Castlereagh League

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Castlereagh Rugby League
Castlereagh Rugby League logo.jpg
Sport Rugby league
Formerly known asGroup 14
Inaugural season1949
Ceased1999
Re-formed2001
Number of teams10
CountryAustralia
Premiers Cronulla colours.svg Gulgong (2023)
Most titles North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble (18 titles)
Website Castlereagh RL Homepage

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The Castlereagh League (also known as the Castlereagh Cup and Group 14) 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, and the league has re-obtained Group status as of 2023, but will not revert to the Group 14 name for branding reasons.

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Teams

Castlereagh League
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Locations of the Castlereagh Cup clubs.

The following clubs are fielding teams in the 2023 Christie Hood Castlereagh Cup:

Castlereagh Cup ClubsMonikerPremiershipsPremiership Years1stResLLTYouth
First Grade Clubs
Western Suburbs colours.svg Baradine Magpies101951–55, 1968–69, 1979, 1993, 1995YesYesYesNo
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Cobar Roosters12022YesYesYesYes
Redcliffe colours.svg Coolah Kangaroos21963, 1965YesYesYesYes
Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran Unicorns131950, 1961–62, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2019YesYesNoNo
North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble Bears181949, 1957–59, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002–03, 2005–09YesNoYesNo
Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra Panthers111956, 1981, 1986–87, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2016–18YesYesYesYes
Cronulla colours.svg Gulgong Terriers12015YesYesYesNo
St. George colours.svg Narromine Jets0NoneYesYesYesYes
Lower Grade Clubs
Newtown colours.svg Binnaway Bombshells12004NoNoYesYes
Ireland colours.svg Dunedoo Swans31967, 2014, 2020NoYesYesNo

Former Teams

TeamMonikerNotesPremierships
Competed in Castlereagh Cup era
Fevcolours.svg Gulargambone GalahsFolded 2008None
Western Suburbs colours.svg Trangie MagpiesFolded 2022None
Canterbury colours.svg Warren BulldogsFolded 20182010, 2012
Group 14 era
Wests Tigers colours.svg Mendooran TigersFolded1983–85
Balmain colours.svg Mudgee TigersMoved to Group 10 1960, 1973, 1975–76
Western Suburbs colours.svg Merriwa MagpiesMoved to Group 21 None
Wests Tigers colours.svg Nyngan TigersMoved to Group 11 Rugby League 1989
Country colours.svg OranaGoogarsFolded1992
St. George colours.svg Walgett DragonsMoved to Barwon Darling Rugby League None

Clubs Timeline

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

Castlereagh League

History

Castlereagh Cup Grand Finals
SeasonTeamsPremiersScoreRunners-upMinor Premiers
20018 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra36–4 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble
20028 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble36–26 Ireland colours.svg Dunedoo
20035 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble70–24 Hullcolours.svg Baradine North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble
20047 Newtown colours.svg Binnaway32–26 Fevcolours.svg Gulargambone Newtown colours.svg Binnaway
20056 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble34–24 Newtown colours.svg Binnaway North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble
20066 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble44–22 Canterbury colours.svg Warren North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble
20075 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble36–16 Hullcolours.svg Baradine North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble
20085 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble40–32 Hullcolours.svg Baradine North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble
20096 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble32–26 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra
20107 Canterbury colours.svg Warren46–20 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble Canterbury colours.svg Warren
20117 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra28–24 Canterbury colours.svg Warren Canterbury colours.svg Warren
20127 Canterbury colours.svg Warren47–32 Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran
20138 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra30–24 Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran (26 points)
20148 Ireland colours.svg Dunedoo32–12 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble Ireland colours.svg Dunedoo (26 points)
20156 Cronulla colours.svg Gulgong40–14 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble (26 points)
20169 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra28–22 Cronulla colours.svg Gulgong North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble (32 points)
20178 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra46–10 North Sydney colours.svg Coonamble Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra (36 points)
20188 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra31-30 Cronulla colours.svg Gulgong Cronulla colours.svg Gulgong (34 points)
20199 Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran32–22 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran (29 points)
20205 Ireland colours.svg Dunedoo16–10 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra Ireland colours.svg Dunedoo (18 points)
2021 Season Cancelled before finals due to COVID-19 lockdowns in NSW
20227 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Cobar28–26 Penrith colours.svg Gilgandra St. George colours.svg Narromine (28 points)
20239 Cronulla colours.svg Gulgong10–4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Cobar Cronulla colours.svg Gulgong (42 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. 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

