Group 9 Rugby League

Group 9 Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	27 April 1923; 101 years ago
Inaugural season	1923
Number of teams	11 (10 in First Grade)
Country	Australia
Premiers	[[File:\|16px\|]] Young Cherrypickers (2024)
Most titles	Wagga Kangaroos (12 titles)
Website	Group 9 at Play Rugby League

Group 9 is a rugby league competition based in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, and surrounding areas. The competition is played in six grades, with these being Under 16s, Under 18s, Women's Tackle, Women's League-Tag, Reserve-Grade and First-Grade.

Currently a home and away season consisting of sixteen rounds is played. The best four teams then play-off according to the Page–McIntyre system, culminating in the Group 9 Grand final, which is traditionally held at McDonald's Park in Wagga Wagga.

History

1920s–1950s: Foundations

Group 9 Rugby League was formed at a meeting at the Grand Hotel, Harden, following a four-hour meeting on 26 April 1923, which finished at 12:20 am the following morning. The foundation clubs were Harden, Murrumburrah, Binalong, Young, Wambanumba, Monteagle, Bendick Murrell, Cootamundra, Junee, Wagga Wagga, Gundagai, Tumut, Adelong, West Wyalong, Barmedman, Griffith, Temora, Leeton, Ariah Park and Mildil.^[1]

Competition in the early years of Group 9 consisted of various challenge type matches, and it was not until 1933 that regular inter-club competition commenced.^[2]

1960s–1980s: Murrumbidgee Breakaway and Reformation

In 1966, the rebel Murrumbidgee Rugby League broke away from the competition due to years of competition boundary disputes, leading to four years of reshuffled competitions from 1967 to 1970. The Murrumbidgee Rugby League was renamed to Riverina Zone 3 in 1969-70.^[3]

Given that a number of the Group 9 clubs (including Gundagai, Junee, Tumut) joined the five clubs who broke away from Group 20 to form the new competition (Batlow, Tumbarumba, Turvey Park, Wagga Magpies and Wagga Kangaroos), Group 9 was severely weakened in the 1966 season.

Therefore, the remaining Group 9 clubs were divided up and put into neighbouring competitions. Barmedman, Temora and West Wyalong joined the Group 20 during this period, leading to the 9/20 name, while Harden, Young and Wyangala Dam joined Group 8. To honour the additions of the clubs, the competitions were renamed to Group 9/20, Group 8/9 respectively.

In 1970, when the Group 9 body regained control of football in the district and the Murrumbidgee Rugby League/Riverina Zone 3 returned to the competition, West Wyalong remained in Group 20, while Harden, Temora and Young returned from their respective competitions.

1990s–present: Absorption of Group 13, Peak and Decline

After the Group 13 Rugby League competition collapsed in 1991, the Albury Blues (renamed Greater Southern Rams upon entry due to Tumut already being the Blues), Wagga Brothers, a merged outfit from Adelong and Batlow, and Tumbarumba, joined the competition.

However, the competition declined from a peak of 14 clubs in the late 1990s to 9 clubs in 2022. Clubs to leave in this period included Adelong-Batlow (folded), Harden-Murrumburrah (George Tooke Shield), Tumbarumba (folded, then joined Murray Cup) and Cootamundra (George Tooke Shield). Turvey Park and Wagga Magpies also merged in 2005 to form the South City Bulls.

Albury Thunder, the successor to Greater Southern Rams and Lavington Panthers, won a threepeat of titles from 2012 to 2014.

Group 9's crisis became even more apparent following powerhouse Junee's decision not to field a First Grade team in 2021 and 2022. However, this strategy paid off as the club won the Reserve Grade title in 2022, with plans to return to First Grade football in 2023. Their return to the premier grade was offset by the loss of the Wagga Brothers to the exact same fate for the 2023 season.

Current clubs

Town	Nickname	Home ground	Years	Titles	Premiership Years
Albury	Thunder	Greenfield Park, Albury	1992–	3	2012–14
Cootamundra	Bulldogs	Les Boyd Oval	1923–2019; 2025–	9	1947–48, 1950–51, 1954, 1982, 1988, 1990, 2005
Estella	Storm	McDonald's Park, Wagga Wagga	2024– (Women's)	0	None
Gundagai	Tigers	ANZAC Park, Gundagai	1923–	7	1946, 1963, 1983, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022
Junee	Diesels	Laurie Daley Oval, Junee	1923–	2	1964, 1986
South City	Bulls	Harris Park, Wagga Wagga	2005–	3	2011, 2016–17
Temora	Dragons	Nixon Park, Temora	1923–	9	1957–59, 1961, 1977, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006
Tumut	Blues	Twickenham, Tumut	1923–	10	1940, 1949, 1970, 1973, 2003, 2007–08, 2010, 2019, 2023
Wagga Wagga	Brothers	McDonald's Park, Wagga Wagga	1980; 1993–	1	1995
Wagga Wagga	Kangaroos	McDonald's Park, Wagga Wagga	1967–1991; 1993–	12	1968–69, 1971, 1978–79, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1999-2000-01, 2009
Young	Cherrypickers	Alfred Oval, Young	1923–	8	1941, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1974, 1984, 1991, 2024

Previous clubs

Post-1966 Schism

Club	Nickname	No. of Premierships	Premiership Years	Notes
Adelong-Batlow	Bears	1	1996	Merger of Adelong and Batlow following the demise of Group 13, disbanded early 2000s
Barmedman	Clydesdales	0	None	Moved to Group 20 in 1967, then moved to Group 9 Second Division in 1972
Cowra	Magpies	1	1939	Moved to Group 10 in 1955
Grenfell	Goannas	0	None	Moved to Group 9 Second Division in 1972
Harden-Murrumburrah	Hawks	2	1962, 1981	Amalgamated with Binalong to form South West Brahmans in the George Tooke Shield. The clubs have separated and each field teams in the Shield
Turvey Park	Lions	4	1972, 1975–76, 1993	Amalgamated with Wagga Magpies to form South City Bulls in 2005
Tumbarumba	Greens	1	1997	Recess then moved to Murray Cup
Wagga Wagga	Kangaroos-Brothers	0	None	Formed after Brothers joined from the defunct Group 13. De-amalgamated after one season (1992) and reformed as Wagga Brothers and Wagga Kangaroos
Wagga Wagga	Magpies	3	1980, 1989, 1992	Amalgamated with Turvey Park Lions to form South City Bulls in 2005
West Wyalong	Mallee Men	4	1938, 1960, 1965–66	Moved to Group 20 in 1967

