Group 12 Rugby League

Group 12 is the name of a defunct rugby league competition based around the outback city of Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia. The last premiership was held in 1997 when Wilcannia beat Menindee.^[1]

Teams

Former Group 12 teams included:

Broken Hill Geebungs
Broken Hill Saints
Broken Hill United
Menindee Yabbies
Wilcannia Boomerangs
Wilcannia Tigers

First Grade Champions

Season	Champion	Score	Runners-up
1980	Broken Hill Saints	Unknown	Unknown
1981	Broken Hill Saints
1982	Broken Hill Saints		Menindee
1983	Broken Hill Saints	22-12	Menindee
1984	Broken Hill United	19 - 0	Broken Hill Saints
1985	Broken Hill United	21-20	Wilcannia Tigers
1986	Wilcannia Boomerangs	unknown	Broken Hill United
1987	Broken Hill United	15-12	Wilcannia Boomerangs
1988	Broken Hill United	31-20	Wilcannia Boomerangs
1989	broken hill saints	18-14	broken hill united
1990	Broken Hill Saints	18-0	Broken Hill United
1991	Wilcannia Boomerangs	34-20	Menindee Yabbies
1992
1993	Menindee	36-20	Wilcania
1994	Broken Hill United	46-18	Wilcannia Boomerangs
1995	Broken Hill United	28-20	Wilcannia Boomerangs
1996	Wilcannia Boomerangs	38-34	Broken Hill Geebungs
1997	Wilcania	56-48	Menindee

^[2]

Re-emergence

The Group 12 competition has been now been revived but in a different form as the Outback Rugby League. Some of the Original Group 12 clubs have returned to the new league.^[3] The 2013 Competition teams are:

Broken Hill Saints
Broken Hill GeeBungs
Broken Hill Young Guns (juniors only)
Wilcannia Boomerangs
Wilcannia Warriors
Menindee Yabbies
Menindee Wedgetails (Eagles)
Broken Hill United joined the ORL 2014 ...

References

^ "New South Wales competitions". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
^ "Grand Final Results". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
^ "News - Outback Rugby League".

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