Northern Territory Rugby League

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Northern Territory Rugby League
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Founded1950
Formerly namedNorthern Territory Rugby Football League Association
Responsibility Northern Territory, Australia
Headquarters Ludmilla, Northern Territory
Website
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As of 2 December 2009

The Northern Territory Rugby League (NTRL) is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Northern Territory. It controls the Darwin Rugby League, Darwin Junior Rugby League and Central Australian Rugby Football League.

Contents

Northern Territory is an affiliated state of the overall Australian governing body the Australian Rugby League.

History

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Logo used prior to 2013

The first rugby league competition in Darwin took place in 1941. This competition was among servicemen stationed in Darwin during World War 2. The competition was suspended following the Japanese air raids on 19 February 1942 and did not recommence until 1943.

The game was not played on an organised basis after servicemen left the city at the end of the war until the formation of the Northern Territory Rugby Football League Association in 1950. The newly formed association's first game was held on 14 January 1951. Rugby league in the Northern Territory is being played at Richardson Park.

Competitions

Current

Central Australian Rugby Football League

The Central Australian Rugby Football League (CARFL) is a rugby league football competition located in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. [1] It has been in existence since 1963. It is a not-for profit organisation tasked with governing the growth of rugby league football around Alice Springs. [1] It consists of four clubs competing in multiple age groups and all games are played at Anzac Oval, Alice Springs. [2]

The four clubs are:

Both United Magpies and Wests Dragons have been members of the CARFL since its foundation in 1963. [1]

Katherine Rugby League

The Katherine Junior Rugby League is a rugby league junior competition based in the town of Katherine, Northern Territory. It is a three club competition with age groups running from under 5's to under 15's. [3] Under 17's and A-Grade aged players take part in the NTRL and travel to Darwin, NT to compete. [3]

The three clubs are:

All games are played at the Katherine Sport & Recreation Club Oval. [3]

Other

The Gove Rugby League is a competition located in Gove, Northern Territory.

Former

Darwin Rugby League

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. [4] [5]

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.

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
1991
1992
1993
1994 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons
1995 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons
1996 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears South Sydney colours.svg South Darwin Rabbitohs
1997 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears Cronulla colours.svg University Sharks
1998 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons
1999
2000
2001 [6] Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons 38–10 Balmain colours.svg Northern Territory Institute of Sport
2002 [7]
2003
2004 [8]
2005 [9] Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons 13–12 Faxcolours.svg Darwin Brothers
2006 [10] Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons 34–24 Faxcolours.svg Darwin Brothers
2007 [11] Cronulla colours.svg University Sharks 22–16 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears
2008 [12] North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears South Sydney colours.svg South Darwin Rabbitohs
2009 [13] Faxcolours.svg Darwin Brothers 44–10 Cronulla colours.svg University Sharks
2010 Faxcolours.svg Darwin Brothers Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons
2011
2012 Faxcolours.svg Darwin Brothers 44–10 Cronulla colours.svg University Sharks
2013 Canberra colours.svg Palmerston Raiders 32–22 Faxcolours.svg Darwin Brothers
2014 [14] South Sydney colours.svg South Darwin Rabbitohs 30–20 Canberra colours.svg Palmerston Raiders
2015 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons 30–22 Canberra colours.svg Palmerston Raiders
2016 Cronulla colours.svg Mackillop Sharks 34–16 Canberra colours.svg Palmerston Raiders
2017 Cronulla colours.svg Northern Sharks 34–22 Faxcolours.svg Darwin Brothers
2018 North Sydney colours.svg Litchfield Bears 28-4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Nightcliff Dragons

Notable NTRL juniors who competed in the NRL

Alice Springs

Darwin Brothers

Federal United

Waratahs

Nightcliff Dragons

Nhulunbuy

Katherine Bushrangers

Palmerston Raiders

See also

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