halftime. By the end of the second half Canberra managed to level the score and won the game in extra time. This was a shattering loss for the Tigers after having lost the previous grand final to the Canterbury Bulldogs .


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NOTES

# This game was played using an Obsolete Scoring System . Under current scoring guidelines, the score in this game would have been 78 - 2
# This game was played using an Obsolete Scoring System . Under current scoring guidelines, the score in this game would have been 6 - 76