Group 4 Rugby League

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Group 4 Rugby League
SportRugby league
Instituted1913
Inaugural season1913
Number of teams8
CountryAustralia
PremiersNorth Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears (2019)
Most titlesWest Tamworth (29 titles)
WebsiteGroup 4 at SportsTG

Group 4 is a rugby league competition in the New England and north west area of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League.

Structure[]

The Group runs a first grade, reserve grade, under 18s and under 16s competition under the Wests Cup name. All six first grade clubs run at least one lower grade team and most will have three or four. In addition to the six first grade clubs, there is also one junior club involved in under 16s: Farrer MAHS. It also runs a second division competition called the Wests Shield. The second division competition includes stand-alone senior teams from smaller towns within the region. Some of these clubs also run women's LeagueTag sides.

There are also Group 4 senior Under 18s and Under 16s representative teams that competes against other Group sides. They compete against Groups 19 and 21 in trials for the Greater Northern Tigers regional team.

Teams[]

Current teams[]

Eight teams currently compete in Group 4 Rugby League first grade, from towns across the New England and north west area of New South Wales. (Moree Boars were added into the competition from 2021).

The 2020 season was postponed and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]

Team Home ground No. of Premierships Premierships
Ipswich Colours.svg Boggabri Kangaroos Jubilee Oval 2 1963, 1964
North Queensland colours.svg Dungowan Cowboys Dungowan Oval 0 None
Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Kitchener Oval 7 1956, 1965, 1973, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1998
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Kootingal-Moonbi Roosters Kootingal Oval 0 None
Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars Boughton Oval 4 1988, 1989,1993, 1999, 2002
New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues Collins Park 5 1940, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1990
North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Jack Woolaston Oval 21 1913, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1950, 1951, 1953,

1980, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Western Suburbs colours.svg Werris Creek Magpies David Taylor Oval 10 1925, 1933, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1979, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997

There are ten Reserve Grade and Ladies League Tag teams competing in the 2021 season: Werris Creek Magpies, Kootingal-Moonbi Roosters, Gunnedah Bulldogs, Manilla Tigers, Narrabri Blues, Boggabri Kangaroos, Moree Boars, Barraba Bulldogs, North Tamworth Bears, Dungowan Cowboys.

There are five Under 18's teams competing in the 2021 season: Werris Creek Magpies, Kootingal-Moonbi Roosters, Dungowan Cowboys, Gunnedah Bulldogs, Narrabri Blues.

Past teams[]

The following teams have competed in Group 4 First Grade since 1983: Armidale (2016), Collegians (2017), Coonabarabran (1998-2009), Inverell (early 1980s-1989), Manilla (1996–98), Moree Boomerangs (early 1980s-1990), Oxley (2014–16), South West (2017), Tamworth City (1956-1995),[2] Tamworth United (1990–91), Warialda (early 1980s-1988), Wee Waa (-1994, 1996-2010, 2012–14, 2017), West Tamworth ( -2016).

Barraba, Bendemeer, Bingara, Bundarra, Quirindi, Uralla and Walcha fielded teams in at least one Division 2 competition during the seasons 2011 to 2017. In 2018, the clubs Boggabri, Dungowan, Kootingal-Moonbi and Werris Creek were elevated from Division 2 into a reorganised First Grade competition. Manilla moved into the lower grades.

Map[]

Local Area in New South Wales
[Interactive fullscreen map]
Locations of the current Group 4 clubs
(lower grade clubs in red text).
[Interactive fullscreen map]
Relation to state & national capitals

Grand finals[]

