Waratah Mayfield Cheetahs

Waratah Mayfield is a rugby league club based in the Newcastle, New South Wales region of Australia.

Known as The Cheetahs and wearing Maroon and Gold, they were a member of the First Grade Newcastle Rugby League until 2004 and now compete in Newcastle & Hunter Rugby League.

Waratah Mayfield RLFC were founded in 1927 and entered the Newcastle Rugby League in 1928. Waratah were successful right from the start in the Newcastle First Grade in only their second year losing the grand final in the years 1929, 1933 and 1934, before finally tasting glory in 1936 when they beat Northern Suburbs in the grand final, the team they lost to in 1929.

In 1990, Waratah-Mayfield ended a 38-year drought when they defeated Lakes United 17–14 to win the Newcastle premiership. The next premiership came in 2000 when Waratah Mayfield faced off against Lakes United and again claimed victory taking out the grand final 20–14.

Leaner times were ahead for Waratah Mayfield, and in 2004 the club suffering from financial hardships and struggling to recruit enough players to take part in the Newcastle rugby league they were forced to withdraw from all senior competitions. Today the club continues in junior rugby league competitions and in the Newcastle & Hunter Rugby League competition.

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• Gary Thompson
• Isaac Gordon
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Country Rugby League (NSWRL)

Federation

• Country Rugby League (former)
• New South Wales Rugby League (current)

Representative Teams

• Country Origin (City vs Country Origin)

CRL Divisions

• Canberra
  • George Tooke Shield
• Central Coast
• Illawarra
• Macarthur
• Newcastle
• Northern Rivers
• Peter McDonald Premiership

CRL Groups

• Region 1: (2, 3)
• Region 2: (4, 19, 21)
• Region 3: (9, 20)
• Region 4: (10, 11)
• Region 5: (7, 16)

CRL Leagues

• Barwon Darling
• Castlereagh
• Hastings
• Mid West
• Murray
• Newcastle & Hunter
• Outback
• Sunraysia-Riverlands
• Western Riverina
• Woodbridge

Illawarra Teams

• Berkeley Eagles
• Collegians
• Corrimal Cougars
• Dapto Canaries
• Helensburgh Tigers
• Thirroul Butchers
• Wests Red Devils

Newcastle Teams

• Central Charlestown Butcher Boys
• Cessnock Goannas
• Kurri Kurri Bulldogs
• Lakes United Seagulls
• Macquarie Scorpions
• Maitland Pickers
• South Newcastle Lions
• The Entrance Tigers
• Western Suburbs Rosellas
• Wyong Roos

Group 7 Teams

• Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles
• Berry-Shoalhaven Heads Magpies
• Gerringong Lions
• Jamberoo Superoos
• Kiama Knights
• Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs
• Nowra-Bomaderry Jets
• Shellharbour Sharks
• Stingrays of Shellharbour
• Warilla-Lake South Gorillas

Other Cups

• Clayton Cup
• Presidents Cup
• NSW Challenge Cup

Former Competitions

• Groups: (1, 5, 12, 13, 18, 19 (Southern Tablelands), 19 (Canberra))
• Crookwell
• Kennedy

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