Goulburn Murray Rugby League

Storm Goulburn Murray Premiership

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1998
Inaugural season	1998
Ceased	2009
Re-formed	2014
Number of teams	8
Country	Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Premiers	Wolfpack RLFC (2023)
Most titles	Corowa Cougars (5 titles)

The Storm Goulburn Murray Premiership is a rugby league competition on the border of Victoria and New South Wales. Initially the competition was established in 1998 as the Goulburn Murray Rugby League by the Country Rugby League and the Victorian Rugby League. The league was disbanded in 2009 before being re-established as the Murray Cup in 2014. As of 2022 there is a competition for both Senior Men's and Women's Tag football. ^[1] In 2023, as part of a branding arrangement, the competition is known as the Storm Goulburn Murray Premiership.

Current Clubs

There are currently eight clubs affiliated with the Goulburn Murray Rugby League competition, with four based in Victoria and four based in New South Wales. Shepparton, Wodonga and Wangaratta have all succeeded former teams based in their respective cities.

Clubs	Moniker	Established	Ground	Premierships
Border	Bears	2024	Haydon Park, West Albury	None
Charles Sturt University	Mud Dogs	2014	Sarvaas Park, North Albury	None
Corowa	Cougars	1986	Airport Oval, Corowa	5 (1999, 2001, 2004-06)
Shepparton	Eagles	2024	Pee Wee Oval, Mooroopna	None
Tumbarumba	Greens	1934	Tumbarumba Showground	1 (2019)
Wangaratta	Knights	2017	Glenrowan Recreation Reserve	None
Wodonga	Wombats	2018	Baranduda Recreation Reserve	1 (2022)
Wolfpack RLFC	Wolfpack	2016	Eldorado Recreation Reserve	1 (2023)

Former Teams

There are more than a dozen clubs which formerly competed in the Goulburn Murray Rugby League.

Clubs	Moniker	Notes
Albury	Roos	Joined from Group 13 when it merged with Group 9, Folded
Ballarat	Highlanders	Moved to Central Highlands Rugby League in 2005
Bonegilla	Gorillas	Folded 2022
Chiltern RLFC	Chiltern	Folded 2000s
Deniliquin	Raiders	Folded 2000s
Finley	Tigers	Folded 2000s
Murray River	Warriors	Folded 2019
Puckapunyal Seymour	Army	Folded 2007
Southern Riverina	Jets	Folded 2005
Twin City	Hornets	Folded 2005
Vikings RLFC	Vikings	Folded 2000s
Wangaratta	Scorpions	Folded 2008
Wangaratta	Tigers	Folded 2008
Westside	Brothers	Folded 2014
Wodonga	Bears	Folded 2006
Wodonga	Storm	Folded 2022

Goulburn Murray Rugby League/Murray Cup Champions

This is a list of the Goulburn Murray Rugby League 1st Grade competition champions and the runners-up for each seasons the competition existed.

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners Up
Goulburn Murray Rugby League
1998	Albury Roos	21 – 20	Southern Riverina Jets
1999	Corowa Cougars	26 – 14	Finley Tigers
2000	Twin City Hornets	28 – 24	Albury Roos
2001 [2]	Corowa Cougars	44 – 12	Twin City Hornets
2002 [3]	Finley Tigers	40 – 12	Corowa Cougars
2003	Twin City Hornets	24 – 22	Corowa Cougars
2004 [4]	Corowa Cougars		Twin City Hornets
2005 [5]	Corowa Cougars	50 – 6	Southern Riverina Jets
2006 [6]	Corowa Cougars		Vikings RLFC
2007 [7]	Unknown
2008 [8]	Wangaratta Tigers		Wodonga Storm
Hiatus 2009-2014
Murray Cup
2015	Murray River Warriors	40 – 12	Wodonga Storm
2016	Murray River Warriors	26 – 18	Wodonga Storm
2017	Wodonga Storm	14 – 4	CSU Mud Dogs
2018	Wodonga Storm
2019	Tumbarumba	32 – 12	Corowa Cougars
2020–2021 No Premiers; unfinished seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Wodonga Wombats	40 – 4	Bonegilla Gorillas
Goulburn Murray Premiership
2023 [9]	Wolfpack RLFC	22 – 20	Corowa Cougars

Ladies League Tag Premiers

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners Up
???-2019 unknown
2020–2021 No Premiers; unfinished seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	CSU Mud Dogs
2023 [9]	Tumbarumba	8 – 6	CSU Mud Dogs

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