NRL Victoria (abbreviated as NRLVic , and formerly the Victorian Rugby League ) is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in Victoria, Australia . Victoria is an Affiliated State of the overall Australian governing body the National Rugby League . The VRL commenced in 1952 and has been running each year since.
11-903: NRL Victoria solely administers the Storm Premiership in Melbourne, the Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League , and the Murray Cup Rugby League competitions. It also jointly administers the Limestone Coast Rugby League with NRL South Australia . Prior to 2013 NRL Victoria was known as the Victorian Rugby League before the NRL completed a full rebranding exercise and renamed all affiliate states. Over
22-504: A match in Melbourne , the first rugby league game to be played in the state. The match between England and New South Wales drew 13,000 spectators. The Victorian Rugby League was running a rugby league premiership by the 1920s, and also selected a representative Victorian XIII to tour domestically. After the initial Melbourne competition folded, the current competition was inaugurated in 1952 and has been running ever since. Since
33-667: The CHRL (and some clubs in other sports too). After another two years of the fields not being used the councils re-allocated the fields to other purposes, ending the ability for clubs in the CHRL to continue until new home grounds are established. NRL Victoria are currently looking for opportunities for Rugby League in this region as of 2023. Altona Roosters Casey Warriors North West Wolves Northern Thunder South Eastern Titans Waverley Oakleigh Panthers Sunbury Tigers Casey Warriors Melbourne Rugby League The Melbourne Rugby League (currently
44-583: The Storm Premiership for branding reasons) is a rugby league football competition located in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia and run by NRL Victoria . As of the 2022 season, there are currently 17 competing teams across the varying age groups who are affiliated with the Melbourne Storm junior system. The Senior competition features three men's grades and one women's grade. The 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand included
55-706: The 1950s. RAAF Ballarat were the inaugural premiers with the Waverley Oakleigh Panthers being the most recent in 2023. The competition was rebranded in 2022 to become the Storm Premiership , aligning with the strong Storm identity for Rugby League in Victoria. The Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League is a rugby league competition held in North-Western Victoria. The Murray Cup is a rugby league competition on
66-531: The Murray Cup competition. The Limestone Coast Rugby League is a rugby league competition held in the Wimmera and South West regions of Victoria and Eastern South Australia . The competition is co-administered by NRL SA and NRL Victoria, and features five clubs (three from Victoria and two from South Australia). The Central Highlands Rugby League (Victoria)|Central Highlands Rugby League (CHRL)]]
77-626: The border of Victoria and New South Wales. Initially the competition was established in 1998 as the Goulburn Murray Rugby League by the Country Rugby League and the Victorian Rugby League. The league was disbanded in 2009 before being re-established as the Murray Cup in 2015. As of 2022 there is a competition for both Senior Men's and Women's Tag football. There are currently seven clubs affiliated with
88-704: The commencement of the competition in 1952, the St Kilda Saints RLC have won the most premierships (10) over all, however, of the current clubs, the most premierships have been won by Altona Roosters (8). The NRL Victoria women's first grade competition has been run since 2015. The most premierships have been won by Werribee Bears (2). Altona Roosters Doveton Steelers North West Wolves South Eastern Titans Northern Thunder Waverley Oakleigh Panthers Sunbury Tigers Casey Warriors Werribee Bears Northern Thunder RLFC Northern Thunder Rugby League Club
99-506: The cost of $ 16.9 million. The facility additionally serves as a hub for rugby league programs and a venue for training, camps and state and national level tournaments, and is also set to serve as the home ground of any future Melbourne Storm NRL W team. Features of the facility include a show pitch, three community access competition pitches, a female-friendly pavilion including high-performance training and recovery facilities, and car parking. The Melbourne Rugby League has been running since
110-526: The years the VRL have produced a number of juniors for the Melbourne Storm , SG Ball , NYC and NRL teams. NRL Victoria is currently headquartered at Victoria's Rugby League Centre of Excellence at Seabrook Reserve in Broadmeadows, which also serves as the administration base for Touch Football Victoria and as the home ground for Northern Thunder . Construction commenced in 2021 and was completed in 2023, at
121-466: Was a rugby league competition in western Victoria . It covered an area centred on Ballarat , stretching north to Creswick , south to Warrnambool , east to Bacchus Marsh , and west to Horsham . The CHRL competition started with two junior age levels but in 2008 due to the 11-year drought finally taking its toll on Central Victoria the council deemed the sports grounds used in the competition too dangerous for use. This temporarily ended competition for
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