Central West Rugby Union

The Central West District Rugby Union, or CWRU, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union within the Central West district of New South Wales in Australia. It is a member of the New South Wales Country Rugby Union.

Central West Rugby Union

Sport	Rugby Union
Jurisdiction	Central West region of New South Wales, Australia
Abbreviation	CWRU
Affiliation	New South Wales Rugby Union
Headquarters	New South Wales, Australia
President	Frank Newman
Official website
www.centralwestrugby.com.au

History

Blowes Cup 1st Grade Premiers

• 1956 - Orange Wests
• 1957 - Molong
• 1958 - Orange Emus
• 1959 - Yeoval
• 1960 - Molong
• 1961 - Orange Emus
• 1962 - Orange Emus
• 1963 - Yeoval
• 1964 - Yeoval
• 1965 - Molong
• 1966 - Molong
• 1967 - Yeoval
• 1968 - Molong
• 1969 - Molong
• 1970 - Molong
• 1971 - Orange Emus
• 1972 - Orange Emus
• 1973 - Orange Emus
• 1974 - Mitchell
• 1975 - Dubbo Kangaroos & Orange City
• 1976 - Orange City
• 1977 - Bathurst
• 1978 - Mitchell
• 1979 - Bathurst
• 1980 - Orange Emus
• 1981 - Bathurst
• 1982 - Bathurst
• 1983 - Orange Emus
• 1984 - Orange City
• 1985 - Bathurst
• 1986 - Orange City
• 1987 - Dubbo Kangaroos
• 1988 - Orange City
• 1989 - Orange City
• 1990 - Orange City
• 1991 - Orange City
• 1992 - Orange City
• 1993 - Orange City
• 1994 - Bathurst
• 1995 - Dubbo Kangaroos
• 1996 - Bathurst
• 1997 - Bathurst
• 1998 - Bathurst
• 1999 - Orange Emus
• 2000 - Orange Emus
• 2001 - Orange Emus
• 2002 - Orange Emus
• 2003 - Forbes
• 2004 - CSU Bathurst
• 2005 - Bathurst
• 2006 - Dubbo Kangaroos
• 2007 - Dubbo Kangaroos
• 2008 - Dubbo Kangaroos
• 2009 - Narromine
• 2010 - Bathurst
• 2011 - Parkes
• 2012 - Orange City
• 2013 - Orange City
• 2014 - Dubbo Kangaroos
• 2015 - Orange Emus
• 2016 - Orange Emus
• 2017 - Forbes
• 2018 - Orange Emus
• 2019 - Bathurst
• 2020 - Orange Emus
• 2021 - Cowra
• 2022 - Bathurst

Clubs

Blowes Clothing Cup teams (tier-one)

Club	City	Home Ground	No. of Premierships	Premierships	Foundation Date
Bathurst Bulldogs	Bathurst	Ann Ashwood Park	14	1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2019, 2022, 2023	1874
Cowra Eagles	Cowra	Cowra Rugby Ground	1	2021 (default Covid)	1967
Dubbo Kangaroos	Dubbo	Victoria Oval	7	1975*, 1987, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014	1899
Forbes Platypi	Forbes	Grinstead Oval	2	2003, 2017	1968
Orange City	Orange	Pride Park	11	1976, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2012, 2013
Orange Emus	Orange	Endeavour Oval	17	1958, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975*, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020

New Holland Agriculture Cup teams (tier-two)

Club	City	Home Ground	No. of Premierships	Premierships	Foundation Date
CSU-Mitchell	Bathurst	University Oval	1	2019	1921
Dubbo Rhinos	Dubbo	Apex Oval	0	None
Mudgee Wombats	Mudgee	Glen Willow Sporting Complex	0	None	1874
Narromine Gorillas	Narromine	Cale Oval	2	2017, 2018
Parkes Boars	Parkes	Spicer Oval	4	2020, 2021(default Covid), 2022, 2023

Oilsplus Cup (tier-three north)

Club	City	Home Ground
Canowindra Pythons	Canowindra	Canowindra Rugby Club
Coonabarabran Kookaburras	Coonabarabran	Coonabarabran Rugby Club
Geurie Goats	Geurie	Geurie Rugby Club
Molong Magpies	Molong	Molong Rugby Club
Wellington Redbacks	Wellington	Wellington Rugby Club
Yeoval Eagles	Yeoval	Yeoval Rugby Club

South West Fuels Cup (tier-three south)

Club	City	Home Ground
Blayney Rams	Blayney	Blayney Rugby Club
Boorowa Goldies	Boorowa	Boorowa Rugby Club
Cootamundra Tri-Colours	Cootamundra	Cootamundra Rugby Club
Grenfell Panthers	Grenfell	Grenfell Rugby Club
Harden Red Devils	Harden	Harden Rugby Club
Temora Tuskers	Temora	Temora Recreation Ground
West Wyalong Weevils	West Wyalong	West Wyalong Rugby Club
Young Yabbies	Young	Cranfield Oval

See also

• Rugby union in New South Wales
• List of Australian club rugby union competitions

External links

• Official website
• Central West Rugby Union on Facebook