Year Premiers Score Runners-up Report Winning Coach Grand Final venue Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon
1912 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth 10-4 Wigancolours.svg North Tamworth Rebels TDO[3] Outer Oval, Tamworth
1913 Wigancolours.svg North Tamworth Rebels - Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth TDO[4] Paddy McGuinness No Final
1914 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 12-3 Wigancolours.svg North Tamworth Rebels TDO[5]
1915 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth - Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth
1919 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth 24-0 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth DO[6] Tamworth Oval
1920 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 8-3 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth DO[7] Tamworth Oval
1921 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth 5-4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth E. (LEG) Frame
1922 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 7-6 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth
1923 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 7-0 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth NTH[8]
1924 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth - No Final Tom McCormack No Final
1925 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek - No Final WCH[9] Alec Main No Final
1926 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth 10-3 Balmain colours.svg Manilla ME[10] Harry Pinkerton Tamworth Oval
1927 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth 8-4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Harry Pinkerton
1928 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 10-3 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth
1929 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth - No Final Harry Pinkerton No Final
1930 Nundle 8-5 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth
1931 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth 9-0 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth ME[11] Harry Thompson Tamworth Oval Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth
1932 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth 8-5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth TR[12] Jim Tait
1933 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 8-7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth SMH[13] Benny Bell
1934 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth 20-15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth nSun[14] Cec Anderton
1935 Cup & Shield Games Only
1936
1937 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 13-5 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek MDM[15]
1938 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 8-5 Tamworth SA[16]
1939 Tamworth - No Final No Final
1940 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues 31-7 Tamworth NWC[17] Collins Park; Narrabri New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues
1941 Tamworth 7-4 Army
1942 Tamworth 17-15 New South Wales colours.svg RAAF All Blues
1943 Con Depot 17-10 Tamworth
1944 Tamworth 6-3 Railways MC[18]
1945 Railways 17-11 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
1946 Tamworth 13-3 Quirindi.png Quirindi
1947 Quirindi.png Quirindi 19-6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth
1948 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 14-7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg East Tamworth Eric Frazer Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
1949 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 18-11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Eric Frazer Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
1950 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 10-2 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek Allan Nelson
1951 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth 13-2 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek AE[19] Vic Williams
1952 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 11-9 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth MC[20] Greg Wilkins Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
1953 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth 23-5 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah AE[21] Lloyd Russell North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears
1954 Windale.png Armidale 24-12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth AE[22] Ron Madden Tamworth Oval Windale.png Armidale
1955 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 16-7 Windale.png Armidale
1956 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah 23-5 Windale.png Armidale
1957 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 21-7 Ipswich Colours.svg Boggabri
1958 Great Britain colours.svg Tamworth City RSL 16-12 Ipswich Colours.svg Boggabri
1959 Great Britain colours.svg Tamworth City RSL 24-2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth
1960 Great Britain colours.svg Tamworth City RSL 13-8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth
1961 Balmain colours.svg Manilla 10-8 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah
1962 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 22-7 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah
1963 Ipswich Colours.svg Boggabri 22-10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth
1964 Ipswich Colours.svg Boggabri 18-17 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth
1965 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah 29-4 Quirindi.png Quirindi
1966 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 11-9 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah
1967 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 25-13 Balmain colours.svg Manilla
1968 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 26-12 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues
1969 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 5-2 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Wiliam Bischoff
1970 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues 32-9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth
1971 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues 8-7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth
1972 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 22-14 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Wiliam Bischoff
1973 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs 25-5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth
1974 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 21-8 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek Des Kimmorley
1975 Australian colours.svg Walcha Roos 12-4 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek Marty Williamson Australian colours.svg Walcha Roos
1976 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues 18-5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Frank Fish
1977 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 34-0 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues
1978 Great Britain colours.svg Tamworth City RSL Lions 15-7 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Dempsey Joy
1979 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 21-3 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs WCH[9] Wiliam Bischoff David Taylor Park; Werris Creek Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
1980 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 23-15 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues Russell Worth North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers
1981 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 22-16 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek Scully Park North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears
1982 Great Britain colours.svg Tamworth City RSL Lions 21-2 Waikatoleague.png Moree Boomerangs Neville Baldock
1983 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs 26-22 Great Britain colours.svg Tamworth City RSL Lions Terry Donnelly
1984 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs 35-20 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears John Lennan
1985 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs 19-12 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues John Lennan Kitchener Park; Gunnedah Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Ipswich Colours.svg Boggabri Kangaroos
1986 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 6-4 Brisbane colours.svg Inverell RSM Steve Martin Scully Park Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars
1987 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 10-0 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Steve Martin Scully Park Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers
1988 Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars 32-28 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs John Kirkwood Burt Jovanovich Park Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs North Sydney colours.svg Warialda Wombats
1989 Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars 16-15 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues John Kirkwood Burt Jovanovich Park Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars Brisbane colours.svg Inverell RSM
1990 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues 18-14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Kevin Hill Collins Park; Narrabri New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues Tamworth United
1991 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth 21-6 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues Gary Maguire Scully Park New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues Tamworth United
1992 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers 18-12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth John Harvey Cook Oval; Wee Waa
1993 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 20-16 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Ron Dellar David Taylor Park; Werris Creek
1994 Great Britain colours.svg Tamworth City RSL Lions 24-14 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Mick Schmiedel Kitchener Park
1995 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 16-14 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Ron Dellar Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs
1996 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 45-14 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Ron Dellar Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
1997 Werris Creek.png Werris Creek 32-32
Replay
22-21 		Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers Ron Dellar Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars
1998 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs 33-14 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers Peter Ryman Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears
1999 Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars 32-20 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Mark Ryan Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran Unicorns
2000 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions 23-6 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears NDL[23] Tony La Chiusa Jack Woolaston Oval Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs
2001 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions 34-24 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears NDL[24] Tony La Chiusa Scully Park Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs
2002 Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars 34-18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions NDL[25] Tony Murray Burt Jovanovich Oval, Moree Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers
2003 Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran Unicorns 33-24 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears NDL[26] Mark Watton Jack Woolaston Oval North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
2004 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers 46-10 Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars NDL[27] Matt Hogan Cook Oval, Wee Waa Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
2005 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 34-28 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions NDL[28] Luke Taylor Jack Woolaston Oval North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers
2006 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 42-14 Parramatta colours.svg Coonabarabran Unicorns Luke Taylor Jack Woolaston Oval North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues
2007 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 32-12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions NDL[29] Matt Parsons Jack Woolaston Oval North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Werris Creek.png Werris Creek
2008 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 8-6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Matt Parsons Jack Woolaston Oval Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues
2009 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions 52-28 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Tony La Chiusa Scully Park Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues
2010 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions 55-12 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers NDL[30] Tony La Chiusa Scully Park Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars
2011 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions 54-14 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears YT[31] Tony La Chiusa Jack Woolaston Oval Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars
2012 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions 23-12 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears NDL[32] Tony La Chiusa Jack Woolaston Oval Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars
2013 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions 33-24 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears NDL[33] Tony La Chiusa Scully Park Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Canterbury colours.svg Moree Boars
2014 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 56-18 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs NDL[34] Brad McManus Jack Woolaston Oval North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Wellington colours.svg Oxley Diggers
2015 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 46-25 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions NDL[35] Zac Russ Jack Woolaston Oval Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions Wellington colours.svg Oxley Diggers
2016 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 36-12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg West Tamworth Lions NBN[36] Brad McManus Jack Woolaston Oval North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Windale.png Armidale Rams
2017 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 30-22 New South Wales colours.svg Narrabri Blues NDL[37] Brad McManus Jack Woolaston Oval North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Wee Waa Panthers
2018 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 34-28 Newcastle colours.svg Gunnedah Bulldogs NDL[38] Scott Blanch Jack Woolaston Oval Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Kootingal Moonbi Roosters Ipswich Colours.svg Boggabri Kangaroos
2019 North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears 40-4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Kootingal Moonbi Roosters NDL[39] Scott Blanch Jack Woolaston Oval North Sydney colours.svg North Tamworth Bears Ipswich Colours.svg Boggabri Kangaroos

