Goulburn Murray Rugby League

Storm Goulburn Murray Premiership
SportRugby league
Instituted1991
Inaugural season1991
Ceased2009
Re-formed2014
Number of teams8
CountryWodonga, Victoria, Australia
Premiers Shepparton (2023)
Most titles Corowa Cougars (5 titles)

The Goulburn Murray Premiership is a rugby league competition on the border of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Initially the competition was established in 1998 as the Goulburn Murray Rugby League by the Country Rugby League and the Victorian Rugby League. The league was disbanded in 2009 before being re-established as the Murray Cup in 2014. As of 2022 there is a competition for both Senior Men's and Women's Tag football.[1] In 2023, as part of a branding arrangement, the competition is known as the Storm Goulburn Murray Premiership.

Current Clubs

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There are currently eight clubs affiliated with the Goulburn Murray Rugby League competition, with four based in New South Wales and four based in Victoria. Shepparton, Wodonga and Wangaratta have all succeeded former teams based in their respective cities.

Clubs Moniker Established Ground Premierships
Border Bears 2024 Haydon Park, West Albury None
Charles Sturt University Mud Dogs 2014 Sarvaas Park, North Albury None
Corowa Cougars 1986 Airport Oval, Corowa 5 (1999, 2001, 2004–06)
Shepparton Eagles 2024 Pee Wee Oval, Mooroopna 1 (2024)
Tumbarumba Greens 1934 Tumbarumba Showground 1 (2019)
Wangaratta Knights 2017 Glenrowan Recreation Reserve None
Wodonga Wombats 2018 Baranduda Recreation Reserve 1 (2022)
Wolfpack RLFC Wolfpack 2016 Eldorado Recreation Reserve 1 (2023)

Former Teams

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There are more than a dozen clubs which formerly competed in the Goulburn Murray Rugby League.

Clubs Moniker Notes
Goulburn Murray Rugby League era
Albury Roos Joined from Group 13 when it merged with Group 9, Folded
Ballarat Highlanders Moved to Central Highlands Rugby League in 2005
Chiltern RLFC Chiltern Folded 2000s
Deniliquin Raiders Folded 2000s
Puckapunyal-Seymour Army Folded 2007
Shepparton Warriors Folded 2008
Tocumwal/Southern Riverina Jets Folded 2005
Twin City Hornets Folded 2005
Vikings RLFC Vikings Folded 2000s
Wangaratta Scorpions Folded 2008
Wangaratta Tigers Folded 2008
Wodonga Bears Folded 2006
Yarrawonga-Mulwala Dragons Folded
Murray Cup/Goulburn Murray Premiership era
Bonegilla Gorillas Folded 2022
Murray River Warriors Folded 2019
Wodonga Storm Folded 2022
Westside Brothers Folded 2014

Goulburn Murray Rugby League/Murray Cup Champions

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This is a list of the Goulburn Murray Rugby League 1st Grade competition champions and the runners-up for each seasons the competition existed.

Season Premiers Score Runners Up
Goulburn Murray Rugby League
1991
1992
1993
1994 Southern Riverina Jets Corowa Cougars
1995
1996
1997 Southern Riverina Jets Corowa Cougars
1998 Albury Roos 21 – 20 Southern Riverina Jets
1999 Corowa Cougars 26 – 14 Southern Riverina Jets
2000 Twin City Hornets 28 – 24 Albury Roos
2001[2] Corowa Cougars 44 – 12 Twin City Hornets
2002[3] Southern Riverina Jets 40 – 12 Corowa Cougars
2003 Twin City Hornets 24 – 22 Corowa Cougars
2004[4] Corowa Cougars Twin City Hornets
2005[5] Corowa Cougars 50 – 6 Southern Riverina Jets
2006[6] Corowa Cougars Vikings RLFC
2007[7] Unknown
2008[8] Wangaratta Tigers Wodonga Storm
Hiatus 2009-2013
Murray Cup
2014
2015 Murray River Warriors 40 – 12 Wodonga Storm
2016 Murray River Warriors 26 – 18 Wodonga Storm
2017 Wodonga Storm 14 – 4 CSU Mud Dogs
2018 Wodonga Storm
2019 Tumbarumba 32 – 12 Corowa Cougars
2020–2021 No Premiers; unfinished seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Wodonga Wombats 40 – 4 Bonegilla Gorillas
Goulburn Murray Premiership
2023[9] Wolfpack RLFC 22 – 20 Corowa Cougars
2024 Shepparton Eagles 24 – 22 Tumbarumba Greens

Ladies League Tag Premiers

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Season Premiers Score Runners Up
???-2019 unknown
2020–2021 No Premiers; unfinished seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 CSU Mud Dogs
2023[9] Tumbarumba 8 – 6 CSU Mud Dogs
2024 Wangaratta Knights 20 – 0 Corowa Cougars

References

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