Hastings District Rugby League

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Hastings Rugby Football League
Sport Rugby league
Formerly known as Group 3 Saturday League
Instituted1920
Inaugural season1920
PresidentGeoff Connor
Number of teams12
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Premiers Yorkcolours.svg Laurieton Hotel Stingrays (2022)
Most titles Ireland colours.svg Beechwood Shamrocks (15 titles)
Website
Related competition Group 3 Rugby League

The Hastings District Rugby League is a community rugby league competition. It features amateur teams from smaller towns around the Mid-North Coast and runs as a community competition similar to the Barwon Darling Rugby League and the Western Riverina Community Cup.

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History

The Hastings League was established in 1920 as a rugby league competition on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales. The competition partnered with the Group 3 Rugby League in the 1990s as the Group 3 Saturday League, but has since returned to the Hastings League name and remains separate from Group 3.

In 2018, the competition began a ladies tackle grade. This competition has now expanded to allow invitees from other Groups, become independent of the competition, and is known as the North Coast Women's Rugby League. [1] [2] [3]

The competition was due to celebrate its centenary season in 2020 but this was delayed until 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2025, clubs from neighbouring Group 2 joined the competition (Bellingen Valley-Dorrigo and Orara Valley), upon which the competition, then up to twelve clubs, split into two divisions.

Clubs

Clubs [4] MonikerCity/TownHome GroundTitles [5]
Northern Division
Western Suburbs colours.svg Bellingen DorrigoMagpies Bellingen/Dorrigo Bellingen ParkNone
Wests Tigers colours.svg BowravilleTigers Bowraville, New South Wales Bowraville Sports GroundNone
Western Suburbs colours.svg Lower MacleayMagpies Smithtown, New South Wales Smithtown Oval1
Australian colours.svg Orara ValleyAxemen Coffs Harbour (Coramba)Coramba SportsgroundNone
Cronulla colours.svg South West RocksMarlins South West Rocks, New South Wales South West Rocks Sports Ground2
Southern Division
Ireland colours.svg BeechwoodShamrocks Wauchope, New South Wales (Beechwood)Beechwood Oval14
Wests Tigers colours.svg ComboyneTigers Comboyne, New South Wales Comboyne Showground11
Redscolours.svg Harrington (in recess)Hurricanes Harrington, New South Wales Esmond Hogan OvalNone
New South Wales colours.svg KendallBlues Kendall, New South Wales Kendall Showground9
Canberra colours.svg Lake CathieRaiders Lake Cathie, New South Wales Lake Cathie Sporting Complex1
Yorkcolours.svg Laurieton HotelStingrays Camden Haven, New South Wales (Laurieton)Laurieton Oval1
St. George colours.svg Long FlatDragons Long Flat, New South Wales Long Flat Oval13

Former Clubs

Source: [6]

Premiers

Men's

SeasonPremiersScoreRunners-up
1920–2013 Premiers Unknown
2014 [7] New South Wales colours.svg Kendall34–20 Wests Tigers colours.svg Comboyne
2015 [7] Cronulla colours.svg South West Rocks28–14 Western Suburbs colours.svg Lower Macleay
2016 [7] Wests Tigers colours.svg Comboyne29–26 New South Wales colours.svg Kendall
2017 [7] New South Wales colours.svg Kendall28–14 Wests Tigers colours.svg Comboyne
2018 [7] St. George colours.svg Long Flat18–12 Yorkcolours.svg Laurieton Hotel
2019 [7] Cronulla colours.svg South West Rocks39-12 Yorkcolours.svg Laurieton Hotel
2020No Premiers crowned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 [8] Yorkcolours.svg Laurieton Hotel28–4 St. George colours.svg Long Flat
2023 [9] New South Wales colours.svg Kendall34–10 Ireland colours.svg Beechwood

Ladies Tackle

SeasonPremiersScoreRunners-up
Hastings League
2018 [7] Ireland colours.svg Beechwood20–10 New South Wales colours.svg Kendall
2019 [7] Ireland colours.svg Beechwood44–4 Cronulla colours.svg South West Rocks
2020No Premiers crowned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022Replaced by North Coast Women's Rugby League

North Coast Women's Rugby League

In 2018, the Hastings League competition began a ladies tackle grade. The competition has expanded to allow invitees from other Groups, become independent of the Hastings competition, and is operating under a pilot program as the North Coast Women's Rugby League. [1] [2] [3]

SeasonPremiersScoreRunners-up
North Coast Women's Rugby League
2022 [10] North Queensland colours.svg Macleay Valley 26–10 St. George colours.svg Long Flat

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References

  1. 1 2 Ramsey, Britt. "NEW WOMEN'S TACKLE COMP FOR NORTH COAST | NBN News" . Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  2. 1 2 "Starting date pencilled in for women's tackle competition". Port Macquarie News. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  3. 1 2 "Women's league prepares to kick off in May". Port Macquarie News. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  4. ↑ "Association: Hastings League".
  5. ↑ "Dragons' presentation after claiming Hastings League title". Port Macquarie News. 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  6. ↑ "Dragons' presentation after claiming Hastings League title". Port Macquarie News. 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Geoff Connor". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  8. ↑ Borg, Mardi (2022-09-18). "'We made history today': Stingrays slay Dragons in Hastings League grand final". Port Macquarie News. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  9. ↑ Smith, Tallon (2023-08-29). "Grand Final Watch: Kendall, Narwan, Merimbula, Wolfpack all crowned premiers in respective competitions". Battlers For Bush Footy. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  10. ↑ "'It's still sinking in': Mustangs win inaugural North Coast Women's League premiership". The Macleay Argus. 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
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