Photo: 1971 1st Grade Group 14 Premiers. Coonamble defeated Coonabarabran 31 – 8. Back Row: Frank Fish, Ray Pickering, Ray Cleary, Barry Smith, George Algozeri (Captain/Coach), Mick McEntyre, Bruce Jackson, Alwyn Shone. Front Row: Shane Horan, Gordon Hunt, Paul Kennedy, Mervyn Smith, Noel Lane (absent – Peter Kennedy).
In 1962, the committee of the Coonamble RLFC changed the colours to Red and Black as they adopted the North Sydney jersey – The BEARS were born.
The town did not see any further success in the 1960’s in 1st Grade despite having coaches . . .
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