28/08/2008 | Rutherford Technology High School will dash for the semi-finals of the State-wide Buckley Shield tomorrow.
28/08/2008 | A new committee headed by Maitland Leagues Club CEO John King could offer a new source of respite for local rugby league players who have fallen on hard times.
The Newcastle and Hunter branch of the Men of League held its first meeting yesterday at the Maitland City Leagues Club.
26/08/2008 | Thankfully for the Greta Branxton Colts, semi-final games are decided on the scoreboard, not on how you play.
The Colts beat Aberdeen 26-14 in what was an ugly game of rugby league all round, according to Colts coach Matt Lantry.
25/08/2008 | Kurri Kurri Bulldogs open grade coach Barry Moore summed it up in one word, “shattered”.
21/08/2008 | They say some sporting clubs can become like family and none more so than the Greta Branxton Colts.
Identical triplets and Colts first-graders Ben, Jake and Sam Russell are among a host of family connections within the club that will play in a sudden death final this Saturday.
20/08/2008 | St Brigid’s Primary School at Branxton has been pushed out of the rugby league Independent Schools Cup after a narrow 18-20 loss on Monday.
19/08/2008 | After claiming home-town honours against West Maitland last week, the East Maitland Griffins were planning a victorious run to the end of the season.
19/08/2008 | The West Maitland Red Dogs are officially out of the running for a finals position after going down 60-24 to Cardiff on Saturday.
19/08/2008 | In their third season as a senior club the Greta Branxton Colts are already threatening the Group 21 premiership.
The Colts booked a home minor semi-final after downing Aberdeen 44-20 on Sunday.
In the final Group 21 competition round for the regular season, the Colts and Aberdeen were fighting to decide who would host next week’s re-match.
14/08/2008 | The All Saints Colleges rugby league team has fallen at the last hurdle of the Country Cup for the second year in a row.
12/08/2008 | You could have been forgiven for mistaking Sunday’s local A-grade rugby league showdown at King Edward Park for a grand final.
That’s certainly how the East Maitland Griffins were treating it.
11/08/2008 | Winning the minor premiership a fortnight ago proved to be a poisoned chalice for the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs under-17s team.
11/08/2008 | The Morpeth Bulls have bowed out of the under-17s first division competition after a crushing 24-4 loss to the Lakes United Juniors on Saturday.
The Bulls had been written off from the start of the season after making the jump up from second division, with many people believing the team wouldn’t win a single game.
6/08/2008 | St Brigid’s Primary School at Branxton has been quietly demolishing primary school rugby league opponents across the Hunter for the past two months.
6/08/2008 | The Kurri Kurri Bulldogs’ first grade side was silenced by a demoralising defeat at the hands of Lakes United at the weekend, but the club’s under-17s team is barking louder than ever after securing the minor premiership.
6/08/2008 | Rutherford Technology High School’s under-14s rugby league team are down to the final 16 of the 200-team statewide Buckley Shield.
Rutherford will look to go one better than last year when they face Camden Haven High School in Camden Haven today.
5/08/2008 | Despite a crushing 63-22 defeat at the hands of a brutal Shortland attack, the East Maitland Griffins are looking back on Saturday’s game with pride.
5/08/2008 | Front rowers were scoring 70m runaway tries and reserves were playing like first graders as the West Maitland Red Dogs revived their season on Sunday.
Everything seemed to work for the Red Dogs in their runaway 48-28 win over a shell-shocked Mallabula who went into the game steady favourites in third place on the ladder.
4/08/2008 | The Kurri Kurri Bulldogs have ended their disappointing season on a sour note after an embarrassing 54-28 defeat at the hands of a rejuvenated Lakes United side on Saturday.
1/08/2008 | The Kurri Kurri Bulldogs will field a full strength side this weekend and treat their game against Lakes United as seriously as any other, despite having all but waved goodbye to their finals hope.