The Batemans Bay Tigers are an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 football team based in Batemans Bay

Batemans Bay, New South Wales

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, a coastal town of the South Coast region. The club is a part of Country Rugby League and have competed in the South Coast

Group 7 Rugby League

South Coast Group 7 Rugby League is the divisional boundary drawn from the Southern Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia and is governed by the NSWCRL...

 first grade competition since 1978. Prior to this they were apart of Group 16 Rugby League

Group 16 Rugby League

Group 16 is a rugby league competition on the south coast of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. Group 16 covers the area from Moruya down to Eden-Teams:Five teams compete in the 2011 Group 16 First Grade competition:...

 (Far South Coast).

Group 16

Like many other rugby league teams, the Tigers started out as a Rugby Union club before Rugby League came to the area. They have been apart of Group 16 Rugby League

Group 16 Rugby League

Group 16 is a rugby league competition on the south coast of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. Group 16 covers the area from Moruya down to Eden-Teams:Five teams compete in the 2011 Group 16 First Grade competition:...

 before switching to Group 7

Group 7 Rugby League

South Coast Group 7 Rugby League is the divisional boundary drawn from the Southern Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia and is governed by the NSWCRL...

 in 1978.

Group 7 (1978-)

The Tigers were quickly successful in snatching their first premiership in this group in their second season. The Tigers would go on to win a further three titles, one in each following decade (1988, 1992, 2002). Their last premiership came off the back of three grand final losses to Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles

Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles

The Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles are an Australian rugby league football team based in Albion Park, a country town of the Illawarra region. The club are a part of Country Rugby League and have competed in both the Illawarra and South Coast competitions, where it competes today...

 (30-16 and 31-18 in 1999 and 2000 respectively) and to the Shellharbour Sharks

Shellharbour Sharks

The Shellharbour City Sharks are an Australian rugby league football team based in Shellharbour, a coastal town of the Illawarra region...

 in 2001. They were able to get their revenge on the Sharks with a home ground grand final win in 2002.

In bizarre circumstances in 2009, the Tigers had to forfeit a match against Berry-Shoalhaven Heads Magpies

Berry-Shoalhaven Heads Magpies

The Berry-Shoalhaven Heads Magpies are an Australian rugby league football team based in Berry, a country town of the South Coast region. The Magpies are a foundation club of the Group 7 Rugby League and are members of Country Rugby League.-History:...

. The Tigers Reserve team had 19 players ready to play, however the Firsts team could only manage to have nine players available.

Colours

The team's colours are Black and Gold, with their emblem adapted from the NRL side, the Wests Tigers

Wests Tigers

The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...

.

Team

• Group 16 Rugby League
  Group 16 Rugby League
  Group 16 is a rugby league competition on the south coast of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. Group 16 covers the area from Moruya down to Eden-Teams:Five teams compete in the 2011 Group 16 First Grade competition:...
  
   Premierships: ?

• Group 7 Rugby League
  Group 7 Rugby League
  South Coast Group 7 Rugby League is the divisional boundary drawn from the Southern Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia and is governed by the NSWCRL...
  
   Premierships: 4

1979, 1988, 1992, 2002

• Group 7 Rugby League Runners-Up: 3

1999, 2000, 2001

• CRL Clayton Cup
  Clayton Cup
  The Clayton Cup is a trophy awarded by the Country Rugby League to the NSW country rugby league team with the best overall record for that season. To be eligible, the team must win the highest level of competition in its region. Usually the winner of the Clayton Cup goes through the season undefeated...
  
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External links

• Batemans Bay Tigers Homepage
• Country Rugby League Homepage
• Country Rugby League
• South Coast Rugby League Homepage
• Group 7 Rugby League
  Group 7 Rugby League
  South Coast Group 7 Rugby League is the divisional boundary drawn from the Southern Illawarra and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia and is governed by the NSWCRL...