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Bayliss steps up to lead Cobar Camels into a new season
The Cobar Camels Rugby Union Club elected a committee full of new and old faces at the club’s annual general meeting on Sunday. Taking on the president’s role to lead the club into the new 2022 season is a relatively new face, Sean Bayliss who coached the ladies team this […]
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Cobar Rugby owes a lot to foundress Ailsa Fitzsimmons
It’s 50 years since the Cobar Camels Alisa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval was officially opened by the then president of Australian Rugby Union, Charles Blunt. The oval and its clubhouse were officially opened in June 1970 and named in honour of a young nurse, Ailsa Fitzsimmons, who is credited as being […]
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Camels very impressive in win over Walgett
The Cobar Camels were very impressive in their 14-12 win over the Walgett Rams on Saturday in Round 9 of the 2019 Western Plains Rugby Union competition. There was a good crowd on hand to witness Cobar’s second win of the season at the Face Contracting-sponsored match at Ailsa Fitzsimmons […]
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Camels record first win of the season
After a slow start, the Cobar Camels have recorded their first win of the season in a tough match against Bourke 36-24 at home on Saturday. The Camels took on an under-strength Bourke side in Round 7 of the […]
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A superb display of running rugby
It was a superb display of rugby when the Cobar Camels came up against the Warren Pumas in an election day extravaganza on Saturday. Plenty of hard running rugby resulted in 12 tries recorded in the match with the Warren visitors finishing as 50-29 winners. The scheduled kick off […]
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Cobar Camels completely crushed by Bogan Bulls
An under-strength Camels side came up against a strong Nyngan team in the opening round of the 2019 Western Plains Rugby season on Saturday. The Bulls were keen to get revenge for last year’s loss to the Camels and they did, crushing the Camels 50-0. The first half went all […]
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Ella joins Rugby Australia in search of First Nations talent
Former Australian Wallaby great Glen Ella and the Rugby Australia High-Performance team will be in Cobar tomorrow night as part of their talent ID tour to unearth Indigenous talent around the country. The #dreamBigTime tour kicked off on Monday in Bathurst and is winding through remote regions including Walgett, Wilcannia, […]
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Camels beaten by Coonamble Rams
The Cobar Camels travelled to Coonamble to contest Round 2 of the Western Plains Rugby competition on Saturday. With a few players out due to work commitments the Camels still travelled with a strong tem of 18 players for their first away game and encountered a very strong Coonamble side. […]
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Final score not a true reflection of game
The new line up for the Cobar Camels team this season copped a drubbing at the hands of the experienced Coonamble team at Gulargambone on Saturday in their second hit out of the 2016 Western Plains Rugby season. Before the game started there was a set back for the Camels […]