The Western Premiership (also known as the Peter McDonald Premiership due to the name of its First Grade competition) is a New South Wales , Australia rugby league competition. The competition commenced in 2022 and incorporates the former Group 10 and Group 11 competitions.
4-574: The competition is named in honour of the late Peter 'Ace' McDonald, a long-time Cowra Magpies, Group 10, Western Division and Country Rugby League administrator, and is played in four grades, these being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade, Under 18s and Ladies League Tag. The competition was founded in 2022 after a series of strategic meetings with Group 10 and 11 clubs conducted by the NSWRL . The competition initially only had First Grade and Under 18s, with respective reserves and women's tag competitions remaining under
8-651: A Reserve Grade team. The Western Womens Rugby League (WWRL) is a post-season women's tackle competition contested in the Central West. It features teams from the Peter McDonald Premiership, and their affiliates (in the case of Orange and Panorama), as well as representative sides from other Western Division competitions such as the Castlereagh League and Woodbridge Cup . New South Wales Rugby League Too Many Requests If you report this error to
12-405: The control of Group 10 and Group 11. However, the competition will feature all four grades from 2023, as clubs wanted a full consistent matchday. Initially, the competition also had two conferences, and implemented a first past the post system to award the historic Group 10 and 11 titles to the clubs who finished first on the ladder the respective historic competitions, however the conference system
16-580: Was scrapped in favour of a single league system from 2024 onwards. Initially, the First Grade premiers progressed to the two week state NSWRL Presidents Cup finals against the Northern (Newcastle) , Southern (Illawarra) and Ron Massey Cup (Sydney) conferences to crown the state semi-professional club champions, however this was scrapped after the 2023 season. 14 clubs compete in the Peter McDonald Premiership, of which 12 are in First Grade. All 14 clubs field
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