Central Highlands Rugby League

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Central Highlands Rugby League

Current season or competition:
Sport	Rugby league
Ceased	2005
Chief executive	Ken James
Number of teams	13
Country	Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia
Premiers	()
Related competition	Melbourne Rugby League

Central Highlands Rugby League
copyright 2005 SVAA

The Central Highlands Rugby League (CHRL) is a Rugby league competition District in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers the area of Victoria centered on Ballarat and Ararat, as far north as Creswick, Warrnambool in the south west, Bacchus Marsh in the east, and Horsham in the west.

History[]

The CHRL District was established and registered with the ARL and VRL in 2005 by founder Ken James (previously Club Manager of MRL team 'Ballarat Highlanders Rugby League Club') after a necessity arose to start a competition in the western region of Victoria separate from the Melbourne Rugby League (MRL) District.

The CHRL competition started with two junior age levels but in 2008 due to the 11-year drought finally taking its toll on Central Victoria the council deemed the sports grounds used in the competition too dangerous for use. This temporarily ended competition for the CHRL (and some clubs in other sports too). After another 2 years of the fields not being used the councils re-allocated the fields to other purposes, ending the ability for clubs in the CHRL to continue until new home grounds are established.

Past Clubs in CHRL[]

Extended competition[]

The CHRL also hosted matches in Ballarat between combined CHRL teams made up of players from both Balarat Dragons and Ararat Cowboys against Altona Roosters and , both from the MRL District, which expanded the experience of players at district representative level.

Current[]

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See also[]

• Rugby league in Victoria
• Rugby League Competitions in Australia

References[]

External links[]

• Central Highlands Rugby League official site
• The Victorian Rugby League
• Rugby League clubs in Victoria

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