Castlereagh League

The Castlereagh League (also known as the Castlereagh Cup) is a rugby league competition in western New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. For all intents and purposes the competition is effectively the Group 14 Rugby League senior competition.

Castlereagh Rugby League
SportRugby league
Formerly known asGroup 14
Inaugural season1956
Ceased1998
Re-formed2001
Number of teams9
CountryAustralia
Premiers Cobar (2022)
Most titles Coonamble (7 titles)
WebsiteCastlereagh RL Homepage

Teams
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Locations of the Castlereagh Cup clubs.

The following clubs are fielding teams in the 2022 Christie Hood Castlereagh Cup:

Castlereagh Cup ClubsMonikerPremiershipsPremiership Years Group 14 Premierships (Known) 1st LLT Res.
Baradine Magpies 0 None 4 (1968–69, 1993, 1995) Yes Yes No
Binnaway Bombshells 1 2004 None No Yes Yes
Cobar Roosters 1 2022 None Yes Yes No
Coonabarabran Unicorns 1 2019 9 (1961–62, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1988, 1990, 1994)
In recess 2022
Coonamble Bears 7 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 5 (1971, 1974, 1982, 1991, 1996) Yes Yes No
Dunedoo Swans 2 2014, 2020 None Yes Yes No
Gilgandra Panthers 6 2001, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 4 (1956, 1981, 1987, 1997) Yes Yes Yes
Gulgong Terriers 1 2015 None Yes Yes Yes
Narromine Jets 0 None None Yes Yes Yes

Former Teams
TeamMonikerNotesPremierships
Competed in Castlereagh Cup era
Coolah Kangaroos Folded 2018 None
Gulargambone Galahs Folded 2008 None
Trangie Magpies Folded 2022 None
Warren Bulldogs Folded 2018 2010, 2012
Group 14 era
Mendooran Tigers Folded Group 14: 1984
Mudgee Dragons Moved to Group 10 Unknown
Merriwa Magpies Moved to Group 21 None
Nyngan Tigers Moved to Group 11 Rugby League None
Orana RLFC Folded None
Walgett Dragons Moved to Barwon Darling Rugby League None

Clubs Timeline

Castlereagh Cup past & present participants, First Grade and Ladies League Tag.

History
Castlereagh Cup Grand Finals
Season Teams Premiers Score Runners-up Minor Premiers
2001 8 Gilgandra 36–4 Coonamble
2002 8 Coonamble 36–26 Dunedoo
2003 5 Coonamble 70–24 Baradine Coonamble
2004 7 Binnaway 32–26 Gulargambone Binnaway
2005 6 Coonamble 34–24 Binnaway Coonamble
2006 6 Coonamble 44–22 Warren Coonamble
2007 5 Coonamble 36–16 Baradine Coonamble
2008 5 Coonamble 40–32 Baradine Coonamble
2009 6 Coonamble 32–26 Gilgandra Gilgandra
2010 7 Warren 46–20 Coonamble Warren
2011 7 Gilgandra 28–24 Warren Warren
2012 7 Warren 47–32 Coonabarabran Coonabarabran
2013 8 Gilgandra 30–24 Coonabarabran Coonabarabran (26 points)
2014 8 Dunedoo 32–12 Coonamble Dunedoo (26 points)
2015 6 Gulgong 40–14 Gilgandra Coonamble (26 points)
2016 9 Gilgandra 28–22 Gulgong Coonamble (32 points)
2017 8 Gilgandra 46–10 Coonamble Gilgandra (36 points)
2018 8 Gilgandra 31-30 Gulgong Gulgong (34 points)
2019 9 Coonabarabran 32–22 Gilgandra Coonabarabran (29 points)
2020 5 Dunedoo 16–10 Gilgandra Dunedoo (18 points)
2021 Season Cancelled before finals due to COVID-19 lockdowns in NSW
2022 7 Cobar 28-26 Gilgandra Narromine (28 points)

Group 14

Group 14 is a junior rugby league competition in central New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. This Group doesn't officially field a senior competition although the Castlereagh Cup is mostly made up of Group 14 clubs, is the official successor to the Group, and is called Group 14 on occasion. The Group 14 name is still applied to the junior competition

Current Teams
  • Baradine Junior Sports Club
  • Coolah Junior Sports Club (no seniors)
  • Coonabarabran JRLFC
  • Coonamble JRLFC
  • Dunedoo Junior Rugby League and Netball Association
  • Gilgandra Junior Rugby League and Netball Association
  • Gulgong Junior Rugby League and Netball Club
  • Walgett Dragons JRLC (Seniors play in Barwon Darling)

Former Structure

The competition was formerly divided into Eastern and Western divisions. The following clubs fielded teams in the 2006 Group 14 Eastern junior competition:

  • Binnaway (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
  • Coolah (no senior team)
  • Dunedoo (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
  • Gulgong (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
  • Merriwa (fields a senior team in Group 21)

While these clubs fielded teams in the 2006 Group 14 Western junior competition:

  • Baradine (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
  • Coonabarabran (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
  • Coonamble (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
  • Gilgandra (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
  • Nyngan (fields a senior team in Group 11)

Group 14 Senior Grand Finals

Group 14 Grand Finals (Recorded 1956-1998)[1]

From The Vault on Wayback Machine

1956 Gilgandra 13-6 Binnaway

1957  ???

1958  ???

1959  ???

1960  ???

1961 Coonabarabran

1962 Coonabarabran

1963  ???

1964 Coonabarabran 10-7 Gilgandra

1965  ???

1966 Coonabarabran

1967 Dunedoo 18-18 Coonabarabran (AET) * Dunedoo won replay 16-8.

1968 Baradine 17-10 Dunedoo

1969 Baradine 10-9 Coonabarabran

1970 Coonabarabran 22-7 Gulgong

1971 Coonamble 31-4 Coonabarabran

1972 Coonabarabran 26-8 Baradine

1973  ???

1974 Coonamble 19-14

1975  ???

1976  ???

1977  ??? Gilgandra

1978  ???

1979  ???

1980  ??? Gilgandra

1981 Gilgandra 25-5 Baradine

1982 Coonamble Coonabarabran

1983  ???

1984 Mendooran

1985  ???

1986  ???

1987 Gilgandra 23-16 Nyngan (AET)

1988 Coonabarabran 38-18 Dunedoo

1989  ???

1990 Coonabarabran 32-22 Orana

1991 Coonamble 30-26 Baradine

1992  ???

1993 Baradine 16-14 Coonamble

1994 Coonabarabran 22-18 Coonamble

1995 Baradine 40-14 Coonamble

1996 Coonamble 36-28 Nyngan

1997 Gilgandra 29-20 Walgett

1998 No competition

See also

References
  1. "New South Wales competitions". 12 February 2005. Archived from the original on 12 February 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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