Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 1947 |
Inaugural season | 1947 |
Ceased | 2021 |
Replaced by | Western Premiership |
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Most recent premiers | ![]() |
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Website | Group 10 Homepage |
Group 10 is a rugby league competition in the Central West area of New South Wales, under the auspices of the New South Wales Rugby League. It had been under the control of Country Rugby League but that changed after the NSWRL agreed to a new constitution and the CRL voted to wind up its affairs immediately. The decisions was made on 19 October 2019 and the merger means that the aim of a unified administration of the sport in NSW was achieved over a year ahead of time. [1]
Ahead of the 2022 season, the Group 10 and Group 11 competitions merged to form the Western Premiership. [2]
At the end of the 1946 representative campaign, it was Bathurst that was crowned Western Challenge Cup premiers after finishing ahead of Lithgow, Orange and Oberon in the four-team group. The team's 7–0 win against Oberon in the final match of the round-robin competition in August at the Bathurst Sportsground saw the team finish the campaign undefeated.
Group 10 would meet two months later but Group 10 secretary Harley Brazil put forward a radical proposal, which alter the future of rugby league in the Central West region. Brazil put forward a "scheme" for an inter-town competition, with a goal to kick off in 1947. Brazil's idea was to see the leading eight teams in the Group (Bathurst Railway, Bathurst Waratahs, Lithgow Small Arms Factory, Lithgow Western Suburbs, Oberon, Orange Our Boys, Orange Waratahs and Portland) participate in the competition. [3]
When the districts met in February, not everyone accepted Brazil's proposal, which become referred to as the 'Brazil plan' by the local press. Representatives from Bathurst, Orange, Lithgow, Mudgee, Oberon, Blayney and Portland would debate over three proposals for several hours. The three proposals mentioned in the Lithgow Mercury on 26 February 1947 included:
Ultimately, it was the 'Brazil plan' that was adopted by 10 votes to eight but it was quickly followed by opposition from Orange and Bathurst. [4]
Issues continued and by Group 10's annual general meeting on 16 March, tensions reached boiling point between Orange and Bathurst and the other leagues. According to the Lithgow Mercury, Bathurst and Orange were granted permission to conduct their own competitions, independent of the new inter-town club tournament. [5]
Brazil's plan for a new inter-town club competition was thrown into turmoil, with only four teams nominating, well below the secretary's eight-team dream. At the Group's meeting on 7 April, only Lithgow Small Arms Factory, Lithgow Western Suburbs, Oberon Tigers and Portland Colts had put their hands up for the new competition.
The first ever games in Group 10 had been locked in for Sunday, 13 April. Wests would play Oberon in Lithgow, while Portland would host Factory. Both games would kick-off at 3.15pm, with curtain-raisers the local Lithgow first grade competition games. Match reports in the Lithgow Mercury indicate Wests overcame the Tigers 17–3. [6] C. Hallam scored the first try for Wests, which may have been the first ever try scored in the competition. In the other match, Portland downed Factory 14–7. Factory won the inaugural premiership by defeating Portland 17–7 in the grand final. [7] [8]
The current season format consists of fourteen rounds, with each team playing each other twice. The top five teams then play-off to the McIntyre final five system, culminating in the grand final which is held at the home ground of the major semi-final winner.
Former NRL players to play in Group 10 in recent times include Luke Branighan (Oberon and Bathurst St Patrick's) and Josh Starling (Oberon and Bathurst Panthers), with the latter signing on for the Panthers ahead of the 2020 season. Former Manly forward George Rose played one season for Oberon in 2016. [9] NSW legend Mark O'Meley played a one-off game for St Pat's in 2016. [10] Mick Sullivan has been one of the most influential ex-NRL players in recent times, leading Orange CYMS to five premierships during his nine-season stint between 2010 and 2018, a record haul for a captain-coach in the competition's history. [11]
From 2023, all four grades of Group 10 Clubs play in the Peter McDonald Premiership alongside Group 11 Rugby League clubs. [12] Although a Group 10 Premier is still crowned in all grades, with this being the best team in the Group 10 Pool of the Peter McDonald Premiership. In 2022, Group 10 still officially fielded Reserve and women's League Tag competitions while the First Grade and Under 18s competitions were run as the Peter McDonald Premiership.