Pre-1966 Schism

First Grade Grand Finals

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Referee	Venue	Date	Report
Group 9 Premiership
1933	Leeton Greens	23 – 7	Cowra Magpies	Mr. Poplin	Temora	17 September 1933	^[4]^[5]
1934	Leeton Greens (2)	14 – 6	Tumut Blues	Mr. Moreghan	Leeton	26 August 1934	^[6]^[7]
1935 – 1937: Various Challenge Cups contested only
1938	West Wyalong Mallee Men	34 – 14	Temora Dragons	H. Thomas	West Wyalong	31 July 1938	^[8]
1939	Cowra Magpies	13 – 7	Young Cherrypickers
1940	Tumut Blues	15 – 10	West Wyalong Mallee Men	C. Gardiner	Junee	15 September 1940	^[9]^[10]
1941	Young Cherrypickers	18 – 12	Gundagai Tigers		Young	3 August 1941	^[11]
1942 – 1945: Suspended due to World War II
1946	Gundagai Tigers	15 – 3	West Wyalong Mallee Men	W. Lawrence	Temora	15 September 1946	^[12]
1947	Cootamundra Bulldogs	50 – 10	Young Cherrypickers	M. Ibbotson	Roberts' Park Murrumburrah	31 August 1947	^[13]
1948	Cootamundra Bulldogs (2)	14 – 9	Young Cherrypickers		Fisher Park Cootamundra	1 August 1948	^[14]
1949	Tumut Blues (2)	11 – 10	Griffith Black & Whites	M. Ibbotson	Cootamundra	28 August 1949	^[15]
1950	Cootamundra Bulldogs (3)	11 – 5	Junee Diesels	M. Ibbotson	Cootamundra Showground	1 October 1950	C^[16]^[17]
1951	Cootamundra Bulldogs (4)	16 – 13	West Wyalong Mallee Men	Mr. Boyton	Temora	14 October 1951	^[18]
1952	Young Cherrypickers (2)	14 – 11	Temora Dragons		Temora	12 October 1952	^[19]^[20]
1953	Young Cherrypickers (3)	9 – 7	Cootamundra Bulldogs	Mr. Boyton	Roberts' Park Murrumburrah	20 September 1953	^[21]^[22]
1954	Cootamundra Bulldogs (5)	21 – 7	Temora Dragons		Fisher Park Cootamundra	3 September 1954	^[23]^[24]
1955	Young Cherrypickers (4)	38 – 5	West Wyalong Mallee Men
1956	Young Cherrypickers (5)	52 – 2	Tumbarumba Greens
1957	Temora Dragons	13 – 7	Gundagai Tigers	Mr. Boyton	Cootamundra	8 September 1957	^[25]
1958	Temora Dragons (2)	46 – 9	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks
1959	Temora Dragons (3)	25 – 8	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks
1960	West Wyalong Mallee Men (2)	18 – 7	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks				^[26]
1961	Temora Dragons (4)	19 – 4	Junee Diesels		Cootamundra
1962	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	18 – 10	West Wyalong Mallee Men
1963	Gundagai Tigers (2)	18 – 5	Tumut Blues
1964	Junee Diesels	17 – 7	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks
1965	West Wyalong Mallee Men (3)	17 – 12	Tumut Blues				^[26]
1966	West Wyalong Mallee Men (4)	23 – 2	Temora Dragons
Group 9/20 Premiership
1967	Griffith Waratahs	32 – 2	Leeton Greenies
1968	West Wyalong Mallee Men (5)	15 – 4	Griffith Waratahs
1969	Griffith Waratahs (2)	18 – 9	Griffith Black & Whites
1970	West Wyalong Mallee Men (6)	19 – 18	Temora Dragons
Group 8/9 Premiership
1967	Queanbeyan United Blues	14 – 6	Goulburn United Roosters	B. Chapman	Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan	24 September 1967	^[27]
1968	Young Cherrypickers (6)	8 – 8	Queanbeyan United Blues	K. Lyons	Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan	22 September 1968	^[28]
1969	Queanbeyan Kangaroos	8 – 2	Queanbeyan United Blues	B. Chapman	Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan	14 September 1969	^[29]
1970	Queanbeyan Kangaroos (2)	12 – 0	Queanbeyan United Blues	B. Chapman	Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan	27 September 1970	^[30]
Murrumbidgee Rugby League
1966	Wagga Magpies	20 – 0	Tumbarumba Greens
1967	Wagga Magpies (2)	12 – 10	Tumut Blues
1968	Wagga Kangaroos	17 – 11	Wagga Magpies
Riverina Zone 3
1969	Wagga Kangaroos (2)	10 – 5	Wagga Magpies
1970	Tumut Blues (3)	7 – 4	Wagga Kangaroos
Group 9 Premiership
1971	Wagga Kangaroos (3)	26 – 8	Tumut Blues	T. Spain
1972	Turvey Park Lions	19 – 5	Tumut Blues	T. Spain
1973	Tumut Blues (4)	24 – 4	Wagga Kangaroos	T. Spain
1974	Young Cherrypickers (7)	30 – 5	Cootamundra Bulldogs	W. Marshall
1975	Turvey Park Lions (2)	26 – 6	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	T. Spain
1976	Turvey Park Lions (3)	13 – 8	Temora Dragons	T. Spain
1977	Temora Dragons (5)	18 – 5	Cootamundra Bulldogs	T. Spain
1978	Wagga Kangaroos (4)	26 – 7	Tumut Blues	T. Spain
1979	Wagga Kangaroos (5)	20 – 7	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	T. Spain
1980	Wagga Magpies (3)	27 – 19	Young Cherrypickers	T. Spain
1981	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks (2)	18 – 15	Wagga Kangaroos	T. Spain
1982	Cootamundra Bulldogs (6)	14 – 8	Tumut Blues	T. Spain
1983	Gundagai Tigers (3)	40 – 14	Young Cherrypickers	T. Spain
1984	Young Cherrypickers (8)	32 – 12	Gundagai Tigers	T. Spain	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1985	Wagga Kangaroos (6)	28 – 12	Wagga Magpies	L. Regent	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1986	Junee Diesels (2)	10 – 6	Young Cherrypickers	P. Hay	Fisher Park Cootamundra
1987	Wagga Kangaroos (7)	37 – 8	Temora Dragons	P. Hay	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1988	Cootamundra Bulldogs (7)	22 – 16	Temora Dragons	P. Hay	Alfred Park Young
1989	Wagga Magpies (4)	24 – 23	Temora Dragons	P. Hay	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1990	Cootamundra Bulldogs (8)	16 – 8	Temora Dragons	B. Jacobson	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1991	Young Cherrypickers (9)	16 – 6	Wagga Magpies	B. Jacobson	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1992	Wagga Magpies (5)	16 – 4	Tumut Blues	T. Fletcher	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1993	Turvey Park Lions (4)	24 – 10	Gundagai Tigers	B. Jacobson	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1994	Wagga Kangaroos (8)	24 – 20	Gundagai Tigers	L. Pearce	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1995	Wagga Brothers	42 – 16	Wagga Magpies	J. Hetherington
1996	Adelong-Batlow Bears	20 – 10	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	T. Fletcher
1997	Tumbarumba Greens	28 – 22	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	T. Fletcher
1998	Temora Dragons (6)	38 – 22	Young Cherrypickers	T. Fletcher
1999	Wagga Kangaroos (9)	40 – 16	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	T. Fletcher
2000	Wagga Kangaroos (10)	32 – 20	Tumbarumba Greens	T. Fletcher	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	10 September 2000
2001	Wagga Kangaroos (11)	22 – 20	Temora Dragons	B. Nix	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	9 September 2001
2002	Temora Dragons (7)	56 – 16	Turvey Park Lions	B. Nix	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	22 September 2002
2003	Tumut Blues (5)	31 – 10	Gundagai Tigers	B. Nix	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	14 September 2003
2004	Temora Dragons (8)	28 – 24	Gundagai Tigers	B. Nix	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	26 September 2004
2005	Cootamundra Bulldogs (9)	19 – 12	Tumut Blues	B. Nix	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	25 September 2005	^[31]
2006	Temora Dragons (9)	40 – 16	Gundagai Tigers	B. Nix			^[32]
2007	Tumut Blues (6)	28 – 10	Wagga Brothers		Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	23 September 2007	^[33]
2008	Tumut Blues (7)	20 – 14	Wagga Brothers	B. Nix	Fisher Park Cootamundra	21 September 2008	^[34]
2009	Wagga Kangaroos (12)	42 – 4	Gundagai Tigers	B. Nix	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	26 September 2009	^[35]^[36]
2010	Tumut Blues (8)	22 – 8	Junee Diesels	B. Nix	Lavington Sportsground Albury	26 September 2010	^[37]
2011	South City Bulls	20 – 18	Gundagai Tigers	B. Nix	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	25 September 2011
2012	Albury Thunder	36 – 26	South City Bulls	S. Muir	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	23 September 2012
2013	Albury Thunder (2)	30 – 20	Gundagai Tigers	B. Nix	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	29 September 2013	^[38]
2014	Albury Thunder (3)	45 – 4	South City Bulls	B. Nix	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	28 September 2014	^[39]
2015	Gundagai Tigers (4)	28 – 16	Junee Diesels	B. Nix	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	13 September 2015	^[40]^[41]
2016	South City Bulls (2)	22 – 18	Gundagai Tigers	B. Nix	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	11 September 2016	^[42]^[43]
2017	South City Bulls (3)	24 – 8	Gundagai Tigers	S. Muir	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	10 September 2017	^[44]^[45]
2018	Gundagai Tigers (5)	13 – 6	South City Bulls	S. Muir	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	1 September 2018	^[46]^[47]
2019	Tumut Blues (9)	28 – 4	South City Bulls	S. Muir	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	15 September 2019	^[48]
2020	Gundagai Tigers (6)	40 – 18	Tumut Blues	S. Muir	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	27 September 2020	^[49]
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown in NSW
2022	Gundagai Tigers (7)	34 – 4	Young Cherrypickers	S. Muir	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	18 September 2022	^[50]
2023	Tumut Blues (10)	23 – 18	Wagga Kangaroos	B. Whitby	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	17 September 2023	^[51]

