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Group 2 Rugby League

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Group 2 is a rugby league competition on the north coast of New South Wales Since 1966, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. The Group 2 area runs from Grafton in the north to Macksville in the south. Group 2 teams played for many decades before 1966 when some redistribution, amalgamation or control mechanism presumably changed. Teams on the Nambucca River, namely Bowraville, Macksville and Nambucca Heads played in a southern division against Kempsey, Smithtown, Port Macquarie and Wauchope before 1966.

Group 2 Rugby League
SportRugby league
Instituted1966
Inaugural season1966
Number of teams7 senior clubs (12 junior clubs)
Country Australia
Premiers Woolgoolga Seahorses (2023)
Most titles Bellingen Magpies (9 titles)
WebsiteGroup 2 Rugby League on facebook

Teams edit

Clubs in 2024 Group 2 Competitions edit

Clubs City/Town Home Ground Titles Seniors Juniors
Senior Clubs
  Coffs Harbour Comets Coffs Harbour Geoff King Motors Oval 1970–71, 1973–74, 1983, 1985, 2013, 2018 Yes Yes
  Grafton Ghosts Grafton Frank McGuren Field 2014, 2017, 2019 Yes Yes
  Macksville Sea Eagles Macksville Allan Gillett Oval 1979, 1991, 1995 Yes Yes
  Nambucca Heads Roosters Nambucca Heads Coronation Park 1969, 1972, 1975–76, 1986, 1992–93 Yes Yes
  Sawtell Panthers Coffs Harbour (Sawtell) Rex Hardaker Oval 1978, 2009, 2011 Yes Yes
  South Grafton Rebels Grafton McKittrick Park 2015–16, 2022 Yes Yes
  Woolgoolga Seahorses Woolgoolga Woolgoolga Sports Ground 2023 Yes Yes
Junior Clubs
  Bowraville Tigers Bowraville Bowraville Sports Hub None No Yes
  Kempsey Dragons Kempsey Verge Street Oval None No* Yes
  Smithtown Tigers Smithtown Smithtown Oval 1966, 1968, 1977 No‡ Yes

*Kempsey Dragons no longer field a senior team, but remain a member of Group 2. Kempsey's modern senior side, the Macleay Valley Mustangs, play in the Group 3 Rugby League Premiership.

‡Smithtown's senior team is Lower Macleay Magpies, in Hastings League.

Former Clubs edit

In Recess edit

Clubs City/Town Home Ground Titles Seniors Juniors
  Bellingen Dorrigo Magpies Bellingen/Dorrigo Bellingen Park 1980–82, 1984, 1987–90, 1999 No Yes
  Orara Valley Axemen Coffs Harbour (Coramba) Coramba Sportsground 1994, 1997, 2008 No Yes

Defunct/Moved edit

Former clubs
  Coffs Harbour Raiders
  Coffs Jetty Park Beach
  Central Kempsey
  Gimbisi Valley Warriors
  Dunghutti Broncos
  Kempsey Kowboys
  Kempsey Dragons
  Macleay Valley Mustangs
  Ngaku Warriors (Kempsey)
  Port City Breakers
  Port Macquarie Sharks
  Smithtown