Club | Home Ground | PMP | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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![]() | Carrington Park | Yes | 4 | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019 | 2000, 2004, 2005 |
![]() | Jack Arrow Sporting Complex | Yes | 6 | 2 | 1968, 1973, 1989, 2001, 2008, 2014 | 1953, 1982 |
![]() | Tony Luchetti Showground | Yes | 4 | 18 | 1960, 1991, 2005, 2012 | 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 |
![]() | Glen Willow | Yes | 8 | 8 | 1986, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2023 | 1984, 1985, 1987, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2019 |
![]() | Wade Park | Yes | 12 | 7 | 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1987, 1988, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 | 1950, 1951, 1956, 2002, 2012, 2016, 2022 |
![]() | Wade Park | Yes | 3 | 7 | 1955, 1999, 2003 | 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1997, 2013, 2023 |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up | Status | Last season |
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![]() | 1 | 4 | 1979 | 1948, 1952, 1966, 1967 | Amalgamated with Bathurst Leagues Club to form Bathurst Penguins in 1990. | 1989 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 1994, 1997 | 1991, 1992, 1995 | Amalgamated with Penrith Panthers Leagues Club to form Bathurst Panthers in 2000. | 1999 |
![]() | 9 | 0 | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981 | Disbanded | 1993 | |
Bathurst Waratahs | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1952 | ||
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1977, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998 | 1986, 1994, 1999 | Woodbridge Cup | 2023 |
![]() | 4 | 11 | 1978, 1983, 1992, 1995 | 1955, 1970, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2014, 2018 | Woodbridge Cup | 2023 |
Glen Davis | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1950 | ||
![]() | 0 | 0 | Mid West Cup | 1975 | ||
Katoomba | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1962 | ||
Lithgow East Diggers | 1 | 0 | 1951 | Disbanded | 1954 | |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1982, 1984, 1985 | 1981, 1983 | Disbanded | 1994 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 1947, 1956 | 1949, 1954 | Disbanded | 1965 |
Lithgow State Mine | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1956 | ||
Lithgow St Patrick's | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1955 | ||
Lithgow Western Suburbs | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1951 | ||
Millthorpe | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1948 | ||
![]() | 11 | 4 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975 | 1958, 1960, 1968, 2017 | Woodbridge Cup | 2019 |
Orange Aces | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1953 | ||
Orange Our Boys | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1954 | ||
Orange Rovers | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1950 | ||
Orange Waratahs | 0 | 0 | Disbanded | 1949 | ||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1947 | Mid West Cup | 1974 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | Mid West Cup | 1961 |
Season | Champion | Score | Runners-Up | Grand final venue | Minor premiers | Wooden Spoon | Teams |
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![]() | 17–7 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | |
![]() | 8–6 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() ![]() | ![]() Glen Davis (East) | 10 (West) [lower-alpha 2] 8 (East) | |
![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() ![]() | Bathurst Waratahs (West) ![]() | 7 (West) 7 (East) | |
![]() | 9–8 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() Lithgow East Diggers (East) | Bathurst Waratahs Glen Davis (East) | 8 (West) [lower-alpha 5] 8 (East) | |
Lithgow East Diggers | 17–4 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() Lithgow East Diggers (East) | ![]() Lithgow Western Suburbs (East) | 6 (West) 7 (East) [lower-alpha 6] | |
![]() | 14–2 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | ||
![]() | 9–8 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | Orange Aces | 9 | |
![]() | 7–2 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 13–10 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 10–4 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | Lithgow State Mine | 10 | |
![]() | 27–14 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | ||
![]() | 17–6 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 5–4 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 12–11 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 22–7 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | ||
![]() | 14–7 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | Katoomba | 10 | |
![]() | 23–2 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 30–2 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 29–5 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 23–10 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 23–2 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 9–8 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 7–3 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 7–6 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 12–5 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 14–5 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 20–14 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 12–11 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 17–4 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 21–14 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 7–6 | ![]() | West Cowra Oval, Cowra | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 12–9 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 11–9 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 14–6 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 19–16 | ![]() | Bathurst Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 16–15 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 31–8 | ![]() | West Cowra Oval, Cowra | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 19–12 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 47–8 | ![]() | Lithgow Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 16–14 | ![]() | Jubilee Oval, Mudgee | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 18–9 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 20–19 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 31–14 | ![]() | St Patrick's Sportsground, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 29–10 | ![]() | King George Oval, Blayney | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 22–13 (replay) | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 16–6 | ![]() | West Cowra Oval, Cowra | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 54–28 | ![]() | King George Oval, Blayney | ![]() | ![]() | 11 | |
![]() | 16–12 (extra-time) | ![]() | King George Oval, Blayney | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
![]() | 19–16 | ![]() | Carrington Park, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 34–23 | ![]() | West Cowra Oval, Cowra | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 12–9 (extra-time) | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 29–18 | ![]() | King George Oval, Blayney | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 30–16 | ![]() | King George Oval, Blayney | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 34–12 | ![]() | Carrington Park, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 28–6 | ![]() | Carrington Park, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |
![]() | 28–24 | ![]() | Jubilee Oval, Mudgee | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |
![]() | 34–30 | ![]() | Jubilee Oval, Mudgee | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |
![]() | 17–10 | ![]() | Carrington Park, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |
![]() | 19–4 | ![]() | Tony Luchetti Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 10–4 (extra-time) | ![]() | Tony Luchetti Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 24–4 | ![]() | Carrington Park, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 19–12 | ![]() | Carrington Park, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 32–29 | ![]() | Jubilee Oval, Mudgee | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |
![]() | 23–16 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |
![]() | 30–12 | ![]() | Endeavour Oval, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |
![]() | 40–14 | ![]() | Tony Luchetti Showground, Lithgow | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | |
![]() | 22–14 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 34–12 | ![]() | Sid Kallas Oval, Cowra | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 14–10 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 14–10 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 23–22 | ![]() | Wade Park, Orange | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 12–10 | ![]() | Sid Kallas Oval, Cowra | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
![]() | 9–8 (extra-time) | ![]() | Carrington Park, Bathurst | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |
Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | |||||||
Season abandon before finals could be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ![]() | ![]() | 6 |
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