About

About this site

Cessnock Rugby League keeps the Newcastle Rugby League’s results and records in one place, with Cessnock at the centre.

It is written by Craig Dunstan, the pen name of the site’s editor. Stories cover the competition’s news and its history, and the record pages list every premier since 1910.

How the records are kept

Premiers and runners-up come from the NSWRL honour roll, cross-checked against Wikipedia’s grand final tables; later seasons are checked against league and newspaper reports, and history stories against the newspapers of the day on Trove. Where two records disagree, the page says so. If you spot an error, tell us and it will be corrected.

Photographs

England v Newcastle, 22 August 1954. Photo: Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, public domain.
The crowd at England v Newcastle, 22 August 1954. Photo: Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, public domain.
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle. Photo: NAPARAZZI, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Newcastle stadium, then Hunter Stadium, in 2015. Photo: Holdenman05, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vincent Street, Cessnock. Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 AU.
Welcome to Cessnock sign. Photo: Akjmphoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rugby league in the mud at the Sydney Sports Ground, 1930s. Photo: Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, public domain.
Rugby league at the Sydney Sports Ground, 1930s. Photo: Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, public domain.
Great Britain against a Newcastle Coalfields side at Maitland Showground, 22 August 1954. Photo: Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, public domain.
A goal-kicker places the ball, 21 May 1935. Photo: Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, public domain.
City v Country at the Sydney Sports Ground, 22 May 1934. Photo: Ted Hood, State Library of New South Wales, public domain.
Cessnock railway station, 1905. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, public domain.
Aberdare Central mine, on the Cessnock coalfield. Photo: Cessnock City Library, public domain.
The war memorial, Cessnock. Photo: Akjmphoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Disclaimer

Cessnock Rugby League is a history and records site. It is not affiliated with any club, league or governing body. The records are general information, not an official record.