Group 1 Rugby League was a
rugby league
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competition held in the Northern Rivers region of
New South Wales
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, run under the auspices of the
Country Rugby League. The group, however, still runs a junior rugby league competition. When the
Group 18
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-Gold Coast competition dissolved in 2005, the New South Wales sides joined together with Group 1 to form a divisional league,
Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League
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(NRRRL). Group 18 also still holds its own individual junior rugby league competition.
Seniors
The Group 1 Senior Rugby League Premiership amalgamated with
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 tea ...
in 2005 to form the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League, and was thus discontinued in its own right.
Juniors
Current Teams
The following clubs are affiliated with Group 1 juniors, but run senior teams in the NRRRL competition:
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Ballina Seagulls
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Team of the century
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Casino RSM
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Clarence Coast Magpies (as Lower Clarence in NRRRL)
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Kyogle Turkeys
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Lismore Marist Brothers Rams Lismore may refer to:
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* Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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The following clubs are affiliated with Group 1 juniors, but run senior teams in the
Group 2 Rugby League
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competition:
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Grafton Ghosts
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* Danny Wicks (2006-16 St Ge ...
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South Grafton Rebels
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Former Teams
The following clubs fielded junior teams in Group 1 competitions earlier in the 2010s
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Evans Head Bombers
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Northern United Dirrawongs
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Lennox Head Dolphins
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 tea ...
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South Lismore Rabbits
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Upper Clarence
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Notable Juniors
Ballina Seagulls
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Frank Curran (1931-37
South Sydney Rabbitohs
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Mitchell Aubusson
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(2007-
Sydney Roosters
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James Aubusson
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(2007-10
Melbourne Storm
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Sydney Roosters
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James Roberts (2011-
South Sydney Rabbitohs
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Penrith Panthers
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Gold Coast Titans
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Brisbane Broncos
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Caleb Binge (2014
Gold Coast Titans
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Brian Kelly (2017-
Manly Sea Eagles
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Gold Coast Titans
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Nick Meaney
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(2018-
Newcastle Knights
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Canterbury Bulldogs
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Tyrone Roberts
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(2011-
Newcastle Knights
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Warrington Wolves
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Gold Coast Titans
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Casino RSM
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Matt King
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Brian Smith
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Tony Smith
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Ben Kennedy
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Albert Torrens
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John Elford
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Cody Walker (rugby league)
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At representative level he has played for the Prime Minister's XIII, Countr ...
Clarence Coast Magpies (Lower Clarence Coast Magpies)
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Luke Douglas
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Tony Priddle
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Priddle came to the St. George Dragons from Maclean, New South Wales in 1990. He played six seasons at St. George between 1990-1995 as a Prop ...
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Nathan Brown
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Daine Laurie (born 1999)
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Daniel Wagon
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Kevin Plummer
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Kyogle Turkeys
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Ken Nagas
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- Former
Canberra Raiders
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(1992-02) player.
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Nigel Roy - Former
Illawarra Steelers
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(1993–94),
North Sydney Bears
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(1995–99),
Northern Eagles
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(2000) & London Broncos (2001-4) player.
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Will Mathews - Former
Gold Coast Titans
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(2008–11,2018–19) &
St George Illawarra Dragons
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(2012–17) player.
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Shannon Walker
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Gold Coast Titans
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(2008–10) & Australia Rugby 7’s (20012-17) player.
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Jone Macilai- Former
Fiji Bati
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(2008–09) player.
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David Grant - Former
Canberra Raiders
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(1982–85)
Balmain Tigers
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(1978–81),
Eastern Suburbs Roosters
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(1977) &
South Sydney Rabbitohs
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(1976) player.
*Paul Doolan - Former
St George Dragons
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(1990),
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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(1991–93) and
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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(1994–95) player
Lismore Marist Brothers Rams
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Andrew King (rugby league)
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Chris King (rugby league)
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David Mead (rugby league)
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First Grade Premierships
1964-83 (Web Archive)
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1967 Casino RSM
* Casino RSM also won the Clayton Cup.
1968 Casino RSM 32-10 South Lismore
1969 (Two competitions) Ballina 7-3 Casino RSM &
1969 Mallanganee 23-15 Baryulgil
1970 Grafton 12-5 South Grafton
1971 Kyogle+ 14-9 Lower Clarence
1972 ???
1973 Lower Clarence 27-13 Lismore Marist Brothers
1974 Western Suburbs 24-0 South Lismore-Woodburn
1975 South Grafton 17-8 South Lismore-Evans Head
1976 Casino RSM 22-7 South Grafton
1977 Grafton 16-14 South Grafton
1978 South Lismore-Evans Head 18-14 Casino RSM
1979 Casino RSM 33-10 South Grafton
1980 Lismore Marist Brothers
24-8 South Grafton
1981 Lismore Marist Brothers 20-2 Western Suburbs-Alstonville
1982 Ballina 14-4 Casino RSM
1983 Kyogle 14-12 Lower Clarence
1984-present (Grand Final results compiled from scores published in the
Rugby League Week
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References
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