The Grafton Ghosts 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

Grafton, New South Wales Grafton ( Bundjalung-Yugambeh: Gumbin Gir) is a city in the Northern Rivers region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located on the Clarence River, approximately by road north-northeast of the state capital Sydney. The closest m ...

. The club was founded in 1963 as a joint venture of the Grafton All Blacks and Grafton United teams.

Notable players

Danny Wicks Danny Wicks (born 5 December 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played as a in the NRL for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights and the Parramatta Eels. From September 2011 to March 2013, Wic ...

(2006-16

St George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint- ...

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...

) *

Anthony Don Anthony Don (born 21 September 1987) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played on the for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL. He played for Country NSW in 2017. Background Don was born in Manly, New South Wales, ...

(2013-21

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...

) * Daine Laurie (2020-

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith ...

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a j ...

)

Life Members

*1970 Boyd Nattrass *1976 Peter Nay *1976 John Stokes *1978 Joe Kinnane *1986 Barry Woolfe *1990 Grahame Brotherson *2004 Michael Rogan *2007 Tony Duroux *1978 Harry Blair *1986 John Morgan *1996 Stephen Haines *1998 Greg Vidler *2000 Gary Smith *2000 Kerry Godwin *2003 Vic McInnes *2011 Fred Johnson

Clayton Cup

The Clayton Cup has been awarded to the best team each year in the Country Rugby League which has been happening since 1937. The Grafton Ghosts have won the prestigious award on three occasions, in 2010, 2011 and 2017.

Playing Record

Playing record compiled from scores published in the

Rugby League Week ''Rugby League Week'' (frequently abbreviated to RLW) was the highest selling Australian rugby league magazine, ahead of major competitor ''Big League''. It was published weekly (on Wednesdays) during the Australian rugby league season, which ru ...

References

External links and Sources

* {{Facebook, grafton.ghosts.3 * ''