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Castlereagh Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Formerly known as	Group 14
Inaugural season	1949
Ceased	1999
Re-formed	2001
Number of teams	9
Country	Australia
Premiers	Coolah (2025 2nd title)
Most titles	Coonamble (18 titles)

The Castlereagh League (also known as the Castlereagh Cup and formerly as Group 14 Rugby League) is a rugby league competition in western New South Wales, Australia For all intents and purposes the competition is effectively the Group 14 Rugby League senior competition, and the league has re-obtained Group status as of 2023, but will not revert to the Group 14 name for branding reasons. In 2025, the competition ran a first grade and reserve grade competition in men's, and women's league tag.

Teams

30km
19miles

Coolah

Mendooran

Baradine

Warren

Narromine

Gulgong

Coonabarabran

Binnaway

Coonamble

Dunedoo

Cobar

Gilgandra

Locations of the Castlereagh Cup clubs.

The following clubs fielded at least one team across the three Castlereagh League grades:

Castlereagh Cup Clubs	Moniker	Premierships	Premiership Years	1st	Res	WLT	Youth
Castlereagh League clubs
Baradine	Magpies	10	1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1968, 1969, 1979, 1993, 1995	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Binnaway	Bombshells	1	2004	No	Yes	No	Yes
Cobar	Roosters	1	2022	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Coolah	Kangaroos	4	1963, 1965, 2024, 2025	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Coonabarabran	Unicorns	13	1950, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2019	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Coonamble	Bears	18	1949, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Dunedoo	Swans	3	1967, 2014, 2020	Yes	No	Yes	No
Gilgandra	Panthers	11	1956, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018	No	No	Yes	No
Gulgong	Terriers	1	2015	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mendooran	Tigers	3	1983, 1984, 1985	No	Yes	No	No
Narromine	Jets	0	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Warren	Bulldogs	2	2010, 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Former Teams

Team	Moniker	Notes	Premierships
Gulargambone	Galahs	Folded 2008	None
Mudgee	Tigers	Moved to Group 10	1960, 1973, 1975, 1976
Merriwa	Magpies	Moved to Group 21	None
Nyngan	Tigers	Moved to Group 11 Rugby League	1989
Orana	Googars	Folded	1992
Tambar Springs		Folded	None
Tottenham	Turtles	Folded	None
Trangie	Magpies	Folded 2022	None
Walgett	Dragons	Moved to Barwon Darling Rugby League	None

