Roma District Rugby League

Roma District Rugby League

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1914
Inaugural season	1914
Country	Australia
Premiers	Chinchilla Bulldogs (2018)
Most titles	Roma Cities Gladiators (22 titles)
Website	SportsSG – Roma

The Roma District Rugby League is a competition in the Maranoa district of South West Queensland, Australia, run under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League.

History

The Roma District Rugby League was established in 1914.

Rugby League Immortal Arthur Beetson played for the Roma Cities Gladiators, before moving to play for Redcliffe in the Brisbane Rugby League and Balmain, Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta in the NSWRFL Premiership, in addition to captaining New South Wales in the residency-based Interstate Series, Queensland in State of Origin, and becoming the first ever Indigenous captain of the Kangaroos.

The Western Rugby League folded in 2021, with the remaining clubs, Charleville and Cunnamulla, forming a combined side, known as the Western Ringers, who entered into the Roma competition from 2022.

Clubs

Current

Club	City	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
Chinchilla Bulldogs	Chinchilla	Bulldog Park	7	1996, 1998, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2018
Roma Cities Gladiators	Roma	Arthur Beetson Oval	13	1983, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2003–04, 2016–17, 2019, 2021–22, 2024
Miles Devils	Miles	Centenary Oval	1	2013
Mitchell Magpies	Mitchell	Mitchell RSL Sporting Complex	1	2002
St George Dragons	St George	Rowden Park	4	2001, 2005, 2007–09
Taroom-Wandoan Battlers (Reserves Only)	Taroom & Wandoan	Ross Bourke Oval, Taroom	2	1988-89
Wallumbilla-Surat Red Bulls	Wallumbilla & Surat	Wallumbilla Football Ground	3	1997, 2006, 2012

Former

Club	City	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
Wattles RLFC	Roma	Arthur Beetson Oval	8	1984-87, 1991, 1993–94, 1999
Western Ringers	Charleville & Cunnamulla	Charleville Showgrounds	0	None

Premiers

Grand Final results compiled from scores published in the Rugby League Week.

Season	Grand Final Information				Minor Premiers
	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Report
1983	Cities	61–30	Wallumbilla
1984	Wattles	32–16	Wallumbilla
1985	Wattles	31–12	Cities
1986	Wattles	20–18	Taroom		Taroom
1987	Wattles	18–2	Taroom		Mitchell
1988	Taroom	28–22	Wattles
1989	Taroom-Wondoan	18–14	Wattles
1990	Cities	23–12	Wattles	YT [1]
1991	Wattles	48–0	Taroom
1992	Cities	18–16	Wattles		Cities
1993	Wattles	22–10	Taroom		Taroom
1994	Wattles	21–10	Wallumbilla
1995	Cities	26–10	Wattles
1996	Chinchilla	32–22	Wallumbilla
1997	Wallumbilla	40–36	St George
1998	Chinchilla	22–20	St George
1999	Wattles	32–20	St George
2000	Cities	28–24	Chinchilla
2001	St George	46–26	Cities
2002	Mitchell	41–35	St George
2003	Cities	38–32	St George
2004	Cities	45–14	Wallumbilla-Surat		Wallumbilla-Surat
2005	St George	44–28	Mitchell		St George
2006	Wallumbilla-Surat	32–24	Mitchell		St George
2007	St George	42–30	Cities		Chinchilla
2008	St George	68–30	Chinchilla		St George
2009	St George	36–34	Wallumbilla-Surat		St George
2010	Chinchilla	46–16	Wallumbilla-Surat		Chinchilla
2011	Chinchilla	19–18	St George		Miles
2012	Wallumbilla-Surat	36–30	Cities		Wallumbilla-Surat
2013	Miles	44–12	St George		St George
2014	Chinchilla	44–18	St George		Chinchilla
2015	Chinchilla	24–16	Cities	MPM [2]	Chinchilla
2016	Cities	34–10	Chinchilla	QRL [3]	Cities
2017	Cities	32–14	Miles		Cities
2018	Chinchilla	28–14	Wallumbilla-Surat	QRL [4]	Chinchilla
2019	Cities	30–10	Wallumbilla-Surat
2020	No competition due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	Cities	34–10	Wallumbilla-Surat		Cities
2022	Cities	38–10	Mitchell
2023	Mitchell	18–12	Wallumbilla-Surat
2024	Cities	34–22	St George		Cities

References

1. "Cities vs Wattles 1990 A Grade Grand Final". Blake, LJ. 23 April 2012 [1990]. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2019– via YouTube.
2. "Footy Finals Fever in Roma". Maranoa Plus More. 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
3. "Roma Cities celebrate title". Queensland Rugby League. 1 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
4. Rafter, Peter (30 August 2018). "Chinchilla clip Red Bulls' wings". Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

External Links and Sources

• Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections
• The centenary of the greatest game under the sun : one hundred years of Rugby League in Queensland, Prof. Maxwell Howell, Celebrity Books, 2008.