Castlereagh Cup

Castlereagh Rugby League

Sport	Rugby league
Formerly known as	Group 14
Instituted	2001
Inaugural season	2001
Number of teams	9
Country	Australia
Premiers	Coonabarabran (2019)
Most titles	Coonamble (9 titles)
Website	Castlereagh RL Homepage

The Castlereagh Cup is a rugby league competition in western New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. For all intents and purposes the competition is effectively the Group 14 Rugby League senior competition. Ronald George Hawkins has the record for most tries in a game when he scored 8 tries against Coonamble Bears playing in the lock position.

Teams[]

The following clubs are fielding teams in the 2021 Christie Hood Castlereagh Cup:

• Binnaway Bombshells
• Cobar Roosters
• Coonamble Bears
• Dunedoo Swans
• Gilgandra Panthers [Premiers]
• Baradine Magpies
• Coonabarabran Unicorns
• Gulgong Terriers
• Trangie Magpies

History[]

Castlereagh Cup Grand Finals

Season	Teams	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Minor Premiers
2001		Gilgandra	36–4	Coonamble
2002		Coonamble	36–26	Dunedoo
2003	5	Coonamble	70–24	Baradine	Coonamble
2004	7	Binnaway	32–26	Gulargambone	Binnaway
2005	6	Coonamble	34–24	Binnaway	Coonamble
2006	6	Coonamble	44–22	Warren	Coonamble
2007	5	Coonamble	36–16	Baradine	Coonamble
2008	5	Coonamble	40–32	Baradine	Coonamble
2009	6	Coonamble	32–26	Gilgandra	Gilgandra
2010	7	Warren	46–20	Coonamble	Warren
2011	7	Gilgandra	28–24	Warren	Warren
2012	7	Warren	47–32	Coonabarabran	Coonabarabran
2013	8	Gilgandra	30–24	Coonabarabran	Coonabarabran (26 points)
2014	8	Dunedoo	32–12	Coonamble	Dunedoo (26 points)
2015	6	Gulgong	40–14	Gilgandra	Coonamble (26 points)
2016	9	Gilgandra	28–22	Gulgong	Coonamble (32 points)
2017	8	Gilgandra	46–10	Coonamble	Gilgandra (36 points)
2018	8	Gilgandra	30–31	Gulgong	Gulgong (34 points)
2019	9	Coonabarabran	32–22	Gilgandra	Coonabarabran (29 points)
2020	6	Dunedoo	16–10	Gilgandra	Dunedoo (18 points)

Clubs Timeline[]

Castlereagh Cup past & present participants, First Grade and Ladies League Tag.

Group 14[]

Group 14 is a junior rugby league competition in central New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. This Group doesn't officially field a senior competition although the Castlereagh Cup is mostly made up of Group 14 clubs. The Group 14 name is still applied to the junior competition, which is divided into Eastern and Western divisions.

Teams[]

The following clubs fielded teams in the 2006 Group 14 Eastern junior competition:

• Binnaway (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
• Coolah
• Dunedoo (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
• Gulgong (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
• Merriwa

While these clubs fielded teams in the 2006 Group 14 Western junior competition:

• Baradine (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
• Coonabarabran (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
• Coonamble (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
• Gilgandra (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
• Nyngan (fields a senior team in Group 11)

Premiers[]

2001 gilgandra 2002 Coonamble 2003 Coonamble 2004 binnaway 2005 Coonamble 2006 Coonamble 2007 Coonamble 2008 Coonamble 2009 Coonamble 2010 warren 2011 gilgandra 2012 warren 2013 gilgandra 2014 dunnedoo 2015 gulgong 2016 gilgandra 2017 gilgandra 2018 gilgandra 2019 Coonabarabran 2020 dunnedoo

See also[]

• Rugby League Competitions in Australia

References[]

External links and Sources[]

• Latest Castlereagh Cup table – from Sporting Pulse
• Castlereagh Cup on Country Rugby League's official site
• Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections
• Group 14 on Country Rugby League's official site
• Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections

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