The Mullumbimby Giants
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Mullumbimby Giants is a rugby league side from
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 k ...
, New South Wales,
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
which competes in the
Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League The Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League (NRRRL) is a rugby league competition run in the far north of New South Wales, Australia. It is run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. The league formed in 2005 as an extended Group 1 Rugby L ...
competition. Mullumbimby Giants is one of the oldest rugby league clubs in Australia, playing its first competition game of rugby league in 1909. Formed between 1900 and 1903, it is now one of the oldest rugby league teams still competing in Australia. 'One of Australia's earliest Rugby League Towns'. quote taken from Jim Huxley's story on 'Mullumbimby sets the standard' ''Rugby League Week'', 5 July 1984 page 25. Mullumbimby Giants play in all three senior competitions; A Grade, Reserve Grade and Under 18s. The Giants' junior teams compete in the Group 18 Rugby League competition. Giants are represented in the junior competitions from under-7s to under-16s.


Premierships

*Mullumbimby's A grade side won premierships in: 1924,1960,2004,2007. *Mullumbimby's Reserve grade side won premierships in: 1960,1985,2008, 2012 *Mullumbimby's Under 18's side won premierships in: 1958,1960,1966,1988,2007,2008, 2012


Notable Juniors

*
Albert Broomham Albert Frederick Broomham (1885–1948) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He represented New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales and Australia national rugby league team, Australia. ...
(1908-14 North Sydney Bears) *Harold King (1922-25 St George Dragons) *Glen Godbee (1998 Gold Coast Chargers) * Jacob Miller (2011-
West Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional 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 joint-venture c ...
,
Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were ...
& Wakefield Trinity) *
Dane Chisholm Dane Chisholm (born 4 July 1990) is a French-Australian international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship. He previously played for the Sheffield Eagles and the Melbourne Storm and th ...
(2011 Melbourne Storm) *
Cody Nelson Cody Nelson (born 13 November 1988) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Mullumbimby Giants. He primarily plays at , but can also fill in at . He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans and the Parramat ...
(2014 Gold Coast Titans, Parramatta Eels) *
Jy Hitchcox Jy Hitchcox (born 18 August 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Western Suburbs Red Devils in the Country Rugby League and the Illawarra Rugby League premiership. He previously playe ...
(2014
West Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional 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 joint-venture c ...
) *
Jack Gosiewski Jack Gosiewski (; born 29 May 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles ...
(2016- South Sydney Rabbitohs) *
Aaron Booth Aaron James Booth (born 12 September 1996) is a New Zealand decathlete who won the gold medal in that event at the 2019 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 118 , Athletes participating = 5,971 , Events = ...
(2020- Melbourne Storm) *Ken Mcmorrow, Mcmorrow Captain/Coached the A grade premiership winning team in 1960. * Vic Armbruster


Notable Coaches

*Ken Mcmorrow. 1959,60. *Bill Petley. 1964. *Peter Burke. 1967. *Peter Hanna. 1970,71. *Joe Grainey. 1972,74. *
Elwyn Walters Elwyn Aubrey Walters (born 25 June 1943) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney and Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs clubs and for the Australia national rugby league team, Australian ...
. 1978-79,1981-82. *Neil Pringle. 1984-85. *Con Theodossiou. 1988-1992 1996-2000 *Arthur Sauverain. 2001-2003 * Graham Eadie. 2012


References

{{Reflist Rugby league teams in New South Wales Rugby clubs established in 1909 1909 establishments in Australia