Darwin Rugby League

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The Darwin Rugby League is a former rugby league competition based in Darwin, Northern Territory. The competition is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League which is the body that takes care of the league's affairs. It administered the competition, officially, from 1950 in Darwin until 2010. [1] [2]

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On 6 May 2010, the Australian Rugby League disbanded the Darwin Rugby League due to ongoing issues, including the scheduling of matches and the playing clubs arguing these changes. [ citation needed ] The competition in Darwin is now controlled by the NTRL.

Clubs

TeamMonikerSuburbGround
Brothers Colours.svg Darwin Brothers Brothers Darwin CBD Warren Park
Cronulla colours.svg Northern Sharks Palmerston
Canberra colours.svg Palmerston RaidersPalmerston
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons Nightcliff
North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears Litchfield
South Sydney colours.svg South Darwin Rabbitohs Marrara

Darwin Rugby League Champions

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

SeasonPremiersScoreRunners-up
1990 Darwin Brothers 18 – 12 Tracey Village
1991 Darwin Brothers 28 – 12 Casuarina RLFC
1992 Nightcliff Dragons 28 – 0 Litchfield Bears
1993 Palmerston Raiders 21 – 6 Nightcliff Dragons
1994 Litchfield Bears 16 – 14 Nightcliff Dragons
1995 Litchfield Bears 23 – 6 Nightcliff Dragons
1996 Litchfield Bears 21 – 6 South Darwin Rabbitohs
1997 Litchfield Bears 28 – 14 University Sharks
1998 Litchfield Bears 24 – 18 Nightcliff Dragons
1999 Nightcliff Dragons 24 – 10 Darwin Brothers
2000 Nightcliff Dragons 38 – 6 University Sharks
2001 [3] Nightcliff Dragons 38 – 10 Northern Territory Institute of Sport
2002 [4] Nightcliff Dragons 22 – 10 University Sharks
2003 South Darwin Rabbitohs 51 – 50 Darwin Brothers
2004 [5] Darwin Brothers 62 – 12 University Sharks
2005 [6] Nightcliff Dragons 13 – 12 Darwin Brothers
2006 [7] Nightcliff Dragons 34 – 24 Darwin Brothers
2007 [8] University Sharks 22 – 16 Litchfield Bears
2008 [9] Litchfield Bears 22 – 14 South Darwin Rabbitohs
2009 [10] Darwin Brothers 44 – 10 University Sharks
2010 Darwin Brothers 24 – 14 Nightcliff Dragons
2011 Palmerston Raiders 7 – 6 Nightcliff Dragons
2012 Darwin Brothers 34 – 10 University Sharks
2013 Palmerston Raiders 36 – 22 Darwin Brothers
2014 Darwin Brothers 28 – 16 Nightcliff Dragons
2015 Nightcliff Dragons 26 – 22 Palmerston Raiders
2016 Cronulla colours.svg Mackillop Sharks 34 – 16 Canberra colours.svg Palmerston Raiders
2017 Cronulla colours.svg Northern Sharks 34 – 22 Brothers Colours.svg Darwin Brothers
2018 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears 28 – 4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons
2019 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears 26 – 12 Canberra colours.svg Palmerston Raiders
2020 Brothers Colours.svg Darwin Brothers 28 – 26 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears

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References

  1. ↑ Sporting Pulse Darwin Rugby League retrieved 21 December 2007
  2. ↑ Leaguenet Website
  3. ↑ "18th Annual Report of the Australian Rugby League" (PDF). Clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  4. ↑ "2002 Annual Report of the Australian Rugby League" (PDF). Clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  5. ↑ "2004 Annual Report of the Australian Rugby League" (PDF). Clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  6. ↑ "Notice of Annual General Meeting 2005" (PDF). Clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  7. ↑ "Notice of Annual General Meeting 2006" (PDF). Clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  8. ↑ "Notice of Annual General Meeting 2007" (PDF). Clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  9. ↑ "Notice of Annual General Meeting 2008" (PDF). Clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  10. ↑ "2009 Grand Final Results Senior and Junior - Northern Territory Rugby League - SportsTG". Foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  11. ↑ "Trophy Room".
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