Nightcliff Dragons

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Nightcliff Dragons RLFC
Club information
Full nameNightcliff Dragons Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Dragons
Colours  Red
  White
  Green
Founded1961
Websitewww.nightcliffdragons.com
Current details
Ground(s)
CEOKevin Page
Competition Darwin Rugby League
Records
Premierships16 (1962/63,1963/64,1968,1969,1975, 1987,1992,1999,2000 2001,2002 2005, 2006, 2015)
Runners-up1 (1966,1967,1971,1977,1985,1993,1994,1995,1998,)

Nightcliff Dragons Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Nightcliff, Northern Territory formed in 1961. [1] They conduct teams for both junior and senior teams and run preseason academies for both youth boys and youth girls.

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References

  1. http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/jspui/bitstream/10070/241719/37/ntn29jul12037x.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Booth, Doug (15 May 2014). "Territorian Joel Romelo to play first match of NRL season". NT News. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. "local Hero gives back to Darwin". Gold Coast Titans. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. Wake, Rebekka (3 September 2015). "Nightcliff Dragon to make debut with Penrith Panthers". NT News. Retrieved 5 September 2015.