Group 2 is a rugby league competition on the north coast of New South Wales Since 1966, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. The Group 2 area runs from Grafton in the north to Macksville in the south. Group 2 teams played for many decades before 1966 when some redistribution, amalgamation or control mechanism presumably changed. Teams on the Nambucca River, namely Bowraville, Macksville and Nambucca Heads played in a southern division against Kempsey, Smithtown, Port Macquarie and Wauchope before 1966.
*Kempsey Dragons no longer field a senior team, but remain a member of Group 2. Kempsey's modern senior side, the Macleay Valley Mustangs, play in the Group 3 Rugby League Premiership.
‡Smithtown's senior team is Lower Macleay Magpies, in Hastings League.
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Group 2 is a rugby league competition on the north coast of New South Wales Since 1966 run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League The Group 2 area runs from Grafton in the north to Macksville in the south Group 2 teams played for many decades before 1966 when some redistribution amalgamation or control mechanism presumably changed Teams on the Nambucca River namely Bowraville Macksville and Nambucca Heads played in a southern division against Kempsey Smithtown Port Macquarie and Wauchope before 1966 Group 2 Rugby LeagueSportRugby leagueInstituted1966Inaugural season1966Number of teams9 senior clubs 12 junior clubs Country AustraliaPremiersGrafton Ghosts 2019 Most titlesNambucca Heads Roosters 16 titles WebsiteGroup 2 Rugby League on facebook Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Clubs in 2022 Group 2 Competitions 1 1 1 Former Clubs 2 First Grade Grand Final Results 1966 present 2 1 Leader Board 3 Players from Group 2 to play NRL 3 1 Notable players 3 1 1 Bellingen 3 1 2 Coffs Harbour Comets 3 1 3 Grafton Ghosts 3 1 4 Macksville Sea Eagles 3 1 5 Orara Valley Axemen 3 1 6 Sawtell Panthers 3 1 7 South Grafton Rebels 3 1 8 Woolgoolga Seahorses 3 1 9 Bowraville Tigers 3 1 10 Kempsey Dragons 3 1 11 Nambucca Heads Roosters 3 1 12 Smithtown Tigers 4 See also 5 Sources 6 ReferencesTeams EditClubs in 2022 Group 2 Competitions Edit Clubs City Town Home Ground Seniors Juniors Bellingen Dorrigo Magpies Bellingen Dorrigo Bellingen Park No Yes Bowraville Tigers Bowraville Bowraville Sports Hub No Yes Coffs Harbour Comets Coffs Harbour Geoff King Motors Oval Yes Yes Grafton Ghosts Grafton Frank McGuren Field Yes Yes Kempsey Dragons Kempsey Verge Street Oval No Yes Macksville Sea Eagles Macksville Allan Gillett Oval Yes Yes Nambucca Heads Roosters Nambucca Heads Coronation Park Yes Yes Orara Valley Axemen Coffs Harbour Coramba Coramba Sportsground Yes Yes Sawtell Panthers Coffs Harbour Sawtell Rex Hardaker Oval Yes Yes Smithtown Tigers Smithtown Smithtown Oval No Yes South Grafton Rebels Grafton McKittrick Park Yes Yes Woolgoolga Seahorses Woolgoolga Woolgoolga Sports Ground Yes Yes Kempsey Dragons no longer field a senior team but remain a member of Group 2 Kempsey s modern senior side the Macleay Valley Mustangs play in the Group 3 Rugby League Premiership Smithtown s senior team is Lower Macleay Magpies in Hastings League Former Clubs Edit Former clubsCoffs Harbour RaidersCoffs Jetty Park BeachCentral KempseyGimbisi Valley WarriorsDunghutti BroncosKempsey KowboysKempsey Dragons Seniors Macleay Valley MustangsNgaku WarriorsPort City BreakersPort Macquarie SharksSmithtown Seniors First Grade Grand Final Results 1966 present EditSeason Grand Final Information Minor