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Roosters make a good showing in first Castlereagh outing
The Cobar Roosters First Grade, Under 18s and women’s League Tag teams made a good showing in their first matches of the 2018 Castlereagh Rugby League competition at Gulgong on Saturday. The Bantam Roosters kicked off the day with a hard fought 16-12 win over their Gulgong hosts which was […]
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First taste for the Roosters
The Cobar Roosters First Grade side had their first taste of playing in the Castlereagh Rugby League competition on Saturday with the Cobar side taking part in a knockout at Gulgong. The Roosters acquitted themselves well convincingly beating Binnaway 28-0 and put on another good show when they came up […]
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Roosterettes impressive in first pre-season outing
The Cobar Roosters and Roosterettes teams headed to West Wyalong on Friday for some preseason competition with the Roosterettes finishing as the Plate runners-up at the annual knock-out competition. This year’s event attracted 16 Rugby League teams with the Shellharbour Sharks eventual 10-6 winners over Oberon to collect the $10,000 […]
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League clubs lead local tributes to a Cobar favourite
Tributes have poured in for one of Cobar’s favourite ladies, Peg Coughlan, following her recent passing. The 90 year old mother of two, grandmother of 11 and great grandmother to 19, was laid to rest on Friday at a funeral service at the Cobar Catholic Church. Members of the Cobar […]
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Roosters move to Castlereagh competition
The Cobar Roosters will join the Castlereagh Rugby League competition in 2018. Some lengthy discussion on the matter took place at a general meeting of the Castlereagh clubs at Gilgandra on Sunday to hear Cobar’s application. This wasn’t the first time the Roosters had applied to enter the Christie and […]
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Deighton hoping to draw some attention with 130km run
The Cobar Roosters Senior Football Club president Chris Deighton is definitely an attention seeker after having recently announced that he will run from Nyngan to Cobar, a distance of 130km. Deighton is planning to run the whole 130km in just one day (after next year’s footy season) with two charities, […]
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Local league legends on hand for Roosters book launch
The Roosters were crowing again when John Collins launched his new book on Saturday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Packed with sporting history, poignant memories and hilarious moments, The Crowing of the Roosters: the History of Rugby League in Cobar has something for everyone. Although the substantial […]
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Deighton unanimously returned to lead Roosters in 2018
After a very successful year for the Cobar Senior Rugby League Club both on and off the field, Chris Deighton has been returned to lead the Roosters heading into their next season. Deighton was re-elected unopposed to the president’s position at the club’s well attended annual general meeting on Sunday […]
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