Macleay Valley Mustangs Rugby League Football Club is an amateur

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club in the

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competition, based on the

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of New South Wales. The Mustangs are the main rugby league club based in

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and surrounding areas of

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About

The Macleay Valley Mustangs are a

club based in

. The club fields Under 18s, League Tag, Reserve Grade & First Grade sides in the

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competition. The club is a supportive system for young rugby league players in

area to further their

careers as adults, and acts as a pathway to higher level competitions as well as a local team for those aspiring to play at just a community level.

2012

Macleay Valley Mustangs won the 2012 Group 2 Premiership over Nambucca Heads Roosters in the Grand Final 36–12.

2013

Macleay Valley Rugby League Club was expelled from the remainder of the 2013

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competition. An "independent panel" convened by Country Rugby League made the decision after considering a motion that the Mustangs had brought rugby league into disrepute. This came after events at Geoff King Motors Oval in 2013 where a match involving Coffs Harbour Comets was abandoned following a wild melee in the 61st minute. Group 2's chief administrator Jim Anderson said Macleay Valley's lower grades sides would not take part in the semi-finals series of 2013 due to the incidents.

2014

The Macleay Valley club was again excluded, this time from

ahead of the 2015 season. They were found guilty of breaching the group's code of conduct and the National Rugby League code of conduct during the season. This was despite having beaten Wauchope in the Grand Final 25-24.

2019

Macleay Valley won its third premiership in seven years, defeating Wauchope again in the Grand Final.

Titles

Notable players

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* Sam Howe –

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Toyota Cup player
Anthony Cowan

References

{{Rugby League in Australia links Rugby league teams in New South Wales Rugby clubs established in 1995 1995 establishments in Australia Kempsey, New South Wales