South Burnett Rugby League Explained

South Burnett Rugby League
Ceotag:	Operations manager
Country:	Australia
Championtag:	Premiers
Champion:	Nanango Stags
Website:	SBRL at SportsTG

The South Burnett Rugby League is a competition played in Queensland, Australia under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League Central Division.

Clubs

There are five senior and six junior clubs in the South Burnett Rugby League.

South Burnett Rugby League
Colours	Club	Established	Home ground(s)	No. of A-GradePremierships	A-GradePremiership Years
	Cherbourg Hornets		Cherbourg	9	1983, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016
	Kingaroy Red Ants		Kingaroy	2	1999, 2015
	Murgon Mustangs		Murgon	4	1990, 1991, 2003, 2017
	Nanango Stags		Nanango	5	1984, 1987, 2000, 2002, 2018
	Wondai-Proston Wolves		Wondai / Proston	9	1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2011, 2014

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	Cherbourg	45–34	Wondai
1984	Nanango	17–6	Wondai
1985	Wondai	24–22	Murgon
1986	Wondai	12–6	Nanango		Wondai
1987	Nanango	20–18	Murgon		Murgon
1988	Cherbourg	28–20	Nanango
1989	Cherbourg	65–26	Wondai
1990	Murgon	16–15	Cherbourg
1991	Murgon	30–21	Cherbourg
1992-94 Unknown
1995	Wondai	60–16	Nanango
1996	Wondai	34–26	Cherbourg
1997	Cherbourg	44–2	Blackbutt-Yarraman
1998	Wondai	37–16	Blackbutt-Yarraman
1999	Kingaroy	32–26	Cherbourg
2000	Nanango	50–24	Murgon		Nanango
2001	Cherbourg	18–14	Kingaroy
2002	Nanango	38–22	Kingaroy
2003	Murgon	46–10	Kingaroy
2004-2011 Unknown
2012	Cherbourg	–	Kingaroy
2013	Cherbourg	40–14	Wondai
2014 Unknown
2015	Kingaroy	26–24	Wondai	SBT^[1]	Wondai
2016	Cherbourg	68–20	Nanango	SBT^[2]
2017	Murgon	44–42	Cherbourg	SBT,^[3] QRL^[4]	Murgon
2018	Nanango	48–0	Kingaroy	SBT^[5]	Nanango

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.
• History of the South Burnett Rugby League on Facebook

Notes and References

1. Web site: Red Ants bite when it counts in surprise final win. Elder. Keagan. 7 September 2015. South Burnett Times. 14 April 2019.
2. Web site: Cherbourg Hornets rampage through South Burnett grand final. Elder. Keagan. 8 August 2016. South Burnett Times. 14 April 2019.
3. Web site: Mustangs take out nail-biting thriller in Wondai. Williams. Claudia. 10 September 2017. South Burnett Times. 14 April 2019.
4. Web site: South Burnett Grand Final highlights. 13 October 2017. Queensland Rugby League. 14 April 2019.
5. Web site: Stags trample Ants for premiership. Williams. Claudia. 9 September 2018. South Burnett Times. 14 April 2019.