PremiersPremiers Score Runners up Report1966 Smithtown 3 2 Macksville Sea Eagles1967 Ngaku Warriors Kempsey 80 16 Smithtown1968 Smithtown 7 4 Coffs Harbour Comets1969 Nambucca Heads Roosters 10 6 Central Kempsey1970 Coffs Harbour Comets Central Kempsey1971 Coffs Harbour Comets 20 9 Nambucca Heads Roosters1972 Nambucca Heads Roosters 15 10 Coffs Harbour Comets1973 Coffs Harbour Comets 20 13 Nambucca Heads Roosters1974 Coffs Harbour Comets 6 2 Bellingen Magpies1975 Nambucca Heads Roosters 19 4 Kempsey Dragons1976 Nambucca Heads Roosters 19 2 Bellingen Magpies1977 Smithtown Nambucca Heads Roosters1978 Sawtell 14 13 Smithtown Sawtell Clayton Cup 1979 Macksville Sea Eagles 24 7 Smithtown1980 Bellingen Magpies 19 10 Sawtell1981 Bellingen Magpies 44 0 Macksville Sea Eagles Bellingen Magpies1982 Bellingen Magpies 21 12 Ngaku Warriors Kempsey Sawtell Panthers1983 Coffs Harbour Comets 28 16 Woolgoolga Seahorses Coffs Harbour Comets1984 Bellingen Magpies 4 1 Coffs Harbour Comets Bellingen Magpies1985 Coffs Harbour Comets 18 10 Nambucca Heads Roosters Nambucca Heads Roosters1986 Nambucca Heads Roosters 18 16 Kempsey Dragons Kempsey1987 Bellingen Magpies 23 6 Nambucca Heads Roosters Bellingen Magpies1988 Bellingen Magpies 50 24 Kempsey Dragons Nambucca Heads Roosters1989 Bellingen Magpies 39 6 Coffs Harbour Comets Bellingen Magpies1990 Bellingen Magpies 22 20 Orara Valley Axemen Smithtown1991 Macksville Sea Eagles 26 26 Coffs Harbour Comets Macksville Sea Eagles1992 Nambucca Heads Roosters 40 6 Woolgoolga Seahorses Nambucca Heads Roosters1993 Nambucca Heads Roosters 26 10 Macksville Sea Eagles Macksville Sea Eagles1994 Orara Valley Axemen 30 18 Nambucca Heads Roosters Macksville Sea Eagles1995 Macksville Sea Eagles 24 16 Coffs Harbour Comets Macksville Sea Eagles1996 Nambucca Heads Roosters 36 34 Orara Valley Axemen Nambucca Heads Roosters1997 Orara Valley Axemen 40 32 Coffs Harbour Comets Coffs Harbour Comets1998 Port Macquarie Sharks 26 25 Nambucca Heads Roosters Nambucca Heads Roosters1999 Bellingen Magpies 20 18 Port Macquarie Sharks Port Macquarie Sharks2000 Port Macquarie Sharks 24 12 Nambucca Heads Roosters Port Macquarie Sharks2001 Port Macquarie Sharks 54 26 Macksville Sea Eagles Port Macquarie Sharks2002 Macksville Sea Eagles 39 26 Port Macquarie Sharks Port Macquarie Sharks2003 Macksville Sea Eagles 30 23 Orara Valley Axemen Port Macquarie Sharks2004 Macksville Sea Eagles 34 23 Port Macquarie Sharks Port Macquarie Sharks2005 Macksville Sea Eagles 60 22 Orara Valley Axemen Orara Valley Axemen2006 Port Macquarie Sharks 22 18 Sawtell Panthers Port Macquarie Sharks2007 Macksville Sea Eagles 32 24 Orara Valley Axemen Macksville Sea Eagles2008 Orara Valley Axemen 19 18 Woolgoolga Seahorses CCA 1 Orara Valley Axemen2009 Sawtell Panthers 21 20 Macksville Sea Eagles Sawtell Panthers2010 Port Macquarie Sharks 41 16 Coffs Harbour Comets Port Macquarie Sharks2011 Sawtell Panthers 29 28 Nambucca Heads Roosters CCA 2 Nambucca Heads Roosters2012 Macleay Valley Mustangs 36 12 Nambucca Heads Roosters MA 3 YT 4 Nambucca Heads Roosters2013 Coffs Harbour Comets 42 20 Nambucca Heads Roosters CCA 5 Coffs Harbour Comets2014 Grafton Ghosts 18 16 Coffs Harbour Comets DE 6 Grafton Ghosts2015 South Grafton Rebels 46 18 Coffs Harbour Comets DE 7 South Grafton Rebels2016 South Grafton Rebels 26 12 Grafton Ghosts DE 8 South Grafton Rebels2017 Grafton Ghosts 32 12 South Grafton Rebels DE 9 Grafton Ghosts2018 Coffs Harbour Comets 30 14 Macksville Sea Eagles CCA 10 YT 11 Grafton Ghosts2019 Grafton Ghosts 68 6 Coffs Harbour Comets Coffs