Group 15 Rugby League

Group 15 is a defunct rugby league competition based in the northeastern quarter of the Western Division, New South Wales, Australia. The last premiership was held in 1992 with Lightning Ridge beating Bourke.[1]

Surviving former Group 15 clubs currently play in the Barwon Darling Rugby League Cup, run by the Country Rugby League as part of Region 4.

Teams

Former Group 15 teams included:

• Barwon United
• Bourke Warriors
• Brewarrina
• Cobar Roosters
• Collarenebri Bulldogs
• Goodooga Magpies
• Lightning Ridge Redbacks
• Mungindi Grasshoppers
• Nyngan Tigers
• Walgett Dragons

Grand Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up	Winning Coach
1967	Bourke	10-7	Brewarrina	J. Mumbler
1968	Cobar	5-4	Brewarrina	Brad Wynd
1969	Brewarrina	27-14	Bourke
1970	Bourke	-
1971	Cobar	33-6	Bourke	Brian Lawrence
1972	Cobar	23-2	Walgett	Brian Lawrence
1973	Walgett	27-21	Brewarrina
1974	Bourke	16-6	Goodooga	B. Hollman
1975	Walgett	16-11	Brewarrina	Ken Morgan
1976	Bourke	68-13	Walgett
1978	Cobar	21-0	Goodooga	Peter Fox
1979	Nyngan	28-12	Goodooga
1980	Goodooga	16-12	Nyngan	Ron Mason
1981	Bourke	24-17	Cobar	F. Harvey
1982	Bourke	19-12	Nyngan	Alan Hamilton
1983	Nyngan	24-22	Bourke	G. Moore
1984	Bourke	56-0	Nyngan
1984	Goodooga	26-6	Mungindi
1985	Goodooga	28-24	Brewarrina
1986	Brewarrina	38-24	Goodooga
1987	Bourke	40-20	Walgett	Keith Harvey
1988	Goodooga	44-32	Bourke	John Stanton
1989	Bourke	32-29	Walgett	Tony Darigo
1990	Bourke	31-26	Walgett	Stephen Howlett
1991	Walgett	20-17	Lightning Ridge	Richie Simpson
1992	Lightning Ridge	38-6	Bourke	Ron Ferguson

Sources

Years	Item	Via
1967-69, 1971-96	Country Rugby League Annual Report	State Library of NSW
1982 to 2001	Rugby League Week	Bound copies at State Library of NSW
2002 to 2014	Rugby League Week	eResources at State Library of NSW