Woodbridge Cup

The Woodbridge Cup is a rugby league competition run by the New South Wales Country Rugby League. It encompasses smaller senior clubs in the Mid-West and Central West of the state. The neighbouring Mid-West Cup competition's remaining clubs merged into the league in 2022 when that league initially folded (it has since re-formed without the teams that joined the Woodbridge Cup). For all intents and purposes, it is a second division competition in the Group 11 and from 2022, Group 10 areas.

Woodbridge Cup

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1968 (as Group 9 Second Division)
Inaugural season	1990 (as Woodbridge Cup)
Number of teams	13
Country	Australia
Premiers	Manildra Rhinos (2023)
Most titles	Cargo Blue Heelers (8 titles)
Website	Woodbridge Cup Homepage

History

Group 9 Second Division

The competition began as the Group 9 Second Division in the 1940s, with clubs from towns such as Binalong, Stockinbingal and Boorowa among others. The competition has slowly moved north however, and effectively operates as the Group 11 Rugby League second division, with only Grenfell remaining from the Group 9 days, something that was reflected in the name change to the Woodbridge Cup in 1990.

Woodbridge Cup

In 2022, the Mid West Cup (Group 10 Rugby League Second Division) merged into the competition, taking the competition from a total of 9 to 12 teams. Although that competition has re-formed, the teams that joined the Woodbridge Cup will not return to the competition.

Current clubs

There will be 14 clubs competing in the Woodbridge Cup in 2023, with Cowra and Blayney entering from Group 10. This is on top of three teams merging in from the now defunct Mid West Cup in 2022, including CSU Mungoes, Orange United Warriors and ex-Group 10 Rugby League powerhouse Oberon Tigers.

Club	Nickname	Home Ground	No. of Premierships	Premiership Years
Blayney	Bears	King George V Oval	0	None
Canowindra	Tigers	Tom Clyburn Oval	1	1995
Cargo	Blue Heelers	Cargo Oval	8	2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014
CSU Bathurst	Mungoes	Diggings Oval	0	None
Cowra	Magpies	Sid Kallas Oval	0	None
Eugowra	Golden Eagles	Eugowra Sports Ground	3	2001, 2005, 2012
Grenfell	Goannas	Henry Lawson Park	4	1990, 1994, 1998, 2010
Manildra	Rhinos	Jack Huxley Oval	3	2022, 2023, 2024
Molong	Bulls	Molong Recreation Ground	1	1999
Oberon	Tigers	Oberon Sports Ground	0	None
Orange United	Warriors	Wade Park	0	None
Peak Hill	Roosters	Lindner Oval	0	None
Trundle	Boomers	Berryman Park	3	2017, 2018, 2019

Former Clubs (Woodbridge Cup era)

• Binalong Brahmans (moved to George Tooke Shield)
• Boorowa Rovers (moved to George Tooke Shield)
• Burrangong Bears (moved to George Tooke Shield)
• Condobolin Rams (in recess)
• Gooloogong Cowboys (folded)
• Koorawatha Jets (folded)
• Monteagle (folded)
• Quandialla (folded)

Former Clubs (Group 9 Second Division era)

• Barmedman
• Bendick Murrell
• Bimbi
• Brunda
• Caragabal
• Galong
• Greenethorpe
• Pinnacle
• Stockinbingal
• Wallendbeen