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:

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

Group 14 Senior Grand Finals

Group 14 Grand Finals (Recorded 1949-2000) [1]

From The Vault on Wayback Machine

1949 Coonamble Bears defeated Baradine Magpies

1950 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Coonamble Bears 14-0

1951 Baradine Magpies defeated

1952 Baradine Magpies defeated

1953 Baradine Magpies defeated Mudgee 9-2

1954 Baradine Magpies defeated Coonabarabran

1955 Baradine Magpies defeated

1956 Gilgandra Panthers defeated Binnaway 13-0

1957 Coonamble Bears defeated Baradine Magpies 11-4

1958 Coonamble Bears defeated Mudgee Tigers 8-5

1959 Coonamble Bears defeated Mudgee Tigers

1960 Mudgee Tigers defeated Coonamble Bears 11-10

1961 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated

1962 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated

1963 Coolah defeated Gilgandra Panthers 3-2

1964 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Gilgandra Panthers 10-7

1965 Coolah defeated Mudgee Tigers 9-5

1966 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Baradine

1967 Dunedoo Swans (18 all at fulltime) defeated Coonabarabran Unicorns 16-8

1968 Baradine Magpies defeated Dunedoo Swans 17-10

1969 Baradine Magpies defeated Coonabarabran Unicorns 10-9

1970 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Gulgong Bulldogs 22-7

1971 Coonamble Bears defeated Coonabarabran Unicorns 31-4

1972 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Baradine Magpies 26-8

1973 Mudgee Tigers defeated Coonamble Bears 8-6

1974 Coonamble Bears defeated Dunedoo Swans 19-14

1975 Mudgee Tigers defeated Baradine Magpies 15-10

1976 Mudgee Tigers defeated Gilgandra Panthers 33-17

1977 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Gilgandra Panthers

1978 Coonamble Bears defeated Coonabarabran Unicorns 13-10

1979 Baradine Magpies defeated Gilgandra Panthers

1980 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Gilgandra Panthers 16-15

1981 Gilgandra Panthers defeated Baradine Magpies 19-5

1982 Coonamble Bears defeated Coonabarabran Unicorns 16-8

1983 Mendooran defeated Baradine Magpies 40-22

1984 Mendooran defeated Coonamble Bears 64-4

1985 Mendooran defeated Cobar 24-20

1986 Gilgandra Panthers defeated Cobar 14-6

1987 Gilgandra Panthers(16-all at full-time) defeated Nyngan Tigers 23-16

1988 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Dunedoo Swans 38-18

1989 Nyngan Tigers defeated Coonabarabran Unicorns 37-12

1990 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Orana Googars 32-22

1991 Coonamble Bears defeated Baradine Magpies 30-20

1992 Orana Googars defeated Coonamble Bears 30-20

1993 Baradine Magpies defeated Coonamble Bears 16-14

1994 Coonabarabran Unicorns defeated Coonamble Bears 22-18

1995 Baradine Magpies defeated Coonamble Bears 40-14

1996 Coonamble Bears defeated Nyngan Tigers 36-28

1997 Gilgandra Panthers defeated Walgett Dragons 33-20

1998 COMPETITION IN RECESS

1999 Coonamble Bears defeated Nyngan Tigers 29-24

2000 COMPETITION IN RECESS - CASTLEREAGH CUP STARTS 2001

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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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