Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
NRLW 2025
THE call-out is on to vote for Pally’s best-loved ambassadress Rhiannon Byers for the Veronica White Medal. Byers, who plays for Cronulla Sutherland Sharks in NRLW, never forgets where home is, and always supports her local community – and communities far away from home. The Sharks didn’t hesitate nominating Byers, a fierce advocate for Indigenous [...]
Regional Tourism
FROM campdraft’s uniquely Australian roots to broncs and bulls in the arena, Warwick will shine from October 20-26 when the world-famous Warwick Rodeo and Gold Cup Campdraft takes centre arena. Known as the Melbourne Cup of campdrafting, the Warwick Gold Cup celebrates a sport born from Australia’s legendary stockmen and women, making it the nation’s [...]
Group 4 League
TODD Mitchell loves this time of the year. As Moree Boars Rugby League Football Club president, Mitchell will be watching proudly – with just the hint of a smile – at Boughton Oval on Saturday as his beloved Boars charge into the Group 4 major semi-finals across three grades. The club hosts five big games [...]
2025 Moree Cup
WESTPAC Rescue Helicopter Service this year celebrates 50 years in the air, and part of those celebrations include a charity gala ball in Moree on Friday, August 29 – the grand curtain-opener to Moree Race Club’s new-look Moree Cup weekend of racing action. The charity ball, to be held on the grounds of Moree racecourse, [...]
Regional Sport
THE Regional Academies of Sport has announced a major expansion of its centralised governance model, with three additional academies joining its collaborative framework, including Northern Inland Academy of Sport. NIAS, Limestone Coast Academy of Sport and Western Sydney Academy of Sport join the North Coast Academy of Sport, Southern Sports Academy, Hunter Academy of Sport [...]
2025 Moree Cup
THE last 18 months have been one heck of a ride for apprentice jockey Mollie Fitzgerald. Around this time last year, Fitzgerald rode her second feature winner – Macleay in the Moree Cup – and in subsequent months she’s added more big wins to the mantelpiece. Fitzgerald, 22, is now apprenticed to Sydney powerhouse stable, [...]
1973 Uni Shield
In 1973, Moree residents went about their business the usual way. The townsfolk loved their rugby league – known back then simply as “footie” – and the early 1970s was a stellar period for the game. However, not many people were aware of a group of mismatched schoolboys training regularly under the astute guidance of [...]
Project Pathfinder
A new cohort of teenagers from regional communities will receive game-changing mentorship from leading NRL staff and will interact with some of the biggest names in the game as part of a renewed police initiative. For the second year, NSW Police Force has partnered with the National Rugby League and Youth Justice to bring fifteen [...]
2025 Moree Cup
SWITCHING from professional rugby league to the wine industry was a big sidestep for Daniel Mortimer – but the former NRL star is loving every minute of it. Mortimer now helps run the family vineyard at Orange – Mortimers Wines – and has been locked in as guest speaker at the Moree Race Club’s huge [...]
Junior Sport
NOMINATIONS for the 2025 Rale Rasic Mini World Cup football tournament at Inverell is nearing 50 team entries from across Australia, including regional teams from Moree, Tamworth, Glen Innes and Armidale. This year marks the 15th instalment of the event, to be held October 2-5 at the Inverell Sports Complex. The tournament draws players from [...]
