Cover Photo: Courtney Boney By Tallon Smith The Brewarrina Golden Googars are the Barwon Darling Rugby League Premiers for the 2024 season after an 18-14 win over the Bourke Warriors at Ricky Walford Oval in Walgett on Sunday. The win breaks a 7-year premiership drought for the small town in the state’s Far West region, with the town’s 1,100-odd residents sent into party mode after … Continue reading Barwon Darling Grand Finals: Googars down Warriors in epic, Redbacks go back-to-back in League Tag

By Tallon Smith The premier team in the Barwon Darling Rugby League for season 2024 will be crowned when the Bourke Warriors and Brewarrina Golden Googars meet in the Grand Final in Walgett on Sunday. The Warriors, who have been runners-up in the past two seasons to Goodooga, enter the match as favourites after taking home the competition’s Minor Premiership and having the week off … Continue reading Barwon Darling: Bourke and Brewarrina set for Grand Final on Sunday

By Tallon Smith The draw for the 2024 season of the Barwon Darling Rugby League has been released, with one team returning from recess and an action-packed 10 weeks of football scheduled. Six teams will contest the senior competition this year, with the Brewarrina Golden Googars, Bourke Warriors, Collarenebri Bulldogs, Goodooga Magpies and Walgett’s Newtown Wanderers being joined by the returning Walgett Dragons, who spent … Continue reading Barwon Darling Rugby League set for massive 2024 season

By Tallon Smith The Goodooga Magpies have continued their stunning run since returning to the Barwon Darling Rugby League competition last year by defeating the Bourke Warriors for the second year running to the tune of 30 points to 22. Minor Premiers in 2023, the Magpies hosted the Grand Final, and to the delight of their home fans lifted their second successive trophy, a feat … Continue reading Goodooga go back to back in Barwon Darling Cup

By Tallon Smith The Collarenebri Bulldogs celebrated victory for the first time in two years when they defeated Walgett’s Newtown Wanderers 46-38 in the first match of the Barwon Darling Rugby League season at home on Sunday. The Bulldogs’ victory in the high-scoring affair also marked a special occasion for the club, who finally laced up the boots after spending last season in recess. The … Continue reading Collarenebri return to the fold with victory in Round 1 Barwon Darling action

by Tallon Smith Best Articles of 2022 #5 AFTER an extended period of recess, the Goodooga Magpies have completed a fairytale return to the Barwon Darling Rugby League competition with a nailbiting 27-26 triumph over undefeated local powerhouse Bourke Warriors. Goodooga, a town of just 247 people, struggled to overcome the Bourke Warriors juggernaut all year, but persistence and hard work paid off for the … Continue reading GOODOOGA SWOOP TO GRAND FINAL GLORY