Sport
16 April, 2026
A weekend for the birds in Castlereagh Rugby League!
The Dunedoo Swans, the Cobar Roosters, the Trangie Magpies and the Gulargambone Galahs all recorded wins over what was 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, registering a narrow two-point win over an equally impressive Coonabarabran team, winning the final 12 points to 10.
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 to nil victory!
Turning to Sunday and the final round of the Castlereagh Community Cup competition saw the Trangie Magpies run out 26 to 12 winners over the Mendooran Tigers to secure third position on the competition ladder whilst the Gulargambone Galahs took out their top of table clash against the Walgett Dragons 40 points to 22 to wrap up the minor premiership.
The Community Cup semi finals will be played next Sunday with both semis being sudden death for the losers, the games seeing the Galahs at home to the Tigers and the Dragons hosting the Maggies 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
Played at Billy Dunn Oval, Gulgong Saturday, April 11
Youth League
Preliminary Rounds
Narromine 12 defeated Coonabarabran 10, Cobar 22 defeated Gilgandra 6, Cobar 12 defeated Narromine 0, Gilgandra 4 defeated Coonabarabran 0, Coonabarabran 18 defeated Cobar 6, Gilgandra 14 defeated Narromine 4.
Final: Cobar Roosters 24 defeated Gilgandra Panthers 0.
First Grade
Preliminary Rounds; Dunedoo 8 defeated Gulgong 0, Coolah 16 defeated Gilgandra 12, Coonabarabran 18 defeated Narromine 4, Coonamble 12 defeated Warren 4, Cobar 10 defeated Coolah 4.
Consolation Scores
Gilgandra 16 defeated Gulgong 10, Coolah 8 defeated Narromine 4, Coolah 10 defeated Warren 6.
Consolation final; Gilgandra defeated Coolah on forfeit.
Knockout semi-finals
Coonabarabran 30 defeated Coonamble 0.
Dunedoo 8 defeated Cobar 0.
Final
Dunedoo Swans 12 defeated Coonabarabran Unicorns 10.
Castlereagh Community Cup round four scores
League Tag
Gulargambone 24 (Adda Craig 2, Taylee Milgate 2, Rikki-Lee Weslh, Teanna Craig tries) defeated Mendooran 8 (Amy Duce, Monika Mitrevska tries)
Rugby League
Gulargambone Galahs 40 (Chris Fuller, Rorey Milgate, Jaylem Peters, Isaiah Gleadhill, Connor Smith, Brandon Hammond, Dwayne Hammond tries, Brandon Hammond 6 goals) defeated Walgett Dragons 22 (Kyehain Green, Trent Mason, Triston Wise, Heath Fernando, Lewis Ellis tries, Quinton Kennedy goal). Played at Gulargambone.
Trangie Magpies 26 (Troy Carter 2, Nate Piper, Sonny Morton, Jaman Crawford, Paul Widders tries, Peter Evans goal) defeated Mendooran Tigers 12 (Will Duce 2 tries, Stephen Eyles 2 goals). Played at Trangie.
Final competition Ladder
Gulargambone Galahs 11, Walgett Dragons 9, Trangie Magpies 6, and Mendooran Tigers 5.
Semi-finals Sunday, April 19, 1pm kick at both venues.
Gulargambone V Mendooran at Gulargambone.
Walgett V Trangie at Walgett.
Christie and Hood Castlereagh League round one
Saturday, April 18
Cobar v Warren.
Gilgandra V Baradine.
Dunedoo V Coonamble.
Narromine V Coolah.
Gulgong V Coonabarabran.
Check local media and club socials to confirm game times.
