NRL Tasmania

Not to be confused with Tasmanian Rugby Union.

Tasmanian Rugby League
TRL
Responsibility	Tasmania, Australia
Website	Tasmanian Rugby League
As of 2 December 2009

The Tasmanian Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Australian state of Tasmania. Tasmania is an Affiliated State of the overall Australian governing body the Australian Rugby League.

History

The Tasmanian Rugby League was founded at a meeting at Heathorn's Hotel, Hobart on 2 December 1953 and the first competition was held in 1954 with teams including Bellerive (Eastern suburbs), Taroona, Newtown and Canterbury. Players were initially recruited from Hobart Rugby Union teams and the first matches were played on 3 April 1954 at the South St Grounds, Bellerive. The first premiership was won by Taroona The first interstate match was played against Victoria on 12 June 1954 with Tasmania winning 18-8.

By the mid 1990s the Tasmanian Rugby League was running a statewide competition which included Six Hobart teams:

• Glenorchy Stingrays
• Panthers (possibly Sandy Bay Panthers)
• Eastern Suburbs Eagles
• Northern Suburbs Tigers (not connected to the current Hobart Tigers)
• Hobart City Falcons
• Derwent valley Sharks

and three regional teams:

• Launceston Clippers ( the Australian Maritime College)
• North-West Raiders (Based in Burnie)
• Smithton

The Tasmanian Rugby League also ran a Northern Tasmanian vs Southern Tasmanian competition during this period. Ben Mckinnon from the Launceston Clippers is the only player to have won the statewide best + fairest on two occasions both in his debut season in 1995 and then again in 1997.

Due to dwindling player numbers the competition contracted to four Hobart teams during the early 2000s and midway through the 2003-04 season the senior amateur competition folded as a result of rising public liability insurance costs.

In late 2009 a new senior competition was established through the efforts of local 7HO FM Radio Personality Jason 'Wolfie' Wolfgram (President 09/10), and in conjunction with ARL Rugby League Development Officer, Graham McNaney. The decision to re-establish the competition followed a public forum at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart on Thursday 25 June 2009.

The revised summer competition initially included four teams:

• Hobart Tigers;
• Northern Suburbs Cowboys (formally named Broncos)
• Eastern Shore Thunder; and
• Southern Rabbitohs

Gala Days and Under 17s junior exhibition matches have also been a feature of the revised competition. In February 2012 a National Rugby League trial match between Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm was held in Hobart.

The Launceston Warriors were admitted to the competition during the 2012-13 season. A North West Titans team is due to join the competition in 2013-2014 representing North West Tasmania "Titans fill statewide picture". The Mercury..

For the 2013-2014 season, the competition consists of 5 teams:

• Hobart Tigers
• Launceston Warriors
• North West Coast Titans
• South Hobart Storm (Formally Eastern Shore Thunder)
• Southern Rabbitohs

2013-14 Season

2013-14 TRL season
#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Hobart Tigers	10	6*	0	3	1	422	232	+190	14
2	South Hobart Storm	10	6	0	3	1	358	222	+136	14
3	North West Coast Titans	10	5*	0	4	1	240	306	-66	12
4	Launceston Warriors	10	2	0	7	1	182	378	-196	6
5	Southern Rabbitohs	3	0	0	2	1	30	94	-64	2

Note: * - Indicates that wins include forfeited matches

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Round One
South Hobart Storm	20 – 32	North West Coast Titans	2 November 2013, 2:30pm	University
Southern Rabbitohs	30 – 54	Hobart Tigers	2 November 2013, 4:30pm	University
Launceston Warriors	-	Bye	-	-
Round Two
Launceston Warriors	28 – 18	North West Coast Titans	9 November 2013, 2:30pm	Royal Park
Hobart Tigers	62 – 18	South Hobart Storm	9 November 2013, 2:30pm	University
Southern Rabbitohs	-	Bye	-	-
Round Three
North West Coast Titans	40 - 0	Southern Rabbitohs (Forfeited)	16 November 2013, 2:30pm	Burnie
South Hobart Storm	58 – 4	Launceston Warriors	16 November 2013, 2:30pm	University
Hobart Tigers	-	Bye	-	-

Southern Rabbitohs folded from the league

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Round Four
South Hobart Storm	64 – 4	North West Coast Titans	23 November 2013, 2:30pm	University
Hobart Tigers	34 – 22	Launceston Warriors	23 November 2013, 4:30pm	University
Round Five
Launceston Warriors	16 – 32	North West Coast Titans	30 November 2013, 2:30pm	Royal Park
Hobart Tigers	30 – 42	South Hobart Storm	30 November 2013, 2:30pm	University
Round Six
North West Coast Titans	16 – 58	Hobart Tigers	7 December 2013, 2:30pm	Burnie
South Hobart Storm	44 – 22	Launceston Warriors	7 December 2013, 2:30pm	University
Round Seven
North West Coast Titans	34 – 20	South Hobart Storm	14 December 2013, 2:30pm	Burnie
Hobart Tigers	40 - 0	Launceston Warriors (Forfeited)	14 December 2013, 2:30pm	University
Round Eight
North West Coast Titans	52 – 22	Launceston Warriors	11 January 2014, 2:30pm	Burnie
Hobart Tigers	22 – 36	South Hobart Storm	11 January 2014, 2:30pm	University
Round Nine
Launceston Warriors	12 – 56	South Hobart Storm	18 January 2014, 2:30pm	Royal Park
Hobart Tigers	78 – 12	North West Coast Titans	18 January 2014, 2:30pm	University
Round Ten
Launceston Warriors	56 – 44	Hobart Tigers	25 January 2014, 2:30pm	Royal Park
South Hobart Storm	Bye	North West Coast Titans	-	-

2013-14 Finals Series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue
QUALIFYING FINAL
Hobart Tigers	46 – 44	South Hobart Storm	1 February 2014, 3:00pm	University
ELIMINATION FINAL
North West Coast Titans	16 – 50	Launceston Warriors	1 February 2014, 2:30pm	Devonport
PRELIMINARY FINAL
South Hobart Storm	54 – 6	Launceston Warriors	8 February 2014, 2:30pm	University
GRAND FINAL
Hobart Tigers	18 – 38	South Hobart Storm	15 February 2014, 2:30pm	University

2014-15 Season

NRL Tasmania

Current season or competition: 2014-15 Tasmanian Mens Rugby League Competition
Sport	Rugby league
Number of teams	4
Holders	South Hobart Storm Reformed 2013 (Formerly Eastern Shore Thunder) (2013-14 Mens Tasmanian Mens Rugby League Competition: 1st title)
Most titles	Hobart Tigers Rugby League Est.2009 (3 titles)

As of the start of the 2014-15 season a new team from the Northern Suburbs of Hobart joined the comp, The team was named the [Claremont Cowboys]. Due to lack of players Launceston Warriors did not take part in the 2014-15 season.

2014-15 TRL season
#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
*	South Hobart Storm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
*	Hobart Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
*	North West Coast Titans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
*	Claremont Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Premierships

Season	Grand Final			Minor Premiership
	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up
2009 - 10	Hobart Tigers	54-14	Eastern Shore Thunder	Northern Suburbs Broncos
2010 - 11	Hobart Tigers	42-24	Southern Rabbitohs	Hobart Tigers
2011 - 12	Northern Cowboys	36-20	Southern Rabbitohs	Hobart Tigers
2012 - 13	Hobart Tigers	40-30	Southern Rabbitohs	Launceston Warriors
2013 - 14	South Hobart Storm	38-18	Hobart Tigers	Hobart Tigers

See also

• Tasmanian Rugby Union