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Outback Rugby League 
Sport Rugby league football Instituted 1980 Inaugural season 2007 Number of teams 4 Country 
AustraliaWebsite Outback RL Homepage The Outback Rugby League Cup is a New South Wales Country Rugby League (NSWCRL) Group Competition which is based in Broken Hill in the far west of New South Wales and surrounding districts such as Wilcannia and Menindee.
The competition folded in 1998 but was revived in 2007.
Contents
Teams
The founding clubs of the competition are:
- Broken Hill Central
- Broken Hill South
- Broken Hill West
- Broken Hill North
- Wilcannia Tigers
- Menindee Yabbies
History
The Outback Rugby League was formed in 2007 after a long absence of regular A-Grade rugby league from Broken Hill. The last regular rugby league competition in the area was in 1997 as the Group 12 competition which also included clubs from Broken Hill, Menindee & Wilcannia.
The new competition features clubs from the same areas. A new club was formed before the opening season, the Wilcannia Tigers. The inaugural competition saw a total of 266 registered players across all grades, from under-sixes up. Broken Hill is traditionally dominated by Australian Rules Football.[1]
The 2007 Grand final was a close game between Wilcannia Tigers and Menindee Yabbies. The Yabbies eventually won by one point, 36–35, at Lamb Park in Broken Hill in front of 1,000 spectators.[2] Recently, for the 2008 Outback Rugby League Season, CFMEU (the major sponsor of such teams as the Canberra Raiders) has signed on to become the competition's major sponsor from 2008 and beyond. This will be a massive boost for the competition, financially speaking.[3]
First grade premiership
The premiers of the group competition since 1980[4]:
Season Grand Final Information Minor Premiers Premiers Score Runners-Up 1980 Broken Hill Saints 1981 Broken Hill Saints 1982 Broken Hill Saints Menindee 1983 Broken Hill Saints 22-12 Menindee 1984 Broken Hill United 19-0 Broken Hill Saints 1985 Broken Hill United 21-20 Wilcannia Tigers 1986 Wilcannia Boomerangs Broken Hill United 1987 Broken Hill United 15-12 Wilcannia Boomerangs 1988 Broken Hill United 31-20 Wilcannia Boomerangs 1989 Broken Hill Saints Broken Hill United 1990 Broken Hill Saints 18-0 Broken Hill United 1991 Wilcannia 34-20 Menindee 1992 1993 Menindee 36-20 Wilcannia 1994 Broken Hill United 46-18 Wilcannia Boomerangs 1995 Broken Hill United 28-20 Wilcannia Boomerangs 1996 Wilcannia Boomerangs 38-34 Broken Hill Geebungs 1997 Wilcannia Boomerangs 56-48 Menindee 1998–2006 - No competition 2007 Menindee Yabbies 36-35 Wilcannia Tigers 2008 Saints 2011 Menindee Yabbies Footnotes
- ^ "History of Outback Rugby League". Sporting Pulse. 2007-08-30. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-4044-0-0-0&sID=52589. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ "League season wrapped up". The Barrier Miner. 2007-08-30. http://www.barrierminer.com.au/article.php?article=772. Retrieved 2007-12-15.[dead link]
- ^ The Outback Rugby League sponsorship Coup
- ^ "New South Wales competitions". The Vault. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927025016/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/nswcomps.htm#Group%2012. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
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