Group 1 Rugby League

The Group 1 Senior Rugby League Premiership amalgamated with Group 18 Rugby League in 2005 to form the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League, and was thus discontinued in its own right. ==Juniors==

Current Teams The following clubs are affiliated with Group 1 juniors, but run senior teams in the NRRRL competition: • Ballina Seagulls • Casino RSM • Clarence Coast Magpies (as Lower Clarence in NRRRL) • Kyogle Turkeys • Lismore Marist Brothers Rams The following clubs are affiliated with Group 1 juniors, but run senior teams in the Group 2 Rugby League competition: • Grafton Ghosts • South Grafton Rebels Former Teams The following clubs fielded junior teams in Group 1 competitions earlier in the 2010s • Evans Head Bombers • Northern United Dirrawongs • Lennox Head Dolphins • South Lismore Rabbits • Upper Clarence ==Notable Juniors==

Ballina Seagulls • Frank Curran (1931–1937 South Sydney Rabbitohs) • Mitchell Aubusson (2007–present Sydney Roosters) • James Aubusson (2007–2010 Melbourne Storm & Sydney Roosters) • James Roberts (2011–present South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers, Gold Coast Titans & Brisbane Broncos) • Caleb Binge (2014 Gold Coast Titans) • Brian Kelly (2017–present Manly Sea Eagles & Gold Coast Titans) • Nick Meaney (2018–present Newcastle Knights & Canterbury Bulldogs) • Tyrone Roberts (2011–present Newcastle Knights, Warrington Wolves & Gold Coast Titans) Casino RSM • Matt King • Brian Smith • Tony Smith • Ben Kennedy • Albert Torrens • John Elford • Cody Walker (rugby league) Clarence Coast Magpies (Lower Clarence Coast Magpies) • Luke Douglas • Tony Priddle • Nathan Brown • Daine Laurie (born 1999) • Daniel Wagon • Kevin Plummer Kyogle Turkeys • Ken Nagas – Former Canberra Raiders (1992–2002) player. • Nigel Roy – Former Illawarra Steelers (1993–94), North Sydney Bears (1995–99), Northern Eagles (2000) & London Broncos (2001–04) player. • Will Mathews – Former Gold Coast Titans (2008–11, 2018–19) & St George Illawarra Dragons (2012–17) player. • Shannon Walker – Former Gold Coast Titans (2008–10) & Australia Rugby 7's (2012–17) player. • Jone Macilai – Former Fiji Bati (2008–09) player. • David Grant – Former Canberra Raiders (1982–85) Balmain Tigers (1978–1981), Eastern Suburbs Roosters (1977) & South Sydney Rabbitohs (1976) player. • Paul Doolan – Former St George Dragons (1990), Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (1991–93) and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1994–95) player Lismore Marist Brothers Rams • Andrew King (rugby league) • Chris King (rugby league) • David Mead (rugby league) • Nick Ford-Daley (rugby league) == First Grade Premierships ==

1964–1983 (Web Archive) From The Vault on Wayback Machine 1961 Ballina def Casino RSM • Ballina also won the Clayton Cup. 1962 Casino RSM 19–14 Ballina 1963 Casino RSM 8–0 Woodburn 1964 Casino RSM 1965 Casino RSM 1966 Lismore Marist Brothers def Casino RSM 1967 Casino RSM • Casino RSM also won the Clayton Cup. 1968 Casino RSM 32–10 South Lismore 1969 (Two competitions) Ballina 7–3 Casino RSM & 1969 Mallanganee 23–15 Baryulgil 1970 Grafton 12–5 South Grafton 1971 Kyogle+ 14–9 Lower Clarence 1972 South Grafton+ 19-6 Kyogle 1973 Lower Clarence 27–13 Lismore Marist Brothers 1974 Western Suburbs 24–0 South Lismore-Woodburn 1975 South Grafton 17–8 South Lismore-Evans Head 1976 Casino RSM 22–7 South Grafton 1977 Grafton 16–14 South Grafton 1978 South Lismore-Evans Head 18–14 Casino RSM 1979 Casino RSM 33–10 South Grafton 1980 Lismore Marist Brothers 24–8 South Grafton 1981 Lismore Marist Brothers 20–2 Western Suburbs-Alstonville 1982 Ballina 14–4 Casino RSM 1983 Kyogle 14–12 Lower Clarence === 1984–present (Grand Final results compiled from scores published in the Rugby League Week.) === == References ==

• Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections