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The Far North Coast District Rugby Union, or FNCRU, is the
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for the sport of
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
within the District of Far North Coast in Australia. It is a member of the
New South Wales Country Rugby Union The New South Wales Country Rugby Union, or NSWCRU, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union within most of New South Wales in Australia. The NSWCRU is affiliated with the New South Wales Rugby Union and administers game in the majori ...
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Clubs


First Grade Clubs

* Ballina Rugby Union Club *
Bangalow Bangalow is a small town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Byron Shire. The town is north of Sydney and south of Brisbane, just off the Pacific Highway. The town's name appears to have been derived from an Aborig ...
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Byron Bay Byron Bay (Minjungbal: ''Cavvanbah)'' is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of the state of New South Wales, Australia on Bundjalung Country. It is located north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a headla ...
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* Casurina Beach *
Lennox Head Lennox Head is a seaside village in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the stretch of coast between Byron Bay and Ballina in Ballina Shire local government area. It had a population of 7,741 in the 2016 Aus ...
* Lismore * Wollongbar/Alstonville


Lower Grades/Defunct Clubs

* Evans River * Iluka Cossacks *
Kyogle Kyogle () is a town in the Northern Rivers region of northern New South Wales, Australia. It falls within the local government area of Kyogle Council. At the 2016 census, Kyogle had a population of 2,751 people. Kyogle is known as a "gateway" ...
Cockies *
Mullumbimby Mullumbimby is an Australian town in the Byron Shire in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. It promotes itself as "The Biggest Little Town in Australia". The town lies at the foot of Mount Chincogan in the Brunswick Valley about 9 ...
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Murwillumbah Murwillumbah ( ) is a town in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire, on the Tweed River. Sitting on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley, Murwillumbah is 848 km north-e ...
Gentlemen * Richmond Range * Woolgoolga Whitepointers * Yamba Buccaneers *


Venues

These are the venues for the FNCRU Ballina- Quays Reserve, Ballina Bangalow- Schultz Oval, Bangalow Byron Bay- Memorial Recreational Field, Byron Bay Casuarina Beach- Casuarina Beach Rugby Fields, Casuarina Casino- Albert Park, Casino Evans River- Stan Payne Oval, Evans Head Grafton- Hay Street Rugby Fields, Grafton Iluka- Ken Leeson Oval, Ilulka Kyogle- Don Gulley Oval, Kyogle Lennox Head- Williams Reserve, Lennox Head Lismore City- Lismore City Rugby Grounds, Lismore Mullumbimby- Alby Lofts Oval, Brunswick Heads / Schultz Oval, Bangalow Southern Cross University- Maurie Ryan Oval, East Lismore Wollongbar-Alstonville- Lyle Park, Wollongbar Yamba- Kane Douglas Field / Coldstream Oval, Yamba Tenterfield- Federation Reserve, Tenterfield


Clubs

The club's that compete in the senior grade competition are: *
Ballina Seahorses Ballina Seahorses Rugby Union Club is a rugby union club based in Ballina, New South Wales formed in late 1975, entering the local competition in 1976. They conduct teams for both junior and senior competitions, with the senior teams competing i ...
*Bangalow Rebels * Byron Bay Sandcrabs *Casuarina Beach Barbarians *Casino Bulls *Evans River Killer Whales *Grafton Redmen *Iluka Cossacks *Kyogle Cockies *Lennox Head Trojans *Lismore City *Mullumbimby Moonshiners *Southern Cross University Gold Rats *Wollongbar/Alstonville Pioneers *Yamba Buccaneers *Tenterfield Bumblebees Grades Coopers FNCRU 1st Grade Coopers FNCRU Reserve Grade Coopers FNCRU Presidents Cup Coopers FNCRU Women's 10s McDonald FNCJRU Under 9s McDonald FNCJRU Under 10s McDonald FNCJRU Under 11s McDonald FNCJRU Under 12s McDonald FNCJRU Under 13s McDonald FNCJRU Under 14s McDonald FNCJRU Under 15s McDonald FNCJRU Under 16s McDonald FNCJRU Under 17s Coopers sponsor the FNCRU & Men's & Women's McDonalds sponsor the FNCJRU Junior Rugby


See also

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Rugby union in New South Wales Rugby union in New South Wales is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports. Rugby football began to be played in Sydney’s schools in the early 1860s. In the more than 150 years since, the game in New South Wales has grown t ...
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List of Australian club rugby union competitions In Australia, what is considered the third tier of Rugby is often referred to as club rugby, grade rugby or premier rugby. Club Rugby often focuses on the major metropolitan areas of the respective unions, with teams representing various distri ...


References


External links

* * {{Rugby union in Australia Rugby union governing bodies in New South Wales Northern Rivers