The Hastings League is a community
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 ...
competition. It features amateur teams from smaller towns around the
Mid-North Coast and runs as a community competition similar to the
Barwon Darling Rugby League and the
Western Riverina Community Cup.
History
The Hastings League was established in 1920 as a rugby league competition on the
Mid-North Coast of
New South Wales
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. The competition partnered with the
Group 3 Rugby League
Group 3 is a rugby league competition on the north coast of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. The Group 3 area runs from Kempsey in the north to Forster in the south.
History
The league began in 1946, with T ...
in the 1990s as the Group 3 Saturday League, but has since returned to the Hastings League name and remains separate from Group 3.
In 2018, the competition began a ladies tackle grade. This competition has now expanded to allow invitees from other Groups, become independent of the competition, and is known as the North Coast Women's Rugby League.
The competition was due to celebrate its centenary season in 2020 but this was delayed until 2021 by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Clubs
Former Clubs
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Bellangry (3 titles)
* Byabarra (3 titles)
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Camden Haven
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(1 title)
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Crescent Head (1 title)
* Gloucester Magpies (No titles)
* Macquarie Hotel (3 titles)
* Port Macquarie Boardriders (1 title)
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Port
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RSL (No Titles)
* Royal Hotel (3 titles)
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Wauchope (1 title)
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Wauchope Co-op (5 titles)
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Wilson River (No Titles)
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Premiers
Men's
Ladies Tackle
North Coast Women's Rugby League
In 2018, the Hastings League competition began a ladies tackle grade. The competition has expanded to allow invitees from other Groups, become independent of the Hastings competition, and is operating under a pilot program as the North Coast Women's Rugby League.
References
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