Team Performance

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Wagga Wagga Kangaroos	12	4	1968, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009	1970, 1973, 1981, 2023
Tumut Blues	10	11	1940, 1949, 1970, 1973, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2019, 2023	1934, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1992, 2005, 2020
Temora Dragons	9	11	1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1977, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006	1938, 1952, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001
Young Cherrypickers	9	8	1941, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1974, 1984, 1991	1939, 1947, 1948, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1998, 2022
Cootamundra Bulldogs	9	3	1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1982, 1988, 1990, 2005	1953, 1974, 1977
Gundagai Tigers	7	13	1946, 1963, 1983, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022	1941, 1957, 1984, 1993, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017
West Wyalong Mallee Men	6	5	1938, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970	1940, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1962
Wagga Magpies	5	5	1966, 1967, 1980, 1989, 1992	1968, 1969, 1985, 1991, 1995
Turvey Park Lions	4	1	1972, 1975, 1976, 1993	2002
South City Bulls	3	4	2011, 2016, 2017	2012, 2014, 2018, 2019
Albury Thunder	3	0	2012, 2013, 2014	–
Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	2	9	1962, 1981	1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1975, 1979, 1996, 1997, 1999
Junee Diesels	2	4	1964, 1986	1950, 1961, 2010, 2015
Leeton Greenies	2	1	1933, 1934	1967
Griffith Waratah Tigers	2	1	1967, 1969	1968
Queanbeyan Kangaroos	2	0	1969, 1970	–
Queanbeyan United Blues	1	3	1967	1968, 1969, 1970
Tumbarumba Greens	1	3	1997	1956, 1966, 2000
Wagga Wagga Brothers	1	2	1995	2007, 2008
Cowra Magpies	1	1	1939	1933
Adelong-Batlow Bears	1	0	1996	–
Griffith Black & White Panthers	0	2	–	1949, 1969
Goulburn United Roosters	0	1	–	1967