Notable juniors[]

Boggabri Kangaroos[]

Dungowan Cowboys[]

Gunnedah Bulldogs[]

Kootingal-Moonbi Roosters[]

Narrabri Blues[]

North Tamworth Bears[]

See also[]

  • Rugby League Competitions in Australia

Sources[]

Acronym Item Years Database App Notes
Direct Online Access
TDO Tamworth Daily Observer 1910-1916 Trove Match Reports.
DO Daily Observer 1917-1920 Trove Match Reports.
NDL Northern Daily Leader 1921 Trove Match Reports.
ME Manilla Express 1899-1954 Trove Match Reports.
AE Armidale Express 1891-1954 Trove Intermittent Results.
VH, VR Video Highlights, Replay 2011–present YouTube Match highlights and or full match replays
Indirect Online Access[nb 1]
RLW Rugby League Week 2002-2017 EBSCOhost Results and Point Scores.
NDL Northern Daily Leader 2001–present NewsBank Match Reports.
Offline Resources
NTH Red and black men[8] 1912-1991 Physical copy at
National Library		 Includes a list of Premiers up to 1990
WCH A Few Ruffled Feathers[9] 1912-1997 Physical copy at
National Library		 Written history
NDL Northern Daily Leader 1921–present Microfilm at
State Library of NSW		 Match Reports
CRLAR Country Rugby League - Annual Report 1967-1969,
1971-1996		 Bound copies at
State Library of NSW		 Results. Season report.
RLW Rugby League Week 1970-1974,
1976-2001		 Bound copies at
State Library of NSW		 Results, intermittent match reports
  1. ^ Access through library eResources to database applications housing newspaper and journal content. This may require library membership. As an example, SLNSW eResources requires a membership number, although membership is free to residents of NSW.

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