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Sport | Rugby league |
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Formerly known as | Group 12 Rugby League (1967-80) |
Instituted | 1947 |
Inaugural season | 1967 (as Group 12 Rugby League) 1981 (as Central Coast Rugby League) |
Number of teams | 11 |
Country | Australia |
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The Central Coast Division of Country Rugby League is: a rugby league competition based on theββCentral Coast of New South Wales between Sydney and Newcastle. The competition was founded in 1947 as a junior competition for the "Newcastle club," Lakes United. The competition rapidly expanded and "grew," so much so that in 1967, it was upgraded to full membership of the Country Rugby League as Group 12. In 1981, "it was upgraded and renamed Central Coast Division." The division covers the entire region of the Central Coast from Woy Woy and Umina in the south up to Budgewoi and Gwandalan in the north.
Current Clubsβ»
Club | 2023 | First Grade Years & Premierships | Other Senior Competitions | ||||||
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Name | Est | Jnr | Snr | Span | 1915β1936 | 1947β2019 | Other | Total | Span |
Senior Clubs | |||||||||
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1987 | Yes | 1st | 1995β2001, 2003βpresent | β | 2 | β | 2 | 2nd Division 1987β1994, 2nd Grade 2002; Sydney Women 2015-now |
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β | No | 1st | 2024βpresent | β | β | β | β | Newcastle & Hunter Rugby League β2023 |
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1949 | Yes | 1st | 1949βpresent (Predecessor 1915, 1919β26, 1930β34, 1936) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Jim Beam Cup 2003β2008 |
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1978 | Yes | 1st | 2004βpresent (Predecessor 1932β36) | 0 | 1 | β | 1 | 2nd Division 1978β2000; U17 2003 |
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1975 | Yes | 1st | 1976βpresent (Predecessor 1921) | 0 | 2 | β | 2 | Predecessor 2nd Grade 1931β1932 |
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1934 | Yes | 1st | 1947βpresent | β | 15 | 3 | 18 | Challenge Cups 1930s; Jim Beam Cup 2003β2007, Ron Massey Cup 2010β2014 |
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1976 | Yes | 1st | 1979β1994, 2006β2017, 2021βpresent | β | 0 | β | 0 | 2nd Division 1976β1978, 1995β2005. |
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1915 | Yes | 1st | 1947βpresent (Predecessor 1930β1934) | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | Challenge Cups 1935β1941; Jim Beam Cup 2003β2004 |
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1910 | Yes | 1st | 1915, 1919β1924, 1926β1936, 1947β1957, 1960β2006, 2013βpresent | 7 | 13 | 1 | 21 | Newcastle: 2nd Grade 1912β1914, 3rd Grade 1945, Southern 1946, 1st Grade 2003β2012; NSW Cup 2013β2017 |
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1913 | Yes | 2nd | 1915, 1919β1936, 1947β2019 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | Challenge Cups 1938β1941, 1946; Jim Beam Cup 2003β2005 |
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1978 | Yes | 3rd | Nil | β | β | β | β | 2nd Division 1978β2002, 2005; 2nd Grade 2006 |
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1976 | Yes | 3rd | 1981β1982, 1992β1993 (as Munmorah), 1994β1997, 2004β2017. 2019 | β | 0 | β | 0 | 2nd Division 1976β1980, 1983β1990 (as Munmorah), 2000β2003, 2nd Grade 1991, U18 1999, 2nd Grade 2018. |
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2013 | Yes | 3rd | Nil | β | β | β | β | U16 1971β1972, 1974; Open Age 2013-present |
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1964 | Yes | 3rd | 1964β1995, 1999β2002, 2004β2015 | β | 3 | β | 3 | Newcastle & Hunter A Grade 2017, Ladies League Tag 2016β2017 |
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2007 | Yes | No | Nil | β | β | β | β | Open Age 2011 |
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2000 | Yes | No | (Predecessors 1919β1934, 1936, 1948β1999) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2nd Division 2000β2005; 2nd Grade 2006; Open Age 2010β2011, 2014, 2016, 2018. Predecessor North Sydney 1928 |
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2010 | Yes | No | Nil | β | β | β | β | Nil |
Teams Timelineβ»
This timeline indicates the highest grade played.
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Team Numbersβ»
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Team numbers obtained and compiled from results published in the newspapers, Central Coast Express, Wyong Shire Advocate and Central Coast Express Advocate.
Previous Teamsβ»
First Gradeβ»
Current clubs Ourimbah, Wyong and later Woy Woy participated in the Central Coast Rugby League competitions that were held in 1915 and between 1919 and 1936. Teams from Gosford, Erina, Kincumber and Terrigal also competed, predecessors to the current clubs. The following teams were also involved:
- Matcham (1915)
- the Yarramalong Bunyips (1917β1923)
- Jilliby (1919β1921)
- Narara (1920, 1923)
- Dora Creek (1921, 1926β1928, 1931β1932)
- Gosford Light Horse (1925)
- Mooney (1926)
- Wyong Creek (1928)
- Tuggerah Kings (1930β1932)
- Morisset (1932β1936)
- Nord's Wharf (1932)
- Dooralong (1933β1934)
The following teams have participated in Central Coast First. Or 'A' Grade competitions since 1947:
- Central Wyong (2006, 2013β15)
- Gosford Townies/Giants (1948β1999)
- Kariong Kookaburras (??β1990s)
- Morisset (1947β1948)
- Toronto (1954β1959)
- Rathmines (1955)
- South Lakes (1958)
Wyong and Morisset combined in 1957 to field teams in A, B, C and D grades. Mount Penang competed in Under 18s from 1969 to 1975. The Gosford Townies fielded grade teams from 1948 to 1999. And junior teams from the 1950s.
