Newcastle Rugby League
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The Newcastle Rugby League is a rugby league competition in Newcastle, Australia. It is one of the oldest rugby league competitions in Australia, founded in 1910. A Newcastle team competed in the inaugural New South Wales Rugby League premiership of 1908 but withdrew after the 1909 season to form the local competition.
The four original teams were Central Newcastle (Blue & White), Northern Suburbs (Light & Dark Blue vertical stripes), South Newcastle (Red & White) and Western Suburbs (Red & Green).[1] The season kicked off May 14th 1910 with South playing West and Central playing Northern Suburbs. South Newcastle finished the season on top of the ladder; the final was played in front of 2500 spectators at Hamilton League Ground, with Central overcoming South 13-4.
The 1911 season saw the previous minor premiers South slump to the bottom of the ladder. The final was played in front of 4000 spectators and saw North victorious over Central 10-2
The 1912 season saw the addition of Eastern Suburbs, playing in Black and White. They were immediately competitve and made the grand final.
The First World War saw a halt to the competition for 1917 and 1918.
1919 saw a split, with two smaller competitions held - the "Lilywhites" or clubs faithful to the NSWRL, comprised of Eastern Suburbs and Norther Suburbs, and the "Bolsheviks" or rebels comprised of South, North and West.
1920 saw the competition reunited and expanded to six teams as Kurri Kurri competed for the first time.
[edit] Clubs
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Former Clubs
- Eastern Suburbs (entered in 1912; disbanded in 1942)
- Morpeth-East Maitland (merged with Maitland United in 1942 to form the Pumpkin Pickers)
Waratah-Mayfield (Cheetahs); still playing in junior competitions.
[edit] Premiers
Past winners of the Newcastle RL Premiership
| Season | Grand Final Information | Minor Premiers | ||
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| Premiers | Score | Runners-Up | ||
| 1910 |  Central Newcastle |
13-4 |  South Newcastle |
South Newcastle |
| 1911 | Northern Suburbs | 10-2 | Central Newcastle |
Northern Suburbs |
| 1912 |  Western Suburbs |
10-7 | Eastern Suburbs | Western Suburbs |
| 1913 | Eastern Suburbs | 18-0 | Western Suburbs |
Eastern Suburbs |
| 1914 | Northern Suburbs | 5-2 | Central Newcastle |
Northern Suburbs |
| 1915 | Western Suburbs |
16-8 | Northern Suburbs | Western Suburbs |
| 1916 | Western Suburbs |
10-8 | Northern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs |
| 1917 | no competition | |||
| 1918 | no competition | |||
| 1919 | South Newcastle |
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| 1920 | Northern Suburbs | South Newcastle |
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| 1921 | Central Newcastle |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1922 | Western Suburbs |
Central Newcastle |
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| 1923 | Eastern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs | ||
| 1924 | Eastern Suburbs | Northern Suburbs | ||
| 1925 | Northern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs | ||
| 1926 | Northern Suburbs | South Newcastle |
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| 1927 | South Newcastle |
Northern Suburbs | ||
| 1928 | Central Newcastle |
Northern Suburbs | ||
| 1929 | Northern Suburbs |  Waratah-Mayfield |
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| 1930 | Central Newcastle |
South Newcastle |
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| 1931 |  Kurri Kurri |
Northern Suburbs | ||
| 1932 | Eastern Suburbs | Cessnock | ||
| 1933 |  Maitland United |
Waratah-Mayfield |
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| 1934 | Maitland United |
Waratah-Mayfield |
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| 1935 | Northern Suburbs | Central Newcastle |
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| 1936 | Waratah-Mayfield |
Cessnock | ||
| 1937 | Central Newcastle |
Cessnock | ||
| 1938 | Northern Suburbs | Waratah-Mayfield |
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| 1939 | Central Newcastle |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1940 | Kurri Kurri |
Cessnock | ||
| 1941 | Cessnock | South Newcastle |
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| 1942 | Waratah-Mayfield |
South Newcastle |
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| 1943 | South Newcastle |
Waratah-Mayfield |
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| 1944 | Waratah-Mayfield |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1945 | Kurri Kurri |
South Newcastle |
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| 1946 | South Newcastle |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1947 |  Lakes United |
Northern Suburbs | ||
| 1948 | Northern Suburbs | Kurri Kurri |
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| 1949 | Central Newcastle |
Kurri Kurri |
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| 1950 | Cessnock | Central Newcastle |
