Group 18 Rugby League

Group 18 is the name of a junior rugby league competition on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Currently, the group has no senior competition. Prior to 2005, there was a joint Gold Coast-Group 18 competition which fielded teams from both the Queensland and New South Wales sides of the border. With the Burleigh Bears joining the Queensland Cup in 1997 and the Tweed Heads Seagulls joining them in 2003, the combined competition started to lose some of its lustre. In 2005, it was dissolved with the remaining Queensland teams forming a dedicated Gold Coast competition and the NSW teams joining an expanded Group 1 competition, now named Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League. Both Group 1 and Group 18 run junior competitions.

The Group 18 Junior Rugby League has the following clubs:

• Bilambil Jets
• Cudgen Hornets
• Mullumbimby Giants
• Tugun Seahawks
• Tweed Coast/Cabarita Raiders
• Tweed Heads Seagulls
• Byron Bay-Lennox Head Red Devil Dolphins (combined team of the former Byron Bay Red Devils and the Lennox Head Dolphins)

Current Season[]

In the 2020 season, there are 119 teams participating through the age groups of U6's to U16.5's. In the U16's, the following club have teams participating in the competition:

• Bilambil Jets
• Cudgen Hornets
• Tugun Seahawks
• Tweed Heads Seagulls
• Byron Bay-Lennox Head Red Devil Dolphins

External links[]

• Group 18 on Country Rugby League's official site
• Group 18 Official Website

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