Dunedoo Swans, Cobar Roosters, Trangie Magpies and Gulargambone Galahs all recorded wins during a big weekend of Rugby League action in the Castlereagh League area.
Playing in front of a good crowd at Gulgong on Saturday an impressive Dunedoo Swans outfit went through the 2026 Castlereagh League’s first grade knockout undefeated to claim the KO Shield, winning the final 12-10 over an equally impressive Coonabarabran team.
At the same venue the Youth League final was played out between Cobar and Gilgandra, with the Roosters being too strong to power away to a 24-0 victory.
Turning to Sunday and the final round of the Castlereagh Community Cup competition saw Trangie Magpies run out 26-12 winners over Mendooran Tigers to secure third position on the competition ladder, whilst the Gulargambone Galahs took out their top of table clash against Walgett Dragons 40-22 to wrap up the Minor Premiership.
The Community Cup Semi-finals will be played next Sunday with both matches being sudden death for the losers. The Galahs will be at home to the Tigers and the Dragons will host the Magpies in Walgett.
The first round of the Castlereagh League competition will be played next Saturday with Cobar at home to Warren, Gilgandra and Baradine will clash at Gilgandra with the Noonan-Campbell Cup being up for grabs in the first-grade encounter, Dunedoo and Coonamble play at Dunedoo, and the Coonabarabran Unicorns will head back down to Gulgong for the second week in a row to joust with the Bull Terriers, whilst Narromine and Coolah will play at Narromine.
Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Youth League and First Grade Knockout scores
Billy Dunn Oval, Gulgong Saturday 11 April
Youth League
Preliminary Rounds: Narromine 12 Coonabarabran 10; Cobar 22 Gilgandra 6; Cobar 12 Narromine 0; Gilgandra 4 Coonabarabran 0; Coonabarabran 18 Cobar 6; Gilgandra 14 Narromine 4.
Final: Cobar Roosters 24 Gilgandra Panthers 0.
First Grade
Preliminary Rounds: Dunedoo 8 Gulgong 0, Coolah 16 Gilgandra 12, Coonabarabran 18 Narromine 4, Coonamble 12 Warren 4, Cobar 10 Coolah 4.
Consolation scores: Gilgandra 16 Gulgong 10; Coolah 8 Narromine 4; Coolah 10 Warren 6
Consolation Final: Gilgandra def Coolah on forfeit.
Semi-finals: Coonabarabran 30 Coonamble 0; Dunedoo 8 Cobar 0
Final: Dunedoo Swans 12 Coonabarabran Unicorns 10
Castlereagh Community Cup Round 4 scores
Gulargambone Galahs 40 (Chris Fuller, Rorey Milgate, Jaylem Peters, Isaiah Gleadhill, Connor Smith, Brandon Hammond, Dwayne Hammond tries, Brandon Hammond 6 goals) Walgett Dragons 22 (Kyehain Green, Trent Mason, Triston Wise, Heath Fernando, Lewis Ellis tries, Quinton Kennedy goal) at Gulargambone.
Trangie Magpies 26 (Troy Carter 2, Nate Piper, Sonny Morton, Jaman Crawford, Paul Widders tries, Peter Evans goal) Mendooran Tigers 12 (Will Duce 2 tries, Stephen Eyles 2 goals) at Trangie.
Final competition ladder
Gulargambone Galahs 11, Walgett Dragons 9, Trangie Magpies 6, Mendooran Tigers 5.
Semi-finals
Sunday 19 April (1pm kick-off at both venues)
Gulargambone v Mendooran @ Gulargambone.
Walgett v Trangie @ Walgett
