Goulburn Murray Rugby League

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Storm Goulburn Murray Premiership
SportRugby league
Inaugural season1991
Ceased2009
Re-formed2014
Number of teams8
Premiers Shepparton (2024)
Most titles Corowa Cougars (7 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 1991 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

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

Clubs Moniker Established Joined Ground Premierships
Border Bears 2024 2024 Baranduda Recreation Reserve None
Charles Sturt University Mud Dogs 2014 2014 Sarvaas Park, North Albury None
Corowa Cougars 1986 1991 Airport Oval, Corowa 5 (1999, 2001, 2004–06)
Shepparton Eagles 2024 2024 Pee Wee Oval, Mooroopna 1 (2024)
Tumbarumba Greens 1934 2019 Tumbarumba Showground 1 (2019)
Wangaratta Knights 2017 2017 Glenrowan Recreation Reserve None
Wodonga Wombats 2018 2018 Baranduda Recreation Reserve 1 (2022)
Wolfpack RLFC Wolfpack 2016 2016 Eldorado Recreation Reserve 1 (2023)

Former Teams

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

Clubs Moniker Joined Premierships Fate
Albury Roos 1992 2 (1996, 1998) Folded 2003
Benalla Vikings 2004 None Folded 2008
Bonegilla Gorillas 2014 None Folded 2022
Chiltern Chiltern 2000s None Folded 2000s
Cobram-Barooga Broncos 1994 None Folded 1990s
Deniliquin Raiders 1991 None Folded 2000s
Murray River Warriors 2015 None Folded 2019
Puckapunyal-Seymour Army 1991 None Folded 2007
Shepparton Warriors 1990s None Folded 2008
Tocumwal/Southern Riverina Jets 1991 4 (1993, 1994, 1997, 2002) Folded 2005
Twin City Hornets 2000 2 (2000, 2003) Folded 2005
Wangaratta Scorpions/Tigers 1991 None Folded 2008
Westside Brothers 2014 None Folded 2014
Wodonga Bears 1991 1 (1995) Folded 2006
Wodonga Storm 2014 3 (2014, 2017, 2018) Folded 2022
Yarrawonga-Mulwala Dragons 1993 None Folded 1990s

Goulburn Murray Rugby League/Murray Cup Champions

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 Corowa Cougars 15 – 7 Wangaratta
1992 Corowa Cougars 20 – 6 Southern Riverina Jets
1993 Southern Riverina Jets 22 – 16 Corowa Cougars
1994 Southern Riverina Jets Corowa Cougars
1995 Wodonga Bears Corowa Cougars
1996 Albury Roos Southern Riverina Jets
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 38 – 10 Twin City Hornets
2005[5] Corowa Cougars 50 – 6 Southern Riverina Jets
2006[6] Corowa Cougars 96 – 6 Benalla Vikings RLFC
2007[7]
2008[8] Wangaratta Tigers Wodonga
Hiatus 2009-2013
Murray Cup
2014 Wodonga Storm 14 – 8 Corowa Cougars
2015 Murray River Warriors 40 – 12 Wodonga Storm
2016 Murray River Warriors 26 – 18 Corowa Cougars
2017 Wodonga Storm 14 – 4 CSU Mud Dogs
2018 Wodonga Storm
2019 Tumbarumba Greens 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

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

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