Group 1 Rugby League

Group 1 Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Ceased	2005
Replaced by	Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League
Country	Australia
Website	Group 1 Juniors at SportsTG

Group 1 Rugby League was a rugby league competition held in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. The group, however, still runs a junior rugby league competition. When the Group 18-Gold Coast competition dissolved in 2005, the New South Wales sides joined together with Group 1 to form a divisional league, Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League (NRRRL). Group 18 also still holds its own individual junior rugby league competition.

Teams

The following clubs are affiliated with Group 1 juniors, and fielded teams in 2018 competitions, but run senior teams in the NRRRL competition:

Ballina Seagulls
Casino RSM
Clarence Coast Magpies (as Lower Clarence in NRRRL)
Kyogle Turkeys
Lismore Marist Brothers Rams

The following clubs are affiliated with Group 1 juniors, and fielded teams in 2018 competitions, but run senior teams in the Group 2 Rugby League competition.

Grafton Ghosts
South Grafton Rebels

The following clubs fielded junior teams in Group 1 competitions earlier in the 2010s

Evans Head Bombers
Northern United Dirrawongs
Lennox Head Dolphins
South Lismore Rabbits
Upper Clarence

Notable Juniors

Ballina Seagulls

Frank Curran (1931-37 South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Mitchell Aubusson (2007-Sydney Roosters)
James Aubusson (2007-10 Melbourne Storm & Sydney Roosters)
James Roberts (2011- South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers, Gold Coast Titans & Brisbane Broncos)
Caleb Binge (2014 Gold Coast Titans)
Brian Kelly (2017- Manly Sea Eagles & Gold Coast Titans)
Nick Meaney (2018- Newcastle Knights & Canterbury Bulldogs)
Tyrone Roberts (2011- Newcastle Knights, Warrington Wolves & Gold Coast Titans)

Casino RSM

Clarence Coast Magpies (Lower Clarence Coast Magpies)

Luke Douglas
Tony Priddle
Nathan Brown
Daine Laurie (born 1999)
Daniel Wagon
Daine Laurie (born 1984)
Kevin Plummer

Kyogle Turkeys

Ken Nagas - Former Canberra Raiders (1992-02) player.
Nigel Roy - Former Illawarra Steelers (1993–94), North Sydney Bears (1995-99), Northern Eagles (2000) & London Broncos (2001-4) player.
Will Mathews - Former Gold Coast Titans (2008-11,2018-19) & St George Illawarra Dragons (2012-17) player.
Shannon Walker - Former Gold Coast Titans (2008-10) & Australia Rugby 7’s (20012-17) player.
Jone Macilai- Former Fiji Bati (2008-09) player.
David Grant - Former Canberra Raiders (1982-85) Balmain Tigers (1978-81) , Eastern Suburbs Roosters (1977) & South Sydney Rabbitohs (1976) player.
Paul Doolan - Former St George Dragons (1990), Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (1991-93) and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1994-95) player

Lismore Marist Brothers Rams

First Grade Premierships

Grand Final results compiled from scores published in the Rugby League Week.

Season	Grand Final Information			Minor Premiers
Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Minor Premiers
1984	Lower Clarence Mapgies	25-8	Grafton Ghosts
1985	Casino Cougars	17-10 [a.e.t.]	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	Casino Cougars
1986	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	19-14	South Grafton Rebels	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams
1987	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	22-6	Kyogle Turkeys	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams
1988	Grafton Ghosts	14-8	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	Grafton Ghosts
1989	Ballina Seagulls	12-10	Grafton Ghosts	Ballina Seagulls
1990	Casino Cougars	38-29	Kyogle Turkeys	Casino Cougars
1991	Grafton Ghosts	29-14	Ballina Seagulls	Grafton Ghosts
1992	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	6-4	Ballina Seagulls
1993	Ballina Seagulls	12-8	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams
1994	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	13-6	South Grafton Rebels	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams
1995	Byron Bay Red Devils	17-10	South Grafton Rebels
1996	Byron Bay Red Devils	11-10	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams
1997	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	20-10	Ballina Seagulls
1998	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	46-6	Byron Bay Red Devils
1999	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	29-16	Casino Cougars
2000	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	34-10	Byron Bay Red Devils
2001	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	26-2	Ballina Seagulls
2002	Grafton Ghosts	22-20	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	Grafton Ghosts
2003	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	42-41	South Grafton Rebels
2004	Mullumbimby Giants	14-12	Lismore Marist Brothers Rams	Mullumbimby Giants

References

External Links and Sources

Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections

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