Reserve Grade Grand Finals

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Referee	Venue	Date
Group 9 Reserve Grade
1947	Gundagai Tigers	8 – 3	Young Cherrypickers
1950	West Wyalong Mallee Men	10 – 5	Temora Dragons
1951	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	7 – 6	Tumut Blues
1952	Cowra Magpies	12 – 4	Cootamundra Bulldogs
1953	Cootamundra Bulldogs	36 – 10	West Wyalong Mallee Men
1954	Cootamundra Bulldogs (2)	11 – 3	West Wyalong Mallee Men
1955	Tumbarumba Greens	13 – 6	Cootamundra Bulldogs
1956	Gundagai Tigers (2)	14 – 7	Tumut Blues
1957	Young Cherrypickers	23 – 5	Gundagai Tigers	L. Boyton	Young	15 September 1957
1958	Cootamundra Bulldogs (3)	19 – 6	Temora Dragons
1959	Tumut Blues	6 – 0	Temora Dragons
1960	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks (2)	21 – 6	West Wyalong Mallee Men
1961	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks (3)	11 – 0	Junee Diesels
1962	Junee Diesels	5 – 2	Tumut Blues
1963	Junee Diesels (2)	8 – 6	Temora Dragons
1964	Cootamundra Bulldogs (4)	8 – 5	Junee Diesels
1965	Junee Diesels (3)	10 – 6	Tumut Blues
1966	West Wyalong Mallee Men (2)	3 – 2	Cootamundra Bulldogs
Group 9/20 Reserve Grade
1967	West Wyalong Mallee Men (3)	16 – 11	Griffith Black & Whites
1968	Leeton Greenies	10 – 9	West Wyalong Mallee Men
1969	Griffith Black & Whites	28 – 2	Barmedman Clydesdales
1970	Griffith Black & Whites (2)	23 – 4	Temora Dragons
Group 8/9 Reserve Grade
1967	Queanbeyan United Blues	22 – 14	Goulburn Workers Bulldogs	K. Lyons	Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan	24 September 1967
1968	Queanbeyan United Blues (2)	18 – 5	Goulburn Workers Bulldogs		Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan	22 September 1968
1969	Queanbeyan Kangaroos	6 – 0	Yass Magpies		Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan	14 September 1969
1970	Queanbeyan United Blues (3)	12 – 0	Queanbeyan Kangaroos		Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan	27 September 1970
Murrumbidgee Rugby League Reserve Grade
1966	Wagga Kangaroos	8 – 0	Tumut Blues
1967	Tumut Blues (2)	16 – 10	Tarcutta
1968	Tumut Blues (3)	25 – 7	Junee Diesels
Riverina Zone 3 Reserve Grade
1969	Tumut Blues (4)	3 – 2	Wagga Kangaroos
1970	Wagga Kangaroos (2)	5 – 2	Tumut Blues
Group 9 Reserve Grade
1971	Tumut Blues (5)	16 – 6	Young Cherrypickers	J. Gerber
1972	Cootamundra Bulldogs (5)	26 – 7	Wagga Kangaroos	J. Gerber
1973	Young Cherrypickers (2)	21 – 7	Turvey Park Lions	J. Gerber
1974	Young Cherrypickers (3)	12 – 8	Temora Dragons	T. Spain
1975	Wagga Kangaroos (3)	18 – 17	Young Cherrypickers	T. Hilton
1976	Young Cherrypickers (4)	30 – 7	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	T. Hilton
1977	Wagga Kangaroos (4)	17 – 4	Temora Dragons	R. Riach
1978	Young Cherrypickers (5)	18 – 11	Tumut Blues	T. Briggs
1979	Young Cherrypickers (6)	22 – 5	Tumut Blues	K. Martin
1980	Wagga Kangaroos (5)	19 – 6	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	T. Briggs
1981	Temora Dragons	24 – 10	Young Cherrypickers	B. Barrett
1982	Temora Dragons (2)	11 – 5	Tumut Blues	B. Barrett
1983	Young Cherrypickers (7)	13 – 6	Temora Dragons	P. Hay
1984	Temora Dragons (3)	22 – 14	Young Cherrypickers	P. Hay
1985	Junee Diesels (4)	30 – 16	Wagga Kangaroos	P. Hay
1986	Junee Diesels (5)	34 – 14	Gundagai Tigers	C. Patterson	Fisher Park Cootamundra
1987	Junee Diesels (6)	12 – 10	Temora Dragons	P. Walsh	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1988	Wagga Kangaroos (6)	24 – 12	Junee Diesels	P. O'Brien	Alfred Park Young
1989	Junee Diesels (7)	27 – 14	Wagga Magpies	P. O'Brien	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1990	Wagga Kangaroos (7)	23 – 14	Temora Dragons	P. O'Brien	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1991	Tumut Blues (6)	28 – 12	Wagga Kangaroos	B. Alston	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1992	Wagga Kangaroos-Brothers	18 – 4	Tumut Blues	J. Hetherington	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1993	Turvey Park Lions	17 – 12	Tumut Blues	J. Hetherington	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1994	Tumut Blues (7)	16 – 6	Gundagai Tigers	J. Hetherington	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1995	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks (4)	13 – 10	Junee Diesels	T. Fletcher
1996	Turvey Park Lions (2)	40 – 4	Tumut Blues	J. Hetherington
1997	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks (5)	20 – 6	Young Cherrypickers	L. Pearce
1998	Turvey Park Lions (3)	32 – 20	Tumut Blues	C. Levy
1999	Adelong-Batlow Bears	14 – 10	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	L. Pearce
2000	Gundagai Tigers (3)	30 – 18	Young Cherrypickers	L. Pearce	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	10 September 2000
2001	Tumut Blues (8)	22 – 20	Young Cherrypickers	W. Prosser	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	9 September 2001
2002	Gundagai Tigers (4)	30 – 8	Wagga Magpies	T. Fletcher	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	22 September 2002
2003	Gundagai Tigers (5)	28 – 0	Tumut Blues	W. Bowden	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	14 September 2003
2004	Young Cherrypickers (8)	25 – 12	Tumut Blues	W. Bowden	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	26 September 2004
2005	Tumut Blues (9)	34 – 4	Wagga Kangaroos	S. Muir	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	25 September 2005
2006	Junee Diesels (8)	16 – 10	Temora Dragons	W. Bowden
2007	Cootamundra Bulldogs (6)	48 – 10	Young Cherrypickers	L. O'Brien	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
2008	Junee Diesels (9)	20 – 14	Wagga Brothers	S. Muir	Fisher Park Cootamundra	21 September 2008
2009	Wagga Brothers	10 – 4	Wagga Kangaroos	S. Muir	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	26 September 2009
2010	Lavington Panthers	34 – 10	Wagga Brothers	S. Muir	Lavington Sportsground Albury	26 September 2010
2011	Albury Thunder	28 – 10	Junee Diesels	S. Muir	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	25 September 2011
2012	Albury Thunder (2)	–		B. Nix	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	23 September 2012
2013	Wagga Brothers (2)	–		J. White	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	29 September 2013
2014	Gundagai Tigers (6)	–		S. Muir	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	28 September 2014
2015	Gundagai Tigers (7)	32 – 6	Albury Thunder	S. Muir	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	13 September 2015
2016	Gundagai Tigers (8)	16 – 12	South City Bulls	S. Muir	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	11 September 2016
2017	South City Bulls	22 – 4	Temora Dragons	J. White	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	10 September 2017
2018	South City Bulls (2)	18 – 6	Wagga Kangaroos	S. Bartlett	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	1 September 2018
2019	Gundagai Tigers (9)	28 – 8	Young Cherrypickers	B. Whitby	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	15 September 2019
2020	Gundagai Tigers (10)	10 – 10	Young Cherrypickers	S. Byatt	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	27 September 2020
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown in NSW
2022	Junee Diesels (10)	14 – 10	Gundagai Tigers		McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	18 September 2022
2023	Young Cherrypickers (9)	38 – 16	South City Bulls		McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	17 September 2023

