Category: Victoria

Victoria

Bendigo Crushers uniting Central Victoria ahead of first competition game

Tallon Smith UPDATE: Battlers has been informed that Sunbury has forfeited its fixture against Bendigo, so the Crushers will play their first game next weekend. Previous History will be made for rugby league in Central Victoria this weekend as the Bendigo Crushers take to the field for their first competition game against the Sunbury Tigers at Seabrook Reserve. Founded in 2024, the Bendigo club has … Continue reading Bendigo Crushers uniting Central Victoria ahead of first competition game

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Goulburn Murray, Victoria

Cross-border rivalries ready for renewal as 2025 Goulburn Murray Premiership draw released

Tallon Smith The 2025 Goulburn Murray Premiership season will begin the weekend after Anzac Day after NRL Victoria decided not to schedule any matches prior to a late Easter this year. The competition draw, released on Thursday, features a bumper opening round on April 27, with Wolfpack to face last year’s runners-up Tumbarumba before a Wodonga derby between the Wombats and Border Bears at Baranduda, … Continue reading Cross-border rivalries ready for renewal as 2025 Goulburn Murray Premiership draw released

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Victoria

New club, new dawn for rugby league in the Goldfields

By Tallon Smith It may not be spreading like wildfire into non-traditional territory as Aussie Rules has done across regional New South Wales in recent years, but rugby league has made another massive stride in Victoria with the formation of a club in Bendigo. The gold mining city of 100,000 people previously had a team, the Bendigo Tigers, which last competed in 2011, though records … Continue reading New club, new dawn for rugby league in the Goldfields

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Goulburn Murray, Victoria

Eagles set to soar as rugby league returns to Shepparton

Rugby League continues to surge in popularity in North East Victoria after the entry of a Shepparton-based outfit to the Goulburn Murray Premiership for the 2024 season was confirmed this month. The Shepparton Eagles will be one of eight teams to compete in the premier rugby league competition in regional Victoria in 2024, ending the 16 year absence of rugby league in the district which … Continue reading Eagles set to soar as rugby league returns to Shepparton

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Goulburn Murray, Victoria

New Rugby League club formed in Border Region

By Tallon Smith Rugby league continues to boom in Albury-Wodonga after the formation of a new club, the Border Bears RLC, was announced in late December. Based in West Albury and affiliated with the Goulburn Murray Premiership, the Bears are the twin cities’ fourth rugby league club, along with fellow GMP outfits CSU Mud Dogs and Wodonga Wombats, and Group 9 side Albury Thunder. Inaugural … Continue reading New Rugby League club formed in Border Region

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Affiliated States, Victoria

Limestone Coast Rugby League enters recess after failed breakaway plot by Victorian clubs

By Tallon Smith In a major blow for rugby league in the region, the Limestone Coast Rugby League has entered recess for the 2023 season.  A cross-border venture between NRL Victoria and NRL South Australia, the competition featured clubs on both sides of the border, until a failed 11th hour breakaway by the Victorian clubs left the once thriving spring league in tatters. President of … Continue reading Limestone Coast Rugby League enters recess after failed breakaway plot by Victorian clubs

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Affiliated States, Queensland, Statewide, Victoria

10 places that need a rugby league team to return

By Tallon Smith This is Battlers For Bush Footy’s 100th article since we launched our website in November last year! To celebrate this occasion, we’re taking a look at 10 towns and regions that need our great game rugby league to return to their local sporting fields. So, without further ado, here they are! 10. Quirindi (NSW) By far and away the largest town in … Continue reading 10 places that need a rugby league team to return

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Goulburn Murray, Victoria

Club Spotlight: The Rise of the Mud Dogs 

By Tallon Smith Down on the Murray in Albury, the sporting landscape is much different to the rest of the state. Despite being in New South Wales, the town is more culturally aligned with Victoria, and this shows in the football code which dominates the town. However, despite the slight favouritism towards the Victorian game, and the domination of the Albury Thunder as the city’s … Continue reading Club Spotlight: The Rise of the Mud Dogs 

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