First Grade Grand Final Results 1966–present edit

Season Grand Final Information Minor Premiers
Premiers Score Runners-up Report
1966   Smithtown Tigers 3–2   Macksville Sea Eagles
1967 Smithtown Tigers – Coffs Harbour
1968   Smithtown Tigers 7–4   Coffs Harbour Comets
1969   Nambucca Heads Roosters 10–6   Central Kempsey
1970   Coffs Harbour Comets –   Central Kempsey
1971   Coffs Harbour Comets 20–9   Nambucca Heads Roosters
1972   Nambucca Heads Roosters 15–10   Coffs Harbour Comets
1973   Coffs Harbour Comets 20–13   Nambucca Heads Roosters
1974   Coffs Harbour Comets 6–2   Bellingen Magpies
1975   Nambucca Heads Roosters 19–4   Kempsey Dragons
1976   Nambucca Heads Roosters 19–2   Bellingen Magpies
1977   Smithtown Tigers –   Nambucca Heads Roosters
1978   Sawtell Panthers 14–13   Smithtown Tigers   Sawtell (Clayton Cup)
1979   Macksville Sea Eagles 24–7   Smithtown Tigers
1980   Bellingen Magpies 19–10   Sawtell Panthers
1981   Bellingen Magpies 44–0   Macksville Sea Eagles   Bellingen Magpies
1982   Bellingen Magpies 21–12   Ngaku Warriors (Kempsey)   Sawtell Panthers
1983   Coffs Harbour Comets 28–16   Woolgoolga Seahorses   Coffs Harbour Comets
1984   Bellingen Magpies 4–1   Coffs Harbour Comets   Bellingen Magpies
1985   Coffs Harbour Comets 18–10   Nambucca Heads Roosters   Nambucca Heads Roosters
1986   Nambucca Heads Roosters 18–16   Kempsey Dragons   Kempsey Dragons
1987   Bellingen Magpies 23–6   Nambucca Heads Roosters   Bellingen Magpies
1988   Bellingen Magpies 50–24   Kempsey Dragons   Nambucca Heads Roosters
1989   Bellingen Magpies 39–6   Coffs Harbour Comets   Bellingen Magpies
1990   Bellingen Magpies 22–20   Orara Valley Axemen   Smithtown Tigers
1991   Macksville Sea Eagles 26–26   Coffs Harbour Comets   Macksville Sea Eagles
1992   Nambucca Heads Roosters 40–6   Woolgoolga Seahorses   Nambucca Heads Roosters
1993   Nambucca Heads Roosters 26–10   Macksville Sea Eagles   Macksville Sea Eagles
1994   Orara Valley Axemen 30–18   Nambucca Heads Roosters   Macksville Sea Eagles
1995   Macksville Sea Eagles 24–16   Coffs Harbour Comets   Macksville Sea Eagles
1996   Nambucca Heads Roosters 36–34   Orara Valley Axemen   Nambucca Heads Roosters
1997   Orara Valley Axemen 40–32   Coffs Harbour Comets   Coffs Harbour Comets
1998   Port Macquarie Sharks 26–25   Nambucca Heads Roosters   Nambucca Heads Roosters
1999   Bellingen Magpies 20–18   Port Macquarie Sharks   Port Macquarie Sharks
2000   Port Macquarie Sharks 24–12   Nambucca Heads Roosters   Port Macquarie Sharks
2001   Port Macquarie Sharks 54–26   Macksville Sea Eagles   Port Macquarie Sharks
2002   Macksville Sea Eagles 39–26   Port Macquarie Sharks   Port Macquarie Sharks
2003   Macksville Sea Eagles 30–23   Orara Valley Axemen   Port Macquarie Sharks
2004   Macksville Sea Eagles 34–23   Port Macquarie Sharks   Port Macquarie Sharks
2005   Macksville Sea Eagles 60–22   Orara Valley Axemen   Orara Valley Axemen
2006   Port Macquarie Sharks 22–18   Sawtell Panthers   Port Macquarie Sharks
2007   Macksville Sea Eagles 32–24   Orara Valley Axemen   Macksville Sea Eagles
2008   Orara Valley Axemen 19–18   Woolgoolga Seahorses [1]   Orara Valley Axemen
2009   Sawtell Panthers 21–20   Macksville Sea Eagles   Sawtell Panthers
2010   Port Macquarie Sharks 41–16   Coffs Harbour Comets   Port Macquarie Sharks
2011   Sawtell Panthers 29–28   Nambucca Heads Roosters [2]   Nambucca Heads Roosters
2012   Macleay Valley Mustangs 36–12   Nambucca Heads Roosters [3] [4]   Nambucca Heads Roosters
2013   Coffs Harbour Comets 42–20   Nambucca Heads Roosters [5]   Coffs Harbour Comets
2014   Grafton Ghosts 18–16   Coffs Harbour Comets [6]   Grafton Ghosts
2015   South Grafton Rebels 46–18   Coffs Harbour Comets [7]   South Grafton Rebels
2016   South Grafton Rebels 26–12   Grafton Ghosts [8]   South Grafton Rebels
2017   Grafton Ghosts 32–12   South Grafton Rebels [9]   Grafton Ghosts
2018   Coffs Harbour Comets 30–14   Macksville Sea Eagles [10][11]   Grafton Ghosts
2019   Grafton Ghosts 68–6   Coffs Harbour Comets   Coffs Harbour Comets
2020 & 2021 seasons cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022   South Grafton Rebels 36–8   Orara Valley Axemen   Orara Valley Axemen
2023   Woolgoolga Seahorses 26-10   South Grafton Rebels [12]   South Grafton Rebels

