The Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League (NRRRL) is a rugby league

Rugby league

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 competition run in the far north of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. It is run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League

New South Wales Country Rugby League

-2011 Tier 2 Championships:-History:Newcastle was the first city outside Sydney to start a league competition, being involved in the Sydney Premiership in 1908-09 and then starting their own competition in 1910....

. The league formed in 2005 as an extended Group 1 Rugby League

Group 1 Rugby League

Group 1 Rugby League was a former 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...

 competition, featuring teams from Group 18 Rugby League

Group 18 Rugby League

Group 18 is the name of a rugby league competition on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Currently, the group has no senior competition. Prior to 2005, there was a joint Gold Coast-Group 18 competition which fielded teams from both the Queensland and New South Wales sides of the...

. Prior to this, teams from Group 18 played in a competition with teams from the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

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 region of Queensland

Queensland

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. Both Group 1 and Group 18 continue to run junior competitions.

The competitions run by NRRRL include: First grade, Second grade, and Under-18's.

Teams

The following clubs in NRRRL fielded teams in the 2011 First Grade competition:

Club
Ballina Seagulls
Casino RSM Cougars
Cudgen Hornets
Evans Head Bombers
Grafton Ghosts
Grafton Rhinos (formerly South Grafton)
Kyogle Turkeys
Lismore Marist Brothers Rams
Lower Clarence Magpies
Mullumbimby Giants
Murwillumbah Colts
Northern United Dirrawongs
Tweed Coast Raiders

The following teams in Group 1 field teams in junior competitions only.

• Lennox Head Dolphins
• South Lismore Rabbits

External links

• Northern Rivers Homepage
• Latest Group 1 Table - from Sporting Pulse