By Tallon Smith The Leeton Greenies have broken an 89-year curse, defending their title with a heartstopping 28-24 win over the Darlington Point-Coleambally Roosters in the Group 20 Grand Final in Griffith on Sunday. In front of a crowd numbering around 2000, the fast-starting Greenies warded off a massive second half charge by the Roosters to hold on for their first back to back titles … Continue reading Group 20: Leeton go back to back for first time since 1934 with win over DPC

By Tallon Smith The Leeton Greenies will make history this weekend when they field teams in all five grades Group 20 Grand Final day, after their First Grade side sealed their place with a 34-14 win over the Griffith Black and Whites in the Preliminary Final at the Darlington Point Sportsground on Sunday. The First Graders followed the Reserve Graders and League Tag, who also … Continue reading Group 20: Leeton to field remarkable five grades in Grand Final

The Griffith Waratahs Tigers have announced that Willie Lolohea will be the head coach of their First Grade team in their return to the field from recess in 2024.  The local star will lead the team as they tackle the difficult challenge of rebuilding head-on, as Group 20 itself looks to continue its rebuild heading into the off-season. Read this Q&A to get to know … Continue reading Griffith Waratahs sign Willie Lolohea as First Grade Coach for 2024 return: Q&A

By Tallon Smith The Darlington Point-Coleambally Roosters have completed one of country rugby league’s greatest comebacks to defeat the Griffith Black and Whites 32-31 at EW Moore Oval on Sunday afternoon. After leading 26-0 at half-time, the Black and Whites were firmly in control of the match, and appeared to be cruising to a Grand Final appearance in front of a healthy home crowd in … Continue reading Group 20: DPC mount monumental comeback to beat Black and Whites

By Tallon Smith The Yenda Blueheelers have produced a stunning upset in the Group 20 Elimination Final with a 26-20 win over West Wyalong at Ron Crowe Oval on Saturday afternoon. After being at long odds to even make the top five with a month to play in the season, the boys in blue and white have produced a stunning run of results to reach … Continue reading Group 20 Finals: Yenda upset West Wyalong to advance to showdown with Leeton, as DPC defeat the Greenies

By Tallon Smith After a challenging yet enthralling regular season, Group 20 Rugby League enters its Finals Series this weekend, with five teams vying for the right to be First Grade Premiers in 2023. Battlers For Bush Footy has all you need to know ahead of this weekend’s finals, with a recap of last week’s games and a preview of this weekend’s two massive contests … Continue reading Group 20: Round 14 Recap and Finals Week One Preview

By Tallon Smith The Yenda Blueheelers have moved one step closer to the all-important fifth position on the Group 20 competition ladder with a 44-40 win over the Yanco-Wamoon Hawks at the JDP Logistics Yanco Sportsground on Sunday afternoon. With a host of stars returning for the Hawks, including star hooker Elwyn Ravu, the Yanco side were far more competitive than recent weeks, forcing the … Continue reading Group 20 Wrap: Yenda win high-scoring affair against Yanco-Wamoon

By Tallon Smith The Griffith Black & Whites completed a 42-0 shutout over the Yenda Blueheelers in a Round 9 catch-up game at Wade Park on Saturday afternoon. In the only game of the weekend, the Black & Whites moved to first on the table, after being equal with Leeton after last week’s defeat of the Greenies with this game still in hand. The Griffith … Continue reading Group 20: Black & Whites trounce Yenda, but Blueheelers take lower grade wins in local derby

By Tallon Smith The Darlington Point-Coleambally Roosters have announced that they will be hosting an ‘Autism Awareness Round’ on the 13th of August against West Wyalong at Darlington Point Sportsground. The round, which aims to raise money for the Ricky Stuart Foundation, is the first of its kind within Group 20, and follows a growing trend of positive social awareness events within the country rugby … Continue reading DPC Roosters to host Autism Awareness Round