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Sport | Rugby league |
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Ceased | 2005 |
Replaced by | Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League |
Country | Australia |
Website | Group 1 Juniors at SportsTG |
Group 1 Rugby League was a rugby league competition held in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. The group, however, still runs a junior rugby league competition. When the Group 18-Gold Coast competition dissolved in 2005, the New South Wales sides joined together with Group 1 to form a divisional league, Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League (NRRRL). Group 18 also still holds its own individual junior rugby league competition.
The Group 1 Senior Rugby League Premiership amalgamated with Group 18 Rugby League in 2005 to form the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League, and was thus discontinued in its own right.
The following clubs are affiliated with Group 1 juniors, but run senior teams in the NRRRL competition:
The following clubs are affiliated with Group 1 juniors, but run senior teams in the Group 2 Rugby League competition:
The following clubs fielded junior teams in Group 1 competitions earlier in the 2010s
1964–1983 (Web Archive) [1]
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1961 Ballina def Casino RSM * Ballina also won the Clayton Cup.
1962 Casino RSM 19–14 Ballina
1963 Casino RSM 8–0 Woodburn
1964 Casino RSM
1965 Casino RSM
1966 Lismore Marist Brothers def Casino RSM
1967 Casino RSM * Casino RSM also won the Clayton Cup.
1968 Casino RSM 32–10 South Lismore
1969 (Two competitions) Ballina 7–3 Casino RSM & 1969 Mallanganee 23–15 Baryulgil
1970 Grafton 12–5 South Grafton
1971 Kyogle+ 14–9 Lower Clarence
1972 ???
1973 Lower Clarence 27–13 Lismore Marist Brothers
1974 Western Suburbs 24–0 South Lismore-Woodburn
1975 South Grafton 17–8 South Lismore-Evans Head
1976 Casino RSM 22–7 South Grafton
1977 Grafton 16–14 South Grafton
1978 South Lismore-Evans Head 18–14 Casino RSM
1979 Casino RSM 33–10 South Grafton
1980 Lismore Marist Brothers 24–8 South Grafton
1981 Lismore Marist Brothers 20–2 Western Suburbs-Alstonville
1982 Ballina 14–4 Casino RSM
1983 Kyogle 14–12 Lower Clarence
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