Premierships

Woodbridge Cup Era

Season	Grand Final Information			Minor Premiers
	Premiers	Score	Runners-up
1990[1]	Grenfell Goannas	22–18	Quandialla
1991	Binalong Brahmans	22–10	Burrangong Bears	Burrangong Bears
1992[2]	Burrangong Bears	38–20	Koorawatha Jets	Burrangong Bears
1993	Monteagle	24–22	Burrangong Bears
1994[3]	Grenfell Goannas	34–14	Canowindra Tigers	Grenfell Goannas
1995[4]	Canowindra Tigers	30–24	Grenfell Goannas	Canowindra Tigers
1996[5]	Koorawatha Jets	32–22	Canowindra Tigers	Koorawatha Jets
1997	Burrangong Bears	29–18	Grenfell Goannas	Burrangong Bears
1998	Grenfell Goannas	32–22	Boorowa Rovers
1999	Molong Bulls	26–24	Boorowa Rovers	Boorowa Rovers
2000	Cargo Blue Heelers	30–18	Koorawatha Jets	Cargo Blue Heelers
2001	Eugowra Golden Eagles	29–28	Koorawatha Jets	Cargo Blue Heelers
2002	Cargo Blue Heelers	24–12	Canowindra Tigers	Cargo Blue Heelers
2003	Koorawatha Jets	44–22	Cargo Blue Heelers	Burrangong Bears
2004	Burrangong Bears	34–22 AET	Koorawatha Jets	Burrangong Bears
2005[6]	Eugowra Golden Eagles	28–12	Cargo Blue Heelers	Eugowra Golden Eagles
2006	Cargo Blue Heelers	26–12	Grenfell Goannas	Cargo Blue Heelers
2007	Koorawatha Jets	50–32	Condobolin Rams	Condobolin Rams
2008	Cargo Blue Heelers	30–18	Manildra Rhinos	Cargo Blue Heelers
2009	Cargo Blue Heelers	26–14	Eugowra Golden Eagles	Manildra Rhinos
2010[7]	Grenfell Goannas	26–22	Eugowra Golden Eagles	Grenfell Goannas
2011[8]	Cargo Blue Heelers	37–24	Canowindra Tigers	Peak Hill Roosters
2012[9]	Eugowra Golden Eagles	32–22	Peak Hill Roosters	Eugowra Golden Eagles
2013[10][11]	Cargo Blue Heelers	22–12	Eugowra Golden Eagles	Eugowra Golden Eagles
2014	Cargo Blue Heelers	24–14	Eugowra Golden Eagles	Eugowra Golden Eagles
2015[12]	Binalong Brahmans	30–28	Trundle Boomers	Binalong Brahmans
2016[13][14]	Condobolin Rams	18–16	Trundle Boomers	Trundle Boomers
2017[15][16]	Trundle Boomers	36–12	Cargo Blue Heelers	Trundle Boomers
2018[17][18]	Trundle Boomers	26–22	Manildra Rhinos	Trundle Boomers
2019	Trundle Boomers	56–0	Manildra Rhinos	Trundle Boomers
2020 and 2021 Seasons cancelled due to COVID-19
2022	Manildra Rhinos	34–16	Oberon Tigers	Manildra Rhinos
2023[19]	Manildra Rhinos	18–16	Trundle Boomers	Manildra Rhinos
2024	Manildra Rhinos	20–4	Canowindra Tigers	Cowra Magpies
2025				Oberon Tigers

Group 9 Second Division Era

Season	Premiers
1968	Stockinbingal
1969	Stockinbingal
1970	Stockinbingal
1971	Binalong
1972	Bendick Murrell
1973	Bendick Murrell
1974	Barmedman
1975	Grenfell
1976	Quandialla
1977	Burrangong
1978	Boorowa
1979	Quandialla
1980	Boorowa
1981	Burrangong
1982	Boorowa
1983	Boorowa
1984	Bendick Murrell
1985	Grenfell
1986	Grenfell
1987	Monteagle
1988	Grenfell
1989	Koorawatha

Lower grades

Youth League

• 2010 Peak Hill Roosters
• 2011 Peak Hill Roosters
• 2012 Canowindra Tigers
• 2013 Peak Hill Roosters
• 2014 Peak Hill Roosters
• 2015 Peak Hill Roosters
• 2016 Manildra Rhinos
• 2017 Manildra Rhinos
• 2018 Manildra Rhinos
• 2019 Manildra Rhinos
• 2022 Molong Bulls
• 2023 Molong Bulls
• 2024 Molong Bulls

Women's League Tag

• 2010 Grenfell Goannas
• 2011 Canowindra Tigers
• 2012 Canowindra Tigers
• 2013 Condobolin Rams
• 2014 Condobolin Rams
• 2015 Eugowra Golden Eagles
• 2016 Grenfell Goannas
• 2017 Eugowra Golden Eagles
• 2018 Cargo Blue Heelers
• 2019 Cargo Blue Heelers
• 2022 Grenfell Goannas
• 2023 Manildra Rhinos
• 2024 Manildra Rhinos

See also

• Sports portal
• New South Wales portal

• Rugby League Competitions in Australia