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| 1951 | Northern Suburbs | Maitland |
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| 1952 | Waratah-Mayfield |
Lakes United |
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| 1953 | Northern Suburbs | Cessnock | ||
| 1954 | Cessnock | Maitland |
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| 1955 | Cessnock | Maitland |
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| 1956 | Maitland |
Cessnock | Maitland |
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| 1957 | Maitland |
Kurri Kurri |
Maitland |
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| 1958 | Maitland |
Cessnock | Maitland |
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| 1959 | Northern Suburbs | Maitland |
Northern Suburbs | |
| 1960 | Cessnock | Maitland |
Cessnock | |
| 1961 | Western Suburbs |
Waratah-Mayfield |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1962 | Northern Suburbs | South Newcastle |
Northern Suburbs | |
| 1963 | South Newcastle |
Central Newcastle |
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| 1964 | South Newcastle |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1965 | Maitland |
South Newcastle |
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| 1966 | Western Suburbs |
Cessnock | ||
| 1967 | Northern Suburbs | Western Suburbs |
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| 1968 | South Newcastle |
Lakes United |
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| 1969 | Maitland |
Lakes United |
Maitland |
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| 1970 | Western Suburbs |
Maitland |
Maitland |
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| 1971 | Maitland |
Lakes United |
Maitland |
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| 1972 | Cessnock | Maitland |
Maitland |
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| 1973 | Maitland |
Western Suburbs |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1974 | Lakes United |
Western Suburbs |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1975 | Lakes United |
Western Suburbs |
Maitland |
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| 1976 | South Newcastle |
Western Suburbs |
Lakes United |
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| 1977 | Cessnock | Maitland |
Cessnock | |
| 1978 | Western Suburbs |
South Newcastle |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1979 | North Newcastle | Cessnock | North Newcastle | |
| 1980 | Western Suburbs |
Cessnock | Kurri Kurri |
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| 1981 | Western Suburbs |
Cessnock | Western Suburbs |
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| 1982 | Western Suburbs |
Kurri Kurri |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1983 | Maitland |
Cessnock | Maitland |
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| 1984 | Western Suburbs |
Lakes United |
Lakes United |
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| 1985 | Lakes United |
Cessnock | Cessnock | |
| 1986 | Lakes United |
South Newcastle |
Lakes United |
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| 1987 | Lakes United |
South Newcastle |
South Newcastle |
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| 1988 | South Newcastle |
29-18 | Lakes United |
South Newcastle |
| 1989 | South Newcastle |
20-12 | Western Suburbs |
South Newcastle |
| 1990 | Waratah-Mayfield |
17-14 | Lakes United |
Lakes United |
| 1991 |  Toronto Workers {now 'Macquarie Scorpions'} |
21-10 | Western Suburbs |
South Newcastle |
| 1992 | Western Suburbs |
33-0 | Lakes United |
Western Suburbs |
| 1993 | Kurri Kurri |
20-18 | Western Suburbs |
Western Suburbs |
| 1994 | Kurri Kurri |
20-16 | Toronto Workers {now 'Macquarie Scorpions'} |
Western Suburbs |
| 1995 | Kurri Kurri |
24-4 | Western Suburbs |
Western Suburbs |
| 1996 | Lakes United |
16-6 | Western Suburbs |
Western Suburbs |
| 1997 | Western Suburbs |
Lakes United |
Lakes United |
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| 1998 | Western Suburbs |
South Newcastle |
Western Suburbs |
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| 1999 | Western Suburbs |
Cessnock | ||
| 2000 | Waratah-Mayfield |
Lakes United |
Waratah-Mayfield |
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| 2001 | Lakes United |
Western Suburbs |
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| 2002 | Western Suburbs |
Lakes United |
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| 2003 | Cessnock |  Raymond Terrace |
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| 2004 | Western Suburbs |
Northern Blues {now 'Nelson Bay'} | ||
| 2005 | Northern Blues {now 'Nelson Bay'} | Western Suburbs |
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| 2006 | Lakes United |
Nelson Bay | Lakes United |
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[edit] References
- Power, Bob (1992). The Rebels of Rugby: The Story of Newcastle Rugby League Pioneers "The Bolsheviks vs. The Lilywhites" 1907-1920. Newcastle, New South Wales: self. ISBN.
