Balmain will cease to exist as a company and a club and its assets and licences will be transferred to Wests Leagues at Ashfield under proposals put to voting members of both licensed clubs that will complete their unification on and off the field.

The 12,000 members of Balmain Leagues will be asked to attend a general meeting at Balmain Town Hall on September 18, and Wests Ashfield’s 36,000 members will be invited to vote the following night at their Liverpool Road premises.

The site of the old Balmain Leagues Club in Rozelle. Credit:Simon Alekna

Members will be asked to endorse what is termed an amalgamation but others would describe as an inevitable takeover by Wests Leagues.

Members of Balmain will become members of Wests, finally uniting all stakeholders.