Wodonga is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, 300 kilometres (190 mi) north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA. Its population is approximately 35,100 and is separated from its twin city in New South Wales, Albury, by the Murray River. Together, the two cities form an urban area with an estimated population of 93,603.
NRL Victoria is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Australian state of Victoria. Victoria is an Affiliated State of the overall Australian governing body the National Rugby League. The VRL commenced in 1952 and has been running each year since. RAAF Ballarat were the inaugural premiers with the Werribee Bears being the most recent in 2017.
The S. G. Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played in New South Wales, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition includes both junior representative teams of NRL and NSW Cup clubs that do not field a team in the NRL competition. In 2009 the Melbourne Storm from Victoria, was admitted to the competition. In 2010 the competition continued its national growth with the introduction of the WA Reds / West Coast Pirates from Perth.
Rugby league football has been played and watched by people in the Australian state of Victoria since the early 20th century. While for most of its history there the game's popularity has been marginal due to Australian rules football's dominance in the southern state, rugby league's popularity has increased in recent years, due mainly to the introduction of a professional Melbourne-based team in the national competition.
Daniel McAlister is an Australian rules footballer notable for his brief appearance in the Australian Football League for the Essendon Football Club.
The Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League is a rugby league football competition in New South Wales, Australia which was run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League & Victoria Rugby League. The group was formed in 1991 but was soon disbanded after just 4 seasons and was completely defunct after the 1995 season. This rugby league group covered an area in the far south west corner of the state, along with parts of Victoria. In 1997 Sunraysia entered a combined team in the Group 12 competition. In 2011 the competition reformed and in 2012 the competition has five clubs. Sunraysia Riverlands Rugby League have been replaced by Sunraysia Rugby League, SRL has 5 rugby teams Mildura Tigers, Mildura Warriors, Chaffey Titians, Sunraysia Rabbitohs and Robinvale Storms
The Cyril Connell Cup was a junior rugby league football competition based in Queensland, played between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition, which began in 2009, was administered by the Queensland Rugby League and included the junior representative teams of Queensland Cup clubs. The competition also featured teams from Victoria and the Northern Territory. From 2011 to 2016, the winners of the Grand Final played the winners of the New South Wales’ under-16 competition, the Harold Matthews Cup, in the National Final.
Altona Roosters Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in West Mebourne formed in the late 1980s. They conduct teams for both junior and senior teams. The club has also produced a number of juniors for the Melbourne Storm SG Ball, National Youth Competition and National Rugby League.
Northern Thunder Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Broadmeadows, Victoria formed in the late 1980s.They conduct teams for both Juniors & Seniors teams.
South Eastern Titans Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Dandenong, Victoria formed in 2007. Previously known as Dandenong Knights and then the Berwick Bulldogs they conduct teams for both Juniors & Seniors teams since the renaming of the club. In round 23 of the 2012 season, the club was historically the first ever to develop a Victorian born and bred player into the National Rugby League. That player to achieve such a milestone was Mahe Fonua who has gone on to play 50 first grade games for the Melbourne Storm and represent internationally for Tonga.
Casey Warriors Rugby League Club are a New Zealand rugby league football club based in Clyde, Victoria formed in late 2013. They conduct teams for both junior and senior ≠—teams.
Doveton Steelers Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Doveton, Victoria. They conduct teams for junior, senior and women tag teams. Their inaugural premiership came about in 2007 defeating Altona Roosters 23-22.
Craigieburn Phoenix Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Craigieburn, Victoria established in 2008. Now known as Hume City Bulldogs they conduct teams for both junior, senior and women tag teams.
Ballarat Dragons Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Ballarat, Victoria. They conduct teams for both junior, senior and women tag teams. Previously known as Ballarat Highlanders competing in the Melbourne Rugby League. The club rebranded in 2005 to be known as the Dragons after the Central Highlands Rugby League was established.
Robinvale Storm Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Robinvale, Victoria. They conduct both junior and senior rugby league teams and compete in the Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League. The club won their inaugural premiership in 2014 defeating Mildurra Warriors 20-6. The Storm went onto winning back-to-back titles in 2015 defeating Chaffey Titans 22-16 at Wentworth. They than went onto winning the 2016 season as a 3 peat defeating the Mildura Tigers 28-20. What a remarkable achievement by such a successful club.
Chaffey Titans Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Mildura, Victoria. They conduct teams for junior, senior and women tag teams.
Melton Broncos Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based at Melton, Victoria formed in 2013 and debuted their season in 2014. They conduct teams for both junior and senior rugby league teams. In summer they run a touch football competition.
Sunshine Cowboys Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Ardeer, Victoria. They conduct teams for both junior, senior and women tag teams.
Mernda Dragons Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league club based in Mernda, Victoria. The club cateres for teams in the junior competition only.
Truganina Rabbitohs Rugby League Club are an Australian rugby league football club based in Truganina, Victoria formed in late 2015. They conduct teams for both junior and senior teams.