Team Performance

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Junee Diesels	10	6	1962, 1963, 1965, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2006, 2008, 2022	1961, 1964, 1968, 1988, 1995, 2011
Gundagai Tigers	10	4	1947, 1956, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020	1957, 1986, 1994, 2022
Tumut Blues	8	15	1959, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1994, 2001, 2005	1951, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004
Young Cherrypickers	9	11	1957, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2004, 2023	1947, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1984, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2019, 2020
Wagga Kangaroos	7	7	1966, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1990	1969, 1972, 1985, 1991, 2005, 2009, 2018
Cootamundra Bulldogs	6	3	1953, 1954, 1958, 1964, 1972, 2007	1952, 1955, 1966
Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	5	3	1951, 1960, 1961, 1995, 1997	1976, 1980, 1999
Temora Dragons	4	12	1981, 1982, 1984, 1991	1950, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1987, 1990, 2006, 2017
West Wyalong Mallee Men	3	4	1950, 1966, 1967	1953, 1954, 1960, 1968
Turvey Park Lions	3	1	1993, 1996, 1998	1973
Queanbeyan United Blues	3	0	1967, 1968, 1970	–
Griffith Black & White Panthers	2	1	1969, 1970	1967
Wagga Brothers	2	2	2009, 2013	2008, 2010
Albury Thunder	2	1	2011, 2012	2015
South City Bulls	2	1	2017, 2018	2016, 2023
Queanbeyan Kangaroos	1	1	1969	1970
Cowra Magpies	1	0	1952	–
Tumbarumba Greens	1	0	1955	–
Leeton Greenies	1	0	1968	–
Wagga Kangaroos-Brothers	1	0	1992	–
Adelong-Batlow Bears	1	0	1999	–
Lavington Panthers	1	0	2010	–
Goulburn Workers Bulldogs	0	2	–	1967, 1968
Wagga Magpies	0	2		1989, 2002
Tarcutta	0	1	–	1967
Barmedman Clydesdales	0	1	–	1969
Yass Magpies	0	1	–	1969

Under 18/19s Grand Finals

Group Nine has run two under-age competitions since 1971. Clubs in the older division compete for the Weissel Cup. This is not to be confused with the Weissel Medal, an award for the First Grade Player of the Year. Both awards are named in honour of the late Eric Weissel, an Australian representative who played and coached several clubs in the region.

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Referee	Venue	Date
Group 9 Under 18s
1971	Wagga Magpies	12 – 7	Young Cherrypickers	K. Robotham
1972	Temora Dragons	22 – 9	Tumut Blues	J. Castle
1973	Young Cherrypickers	33 – 10	Junee Diesels	J. Craig
1974	Turvey Park Lions	32 – 11	Young Cherrypickers	N. Hand
1975	Young Cherrypickers (2)	26 – 5	Cootamundra Bulldogs	G. Negline
1976	Turvey Park Lions (2)	16 – 2	Wagga Magpies	R. Riach
1977	Young Cherrypickers (3)			M. Newman
1978	Wagga Kangaroos	16 – 8	Turvey Park Lions	M. Newman
1979	Junee Diesels	37 – 16	Young Cherrypickers	M. Newman
1980	Turvey Park Lions (3)	20 – 13	Young Cherrypickers	B. Barrett
1981	Wagga Magpies (2)	37 – 8	Young Cherrypickers	J. Hetherington
1982	Tumut Blues	19 – 10	Turvey Park Lions	P. Hay
1983	Young Cherrypickers (4)	14 – 8	Turvey Park Lions	C. Patterson
1984	Junee Diesels (2)	26 – 20	Young Cherrypickers	C. Patterson
1985	Junee Diesels (3)	20 – 14	Young Cherrypickers	P. Kidd
1986	Junee Diesels (4)	22 – 12	Young Cherrypickers	P. Kidd	Fisher Park Cootamundra
1987	Young Cherrypickers (5)	18 – 10	Temora Dragons	P. Kidd	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1988	Temora Dragons (2)	20 – 10	Young Cherrypickers	B. Jacobson	Alfred Park Young
1989	Young Cherrypickers (6)	28 – 10	Temora Dragons	P. Kidd	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1990	Wagga Kangaroos (2)	62 – 12	Temora Dragons	B. Alston	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1991	Young Cherrypickers (7)	34 – 22	Wagga Kangaroos	T. Fletcher	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1992	Young Cherrypickers (8)			B. Alston
1993	Turvey Park Lions (4)	33 – 24	Wagga Kangaroos	L. Pearce	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1994	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	38 – 20	Young Cherrypickers	S.Pike	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
1995	Junee Diesels (5)	24 – 12	Wagga Kangaroos	S. Muir
1996	Wagga Brothers	32 – 10	Cootamundra Bulldogs	L. Pearce
1997	Wagga Brothers (2)	36 – 14	Cootamundra Bulldogs	S. Levy
1998	Wagga Magpies (3)	14 – 10	Gundagai Tigers	W. Prosser
1999	Gundagai Tigers	24 – 20	Temora Dragons	S. Muir
2000	Young Cherrypickers (9)	18 – 16	Gundagai Tigers	G. Payne	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	10 September 2000
2001	Wagga Kangaroos (3)	16 – 10	Young Cherrypickers	W. Bowden	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	9 September 2001
2002	Young Cherrypickers (10)	30 – 20	Wagga Kangaroos	W. Bowden	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	22 September 2002
2003	Tumut Blues (2)	23 – 12	Young Cherrypickers	M. Carter	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	14 September 2003
2004	Tumut Blues (3)	14 – 12	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	P. Hargraves	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	26 September 2004
2005	Young Cherrypickers (11)	24 – 16	Temora Dragons	W. Bowden	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	25 September 2005
2006	Temora Dragons (3)			S. Muir
2007	Junee Diesels (6)	40 – 28	Young Cherrypickers	B. Hartley	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga
2008	Temora Dragons (4)	18 – 10	Young Cherrypickers	L. O'Brien	Fisher Park Cootamundra	21 September 2008
2009	Cootamundra Bulldogs	20 – 8	Gundagai Tigers	J. White	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	26 September 2009
2010	Wagga Kangaroos (4)	20 – 4	Tumut Blues	J. White	Lavington Sportsground Albury	26 September 2010
2011	Wagga Brothers (3)	34 – 12	Tumut Blues	J. White	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	25 September 2011
2012	Temora Dragons (5)			M. Daly	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	23 September 2012
2013	Temora Dragons (6)			S. Went	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	29 September 2013
2014	Wagga Brothers (4)			J. White	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	28 September 2014
2015	Temora Dragons (7)	–	South City Bulls	J. White	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	13 September 2015
2016	South City Bulls	18 – 14	Wagga Brothers	B. Hart	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	11 September 2016
2017	Wagga Kangaroos (5)	32 – 18	South City Bulls	B. Hart	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	10 September 2017
2018	Young Cherrypickers (12)	14 – 10	South City Bulls	B. Hart	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	1 September 2018
Group 9 Under 19s
2019	Young Cherrypickers (13)	36 – 12	Gundagai Tigers	C. Kirkman	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	15 September 2019
Group 9 Under 18s
2020	Wagga Kangaroos (6)	14 – 10	Wagga Brothers	C. Kirkman	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	27 September 2020
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown in NSW
2022	Junee Diesels (7)	16 – 14	Young Cherrypickers		McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	18 September 2022
2023	South City Bulls (2)	22 –16	Young Cherrypickers		McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	17 September 2023