Harbour Comets2020 amp 2021 seasons cancelled due to COVID 19 Pandemic2022 South Grafton Rebels 36 8 Orara Valley Axemen Orara Valley AxemenLeader Board Edit Club PremiershipsNambucca Heads Roosters 16Coffs Harbour Comets 14Bellingen 11Macksville Sea Eagles 8Orara Valley Axemen 8Port Macquarie Sharks 8Smithtown 5Sawtell 3Grafton Ghosts 3South Grafton Rebels 3Ngaku Warriors 2Macleay Valley Mustangs 1Players from Group 2 to play NRL EditPlayer ClubGreg Inglis Bowraville Tigers JRLAlbert Kelly Smithtown Tigers JRLKevin Gordon Sawtell Panthers JRLAiden Tolman Smithtown Tigers JRLWayne Bartrim Macleay Valley MustangsMatt Donovan Macksville Sea EaglesPaul Davis Port Macquarie Macksville and DunghuttiClint Greenshields Sawtell Panthers JRLTroy Robinson Sawtell Panthers JRLMitchell Thomson Sawtell Panthers JRLNotable players Edit Bellingen Edit Dylan EdwardsCoffs Harbour Comets Edit Grafton Ghosts Edit Danny Wicks Anthony DonMacksville Sea Eagles Edit Matt Donovan Paul Davis Nathan SmithOrara Valley Axemen Edit Luke MetcalfSawtell Panthers Edit Kevin Gordon Jarrod Wallace Mitchell Thomson Troy Robinson Clint Greenshields Noel Cleal Jason AlchinSouth Grafton Rebels Edit Brian Graham John Ferguson Ron Gill Fred Felsch Paul Pyers Kevin Stevens Eric LawrenceWoolgoolga Seahorses Edit Bowraville Tigers Edit Greg InglisKempsey Dragons Edit Amos RobertsNambucca Heads Roosters Edit Ryan Stig Daniel FitzhenrySmithtown Tigers Edit Albert Kelly Aiden TolmanSee also Edit Sports portal New South Wales portalRugby League Competitions in AustraliaSources EditYears Acronym Item AvailableOnline Via1967 69 1971 96 Country Rugby League Annual Report No State Library of NSW2003 to 2014 RLW Rugby League Week Yes eResources at State Library of NSW2008 to 2019 CCA Coffs Coast Advocate Yes Coffs Coast Advocate website2010 to 2019 DE The Daily Examiner Yes Daily Examiner website2005 to 2019 Various Newspaper Websites Yes As referencedGroup 2 on Country Rugby League s official siteReferences Edit Greenshields Brad 9 September 2008 Axemen take out grand final The Coffs Coast Advocate Retrieved 12 April 2018 White Greg 19 September 2011 Sawtell Group 2 Premiers The Coffs Coast Advocate Retrieved 12 April 2018 Klein Thom 11 September 2012 Macleay Valley Mustangs end a half century s wait in 80 magical minutes Macleay Argus Retrieved 12 April 2018 Highlights From Group Two Rugby League Grand Final Macleay Valley Mustangs V Nambucca Roosters NBN TV 10 September 2012 Archived from the original on 17 December 2021 Retrieved 12 April 2018 via YouTube White Greg 18 August 2013 Group 2 grand final glory glory to Coffs Harbour The Coffs Coast Advocate Retrieved 12 April 2018 McInerney Matthew 25 August 2014 Ghosts glory with extra time penalty The Daily Examiner Retrieved 12 April 2018 Elkerton Matthew 23 August 2015 South Grafton Rebels make history in Group 2 decider The Daily Examiner Retrieved 12 April 2018 Elkerton Matthew 11 September 2016 KINGS OF THE CLARENCE Rebels clinch premiership over Ghosts The Daily Examiner Retrieved 12 April 2018 GRAND FINAL Grafton Ghosts score spirited grand final win The Daily Examiner 3 September 2017 Retrieved 12 April 2018 Comets too good for Sea Eagles in Group 2 grand final The Coffs Coast Advocate 26 August 2018 Retrieved 12 April 2018 Grand Final 2 28 August 2018 Archived from the original on 17 December 2021 Retrieved 12 April 2018 via YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Group 2 Rugby League amp oldid 1124281720 Orara Valley Axemen, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
