Castlereagh League

The Castlereagh League (also known as the Castlereagh Cup and Group 14) is a rugby league competition in western New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. 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.

Teams
The following clubs are fielding teams in the 2023 Christie Hood Castlereagh Cup:

Clubs Timeline
Castlereagh Cup past & present participants, First Grade and Ladies League Tag.

Group 14
Group 14 is a junior rugby league competition in central New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. The Castlereagh Cup is mostly made up of Group 14 clubs, is the official successor to the Group, and is called Group 14 on occasion. The Group 14 name is still applied to the junior competition.

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)

Group 14 Senior Grand Finals
Group 14 Grand Finals (Recorded 1949-2000)

From The Vault on Wayback Machine

1949	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Baradine Magpies 1950	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Coonamble Bears	14-0 1951	Baradine Magpies 	defeated 1952	Baradine Magpies 	defeated 1953	Baradine Magpies 	defeated Mudgee 9-2 1954	Baradine Magpies 	defeated Coonabarabran 1955	Baradine Magpies 	defeated 1956	Gilgandra Panthers	defeated	Binnaway		13-0

1957	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Baradine Magpies 		11-4

1958	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Mudgee Tigers		8-5

1959	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Mudgee Tigers 1960	Mudgee Tigers	defeated	Coonamble Bears		11-10

1961	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated 1962	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated 1963	Coolah	defeated	Gilgandra Panthers		3-2

1964	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Gilgandra Panthers		10-7

1965	Coolah	defeated	Mudgee Tigers		9-5

1966	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated Baradine 1967	Dunedoo Swans (18 all at fulltime)	defeated	Coonabarabran Unicorns		16-8

1968	Baradine Magpies 	defeated	Dunedoo Swans 		17-10

1969	Baradine Magpies 	defeated	Coonabarabran Unicorns		10-9

1970	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Gulgong Bulldogs		22-7

1971	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Coonabarabran Unicorns		31-4

1972	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Baradine Magpies 		26-8

1973	Mudgee Tigers	defeated	Coonamble Bears		8-6

1974	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Dunedoo Swans 		19-14

1975	Mudgee Tigers	defeated	Baradine Magpies 		15-10

1976	Mudgee Tigers	defeated	Gilgandra Panthers		33-17

1977	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Gilgandra Panthers 1978	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Coonabarabran Unicorns		13-10

1979	Baradine Magpies 	defeated	Gilgandra Panthers 1980	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Gilgandra Panthers		16-15

1981	Gilgandra Panthers	defeated	Baradine Magpies 		19-5

1982	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Coonabarabran Unicorns		16-8

1983	Mendooran	defeated	Baradine Magpies 		40-22

1984	Mendooran	defeated	Coonamble Bears		64-4

1985	Mendooran	defeated	Cobar		24-20

1986	Gilgandra Panthers	defeated	Cobar		14-6

1987	Gilgandra Panthers(16-all at full-time)	defeated	Nyngan Tigers		23-16

1988	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Dunedoo Swans 		38-18

1989	Nyngan Tigers	defeated	Coonabarabran Unicorns		37-12

1990	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Orana Googars		32-22

1991	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Baradine Magpies 		30-20

1992	Orana Googars	defeated	Coonamble Bears		30-20

1993	Baradine Magpies 	defeated	Coonamble Bears		16-14

1994	Coonabarabran Unicorns	defeated	Coonamble Bears		22-18

1995	Baradine Magpies 	defeated	Coonamble Bears		40-14

1996	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Nyngan Tigers		36-28

1997	Gilgandra Panthers	defeated	Walgett Dragons		33-20

1998	COMPETITION IN RECESS 1999	Coonamble Bears	defeated	Nyngan Tigers		29-24

2000	COMPETITION IN RECESS - CASTLEREAGH CUP STARTS 2001

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