Hunter Junior Rugby League

🩷 DO IT FOR ALI 🩷

Two weeks ago today, our football community changed forever.

It's impossible to find the words to express just how grateful we are for the support our Club has received over the past week.

When we set out to honour Ali at our Round 12 home game, we never imagined the wave of support that would follow.

To every rugby league club, sporting club, association, player, volunteer, spectator and supporter who reached out, wore pink, observed a minute's silence, retired a number 3 jersey, braided their hair, shared our posts, sent messages, or simply held us in your thoughts... thank you 🫶

From the HJRL, NHRL, NRL, NRLW, clubs across the state and around the nation, you reminded us of what community really looks like.

To our committee and volunteers, thank you. The lead-up to Saturday, and the day itself, was one of the biggest undertakings our Club has ever faced, and you stepped up without hesitation. There are simply too many people to thank individually, but you know who you are🙏

A special mention to our Under 16WT players, Wizz, Gracie and Maddi, who spent the day plaiting and braiding pink ribbons into the hair of players, supporters, and even a few adults. You helped turn our grounds into a sea of pink.

Thank you also to StandBy and Talk2MeBro for quietly standing beside our community throughout the day. Your support and willingness to be there for anyone who needed you meant more than you'll know.

To the local businesses tagged in this post, thank you for always backing our Club, and especially for showing up for us on Saturday.

Most importantly, thank you to our U12WT team and Ali's family, especially Lana, for trusting us to honour your beautiful girl. It was one of the greatest privileges our Club has ever been given.

We've done our very best to acknowledge everyone who stood with us over the past week. If we've missed you, we're truly sorry. We wanted to acknowledge you because you stood with us. You supported us. You acknowledged our girl. We saw you, we felt your support, and we'll never forget the way you honoured Ali.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for doing it for Ali.



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Vale Scott Dureau 💔🏉

Congratulations to local juniors

Will Manning & Liam Martin Valentine-Eleebana J.R.L.F.C
Chase Butler & Callum Elsley Kurri Kurri Minor Rugby League
Riley Rostron East Maitland Griffins JRLFC
and Curtis Mulherin South Newcastle JRLFC on making the Australia Schoolboys Under 18s Team!

A huge achievement for our area to have 6 of 18 players selected in this squad!

A huge congratulations to all the local juniors selected for NSW U19s duties tonight at North Sydney Oval in the annual 19s State of Origin

Toby Winter Dudley Redhead JRLFC - Mighty Magpies
Diesel Hagan South Newcastle JRLFC
Emily McArthur South Newcastle JRLFC

📢 Competition Update – Round 5 Postponed

Due to the significant rainfall received over the past week, a decision has been made to postpone Round 5 to Sunday, 5 July.

As a result, no matches will be played this weekend.

Please also note that existing Round 3 and Round 4 catch-up fixtures will be rescheduled accordingly. Updated draw information will be published online within the next 24 hours.

We appreciate everyone's understanding and cooperation as we prioritise player safety and field conditions.

Hunter Junior Rugby League is very please to announce that we have surpassed 9000 junior registration for season 2026!

This puts us as the largest Junior League in New South Wales Rugby League! This is a credit to our wonderful clubs and their volunteers, this does not happen without all of your hard work!

Well done to all our clubs!

If they’re wearing green, they are under 18.

Our young referees are out there to learn, develop and enjoy the game — just like the players. The green socks are a clear reminder that these officials are still juniors and deserve patience, encouragement and respect from everyone on the sidelines.

Support them. Encourage them. Help them grow.

Today’s young referees are tomorrow’s senior officials

Tooheys Newcastle Rugby League
Tooheys Newcastle & Hunter Community Rugby League
Hunter Junior Rugby League
LeagueCastle

Good luck to the Newcastle Knights sides in their SG Ball & Harold Matthews Cup Grand Finals!

The region is immensely proud of you representing us so proudly and well!

It’s testament to all involved to have such an achievement of two sides in the Grand Finals this weekend

What a great night it was celebrating the upcoming season at our 2026 Hunter Junior Rugby League launch with our clubs and wonderful partners including the Newcastle Knights & Heal Urgent Care.

A big thanks to all who came out and joined us at McDonald Jones Stadium and best of luck for the season which gets under way this weekend!

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Due to ongoing issues with the MySideline platform, the release of the 2026 HJRL draws have been delayed.

We are currently unable to provide a confirmed timeframe for when the draws will display correctly online.

The NSWRL team are working closely with the NRL Digital team to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.