Cessnock Rugby League Football Club

Cessnock Rugby League has a long and proud heritage with the football club being founded in 1911. Cessnock Leagues Club is the major sponsor of the Rugby League Club and look forward to football season every year.

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CESSNOCK FIRST GRADE PREMIERSHIPS

1941: defeated South 18-3 in the FINAL
Team: R Johnson, G Maher, R McKinnon, K Parkinson, T Askie, J Norley, B Gilmore, S McSparron, R Roddom, C McCallum, F Dreise, R Alexander, W Mowatt
No Individual Scorers
Coach: R McKinnon

1950: defeated Central 19-12 in the GRAND FINAL
Team: D Parkinson,W Lind, K Levido, K Roe, K Austin,  W Sneddon,  J Hemsworth, B Levido, R Alexander, D Schofield, G Stevenson, C Barnard, J White Cessnock 19: Tries  W Lind, K Roe, K Austin. Goals: D Parkinson (5)
Coach: W Sneddon

1954: defeated Maitland 15-3 in the FINAL
Team: D Parkinson, L Batey, K Levido, K Allen, W Pryor, M Walters,  W Sneddon, B Levido, F Lennard, D Schofield, G Stevenson, N Crosdale, H Pearson
Cessnock 15: Tries L Batey, W Pryor. Goals: D Parkinson (3)
Coach: H Halverson (Bert)

1955: defeated Maitland 9-7 in the FINAL
Team: D Parkinson, J Harden, K Levido, K Allen, L Batey, M Walters,  J Hemsworth, B Levido, J Anderson, D Schofield, G Stevenson, N Crosdale, H Pearson
Cessnock 9: Tries  J Harden, Goals: Â D. Parkinson (3)
Coach: H Halverson (Bert)

1960: defeated Maitland 33-5 in the FINAL
Team: R Muir, A Callaghan, J Hemsworth, L Batey, A Taylor, W Cartright, N Hannah, B Levido, L Buckland, E Craft, D Schofield, N Crosdale, G Farnham
Cessnock 33: Tries L Batey (2), A Callaghan, A Taylor, W Cartright. Goals: R Muir (9)
Coach: W Sneddon

1972: defeated Maitland 18-10 in the GRAND FINAL
Team:  J Batey, B Slade, M Goldman, R Sneesby, D Moore,  G Bradley, L Hannah, J Scott, D Clark, R Thomson, W Jobson, N Henderson, D White, L Clifton,
W Mitchell
Cessnock 18: Tries R Sneesby (2). Goals: M Goldman (6)
Coach: N Henderson

1977: defeated Maitland 21-17 in the GRAND FINAL
Team: G Redgrove, G Payne, G Ambrum, M Goldman, T Williams, N Stevens, J Fairns, D Pemberton, P Davies, R Everson, H Tatana, B Holden, W Jowett, D Moore, R Mullard, W Jobson
Cessnock 21: Tries  G Ambrum, H Tatana, P Davies Goals: H Tatana (6)
Coach: H Tatana

2003: defeated Raymond Terrace 22-20 in the GRAND FINAL
Team: L Lennard, D Forder, D Greenup, C Tallen, D Spiteri, S Storrie, K Bradley, T Petrysen, D Smailes, J Clarke, S Bailey, A McNab, A Taylor, L Thomas, R Blain, A Murdoch, E Piakura
Cessnock 22: Tries D Forder D Spiteri, S Storrie, L Lennard. Goals: S Storrie (3)
Coach: D Smailes

2020: defeated South Newcastle 20-6 in the Grand Final
Team: Ngangarra Barker, Seaton Reid, Brayden Musgrove, Joshua Griffiths, Joshua Charles, Nicholas Newman, Liam Foran, Guy Thompson, Nicholas Lawrence, Thomas Baker, Reed Hugo (c), Harvey Neville, Connor Kirkwood, Harrison Spruce, Joseph Barber, Robert Tuliatu, Joe Bromage, Hamish Wolfgang, Emmanuel Sithole
Cessnock Tries: Ngangarra Barker, Brayden Musgrove, Joshua Griffiths, Nicholas Lawrence. Goals: Seaton Reid 2
Coach: Todd Edwards

RESERVE GRADE PREMIERSHIPS:
1934, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1980.

THIRD GRADE PREMIERSHIPS:
1957

U19 2017
Goannas defeated Lakes United Seagulls
16-6
Team
Harry O’Brien, Joshua Parker, Patrick Jurd, Riley Taylor, Sean McLennan, Connor Kirkwood, Jack Threadgate, Shaun Douglas, Peter Wilson, Ben Workman, Brandon Bendeich, Hayden Bailey, Joe Bromage, Lance O’Neill, Bailey Willis, Kyle Lewthewaite, Ryan Forrest, Ethan Bailey, Travis Sams, Jye Ireland Bailey Peel, Nicholas Lawrence, William Hudson, Angus Mackenzie
Tries: Jack Threadgate Connor Kirkwood Patrick Jurd
Goals: Joe Bromage 2