NRL Victoria | |
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Responsibility | Victoria, Australia |
Headquarters | AAMI Park, Melbourne Storm Offices, Melbourne |
Competitions |
First Grade, Second Grade, Womens Tackle, Womens Tag, Girls Tag, Under 18, Under 16, Under 15, Under 14, Under 13, Under 12, Under 11, Under 6-10 |
Website | NRL Victoria Website [1] |
As of 2 December 2009
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First Grade, Second Grade, Womens Tackle, Womens Tag, Girls Tag, Under 18, Under 16, Under 15, Under 14, Under 13, Under 12, Under 11,
NRL Victoria is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Australian state of Victoria. Victoria is an Affiliated State of the overall Australian governing body the National Rugby League.
NRL Victoria oversees the Melbourne Metropolitan Competition, Sunraysia Rugby League and affiliates (including Wodonga Storm) who participate in Country Rugby League Group 9 and the Murray Cup.
This is a list of the NRL Victoria 1st Grade competition champions and the runners-up for each seasons the competition existed.
The Central Highlands Rugby League (CHRL) was a Rugby League previous competition District in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers the area of Victoria centered on Ballarat and Ararat, as far north as Creswick, Warrnambool in the south west, Bacchus Marsh in the east, and Horsham in the west.
The CHRL District was established and registered with the ARL and VRL in 2005 by founder Ken James (previously Club Manager of MRL team Ballarat Highlanders Rugby League Club) after a necessity arose to start a competition in the western region of Victoria separate from the Melbourne Rugby League (MRL) District.
The CHRL competition started with two junior age levels but in 2008 due to the 11-year drought finally taking its toll on Central Victoria the council deemed the sports grounds used in the competition too dangerous for use. This temporarily ended competition for the CHRL (and some clubs in other sports too). After another two years of the fields not being used the councils re-allocated the fields to other purposes, ending the ability for clubs in the CHRL to continue until new home grounds are established.
The CHRL also hosted matches in Ballarat between combined CHRL teams made up of players from both Ballarat Dragons and Ararat Cowboys against Altona Roosters and Sunbury Cougars, both from the MRL District, which expanded the experience of players at district representative level.