South Newcastle Lions

Australian rugby league club, based in Newcastle, NSW

Townson Oval, Merewether

CoachAndrew RyanCompetitionNewcastle Rugby League Premierships: 1919 1927 1943 1946 1963 1964 1968 1976 1988 1989 2016 2018 (12)

The South Newcastle Lions is an Australian rugby league football club based in Merewether, New South Wales formed in 1910. They currently play in the Newcastle Rugby League competition. Rivalries are Central Newcastle, Western Suburbs and Lakes United.

Notable Juniors

Paul Merlo (1977-84 Penrith Panthers, Western Suburbs Magpies & Cronulla Sharks)
Shane Gray (2013- Gold Coast Titans)
Chanel Mata'utia (2014- Newcastle Knights)
Sione Mata'utia (2014- Newcastle Knights)
Lachlan Fitzgibbon (2015- Newcastle Knights)
Pat Mata'utia (2016- Newcastle Knights)
Tevita Pangai Junior (2016- Brisbane Broncos)
Ben Simmons (2016- Philadelphia 76ers)

References

External links

South Newcastle Lions on Facebook

Country Rugby League (NSWRL)

Federation

Country Rugby League (former)
New South Wales Rugby League (current)

Representative Teams

Country Origin (City vs Country Origin)

CRL Divisions

CRL Groups

Region 1: (2, 3)
Region 2: (4, 19, 21)
Region 3: (9, 20)
Region 4: (10, 11)
Region 5: (7, 16)

CRL Leagues

Illawarra Teams

Newcastle Teams

Group 7 Teams

Other Cups

Clayton Cup
Presidents Cup
NSW Challenge Cup

Former Competitions

Groups: (1, 5, 12, 13, 18, 19 (Southern Tablelands), 19 (Canberra))
Crookwell

List of CRL clubs

v t e Rugby league in New South Wales
Federations	New South Wales Rugby League (Women's) Country Rugby League (defunct; now a division of NSWRL) NSW Physical Disability Rugby League
Representative competitions	State of Origin series Interstate Series (defunct) City vs Country Origin Women's City vs Country Origin
Representative teams	New South Wales Blues City Origin Team Country Origin Team New South Wales Residents New South Wales Women New South Wales U20's New South Wales U18's New South Wales U16's
NRL clubs	Canberra Raiders Canterbury Bulldogs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Newcastle Knights Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters Wests Tigers
NSWRL Junior Representatives	Jersey Flegg Cup S.G. Ball Cup Laurie Daley Cup Harold Matthews Cup Andrew Johns Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Lisa Fiaola Cup
Metropolitan Competitions	NSW Cup NSWRL Women's Premiership Presidents Cup Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield NSWRL Conference Competitions Metro Open Age Gold Central Northern Open Age Central West Open Age Cronulla A-Grade Parramatta Open Age Penrith A-Grade South Sydney A-Grade Junior Competitions Balmain Canterbury Cronulla Manly-Warringah/North Sydney Parramatta Penrith Open Men's South Sydney A-Grade St George Sydney Roosters JRL
Country Competitions	Clayton Cup Presidents Cup Leagues: Barwon Darling Canberra George Tooke Shield Castlereagh Central Coast Hastings Illawarra Macarthur Mid West Murray Newcastle Newcastle & Hunter Northern Rivers Outback Sunraysia-Riverlands Western Riverina Woodbridge Groups: East Coast 2 3 Greater Northern 4 19 21 Riverina 9 20 Western 10 11 South Coast 7 16
Discontinued competitions	NSWRL premiership Amco Cup Groups: (1, 5, 13, 18, 19 (Southern Tablelands), 19 (Canberra)) Crookwell Newtown JRL NSW Challenge Cup NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League Sydney Combined Competition Sydney Metropolitan Women's RL
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