Premierships

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Grand final host	Minor premiers	Teams
Formation of Group 14 Rugby League.
1949	Coonamble		Baradine
1950	Coonabarabran	14–0	Coonamble	Baradine		8
1951	Baradine	10–3	Coonabarabran	Mendooran	Coonabarabran
1952	Baradine					9
1953	Baradine	9–2	Mudgee			9
1954	Baradine	16–2	Coonabarabran	Binnaway		8
1955	Baradine
1956	Gilgandra	13–0	Binnaway
1957	Coonamble	11–4	Baradine
1958	Coonamble	8–5	Mudgee
1959	Coonamble		Mudgee
1960	Mudgee	11–10	Coonamble
1961	Coonabarabran
1962	Coonabarabran
1963	Coolah	3–2	Gilgandra
1964	Coonabarabran	10–7	Gilgandra
1965	Coolah	9–5	Mudgee
1966	Coonabarabran		Baradine
1967	Dunedoo	16–8 (replay)	Coonabarabran
1968	Baradine	17–10	Dunedoo
1969	Baradine	10–9	Coonabarabran
1970	Coonabarabran	22–7	Gulgong
1971	Coonamble	31–4	Coonabarabran
1972	Coonabarabran	26–8	Baradine
1973	Mudgee	8–6	Coonamble
1974	Coonamble	19–14	Dunedoo
1975	Mudgee	15–10	Baradine
1976	Mudgee	33–17	Gilgandra
1977	Coonabarabran	6–5	Gilgandra
1978	Coonamble	13–10	Coonabarabran
1979	Baradine	16–6	Coonabarabran
1980	Coonabarabran	16–15	Gilgandra
1981	Gilgandra	19–5	Baradine
1982	Coonamble	16–8	Coonabarabran
1983	Mendooran	40–22	Baradine		Mendooran	7
1984	Mendooran	64–4	Coonamble
1985	Mendooran	24–20	Cobar
1986	Gilgandra	14–6	Cobar
1987	Gilgandra	23–16 (a.e.t.)	Nyngan
1988	Coonabarabran	38–18	Dunedoo
1989	Nyngan	37–12	Coonabarabran
1990	Coonabarabran	32–22	Orana
1991	Coonamble	30–20	Baradine
1992	Orana	30–20	Coonamble
1993	Baradine	16–14	Coonamble
1994	Coonabarabran	22–18	Coonamble			7
1995	Baradine	40–14	Coonamble			4
1996	Coonamble	36–28	Nyngan
1997	Gilgandra	33–20	Walgett	Gilgandra	Walgett	6
Competition in recess in 1998
1999	Coonamble	29–24	Nyngan
Competition in recess in 2000.
Group 14 Rugby League rebranded to Castlereagh Cup.
2001	Gilgandra	36–4	Coonamble			8
2002	Coonamble	36–26	Dunedoo			8
2003	Coonamble	70–24	Baradine		Coonamble	5
2004	Binnaway	32–26	Gulargambone		Binnaway	7
2005	Coonamble	34–24	Binnaway		Coonamble	6
2006	Coonamble	44–22	Warren		Coonamble	6
2007	Coonamble	36–16	Baradine		Coonamble	5
2008	Coonamble	40–32	Baradine		Coonamble	5
2009	Coonamble	32–26	Gilgandra		Gilgandra	6
2010	Warren	46–20	Coonamble		Warren	7
2011	Gilgandra	28–24	Warren		Warren	7
2012	Warren	47–32	Coonabarabran		Coonabarabran	7
2013	Gilgandra	30–24	Coonabarabran	Coonabarabran	Coonabarabran	8
2014	Dunedoo	32–12	Coonamble	Dunedoo	Dunedoo	8
2015	Gulgong	40–14	Gilgandra		Coonamble	6
2016	Gilgandra	28–22	Gulgong	Gilgandra	Coonamble	9
2017	Gilgandra	46–10	Coonamble	Gilgandra	Gilgandra	8
2018	Gilgandra	31–30	Gulgong		Gulgong	8
2019	Coonabarabran	32–22	Gilgandra		Coonabarabran	9
2020	Dunedoo	16–10	Gilgandra	Gilgandra	Dunedoo	5
Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022	Cobar	28–26	Gilgandra		Narromine	7
2023	Gulgong	10–4	Cobar	Gulgong	Gulgong	9
2024	Coolah	32–8	Cobar	Cobar	Coolah	8
2025	Coolah	24–18	Coonabarabran	Coolah	Coolah	9
2026

Group 14 Juniors

Current Teams

Baradine Junior Sports Club
Coolah Junior Sports Club
Coonabarabran JRLFC
Coonamble JRLFC
Dunedoo Junior Rugby League and Netball Association
Gilgandra Junior Rugby League and Netball Association
Gulgong Junior Rugby League and Netball Club
Walgett Dragons JRLC (Seniors play in Barwon Darling)

Former Structure

The competition was formerly divided into Eastern and Western divisions. The following clubs fielded teams in the 2006 Group 14 Eastern junior competition:

Binnaway (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
Coolah (rejoined as of 2024)
Dunedoo (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
Gulgong (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
Merriwa (fields a senior team in Group 21)

While these clubs fielded teams in the 2006 Group 14 Western junior competition:

