Group 3 Rugby League

Group 3 Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league football
Formerly known as	Group 18 Rugby League
Instituted	1946 (as Group 18)
Inaugural season	1966 (as Group 3)
Number of teams	7
Country	Australia
Premiers	Foster Tuncurry (2011)

Group 3 is a rugby league competition on the north coast of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. The Group 3 area runs from Port Macquarie in the north to Forster in the south.

History

The league began in 1946, with Taree Old Bar winning the first ever premiership. At the time, this league was known as Group 18. In 1966, the boundaries were re-drawn to include three new clubs (Camden Haven, Port Macquarie, and Wauchope) and the group's name was changed to Group 3.

In 1995, Port Macquarie and Wauchope joined Group 2 in another re-zoning, with teams from Group 3 Saturday League joining the competition. In 2003, Port City RLFC joined the competition on loan from Group 2. In 2004, Wauchope re-joined the league after departing at the end of the 1994 season.

The current premiers are the Macleay Valley Mustangs.

Teams

The following clubs field teams in the Group 3 First Grade competition.

Club	Years
Camden Haven Eagles	1966-2011, 2013-
Forster Tuncurry Hawks	1946-
Old Bar Beach Pirates	1995-
Port City Breakers	2003-
Port Macquarie Sharks	1940-2002, 2013 -
Taree City Bulls	?
Wauchope District Blues	1966–1994, 2004-
Wingham District Tigers	1946-
Macleay Valley Mustangs	2014-

The following clubs in Group 3 field teams in junior competitions only.

• Gloucester Magpies
• Taree Panthers
• Taree RSL Red Rovers Rhinos

Former Teams

• Halliday Point Makos (Folded 2009)
• Gloucester Magpies (withdrew from first grade in 2002)
• Forster Dragons (Folded)

Premierships

First Grade

Season	Grand Final Information			Minor Premiers
	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up
1946	Taree Old Bar		Forster Tuncurry
1947	Forster Tuncurry		Taree Old Bar
1948	Taree Browns Creek		Forster Tuncurry
1949	Taree Browns Creek		Forster Tuncurry
1950	Wingham District		Taree Browns Creek
1951	Taree Browns Creek		Taree Old Bar
1952	Wingham District		Taree Browns Creek
1953	Wingham District		Taree Old Bar
1954	Gloucester		Taree Browns Creek
1955	Taree Browns Creek		Wingham District
1956	Taree Browns Creek		Wingham District
1957	Gloucester		Wingham District
1958	Gloucester		Taree Old Bar
1959	Gloucester		Cundletown
1960	Gloucester		Wingham District
1961	Wingham District		Taree United
1962	Wingham District		Gloucester
1963	Gloucester		Wingham District
1964	Gloucester		Wingham District
1965	Gloucester		Taree Old Bar

Group 3

Season	Grand Final Information			Minor Premiers
	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up
1966	Gloucester		Wingham District	Gloucester
1967	Wauchope		Forster Tuncurry	Wauchope
1968	Forster Tuncurry		Taree United	Forster Tuncurry
1969	Wauchope		Forster Tuncurry	Wauchope
1970	Forster Tuncurry		Port Macquarie	Forster Tuncurry
1971	Taree United		Taree Old Bar	Taree United
1972	Wauchope		Wingham District	Wauchope
1973	Taree United		Taree Old Bar	Taree United
1974	Taree United		Forster Tuncurry	Forster Tuncurry
1975	Wauchope		Taree United	Port Macquarie
1976	Port Macquarie		Wingham District	Port Macquarie
1977	Taree United		Forster Tuncurry	Taree United
1978	Taree Old Bar		Taree United	Wingham District
1979	Taree Old Bar		Port Macquarie	Port Macquarie
1980	Taree Old Bar		Port Macquarie	Taree Old Bar
1981	Taree Old Bar		Wingham District	Taree Old Bar
1982	Taree Old Bar		Wingham District	Taree Old Bar
1983	Taree United		Wauchope	Wauchope
1984	Wauchope		Taree Old Bar	Taree Old Bar
1985	Taree United		Wauchope	Wauchope
1986	Forster Tuncurry		Wingham District	Forster Tuncurry
1987	Taree Old Bar		Port Macquarie	Port Macquarie
1988	Taree Old Bar		Camden Haven	Taree Old Bar
1989	Wingham District		Port Macquarie	Port Macquarie
1990	Port Macquarie		Wauchope	Wauchope
1991	Port Macquarie		Forster Tuncurry	Port Macquarie
1992	Port Macquarie		Wingham District	Port Macquarie
1993	Port Macquarie		Wauchope	Wauchope
1994	Forster Tuncurry		Wauchope	Forster Tuncurry
1995	Forster Tuncurry		South Taree	Forster Tuncurry
1996	Old Bar Beach		Wingham District	Wingham District
1997	Wingham District		Forster Tuncurry	Camden Haven
1998	Forster Tuncurry		Old Bar Beach	Forster Tuncurry
1999	Old Bar Beach		Wingham District	Old Bar Beach
2000	Taree City		Old Bar Beach	Old Bar Beach
2001	Taree City		Forster Dragons	Taree City
2002	Wingham District		Taree City	Taree City
2003	Wingham District		Forster Tuncurry	Wingham District
2004	Forster Tuncurry		Wingham District	Forster Tuncurry
2005	Camden Haven		Taree City	Taree City
2006	Camden Haven		Wauchope	Camden Haven
2007	Taree City Bulls		Port City Breakers	Taree City Bulls
2008	Port City Breakers		Forster Tuncurry	Port City Breakers
2009	Wauchope Blues	30-12	Port City Breakers	Wauchope Blues
2010	Port City Breakers	30-6	Forster Tuncurry	Port City Breakers
2011	Forster Tuncurry	30-16	Port City Breakers	Port City Breakers

Source: Group 3 History

Leaderboard

(Correct as of 1 Jan 2007)

Club	Premierships	Runners-Ups	Minor Premierships
Camden Haven	2	1	2
Forster Dragons	0	1	0
Forster Tuncurry	8	10	8
Gloucester	9	1	?
Old Bar Beach	2	2	2
Port City	2	2	3
Port Macquarie	5	5	7
South Taree	0	1	0
Taree City	2	2	3
Taree Browns Creek	5	3	?
Taree Old Bar	8	8	5
Taree United	6	4	3
Wauchope District	5	6	7
Wingham District	9	9	3
Macleay Valley Mustangs	1	0	0

External links

• Group 3 on Country Rugby League's official site