Outback Rugby League

Outback Rugby League

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1980
Inaugural season	2007
Number of teams	4
Country	Australia
Website	Outback RL Homepage

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.

Teams

The founding clubs of the competition are:

Broken Hill Cowboys
Wilcannia Boomerangs
Wilcannia Tigers
Menindee Yabbies

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.^[1]

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.^[2] Recently, for the 2008 Outback Rugby League Season, CFMEU (the major sponsor of such teams as the Canberra Raiders) has signed on to become the competition's major sponsor from 2008 and beyond. This will be a massive boost for the competition, financially speaking.^[3]

First grade premiership

The premiers of the group competition since 1980:^[4]

Season	Grand Final Information			Minor Premiers
Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up	Minor Premiers
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
2008	Broken Hill Saints		Wilcannia Boomerangs
2009	Wilcannia Boomerangs		Broken Hill Geebungs
2010	Wilcannia Boomerangs		Broken Hill Geebungs
2011	Menindee Yabbies		Broken Hill Geebungs
2012	Menindee Yabbies	36-32 OT	Wilcannia Boomerangs

References

↑ "History of Outback Rugby League". Sporting Pulse. 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
↑ "League season wrapped up". The Barrier Miner. 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
↑ The Outback Rugby League sponsorship Coup
↑ "New South Wales competitions". The Vault. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-12-15.

External links

Country Rugby League

Federation	Country Rugby League

Representative Teams	Country Origin (City vs Country Origin)

CRL Divisions	Canberra Central Coast Illawarra Newcastle Northern Rivers Sunraysia-Riverlands

CRL Groups	Region 1: (2, 3) Region 2: (4, 19, 21) Region 3: (9, 20) Region 4: (10, 11, 14) Region 5: (6, 7, 16)

Illawarra Teams:	Berkeley Eagles Collegians Corrimal Cougars Dapto Canaries Helensburgh Tigers Shellharbour Workers Thirroul Butchers UOW Titans Wests Red Devils

Newcastle Teams:	Central Charlestown Butcher Boys Cessnock Goannas Kurri Kurri Bulldogs Lakes United Seagulls Macquarie Scorpions Maitland Pickers Northern Blues South Newcastle Lions Western Suburbs Rosellas Wyong Roos

Group 7 Teams:	Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles Batemans Bay Tigers Berry-Shoalhaven Heads Magpies Gerringong Lions Jamberoo Superoos Kiama Knights Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs Warilla-Lake South Gorillas

Other Cups	Castlereagh Cup Woodbridge Cup Clayton Cup Outback RL

Rugby league in New South Wales

Federations	New South Wales Rugby League Country Rugby League New South Wales Women's Rugby League

Representative competitions	City vs Country Origin Women's City vs Country Origin

Representative teams	New South Wales Blues City Origin Team Country Origin Team NSW residents New South Wales women's

NRL clubs	Canberra Raiders Canterbury Bulldogs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters Wests Tigers

Competitions	NSWRL: Intrust Super Premiership NSW Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield SG Ball Harold Matthews Cup CRL: Canberra Central Coast Illawarra Newcastle Northern Rivers Sunraysia-Riverlands Region 1: 2 3 Region 2: 4 19 21 Region 3: 9 20 Region 4: 10 11 14 Region 5: 6 7 16 Women's: Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League Tarsha Gale Nines Tertiary: NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League

Discontinued competitions	Jersey Flegg Cup NSWRL premiership Amco Cup

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