Baradine (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
Coonabarabran (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
Coonamble (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
Gilgandra (fields a senior team in the Castlereagh Cup)
Nyngan (fields a senior team in Group 11)

References

External links and Sources

Latest Castlereagh Cup table – from Sporting Pulse
Castlereagh Cup on Country Rugby League's official site
Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections
Group 14 on Country Rugby League's official site
Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections

v t e Country Rugby League (NSWRL)
Federation	Country Rugby League (former) New South Wales Rugby League (current)
Representative teams	Country Origin (City vs Country Origin)
CRL divisions	Canberra George Tooke Shield Central Coast Illawarra Macarthur Newcastle Northern Rivers Western
CRL groups	Region 1: (2, 3) Region 2: (4, 19, 21) Region 3: (9, 20) Region 4: (10, 11, 14) Region 5: (7, 16)
CRL cups	Barwon Darling Hastings Mid West Newcastle & Hunter Outback Western Riverina Woodbridge
Illawarra teams	Berkeley Eagles Collegians Corrimal Cougars Dapto Canaries Helensburgh Tigers Thirroul Butchers Wests Red Devils
Newcastle teams	Central Charlestown Butcher Boys Cessnock Goannas Kurri Kurri Bulldogs Lakes United Seagulls Macquarie Scorpions Maitland Pickers Northern Hawks South Newcastle Lions The Entrance Tigers Western Suburbs Rosellas Wyong Roos
Group 7 teams	Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles Berry-Shoalhaven Heads Magpies Gerringong Lions Jamberoo Superoos Kiama Knights Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs Nowra-Bomaderry Jets Shellharbour Sharks Stingrays of Shellharbour Warilla-Lake South Gorillas
Other cups	Clayton Cup Presidents Cup NSW Challenge Cup
Former competitions	Groups: (1, 5, 12, 13, 18, 19 (Southern Tablelands), 19 (Canberra)) Crookwell Kennedy
Related articles	List of CRL clubs Maher Cup

v t e Rugby league in New South Wales
Federations	New South Wales Rugby League (Women's) Country Rugby League (defunct; now a division of NSWRL) NSW Physical Disability Rugby League
Representative competitions	State of Origin series Women's State of Origin Interstate Series (defunct) City vs Country Origin (defunct) Women's City vs Country Origin (defunct)
Representative teams	New South Wales Blues City Origin Team Country Origin Team New South Wales Residents New South Wales Women New South Wales U20's New South Wales U18's New South Wales U16's
NRL clubs	Canberra Raiders Canterbury Bulldogs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Newcastle Knights Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters Wests Tigers
NSWRL Junior Representatives	Jersey Flegg Cup S. G. Ball Cup Laurie Daley Cup Harold Matthews Cup Andrew Johns Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Lisa Fiaola Cup
Metropolitan competitions	NSW Cup NSWRL Women's Premiership Presidents Cup Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield NSWRL Conference Competitions Metro Open Age Gold Central Northern Open Age Central West Open Age Cronulla A-Grade Parramatta Open Age Penrith A-Grade South Sydney A-Grade Junior Competitions Balmain Canterbury Cronulla Manly-Warringah/North Sydney Parramatta Penrith Open Men's South Sydney A-Grade St George Sydney Roosters JRL
Country competitions	Clayton Cup Presidents Cup Leagues: Barwon Darling Canberra George Tooke Shield Central Coast Hastings Illawarra Macarthur Mid West Newcastle Newcastle & Hunter Northern Rivers Outback Western Western Riverina Woodbridge Groups: East Coast 2 3 Greater Northern 4 19 21 Riverina 9 20 Western 14 South Coast 7 16
Discontinued competitions	NSWRL premiership Amco Cup Groups: (1, 5, 13, 18, 19 (Southern Tablelands), 19 (Canberra)) Crookwell Kennedy Shield Newtown JRL NSW Challenge Cup NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League Sydney Combined Competition Sydney Metropolitan Women's RL
Related articles	List of clubs

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