Group 16 Rugby League

Group 16 Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league football
Instituted	1946
Inaugural season	1946
Number of teams	7
Country	Australia
Premiers	Bega Roosters (2014)

Group 16 is a rugby league competition on the south coast of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. Group 16 covers the area from Batemans Bay down to Eden

Teams

There are seven (7) teams competing in the 2015 Group 16 First Grade competition:

Bega Roosters Bega, NSW Ground: Bega Recreation Ground Formed: 1960	Cooma Stallions Cooma, NSW Ground: Cooma Showground Formed: 1971	Eden Tigers Eden, NSW Ground: George Brown Memorial Oval Formed: 1940	Merimbula-Pambula Bulldogs Pambula, NSW Ground: Pambula Sporting Complex Formed: ?
Moruya Sharks Moruya, NSW Ground: Ack Weyman Oval Formed: ?	Narooma Devils Narooma, NSW Ground: Bill Smythe Memorial Oval Formed: ?	Tathra Sea Eagles Tathra, NSW Ground: Lawrence Park Formed: 1926

All seven teams also compete in the 2012 Group 16 Reserve Grade and U-18's competitions.

Other clubs in the area include:

• Snowy River Bears (former club)
• Cobargo Eels (former club)

Premiers

First Grade Premiers

Season	Grand Final Information			Minor Premiers
	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up
1956	Bega Rovers	8-2	Cobargo-Bermagui
1957	Bemboka	5-0	Candelo
1958	Bemboka	9-7	Eden Tigers
1959	Eden Tigers	3-2	Bemboka
1960	Bemboka	12-6	Eden Tigers
1961	Bemboka	10-3	Tathra Sea Eagles
1962	Bemboka	3-0	Tathra Sea Eagles
1963	Eden Tigers	14-5	Tathra Sea Eagles	Tathra (undefeated)
1964	Bodalla	4-2	Bemboka
1965	Candelo	17-9	Bemboka
1966	Bega Roosters	9-7	Moruya Sharks
1967	Batemans Bay Tigers	7-0	Bega Roosters
1968	Pambula	13-8	Batemans Bay Tigers
1969	Candelo-Bemboka	16-4	Bega Roosters
1970	Candelo-Bemboka	15-8	Bega Roosters
1971	Bega Roosters	11-7	Eden Tigers
1972	Bega Roosters	12-7	Tathra Sea Eagles
1973	Candelo-Bemboka	13-3	Bombala
1974	Candelo-Bemboka	26-10	Bombala
1975	Candelo-Bemboka	13-10	Bombala
1976	Bombala	12-4	Delegate
1977	Bombala	9-8	Eden Tigers
1978	Eden Tigers	24-3	Cooma Stallions	Cooma Stallions
1979	Bombala	14-2	Bega Roosters
1980	Merimbula-Pamula Bulldogs	19-7	Snowy River Bears
1981	Eden Tigers	8-6	Bega Roosters
1982	Eden Tigers	7-4	Snowy River Bears
1983	Bombala-Delegate	15-7	Bega Roosters
1984	Cooma Stallions	12-9	Bombala-Delegate
1985	Bega Roosters	14-8	Narooma Devils
1986	Bega Roosters	9-8	Bombala-Delegate
1987	Bega Roosters	20-6	Merimbula-Pambula Bulldogs
1988	Bega Roosters	28-6	Cooma Stallions
1989	Moruya Sharks	39-10	Cooma Stallions
1990	Bega Roosters	14-6	Snowy River Bears
1991	Bombala	28-22	Bega Roosters
1992	Eden Tigers		Cooma Stallions
1993
1994	Cooma Stallions
1995			Cooma Stallions
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004	Narooma Devils		Moruya Sharks
2005	Narooma Devils		Cooma Stallions
2006	Eden Tigers
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

Notable Juniors

Bega Rooster

• Dale Finucane

Cooma Colts

• Brett White
• Sam Williams
• Stuart Flanagan

Eden Tigers

• Brett Kelly

Merimbula-Pambula Bulldogs

• Euan Aitken

Moruya Sharks

• Michael Weyman
• Tim Weyman

Narooma Devils

• Chris Houston
• Michael Lett

Tuross Lakers

• Jarrad Kennedy
• Cameron King

External links

• Group 16 table from Sporting Pulse