Leader Board edit

Club Premierships
Bellingen Magpies 9
Macksville Sea Eagles 8
Nambucca Heads Roosters 8
Coffs Harbour Comets 8
Port Macquarie Sharks 5
Smithtown Tigers 4
Sawtell Panthers 3
Orara Valley Axemen 3
Grafton Ghosts 3
South Grafton Rebels 3
Woolgoolga Seahorses 1
Macleay Valley Mustangs 1

Players from Group 2 to play NRL edit

Player Club
Greg Inglis Bowraville Tigers JRL
Albert Kelly Smithtown Tigers JRL
Kevin Gordon Sawtell Panthers JRL
Aiden Tolman Smithtown Tigers JRL
Wayne Bartrim Macleay Valley Mustangs
Matt Donovan Macksville Sea Eagles
Paul Davis Port Macquarie, Macksville and Dunghutti
Clint Greenshields Sawtell Panthers JRL
Troy Robinson Sawtell Panthers JRL
Mitchell Thomson Sawtell Panthers JRL

Notable players edit

Bellingen edit

Coffs Harbour Comets edit

Grafton Ghosts edit

Macksville Sea Eagles edit

Orara Valley Axemen edit

Sawtell Panthers edit

South Grafton Rebels edit

Woolgoolga Seahorses edit

Bowraville Tigers edit

Kempsey Dragons edit

Nambucca Heads Roosters edit

Smithtown Tigers edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Greenshields, Brad (9 September 2008). "Axemen take out grand final". The Coffs Coast Advocate. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ White, Greg (19 September 2011). "Sawtell Group 2 Premiers". The Coffs Coast Advocate. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ Klein, Thom (11 September 2012). "Macleay Valley Mustangs end a half-century's wait in 80 magical minutes". Macleay Argus. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Highlights From Group Two Rugby League Grand Final – Macleay Valley Mustangs V Nambucca Roosters". NBN TV. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2018 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ White, Greg (18 August 2013). "Group 2 grand final: " ... glory, glory to Coffs Harbour..."". The Coffs Coast Advocate. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ^ McInerney, Matthew (25 August 2014). "Ghosts glory with extra time penalty". The Daily Examiner. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ^ Elkerton, Matthew (23 August 2015). "South Grafton Rebels make history in Group 2 decider". The Daily Examiner. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. ^ Elkerton, Matthew (11 September 2016). "KINGS OF THE CLARENCE: Rebels clinch premiership over Ghosts". The Daily Examiner. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. ^ "GRAND FINAL: Grafton Ghosts score spirited grand final win". The Daily Examiner. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Comets too good for Sea Eagles in Group 2 grand final". The Coffs Coast Advocate. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Grand Final 2". 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2018 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Smith, Tallon (22 September 2023). "Grand Final Watch: Dubbo CYMS take Peter McDonald Premiership title, plus a recap of Groups 2, 3 & 7, GTS and the NHRL". Battlers For Bush Footy. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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