The Bega Roosters are an Australian
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
football team based in
Bega, a coastal town of the
Far South Coast region of
New South Wales
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. The club was formed in 1960 as the result of the almagation of the Bega Rovers and the Bega West football clubs who were also both members of
Group 16 Rugby League.
History
After forming in 1960 from the Bega Rovers-Bega West merger, the club's first premiership came in their seventh season when Jim Gibson's men defeated Moruya 9–7 in the 1966 Grand Final.
The side then took back-to-back premierships in 1971 and 1972. The best years of the club came in the late 1980s when the side won five grand finals in six years including four straight from 1985 to 1988. The club would have to wait a decade before claiming back-to-back titles yet again in 2000 and 2001.
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Name, colours, and emblem
Bega plays in a red, blue and white predominant strip and were known as the tri-colours. Wearing a similar jersey to their
NSWRL counter parts
Easts (Sydney), they adopted their nickname "Roosters". The emblem is of a Rooster running with a football wearing a tri-colours jersey. The name "Bega Roosters" is inscribed underneath. This is similar to the logo of the Sydney City Roosters in the late 1990s.
Home ground
The Bega Roosters play out of the Bega Recreation Ground for their home games.
Juniors
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Matt McCoy (1945–52
Eastern Suburbs Roosters &
St George Dragons)
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Deon Apps (2011
South Sydney Rabbitohs)
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Dale Finucane (2012–
Canterbury Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...
&
Melbourne Storm)
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Kezie Apps
Kezie Apps (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
She is an Australian internati ...
(2018–
St George Illawarra Dragons)
Honours
Team
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Group 16 Rugby League Premierships: 12
:: 1966, 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2022
* Group 16 Rugby League Runners-Up: 15
:: 1967, 1970, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
* Clayton Cup: One
:1988
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Individual
See also
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Country Rugby League
The Country Rugby League of New South Wales (CRL), formed in 1934 and disbanded in 2019, was the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in areas of New South Wales outside the Sydney metropolitan area until it merged with NSW Rug ...
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Group 16 Rugby League
References
External links
Bega Roosters HomepageCountry Rugby League HomepageGroup 16 Rugby League Homepage
{{Rugby League in Australia links
Rugby clubs established in 1960
Rugby league teams in New South Wales
Bega Valley Shire