Rugby league training for the Riverina
The Riverina produces rugby league players in towns of every size, from Wagga and Griffith to Yanco and Yenda. Junee’s ground is named after Laurie Daley — the man the under-18 regional cup is named after.
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The Riverina Bulls are the NSWRL regional representative side for the Riverina, playing the Laurie Daley (under-18) and Andrew Johns (under-16) Cups in the southern pool. Senior football runs through Group 9 around Wagga Wagga — Albury, Cootamundra, Gundagai (2025 premiers), Junee, South City, Temora, Tumut, Wagga Brothers, Wagga Kangaroos and Young — and Group 20 around Griffith and Leeton.
Which club your address belongs to
The Riverina Bulls run the regional junior representative pathway.
- Riverina Bulls
- Laurie Daley Cup (under-18) and Andrew Johns Cup (under-16), southern pool.
Check with your club for this season’s trial dates.
The competitions
- Group 9 Rugby League
- Around Wagga Wagga: Albury Thunder, Cootamundra, Gundagai, Junee, South City, Temora, Tumut, Wagga Brothers, Wagga Kangaroos and Young. A sixteen-round season. Gundagai won the 2025 premiership.
- Group 20 Rugby League
- Around Griffith: Darlington Point-Coleambally, Griffith Black & White, Griffith Waratah, Hay, Leeton, Narrandera, Tullibigeal-Lake Cargelligo, West Wyalong, Yanco-Wamoon and Yenda.
Set it up for the Riverina
Four things, in the order the app asks them. None of them needs a coach.
Choose rugby league, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Group 9 Rugby League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.
Match the program to your league’s start
The app treats November to February as rugby league pre-season and March to October as the season. A junior rep player whose games start in late January or February can set their phase to in-season early. The phase lives in Program → Your year.
Know your numbers on day one
Your first testing session is ready immediately: Bronco test, Bench press 1RM, Weighted chin-up 3RM, Back squat 1RM, Standing vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.
Put your suburb on the board
In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.
What you start with, by the month you join
Every block is four weeks — three building, one deload — so a free month is one complete block.
The rugby league year in the Riverina
- November – January
- Pre-season, through summer. Aerobic base, then strength, then repeat-effort work. Test on arrival.
- Late January – March
- Regional junior representative season. The 2026 Laurie Daley and Andrew Johns Cups opened with a Regional Magic Round on 31 January.
- April – September
- Group and club seasons. Volume comes down, weights hold.
- October
- A short break. League gives you almost no off-season.
Inland heat
Riverina summers are hot and dry, and the pre-season sits squarely inside them. Train at first light, treat heatwave weeks as extra load, and follow the Sports Medicine Australia heat guidelines.
Coaching a side in the Riverina?
A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.
Rugby league in the Riverina: questions
Which junior rep team covers Wagga Wagga and Griffith?
What clubs are in Group 9?
Where these facts come from
Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.
- Group 9 Rugby League
- Group 20 Rugby League
- 2026 Laurie Daley Cup — pools and result
- Sports Medicine Australia — hot weather guidelines
Spotted an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
Nearby and related
Sydney
Eight regions across ten junior districts, the SG Ball and Harold Matthews Cups, and a western Sydney summer.
OpenNewcastle & the Hunter
The Newcastle Rugby League premiership, the Knights’ SG Ball and Harold Matthews sides, and the NMR Knights.
OpenThe rugby league pathway
From community level to state league and the draft — and what gets tested along the way.
OpenTurn up to round one already fit
Pick rugby league, tell it your team nights, and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.