Team Performance

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Young Cherrypickers	13	16	1973, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2018, 2019	1971, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2022, 2023
Temora Dragons	7	5	1972, 1988, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015	1987, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2005
Junee Diesels	7	1	1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2007, 2022	1973
Wagga Kangaroos	6	4	1978, 1990, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2020	1991, 1993, 1995, 2002
Wagga Brothers	4	2	1996, 1997, 2011, 2014	2016, 2020
Turvey Park Lions	4	3	1974, 1976, 1980, 1993	1978, 1982, 1983
Wagga Magpies	3	1	1971, 1981, 1998	1976
Tumut Blues	3	3	1982, 2003, 2004	1972, 2010, 2011
Gundagai Tigers	1	4	1999	1998, 2000, 2009, 2019
South City Bulls	2	3	2016, 2023	2015, 2017, 2018
Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	1	1	1994	2004
Cootamundra Bulldogs	1	3	2009	1975, 1996, 1997

Under 16/17s Grand Finals

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Referee	Venue	Date
Group 9 Under 16s
1959	Cootamundra Bulldogs	9 – 8	Boorowa Bushrangers
1960	Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	24 – 0	Cootamundra Bulldogs
1961	Cootamundra Bulldogs (2)	25 – 0	Gundagai Tigers
1962	Gundagai Tigers	8 – 6	Tumut Blues
1963	Gundagai Tigers (2)	26 – 2	Junee Diesels
1964	Tumut Blues	20 – 3	Gundagai Tigers
1965	Young Cherrypickers	15 – 0	Gundagai Tigers
1966	Young Cherrypickers (2)	3 – 2	Temora Dragons
Group 9/20 Under 16s
1968	Griffith Waratahs	30 – 9	West Wyalong Mallee Men
1969	Griffith Waratahs (2)	24 – 19	Griffith Black & Whites
1970	Griffith Black & Whites	5 – 3	Griffith Waratahs
Murrumbidgee Rugby League Under 16s
1966	Wagga Kangaroos	10 – 5	Tumut Blues
1967	Gundagai Tigers (3)	16 – 8	Tumut Blues
1968	Turvey Park Lions	23 – 4	Gundagai Tigers
Riverina Zone 3 Under 16s
1969	Tumut Blues (2)	9 – 5	Turvey Park Lions
1970	Gundagai Tigers (4)	15 – 0	Wagga Magpies
Group 9 Under 16s
1971	Tumut Blues (3)	12 – 4	Young Cherrypickers	T. Hilton
1972	Turvey Park Lions (2)	23 – 22	Young Cherrypickers	M. Jones
1973	Young Cherrypickers (3)	24 – 5	Cootamundra Bulldogs	B. Kevin
1974	Turvey Park Lions (3)	16 – 9	Cootamundra Bulldogs	T. Briggs
1975	Young Cherrypickers (4)	9 – 8	Turvey Park Lions	P. Robson
1976	Wagga Kangaroos (2)	18 – 4	Gundagai Tigers	M. Newman
1977	Tumut Blues (4)	23 – 3	Young Cherrypickers	D. McLeod
1978	Tumut Blues (5)	22 – 15	Young Cherrypickers	R. Riach
1979	Turvey Park Lions (4)	10 – 9	Temora Dragons	T. Briggs
1980	Young Cherrypickers (5)	18 – 9	Wagga Brothers	P. Hay
1981	Turvey Park Lions (5)	7 – 5	Young Cherrypickers	P. Hay
1982	Wagga Kangaroos (3)	20 – 8	Junee Diesels	T. O'Connell
1983	Young Cherrypickers (6)	26 – 22	Junee Diesels	T. O'Connell
1984	Young Cherrypickers (7)	18 – 14	Wagga Kangaroos	P. O'Brien
1985	Junee Diesels	34 – 24	Temora Dragons	C. Patterson
1986	Young Cherrypickers (8)	10 – 6	Temora Dragons	P. Walsh
1987	Young Cherrypickers (9)	28 – 0	Tumut Blues	B. Jacobson
1988	Young Cherrypickers (10)	20 – 10	Wagga Kangaroos	B. Alston
1989	Young Cherrypickers (11)	16 – 12	Temora Dragons	M. Rudd
1990	Young Cherrypickers (12)	31 – 20	Temora Dragons	M. Rudd
1991	Wagga Kangaroos (4)	18 – 4	Cootamundra Bulldogs	M. Rudd
1992	Young Cherrypickers (13)	14 – 4	Wagga Kangaroos-Brothers	M. Payne
1993	Temora Dragons	19 – 6	Wagga Kangaroos	S. Pike
1994	Wagga Kangaroos (5)	26 – 4	Wagga Brothers	J. Lavin
1995	Wagga Brothers	22 – 10	Albury Southern Rams	L. Pearce
1996	Wagga Magpies	17 – 14	Tumut Blues	S. Muir
1997	Wagga Kangaroos (6)	24 – 0	Cootamundra Bulldogs	W. Prosser
1998	Tumut Blues (6)	14 – 8	Young Cherrypickers	G. Payne
1999	Wagga Kangaroos (7)	32 – 0	Cootamundra Bulldogs	B. Nix
2000	Temora Dragons (2)	18 – 8	Young Cherrypickers	R. Claffey
2001	Temora Dragons (3)	24 – 12	Young Cherrypickers	K. Steel
2002	Temora Dragons (4)	26 – 24	Tumut Blues	K. Steel
2003	Wagga Brothers (2)	30 – 24	Young Cherrypickers	S. Skeers
2004	Temora Dragons (5)	28 – 14	Tumut Blues	S. Muir
2005	Junee Diesels (2)	26 – 14	South City Bulls	J. White
2006	Young Cherrypickers (14)	22 – 16	Lavington Panthers	A. Summergreene
2007	Wagga Brothers (3)	30 – 16	Young Cherrypickers	J. Hazelman	Eric Weissel Oval Wagga Wagga	23 September 2007
2008	Cootamundra Bulldogs (3)	36 – 4	South City Bulls	B. Hartley	Fisher Park Cootamundra	21 September 2008
2009	Junee Diesels (3)	28 – 8	South City Bulls	S. Went		27 September 2009
2010	Gundagai Tigers (5)	12 – 10	Wagga Brothers	S. Went	Lavington Sports Ground Albury
2011	Temora Dragons (6)	36 – 22	Young Cherrypickers	S. Went
2012	Wagga Kangaroos (8)		Cootamundra Bulldogs	S. Went
2013	Cootamundra Bulldogs (4)	18 – 16	Junee Diesels	B. Cramp
