Northern Hawks

Australian rugby league club, based in Nelson Bay and Port Stephens, NSW

Tomaree Sports Ground

CompetitionNewcastle Rugby League

The Northern Hawks are a Rugby League football club that was founded in 2021 after Nelson Bay Sharks Rugby League Football Club combined with Newcastle Hawks[1]. The Sharks had their origins from the Nelson Bay Blues, formed in 1911, as well as the Northern Blues and North-Nelson Bay Marlins (successors to Northern Suburbs). The Northern Hawks currently play in the Newcastle Rugby League First Grade competition, having won the Reserve Grade premiership in 2022.

References

External links

Official Club Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/northernhawksrl/

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

Illawarra Teams

Newcastle Teams

Group 7 Teams

Other Cups

Clayton Cup
Presidents Cup
NSW Challenge Cup

Former Competitions

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

List of CRL clubs

v t e Rugby league in New South Wales
Federations	New South Wales Rugby League (Women's) Country Rugby League (defunct; now a division of NSWRL) NSW Physical Disability Rugby League
Representative competitions	State of Origin series Interstate Series (defunct) City vs Country Origin Women's City vs Country Origin
Representative teams	New South Wales Blues City Origin Team Country Origin Team New South Wales Residents New South Wales Women New South Wales U20's New South Wales U18's New South Wales U16's
NRL clubs	Canberra Raiders Canterbury Bulldogs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Newcastle Knights Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters Wests Tigers
NSWRL Junior Representatives	Jersey Flegg Cup S.G. Ball Cup Laurie Daley Cup Harold Matthews Cup Andrew Johns Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Lisa Fiaola Cup
Metropolitan Competitions	NSW Cup NSWRL Women's Premiership Presidents Cup Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield NSWRL Conference Competitions Metro Open Age Gold Central Northern Open Age Central West Open Age Cronulla A-Grade Parramatta Open Age Penrith A-Grade South Sydney A-Grade Junior Competitions Balmain Canterbury Cronulla Manly-Warringah/North Sydney Parramatta Penrith Open Men's South Sydney A-Grade St George Sydney Roosters JRL
Country Competitions	Clayton Cup Presidents Cup Leagues: Barwon Darling Canberra George Tooke Shield Castlereagh Central Coast Hastings Illawarra Macarthur Mid West Murray Newcastle Newcastle & Hunter Northern Rivers Outback Sunraysia-Riverlands Western Riverina Woodbridge Groups: East Coast 2 3 Greater Northern 4 19 21 Riverina 9 20 Western 10 11 South Coast 7 16
Discontinued competitions	NSWRL premiership Amco Cup Groups: (1, 5, 13, 18, 19 (Southern Tablelands), 19 (Canberra)) Crookwell Newtown JRL NSW Challenge Cup NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League Sydney Combined Competition Sydney Metropolitan Women's RL
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