Second Division/Open Ageβ»
A Second Division competition ran from 1976 to 2005. Clubs that were promoted to First Division / Grade were Toukley, Northern Lakes (Munmorah), Berkeley Vale and Kincumber. Junior club Budgewoi-Buff Point ran Second Division teams from 1978 to 2002 and in 2005.
Central Wyong competed in Second Division from 1977 to 2005, until 1988 as Grand Hotel. The club entered First Grade in 2006, dropped back to lower grades between 2007 and 2011, spent 2012 in the Newcastle & Hunter competition, and returned to Central Coast First Grade between 2013 and 2015. Central Wyong ran junior teams from 1994 to 2015.
This competition is now known as Open Age.
The teams that competed in Second Division were:
- Budgewoi-Buff Point Bulldogs (1978β2002, 2005)
- Central Wyong (1977β2005, 2007β11)
- Davistown (1976)
- Milson Island (1976β1979)
- The Valley (1977β1978)
- Gwandalan (1977β1978)
- Doyalson-Wyee (1980β1983)
- Terrigal Hotel (1981β1985)
- Woy Woy Hotel (1982β1989)
- Northlakes (1984β1986)
- Northern Lakes Warriors (Promoted to 1st Division)
- Toukley Hawks (Promoted to 1st Division)
- Berkeley Vale Panthers (Promoted to 1st Division)
- Kincumber Colts (Promoted to 1st Division)
- Mangrove Mountain (1988β1998)
- Tall Timbers Hotel (1989β2005)
- Peninsula Raiders (1990β2001)
- Terrigal Marlins (1996β1997)
- Mannering Park Lions (1997β1998)
- Magenta Shores Stingrays (1997β2003)
- Bateau Bay Bees (1999β2005)
- Kulnura Bears (2000β2007)
- Wamberal Whales (2000β2005)
- Long Jetty Jets (2001β2005)
- Glenworth Valley Dragons (2006β2010)
Central Coast teams in other competitionsβ»
In 2003 four Central Coast teams (Erina, Ourimbah, The Entrance and Woy Woy) decided to field teams in the then Jim Beam Cup, the third highest ranked NSW Competition (below NRL and NSW Cup) featuring mainly Sydney-based competition teams. All teams remained in the Central Coast first grade competition with effectively reserve grade teams. After three seasons, all apart from The Entrance withdrew from the competition. The Entrance Tigers entered teams in the competition until 2007 and again, under different competition names, between 2010 and 2014. The Entrance Tigers won the Jim Beam Cup in 2003 and 2007 and the Ron Massey Cup in 2014.
Also in 2003, Wyong entered the Newcastle Rugby League Competition which was perceived to be a stronger league. Wyong remained part of the Central Coast junior competition and up until 2006, also fielded senior teams locally. Wyong were runner's up in the Newcastle Rugby League in 2007 and First Grade Premiers in 2009. This was Wyong's third stint in Newcastle rugby league competitions, having previously competed in Second Grade in 1912, 1913 and 1914; in Third Grade in 1945 and in a Southern Newcastle competition in 1946.
In 2013 Wyong left the Newcastle competition in a dispute over salary caps and instead entered a team in the NSW Cup, the second highest level of senior rugby league in NSW after the NRL. For two seasons, Wyong was the only team in that competition without a direct affiliation with an NRL club. At the same time Wyong returned to the Central Coast first grade competition after a six-year absence. In 2015, Wyong affiliated with the Sydney Roosters.
The Berkeley Vale Panthers competed in the NSWRL Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League competition in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Senior Competition Premiers (2010βpresent)β»
The highest grade of senior rugby league in the Central Coast Division is the First Grade competition. In 2017 ten teams have entered the first grade competition; all ten also field teams in the Reserve Grade competition. Ten teams are competing the 2017 'Open Age' competition, a league for senior players at a standard below the first/reserve grade competition. A Ladies League tag competition began in 2015 and in 2017 involves ten teams and is sponsored by White Lady Funerals.
The 2020 and 2021 seasons were incomplete after being abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For full lists click the top of the section for that grade.
First grade resultsβ»
Second grade resultsβ»
Open age resultsβ»
Ladies League tag resultsβ»
Age-Based Competitionsβ»
Under 19s Resultsβ»
Under 18s Resultsβ»
Under 17s Resultsβ»
Under 16s Resultsβ»
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Central Coast Division Rugby League - SportingPulse". 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Advertising β League Football". The Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: National Library of Australia. 7 June 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Football". The Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: National Library of Australia. 16 July 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Football". The Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: National Library of Australia. 16 June 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Stage Set For Opening on Saturday of League Premiership". The Newcastle Sun. Newcastle: National Library of Australia. 18 April 1945. p. 15. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Southern League Finals at Wyong on Sunday". The Newcastle Sun. Newcastle: National Library of Australia. 19 July 1946. p. 12. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External linksβ»
- Official siteβfrom Sporting Pulse
- Central Coast RLβCountry Rugby League's official site
- CC Sportsβ2010 Competition Results