Sport
17 October, 2025
Coolah wins Clayton Cup
Coolah Kangaroos Rugby League Club’s first-grade side has been awarded the highly prestigious Clayton Cup by NSW Rugby League.
Whilst Gilgandra’s fortune, at a senior level, on the rugby league playing field were not so memorable this year the already bulging Coolah Kangaroos Rugby League Club’s trophy cabinet welcomed a new addition on Saturday night when their first-grade side was awarded the highly prestigious Clayton Cup by NSW Rugby League.
The Clayton Cup dates back to 1937 and is awarded annually to the NSW country rugby league team with the best overall record for that season.
Prior to winning the Clayton Cup, the Kangaroos first grade team, which went through the 2025 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League season undefeated, had claimed every piece of silverware available to them, those being the Knockout Shield, the Boronia (Challenge) Cup, the Premiership Shield and the Castlereagh Cup.
Additionally, the club’s League Tag side also hold the Jessica Skinner Challenge Cup and the Castlereagh League Tag Premiership Shield after what has been a stellar year for the Kangaroos!
The club’s first grade side went through the competition undefeated, winning 15 games, scoring 540 points in the process, whilst conceding 194, their season cresting with a hard fought 24 to 18 grand final victory over the Coonabarabran Unicorns at Coolah’s Bowen Oval on August 30 in front of a huge audience.
The Kangaroos proudly point out that 14 of their grand final side had played their junior football with Coolah Junior Rugby League!
Coolah is the second Castlereagh League club to win the Clayton Cup, with the Gulgong Bull Terriers also lifting the time-honoured piece of silverware in 2023.
