Premierships

Fos Williams returned in 1962 and Port Adelaide won three of the next four premierships taking his personal tally to nine and the clubs record to 10 of the last 15 premierships.

After taking over the Tory leadership after the divisive premierships of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, Sunak conceded that he had “the worst in-tray you can possibly have”, with inflation high and mortgage costs going up for millions.

And it seems there might be even more surprises from the Pantherettes this year as the Panthers work to achieve a historic hat-trick of NRL premierships, said Manning.

A win would have had the Magpies in pole position to claim back-to-back premierships after Charlestown stumbled at Lambton, losing 1-0.

Cleary won the same award in 2021 in a win over Souths – the first of three straight premierships for the Panthers.

He captain-coached two premierships and for different parts of the journey, the right-armer shouldered a huge chunk of the bowling load.

However the contract has not been made official, sparking speculation that Luai could backflip and remain at the foot of the Blue Mountains where he won three NRL premierships.

Maybe it’s a coincidence that the Tigers won three premierships after launching a new logo… but the brand consultant in me can’t resist the temptation to believe it isn’t.

Park have won eight reserve-grade titles, four in third-grade and nine Under 18s premierships.

Put it this way: if your motto is ‘We Exist to Win Premierships’, then you are going to be disappointed, on average, 94.44 per cent of time.

REUNION WEEKEND: Terry Miller and Rod Rees look over The Courier’s 1973 files to find material ahead of the 50-year reunion to celebrate the Narrabri Rugby Club’s double premierships.

The bloke is a stalwart of local rugby, a legend of the Shute Shield that coached Gordon and Warringah to drought breaking premierships.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first of the three premierships under Steve Linnane alongside his brother Danny, the current Kurri coach, and their cousin Jason.

When I put it to him that he had matched ’s achievement of three premierships in a row (at Parramatta from 1981-83), Cleary was taken aback, but he knows there’s no denying it.

All up, Bennett has earned seven premierships from 10 grand final appearances.

Cavallaro coached the Roosters Tarsha Gale Cup team, leading them to back-to-back undefeated Premierships in 2022 and 2023.

In total, from the 10 competitions ROC entered in 2024, they won seven premierships, finished second in another and had one player win a league medal.

There is only one round remaining before Narrabri Touch’s 2024 season two competitions arrive at their finals series, and it is an important one for all 18 teams as minor premierships and places in the post-season are up for grabs.

After his Roosters failed to secure a three-peat of NRL premierships, Cordner is determined to achieve the historic feat for NSW in this year’s Origin series against Queensland.

Despite eschewing boozy bonding sessions, Bachar Houli, pictured in last weekend’s grand final, has been integral to Richmond’s three recent premierships.