Woodbridge Cup | |
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Founded: | 1968 (as Group 9 Second Division) |
Inaugural: | 1990 (as Woodbridge Cup) |
Ceotag: | Chief executive |
Teams: | 13 |
Country: | Australia |
Championtag: | Premiers |
Champion: | Manildra Rhinos |
Season: | 2023 |
Most Champs: | Cargo Blue Heelers |
Count: | 8 |
Website: | Woodbridge Cup Homepage |
The Woodbridge Cup is a rugby league competition run by the New South Wales Country Rugby League. It encompasses smaller senior clubs in the Mid-West and Central West of the state. The neighbouring Mid-West Cup competition's remaining clubs merged into the league in 2022 when that league initially folded (it has since re-formed without the teams that joined the Woodbridge Cup). For all intents and purposes, it is a second division competition in the Group 11 and from 2022, Group 10 areas.
The competition began as the Group 9 Second Division in the 1940s, with clubs from towns such as Binalong, Stockinbingal and Boorowa among others. The competition has slowly moved north however, and effectively operates as the Group 11 Rugby League second division, with only Grenfell remaining from the Group 9 days, something that was reflected in the name change to the Woodbridge Cup in 1990.
In 2022, the Mid West Cup (Group 10 Rugby League Second Division) merged into the competition, taking the competition from a total of 9 to 12 teams. Although that competition has re-formed, the teams that joined the Woodbridge Cup will not return to the competition.
There will be 14 clubs competing in the Woodbridge Cup in 2023, with Cowra and Blayney entering from Group 10. This is on top of three teams merging in from the now defunct Mid West Cup in 2022, including CSU Mungoes, Orange United Warriors and ex-Group 10 Rugby League powerhouse Oberon Tigers.
Club | Nickname | Home Ground | No. of Premierships | Premiership Years | |
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Bears | King George V Oval | 0 | None | ||
Tigers | Tom Clyburn Oval | 1 | 1995 | ||
Blue Heelers | Cargo Oval | 8 | 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 | ||
Mungoes | Diggings Oval | 0 | None | ||
Magpies | Sid Kallas Oval | 0 | None | ||
Golden Eagles | Eugowra Sports Ground | 3 | 2001, 2005, 2012 | ||
Goannas | Henry Lawson Park | 4 | 1990, 1994, 1998, 2010 | ||
Rhinos | Jack Huxley Oval | 3 | 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||
Bulls | Molong Recreation Ground | 1 | 1999 | ||
Tigers | Oberon Sports Ground | 0 | None | ||
Warriors | 0 | None | |||
Roosters | Lindner Oval | 0 | None | ||
Boomers | Berryman Park | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2019 | ||
Season | Grand Final Information | Minor Premiers | ||||||
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Premiers | Score | Runners-up | ||||||
1990[1] | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | 22–18 | align=left | Quandialla | align=left | ||
1991 | align=left | Binalong Brahmans | 22–10 | align=left | Burrangong Bears | align=left | Burrangong Bears | |
1992[2] | align=left | Burrangong Bears | 38–20 | align=left | Koorawatha Jets | align=left | Burrangong Bears | |
1993 | align=left | Monteagle | 24–22 | align=left | Burrangong Bears | align=left | ||
1994[3] | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | 34–14 | align=left | Canowindra Tigers | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | |
1995[4] | align=left | Canowindra Tigers | 30–24 | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | align=left | Canowindra Tigers | |
1996[5] | align=left | Koorawatha Jets | 32–22 | align=left | Canowindra Tigers | align=left | Koorawatha Jets | |
1997 | align=left | Burrangong Bears | 29–18 | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | align=left | Burrangong Bears | |
1998 | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | 32–22 | align=left | Boorowa Rovers | align=left | ||
1999 | align=left | Molong Bulls | 26–24 | align=left | Boorowa Rovers | align=left | Boorowa Rovers | |
2000 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | 30–18 | align=left | Koorawatha Jets | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | |
2001 | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | 29–28 | align=left | Koorawatha Jets | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | |
2002 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | 24–12 | align=left | Canowindra Tigers | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | |
2003 | align=left | Koorawatha Jets | 44–22 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | align=left | Burrangong Bears | |
2004 | align=left | Burrangong Bears | 34–22 AET | align=left | Koorawatha Jets | align=left | Burrangong Bears | |
2005[6] | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | 28–12 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | |
2006 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | 26–12 | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | |
2007 | align=left | Koorawatha Jets | 50–32 | align=left | Condobolin Rams | align=left | Condobolin Rams | |
2008 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | 30–18 | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | |
2009 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | 26–14 | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | |
2010[7] | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | 26–22 | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | align=left | Grenfell Goannas | |
2011[8] | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | 37–24 | align=left | Canowindra Tigers | align=left | Peak Hill Roosters | |
2012[9] | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | 32–22 | align=left | Peak Hill Roosters | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | |
2013[10] [11] | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | 22–12 | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | |
2014 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | 24–14 | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | align=left | Eugowra Golden Eagles | |
2015[12] | align=left | Binalong Brahmans | 30–28 | align=left | Trundle Boomers | align=left | Binalong Brahmans | |
2016[13] [14] | align=left | Condobolin Rams | 18–16 | align=left | Trundle Boomers | align=left | Trundle Boomers | |
2017[15] [16] | align=left | Trundle Boomers | 36–12 | align=left | Cargo Blue Heelers | align=left | Trundle Boomers | |
2018[17] [18] | align=left | Trundle Boomers | 26–22 | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | align=left | Trundle Boomers | |
2019 | align=left | Trundle Boomers | 56–0 | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | align=left | Trundle Boomers | |
2020 and 2021 Seasons cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||
2022 | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | 34–16 | align=left | Oberon Tigers | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | |
2023[19] | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | 18–16 | align=left | Trundle Boomers | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | |
2024 | align=left | Manildra Rhinos | 20–4 | align=left | Canowindra Tigers | align=left | Cowra Magpies |
Season | Premiers | |
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1968 | Stockinbingal | |
1969 | Stockinbingal | |
1970 | Stockinbingal | |
1971 | Binalong | |
1972 | Bendick Murrell | |
1973 | Bendick Murrell | |
1974 | Barmedman | |
1975 | Grenfell | |
1976 | Quandialla | |
1977 | Burrangong | |
1978 | Boorowa | |
1979 | Quandialla | |
1980 | Boorowa | |
1981 | Burrangong | |
1982 | Boorowa | |
1983 | Boorowa | |
1984 | Bendick Murrell | |
1985 | Grenfell | |
1986 | Grenfell | |
1987 | Monteagle | |
1988 | Grenfell | |
1989 | Koorawatha |