Merimbula-Pambula Bulldogs

Merimbula-Pambula Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in New South Wales formed in 1924. They conduct teams for both Juniors & Seniors competitions. They participate in the Group 16 Rugby League competition in the south-east corner of New South Wales.

Merimbula-Pambula RL
Club information
Full nameMerimbula-Pambula Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Bulldogs
Colours  Blue
  White
Founded1924
Exited1954
Readmitted1966
Websitehttp://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=0-2395-21979-0-0
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details
Ground(s)
CompetitionGroup 16 Rugby League
20184th
Records
Premierships7 (1927, 1936 (P), 1937 (POB), 1938 (M), 1968, 1980, 1993)
Runners-up7 (1929 (P), 1932 (M), 1933 (P), 1934 (P), 1938 (P), 1940 (M), 1987)
Minor premiership1 (1933 (P))

The combined team of Pambula-Merimbula won the Far South Coast competition in 1927. During the 1930s, the two towns competed separately.

In the nine seasons following World War II, Pambula participated in First and or Reserve Grade competitions, but Merimbula only fielded a team in 1953. Between 1955 and 1965 neither town entered Group 16, apart from Pambula in 1962. Pambula was revived in 1966 and won a premiership in 1968. The club missed the 1972 and 1974 seasons, before entering as Merimbula from 1975.

Notable Juniors

History

Rugby Union was played by Pambula as early as 1912, with a team challenging the Bega Blues for the Rodd & Chegg Cup in a July encounter.[1] In 1924, a Pambula team challenged Bega for the Hull Cup.[2] In 1925, Pambula entered a Rugby League competition with five other teams: Candelo, Eden, Wyndham and two from Bega.[3]

References
  1. "Football". The Bega Budget. Bega: National Library of Australia. 24 July 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. "Football". Bega District News. Bega: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 357. 30 June 1924.
  3. "Local and General". Southern Record and Advertiser. Candelo: National Library of Australia. 6 June 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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