Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 1991 |
Ceased | 1995 |
Re-formed | 2011 |
President | Trevor Ryan |
Number of teams | 2 |
Country | Sunraysia, Victoria, Australia |
Holders | Mildura Warriors |
Most titles | Robinvale Storms (6 titles) |
Related competition | NRL Victoria |
The Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League is a rugby league football competition in Victoria, Australia held by NRL Victoria. The league was formed in 1991 representing 5 clubs in the far south-west corner of New South Wales, along with 1 club from Victoria. During its first 4 seasons, the league was overseen by both the Country Rugby League & Victorian Rugby League, before the competition was disbanded in 1995.
The league was reformed in 2011 with five clubs, however as of 2022, this has been reduced to 2 clubs both located in Victoria. As both clubs remaining are from Victoria, sole control of the league passed to NRL Victoria. This changed however when the league entered a temporary amalgamation with the NSWRL's Outback Rugby League for 2022 due to a lack of numbers, with joint control returning once more. This arrangement ended after the two leagues demalgamated in 2023.
Colours | Club | Town | Ground |
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Mildura Tigers | Mildura | Nichols Point Reserve, Nichols Point | |
Mildura Warriors | Mildura | Nichols Point Reserve, Nichols Point | |
Robinvale Storms | Robinvale | Robinvale Sports Ground |
Known Teams [1] | Championships | Existence |
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Buronga | 1 | 1991–? |
Dareton Dragons | 0 | ?-1995 |
Euston Robinvale Sea Eagles | 3 | ?-1995 |
Mildura City | 1 | 1991–1995 |
Murray Darling Eels | 0 | 1991–1995 |
Wentworth | 0 | ?-1995 |
This is a list of the Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League 1st Grade competition champions and the runners-up for each of the 5 Seasons the competition existed. There was also other competitions which existed below the 1st Grade competition such as the Reserve Grade competition which operated a feeder-league to the 1st Grade competition.
Season | Premiers | Score | Runners-up | |
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1990 | Murray-Darling Eels | 34-32 | Mildura City Rabbitohs | |
1991 | Buronga Bulldogs | 22-16 | Euston Robinvale | |
1992 | Euston Robinvale | 54-10 | Buronga Bulldogs | |
1993 | Euston Robinvale | 52–20 | Murray Darling Eels | |
1994 | Euston Robinvale | 36–12 | Murray Darling Eels | |
1995 | Mildura City Tigers | 30–22 | Murray Darling Eels | |
Hiatus 1996-2009 | ||||
2010 | Mildura Tigers | |||
2011 | Mildura Tigers | Robinvale Storm | ||
2012 | Mildura Warriors | 24–17 | Mildura Tigers | |
2013 [2] | Chaffey Titans | 22–20 | Mildura City Tigers | |
2014 [3] | Robinvale Storm | 20–6 | Mildura Warriors | |
2015 [4] | Robinvale Storm | 22–16 | Chaffey Titans | |
2016 [5] | Robinvale Storm | 28–20 | Mildura Tigers | |
2017 [6] | Chaffey Titans | 14–12 | Mildura City Tigers | |
2018 | Mildura Tigers | 16–4 | Robinvale Storm | |
2019 | Mildura Warriors | 14–4 | Mildura Tigers | |
2020 | 2020 and 2021 seasons cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 |
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