Goulburn Murray Rugby League

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Storm Goulburn Murray Premiership
SportRugby league
Instituted1991
Inaugural season1991
Ceased2009
Re-formed2014
Number of teams8
CountryWodonga, Victoria, Australia
PremiersFile:Haven colours.svg Shepparton (2023)
Most titlesFile:New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Corowa Cougars (5 titles)

The Goulburn Murray Premiership is a rugby league competition on the border of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Initially the competition was established in 1998 as the Goulburn Murray Rugby League by the Country Rugby League and the Victorian Rugby League. The league was disbanded in 2009 before being re-established as the Murray Cup in 2014. As of 2022 there is a competition for both Senior Men's and Women's Tag football.[1] In 2023, as part of a branding arrangement, the competition is known as the Storm Goulburn Murray Premiership.

Current Clubs

There are currently eight clubs affiliated with the Goulburn Murray Rugby League competition, with four based in New South Wales and four based in Victoria. Shepparton, Wodonga and Wangaratta have all succeeded former teams based in their respective cities.

Clubs Moniker Established Ground Premierships
File:North Sydney colours.svg Border Bears 2024 Haydon Park, West Albury None
File:Bullscolours.svg Charles Sturt University Mud Dogs 2014 Sarvaas Park, North Albury None
File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars 1986 Airport Oval, Corowa 5 (1999, 2001, 2004–06)
File:Haven colours.svg Shepparton Eagles 2024 Pee Wee Oval, Mooroopna 1 (2024)
File:Tumbarumba.png Tumbarumba Greens 1934 Tumbarumba Showground 1 (2019)
File:Newcastle colours.svg Wangaratta Knights 2017 Glenrowan Recreation Reserve None
File:Ireland colours.svg Wodonga Wombats 2018 Baranduda Recreation Reserve 1 (2022)
File:Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wolfpack RLFC Wolfpack 2016 Eldorado Recreation Reserve 1 (2023)

Former Teams

There are more than a dozen clubs which formerly competed in the Goulburn Murray Rugby League.

Clubs Moniker Notes
Goulburn Murray Rugby League era
File:St. George colours.svg Albury Roos Joined from Group 13 when it merged with Group 9, Folded
File:St. George colours.svg Ballarat Highlanders Moved to Central Highlands Rugby League in 2005
File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Chiltern RLFC Chiltern Folded 2000s
File:Canberra colours.svg Deniliquin Raiders Folded 2000s
File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Puckapunyal-Seymour Army Folded 2007
File:Auckland colours.svg Shepparton Warriors Folded 2008
File:Newtown colours.svg Tocumwal/Southern Riverina Jets Folded 2005
File:Canterbury colours.svg Twin City Hornets Folded 2005
File:New Zealand colours.svg Vikings RLFC Vikings Folded 2000s
File:Australian colours.svg Wangaratta Scorpions Folded 2008
File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wangaratta Tigers Folded 2008
File:North Sydney colours.svg Wodonga Bears Folded 2006
File:St. George colours.svg Yarrawonga-Mulwala Dragons Folded
Murray Cup/Goulburn Murray Premiership era
File:Scorpions.png Bonegilla Gorillas Folded 2022
File:Parramatta colours.svg Murray River Warriors Folded 2019
File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Wodonga Storm Folded 2022
File:North Sydney colours.svg Westside Brothers Folded 2014

Goulburn Murray Rugby League/Murray Cup Champions

This is a list of the Goulburn Murray Rugby League 1st Grade competition champions and the runners-up for each seasons the competition existed.

Season Premiers Score Runners Up
Goulburn Murray Rugby League
1991
1992
1993
1994 File:Newtown colours.svg Southern Riverina Jets File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars
1995
1996
1997 File:Newtown colours.svg Southern Riverina Jets File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars
1998 File:St. George colours.svg Albury Roos 21 – 20 File:Newtown colours.svg Southern Riverina Jets
1999 File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars 26 – 14 File:Newtown colours.svg Southern Riverina Jets
2000 File:Canterbury colours.svg Twin City Hornets 28 – 24 File:St. George colours.svg Albury Roos
2001[2] File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars 44 – 12 File:Canterbury colours.svg Twin City Hornets
2002[3] File:Newtown colours.svg Southern Riverina Jets 40 – 12 File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars
2003 File:Canterbury colours.svg Twin City Hornets 24 – 22 File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars
2004[4] File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars File:Canterbury colours.svg Twin City Hornets
2005[5] File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars 50 – 6 File:Newtown colours.svg Southern Riverina Jets
2006[6] File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars File:New Zealand colours.svg Vikings RLFC
2007[7] Unknown
2008[8] File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wangaratta Tigers File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Wodonga Storm
Hiatus 2009-2013
Murray Cup
2014
2015 File:Parramatta colours.svg Murray River Warriors 40 – 12 File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Wodonga Storm
2016 File:Parramatta colours.svg Murray River Warriors 26 – 18 File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Wodonga Storm
2017 File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Wodonga Storm 14 – 4 File:Bullscolours.svg CSU Mud Dogs
2018 File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Wodonga Storm
2019 File:Tumbarumba.png Tumbarumba 32 – 12 File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars
2020–2021 No Premiers; unfinished seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 File:Ireland colours.svg Wodonga Wombats 40 – 4 File:Scorpions.png Bonegilla Gorillas
Goulburn Murray Premiership
2023[9] File:Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wolfpack RLFC 22 – 20 File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars
2024 File:Haven colours.svg Shepparton Eagles 24 – 22 File:Tumbarumba.png Tumbarumba Greens

Ladies League Tag Premiers

Season Premiers Score Runners Up
???-2019 unknown
2020–2021 No Premiers; unfinished seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 File:Bullscolours.svg CSU Mud Dogs
2023[9] File:Tumbarumba.png Tumbarumba 8 – 6 File:Bullscolours.svg CSU Mud Dogs
2024 File:Newcastle colours.svg Wangaratta Knights 20 – 0 File:Western Suburbs colours.svg Corowa Cougars

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