Outback Rugby League (Broken Hill)
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The Outback Rugby League Cup is a New South Wales Country Rugby League (NSWCRL) Group Competition which is based in Broken Hill in the far west of New South Wales and surrounding districts such as Wilcannia and Menindee.
The competition folded in 1998 but was revived in 2007. [1]
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[edit] Teams
The founding clubs of the competition are:
- Broken Hill Central
- Broken Hill South
- Broken Hill West
- Broken Hill North
- Wilcannia Tigers
- Menindee Yabbies
[edit] History
The Outback Rugby League was formed in 2007 after a long absence of regular A-Grade rugby league from Broken Hill. The last regular rugby league competition in the area was in 1997 as the Group 12 competition which also included clubs from Broken Hill, Menindee & Wilcannia.
The new competition features clubs from the same areas. A new club was formed before the opening season, the Wilcannia Tigers. The inaugural competition saw a total of 266 registered players across all grades, from under-sixes up. Broken Hill is traditionally dominated by Australian Rules Football. [2]
The 2007 Grand final was a close game between Wilcannia Tigers and Menindee Yabbies. The Yabbies eventually won by one point, 36–35, at Lamb Park in Broken Hill in front of 1,000 spectators.[3]
[edit] First grade premiership
The premiers of the group competition since 1980[4]:
| Season | Champion | Score | Runners-Up |
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| 1980 | Broken Hill Saints | ||
| 1981 | Broken Hill Saints | ||
| 1982 | Broken Hill Saints | Menindee | |
| 1983 | Broken Hill Saints | 22-12 | Menindee |
| 1984 | Broken Hill United | 19-0 | Broken Hill Saints |
| 1985 | Broken Hill United | 21-20 | Wilcannia Tigers |
| 1986 | Wilcannia Boomerangs | Broken Hill United | |
| 1987 | Broken Hill United | 15-12 | Wilcannia Boomerangs |
| 1988 | Broken Hill United | 31-20 | Wilcannia Boomerangs |
| 1989 | Broken Hill Saints | Broken Hill United | |
| 1990 | Broken Hill Saints | 18-0 | Broken Hill United |
| 1991 | Wilcannia | 34-20 | Menindee |
| 1992 | |||
| 1993 | Menindee | 36-20 | Wilcannia |
| 1994 | Broken Hill United | 46-18 | Wilcannia Boomerangs |
| 1995 | Broken Hill United | 28-20 | Wilcannia Boomerangs |
| 1996 | Wilcannia Boomerangs | 38-34 | Broken Hill Geebungs |
| 1997 | Wilcannia Boomerangs | 56-48 | Menindee |
| 1998–2006 | No competition | ||
| 2007 | Menindee Yabbies | 36–35 | Wilcannia Tigers |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Outback Rugby League. Country Rugby League of NSW. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
- ^ "History of Outback Rugby League", Sporting Pulse, 2007-08-30. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
- ^ "League season wrapped up", The Barrier Miner, 2007-08-30. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
- ^ New South Wales competitions. The Vault. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
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