Melbourne Rugby League

The Melbourne Rugby League is a rugby league football competition located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and run by NRL Victoria. As of the 2022 season, there are currently 17 competing teams across the varying age groups who are affiliated with the Melbourne Storm junior system.
The Senior competition features three men's grades and one women's grade.

History

The 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand included a match in Melbourne, the first rugby league game to be played in the state. The match between England and New South Wales drew 13,000 spectators.
The Victorian Rugby League was running a rugby league premiership by the 1920s, and also selected a representative Victorian XIII to tour domestically.
After the initial Melbourne competition folded, the current competition was inaugurated in 1952 and has been running ever since.

Clubs

Defunct Clubs

Colours	Clubs	Location	Ground	Founded	Defunct Year
	Ballarat Highlanders	Ballarat	Doug Dean Reserve	2000s	Moved to Central Highlands Rugby League in 2005 as Ballarat Dragons. Folded 2015.
	Berwick Bulldogs	Berwick	Greaves Reserve	1992	2007 (Replaced by South Eastern Titans)
	Canterbury RLFC	Canterbury
	Casey Chiefs	Casey	Casey Fields, Cranbourne East	1997	[Casey Warriors\|2005 (Renamed Clyde, Victoria\|Casey Sharks)]
	Casey Sharks	Casey	Casey Fields, Cranbourne East	2005	2010 (Renamed Casey Warriors)
	Coburg RLFC	Coburg	Brearley Reserve	1981	1994
	Corowa Cougars	Corowa	Airport Oval, Corowa	2009	2013
	Craigieburn Phoenix	Craigieburn	Hothlyn Drive Reserve	2008	2016
	Dandenong Knights	Dandenong	Greaves Reserve		2002
	East Sale RAAF	Sale
	Essendon RLC	Essendon
	Fitzroy All Blacks	Fitzroy
	Frankston Sharks	Frankston	Ballam Park	1981	2007 Replaced
	Geelong Bulldogs	Geelong	Osborne Park	1991	1993
	Geelong Raiders	Geelong	Rippleside Park	2010	2012
	Geelong Tiger Snakes	Geelong	Friers Reserve	2004	2010 (Renamed Geelong Raiders)
	Gippsland Wildcats	Morwell	Maryvale Reserve		2002
	Hume City Bulldogs	Craigieburn	Hothlyn Drive Reserve	2016	2020 (Renamed Hume Eagles)
	Laverton RLFC	Laverton			[Altona Roosters\|1987 (Merged with Point Cook, Victoria\|Point Cook RLFC)]
	Maroondah Magpies	Bayswater	Glen Park	2004	2007
	Melbourne University	Parkville	HG Smith Oval		2003
	Moorabbin Rams	Moorabbin	Keys Road Reserve	1965	2007 Returned to Rugby Union
	Parkdale RLFC	Parkdale
	Point Cook RLFC	Point Cook
	Richmond RLC	Richmond
	St Kilda Saints	St Kilda	Elwood Reserve		2003
	Tottenham RLFC	Tottenham
	Wodonga Storm	Wodonga	Baranduda Recreation Reserve	2000s	2022

Men's First Grade Premiers

Since the commencement of the competition in 1952, the St Kilda Saints RLC have won the most premierships over all, however, of the current clubs, the most premierships have been won by Altona Roosters.

Women's First Grade Premiers

The NRL Victoria women's first grade competition has been run since 2015. The most premierships have been won by Werribee Bears

Notable Juniors

Altona Roosters

Doveton Steelers

Trent Toelau

North West Wolves

Greg Marzhew

South Eastern Titans

Northern Thunder

Waverley Oakleigh Panthers

Sunbury Tigers

Casey Warriors

Werribee Bears

Najvada George