Group 18 is the name of a rugby league competition on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Currently, the group has no senior competition. Prior to 2005, there was a joint Gold Coast-Group 18 competition which fielded teams from both the Queensland and New South Wales sides of the border. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent With the Burleigh Bears joining the Queensland Cup in 1997 and the Tweed Heads Seagulls joining them in 2003, the combined competition started to lose some of its lustre. Burleigh Bears is a Rugby league football club one of the oldest on the Gold Coast. The Queensland Cup is the premier Rugby league football competition in the state of Queensland. The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls is a Rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, and is In 2005, it was dissolved with the remaining Queensland teams forming a dedicated Gold Coast competition and the NSW teams joining an expanded Group 1 competition. Group 1 is a Rugby league competition in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League
Teams
The following clubs fielded teams in 2006 Group 18 junior competitions.
- Bilambil Jets
- Cudgen Hornets
- Murwillumbah Colts
- Mullumbimby Giants
- South Tweed Heads Koalas
- Tugun Seahawks
- Tweed Coast Raiders
- Tweed Heads Seagulls
Grand Final 2006
The 2006 grand finals for the Junior Rugby League section were held at Bilambil Jets home ground and the results were as follows.
U10's= South Tweed premiers U11's= unknown U12's= Tweed Heads Seagulls premiers, South Tweed runners up U13's= Mullumbimby Giants premiers, Tweed Coast Raiders runners up U14's= Bilambil Jets premiers, Tweed Heads Seagulls runners up U15's= South Tweed Koalas premiers, Tweed Coast Raiders runners up U16's= Bilambil Jets premiers, Mullumbimby Giants runners up
If you know any of the results not listed please edit this and tell them.
External links
- Group 18 on Country Rugby League's official site
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