2014	Temora Dragons (7)	20 – 12	Wagga Brothers	B. Compton
2015	South City Bulls			T. Popple
2016	Wagga Kangaroos (9)			B. Whitby
2017	Albury Thunder	16 – 10	Young Cherrypickers	T. Popple
2018	Young Cherrypickers (15)	22 – 8	Wagga Brothers	M. Kirkman
Group 9 Under 17s
2019	Young Cherrypickers (16)	12 – 10	Gundagai Tigers	T. Maloney	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	15 September 2019
Group 9 Under 16s
2020	Junee Diesels (4)	34 – 4	Gundagai Tigers	I. Cornell	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	27 September 2020
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown in NSW
2022	Wagga Brothers (4)	12 – 2	Tumut Blues		McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	18 September 2022
2023	Young Cherrypickers (17)	28 – 6	Wagga Kangaroos		McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	17 September 2023

Team Performance

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Young Cherrypickers	17	12	1965, 1966, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2006, 2018, 2019, 2023	1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2017
Wagga Kangaroos	9	4	1966, 1976, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2012, 2016	1984, 1988, 1993, 2023
Temora Dragons	7	6	1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2014	1966, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990
Tumut Blues	6	8	1964, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1978, 1998	1962, 1966, 1967, 1987, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2022
Gundagai Tigers	5	7	1962, 1963, 1967, 1970, 2010	1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1976, 2019, 2020
Turvey Park Lions	5	2	1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1981	1969, 1975
Cootamundra Bulldogs	4	7	1959, 1961, 2008, 2013	1960, 1973, 1974, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2012
Wagga Brothers	4	5	1995, 2003, 2007, 2022	1980, 1994, 2010, 2014, 2018
Junee Diesels	4	4	1985, 2005, 2009, 2020	1963, 1982, 1983, 2013
Griffith Waratah Tigers	2	1	1968, 1969	1970
South City Bulls	1	3	2015	2005, 2008, 2009
Griffith Black & White Panthers	1	1	1970	1969
Wagga Magpies	1	1	1996	1970
Harden-Murrumburrah Hawks	1	0	1960	–
Albury Thunder	1	0	2017	–
Boorowa Bushrangers	0	1	–	1959
West Wyalong Mallee Men	0	1	–	1968
Wagga Kangaroos-Brothers	0	1	–	1992
Albury Southern Rams	0	1	–	1995
Lavington Panthers	0	1	–	2006

Ladies League Tag Grand Finals

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Referee	Venue	Date
Group 9 Ladies League Tag
2008	Wagga Kangaroos	6 – 4	Temora Dragons	G. White	Fisher Park Cootamundra	21 September 2008
2009	Temora Dragons	16 – 4	Wagga Brothers	M. Kirkman		27 September 2009
2010	Temora Dragons (2)	12 – 8		M. Kirkman	Lavington Sports Ground Albury	26 September 2010
2011	Wagga Brothers	34 – 10	Temora Dragons	M. Kirkman	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	25 September 2011
2012	Wagga Brothers (2)	16 - 4	Temora Dragons	M. Seldon	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	23 September 2012
2013	Wagga Brothers (3)	30 - 0	Temora Dragons	T. Popple	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	29 September 2013
2014	Wagga Brothers (4)		Temora Dragons	Z. Popple	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	28 September 2014
2015	Gundagai Tigers	12 – 8	Wagga Brothers	S. Byatt		13 September 2015
2016	Wagga Brothers (5)	34 – 4	Albury Thunder	S. Byatt	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	11 September 2016
2017	Wagga Brothers (6)	11 – 10	Albury Thunder	S. Byatt	Equex Centre Wagga Wagga	10 September 2017
2018	Wagga Brothers (7)	18 – 0	Albury Thunder	S. Muir	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	1 September 2018
2019	Wagga Brothers (8)	26 – 0	Temora Dragons	Z. McDonald	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	15 September 2019
2020	Young Cherrypickers	18 – 4	Wagga Kangaroos	S. Muir	McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	27 September 2020
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown in NSW
2022	Temora Dragons (3)	12 – 2	Wagga Brothers		McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	18 September 2022
2023	Temora Dragons (4)	10 – 8	Wagga Kangaroos		McDonalds Park Wagga Wagga	17 September 2023

Team Performance

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Wagga Brothers	8	2	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	2009, 2022
Temora Dragons	4	2	2009, 2010, 2022, 2023	2008, 2019
Wagga Kangaroos	1	1	2008	2020, 2023
Gundagai Tigers	1	0	2015	–
Young Cherrypickers	1	0	2020	–
Albury Thunder	0	1	–	2018

Juniors

Junior League Clubs

The following clubs participate in the Group 9 Junior Rugby League competition. Where applicable, the club's differing senior team or competition is listed in brackets.

