Roma District Rugby League

Roma District Rugby League
SportRugby league
Instituted1914
Inaugural season1914
Country Australia
Premiers Chinchilla Bulldogs (2018)
Most titles Roma Cities Gladiators (22 titles)
WebsiteSportsSG – Roma

The Roma District Rugby League is a competition in the Maranoa district of South West Queensland, Australia, run under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League.

History

The Roma District Rugby League was established in 1914.

Rugby League Immortal Arthur Beetson played for the Roma Cities Gladiators, before moving to play for Redcliffe in the Brisbane Rugby League and Balmain, Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta in the NSWRFL Premiership, in addition to captaining New South Wales in the residency-based Interstate Series, Queensland in State of Origin, and becoming the first ever Indigenous captain of the Kangaroos.

The Western Rugby League folded in 2021, with the remaining clubs, Charleville and Cunnamulla, forming a combined side, known as the Western Ringers, who entered into the Roma competition from 2022.

Clubs

Current

Club City Home ground(s) No. of A-Grade

Premierships

A-Grade

Premiership Years

Chinchilla Bulldogs Chinchilla Bulldog Park 7 1996, 1998, 2010-11, 2014-15, 2018
Roma Cities Gladiators Roma Arthur Beetson Oval 9 1983, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2003-04, 2016-17
Miles Devils Miles Centenary Oval 1 2013
Mitchell Magpies Mitchell Mitchell RSL Sporting Complex 1 2002
St George Dragons St George Rowden Park 4 2001, 2005, 2007-09
Taroom-Wandoan Battlers

(Reserves Only)

Taroom & Wandoan Ross Bourke Oval, Taroom 2 1988-89
Wallumbilla-Surat Red Bulls Wallumbilla & Surat Wallumbilla Football Ground 3 1997, 2006, 2012

Former

Club City Home ground(s) No. of A-Grade

Premierships

A-Grade

Premiership Years

Wattles RLFC Roma Arthur Beetson Oval 8 1984-87, 1991, 1993-94, 1999
Western Ringers Charleville & Cunnamulla Charleville Showgrounds 0 None

Premiers

Grand Final results compiled from scores published in the Rugby League Week.

Season Grand Final Information Minor Premiers
Premiers Score Runners-up Report
1983 Cities 61–30 Wallumbilla
1984 Wattles 32–16 Wallumbilla
1985 Wattles 31–12 Cities
1986 Wattles 20–18 Taroom Taroom
1987 Wattles 18–2 Taroom Mitchell
1988 Taroom 28–22 Wattles
1989 Taroom-Wondoan 18–14 Wattles
1990 Cities 23–12 Wattles YT[1]
1991 Wattles 48–0 Taroom
1992 Cities 18–16 Wattles Cities
1993 Wattles 22–10 Taroom Taroom
1994 Wattles 21–10 Wallumbilla
1995 Cities 26–10 Wattles
1996 Chinchilla 32–22 Wallumbilla
1997 Wallumbilla 40–36 St George
1998 Chinchilla 22–20 St George
1999 Wattles 32–20 St George
2000 Cities 28–24 Chinchilla
2001 St George 46–26 Cities
2002 Mitchell 41–35 St George
2003 Cities 38–32 St George
2004 Cities 45–14 Wallumbilla-Surat Wallumbilla-Surat
2005 St George 44–28 Mitchell St George
2006 Wallumbilla-Surat 32–24 Mitchell St George
2007 St George 42–30 Cities Chinchilla
2008 St George 68–30 Chinchilla St George
2009 St George 36–34 Wallumbilla-Surat St George
2010 Chinchilla 46–16 Wallumbilla-Surat Chinchilla
2011 Chinchilla 19–18 St George Miles
2012 Wallumbilla-Surat 36–30 Cities Wallumbilla-Surat
2013 Miles 44–12 St George St George
2014 Chinchilla 44–18 St George Chinchilla
2015 Chinchilla 24–16 Cities MPM[2] Chinchilla
2016 Cities 34–10 Chinchilla QRL[3] Cities
2017 Cities 32–14 Miles Cities
2018 Chinchilla 28–14 Wallumbilla-Surat QRL[4] Chinchilla

References

  1. ^ "Cities vs Wattles 1990 A Grade Grand Final". Blake, LJ. 23 April 2012 [1990]. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2019 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Footy Finals Fever in Roma". Maranoa Plus More. 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Roma Cities celebrate title". Queensland Rugby League. 1 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ Rafter, Peter (30 August 2018). "Chinchilla clip Red Bulls' wings". Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

External Links and Sources

  • Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections
  • The centenary of the greatest game under the sun : one hundred years of Rugby League in Queensland, Prof. Maxwell Howell, Celebrity Books, 2008.
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