Albury Thunder JRL
Coolamon Raiders JRL
Cootamundra Bulldogs (George Tooke Shield)
Estella Storm JRL
Gundagai-Adelong Tigers JRL
Harden-Boorowa (George Tooke Shield)
Junee Diesels JRL
Temora Dragons JRL
Tumbarumba-Batlow Minor League (Murray)
Tumut Minor League
Turvey Park Lions (South City Bulls)
Wagga Wagga Brothers JRL
Wagga Wagga Kangaroos JRL
Wagga Wagga Magpies (South City Bulls)
Young Cherrypickers JRL

Notable Group 9 Juniors

Albury Thunder

Cootamundra Bulldogs

Junee Diesels

South City Bulls (Turvey Park/Wagga Magpies

Nick Skinner

Temora Dragons

Wagga Wagga Brothers

Jack Littlejohn

Wagga Wagga Kangaroos

Young Cherrypickers

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^ "Group 9 First Grade Grand Final South City vs Gundagai 09092017". Temora Dragons Rugby League. 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2019 – via YouTube.
^ "Group Nine grand final day – Photos". Daily Avertiser. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
^ "First Grade Gundagai Tigers vs South City Bulls Grand Final Day 01092018". Temora Dragons Rugby League. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2019 – via YouTube.
^ Grey, Lachlan (1 September 2018). "Tiger Town: 115 photos that capture Gundagai's historic win and 2018's other Group Nine premiers". Daily Avertiser. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
^ Rees, Courtney (15 September 2019). "Third the sweetest title for Adam Pearce". Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ Rees, Courtney (27 September 2020). "Gundagai thrashes Tumut to win Group Nine premiership". Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
^ Hanson, Jeff (19 September 2022). "Rose blossoms in grand final decider". Tumut and Adelong Times. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ Smith, Tallon (22 September 2023). "Group 9: Tumut complete comeback to take title". Battlers For Bush Footy. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

External links

Group 9 Homepage

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[2] "Premiers 1933–2015". Group 9 History. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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[4] "Hail, Leeton!". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator. Leeton: National Library of Australia. 19 September 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[5] "Football". Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate. Murrumbah: National Library of Australia. 21 September 1933. p. 1. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[6] "Sport & Pastime". Tumut and Adelong Times and Batlow District News. Tumut: National Library of Australia. 28 August 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[7] Pollock, Neil; Galvin, Wal (28 December 2015). "Premiers 1933–2015". Group 9 History. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

[8] "West Wyalong - Group 9 Premiers". The West Wyalong Advocate. West Wyalong: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[9] "Football". Tumut and Adelong Times and Batlow District News. Tumut: National Library of Australia. 17 September 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[10] "Football". The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga). Wagga: National Library of Australia. 16 September 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[11] "Group 9 Final". Tumut and Adelong Times and Batlow District News. Tumut: National Library of Australia. 5 August 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[12] "Gunagai Group 9 Premiers". The West Wyalong Advocate. West Wyalong: National Library of Australia. 16 September 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[13] "Sporting". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 1 September 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[14] "Cootamundra Wins Group Nine Competition". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[15] "Football". Tumut and Adelong Times and Batlow District News. Tumut: National Library of Australia. 30 August 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[16] "Cootamundra Takes Group Nine Grand Final". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 3 October 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

[17] "Cootamundra Premiers of Group 9; Junee Beaten 13/5". The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga). Wagga: National Library of Australia. 2 October 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

[18] "Cootamundra Wins Group Comp Again - West Wyalong Downed 16-13 in Hard Game". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 15 October 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[19] "Young Win Group Final". The West Wyalong Advocate. West Wyalong: National Library of Australia. 13 October 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[20] "Young Win Group Nine Grand Final". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 13 October 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

[21] "Cootamundra Narrowly Beaten In Group Nine Final". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 21 September 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

[22] "Young is Group 9 Champion". The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga). Wagga: National Library of Australia. 21 September 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

[23] "Coot's Easy Win In Group Nine Grand Final Against Temora". Cootamundra Herald. Cootamundra: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[24] "How Coota won Group 9 premiership". The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga). Wagga: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[25] "2000 Watched Temora Win Group 9 Final". Daily Advertiser. 9 September 1957. p. 4.

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[27] "Queanbeyan Wins Third Rugby League Premiership in a Row". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 25 September 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

[28] Johnson, Ernie (23 September 1968). "Young triumphs in RL upset of the year". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. p. 14. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

[29] Johnson, Ernie (15 September 1969). "Great win by Roos in RL final". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. p. 12. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

[30] Johnson, Ernie (28 September 1970). "Kangaroos too good in mud". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. p. 12. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

[31] Walshaw, Nick. "Coota Salute". Rugby League Week (28/09/2005). Sydney: Bauer Media Group: 61.

[32] Logue, Matt. "Bush Beat". Rugby League Week (13/09/2006). Sydney: Bauer Media Group: 44.

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History

1920s–1950s: Foundations

1960s–1980s: Murrumbidgee Breakaway and Reformation

1990s–present: Absorption of Group 13, Peak and Decline

Current clubs

Previous clubs

Post-1966 Schism

Pre-1966 Schism

First Grade Grand Finals

Team Performance

Reserve Grade Grand Finals

Team Performance

Under 18/19s Grand Finals

Team Performance

Under 16/17s Grand Finals

Team Performance

Ladies League Tag Grand Finals

Team Performance

Juniors

Junior League Clubs

Notable Group 9 Juniors

See also

References

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