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Umina Beach Bunnies

Australian rugby league club, based on the Central Coast, NSW

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ16972045 ↗
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The Umina Beach Bunnies is a rugby league club based on the Central Coast, New South Wales region of Australia.

In 2017, the club entered two senior teams in the Newcastle & Hunter Rugby Leagues, a men's team in A Grade and a women's team in the Ladies League tag. The club entered 11 junior teams in the Central Coast Rugby League, from Under 6 to Under 14 age groups.

History

Umina Beach Bunnies were formed in 1961 first under the name Umina Ettalong United Bunnies.

Umina won their inaugural First Grade Premiership in 1983, defeating Gosford in extra-time of a Grand Final Replay. At full-time in both matches the score was 10-all. In the first match there was no further score, but in the second Umina scored four tries in the twenty minutes to win. 26-10.

Umina won a second title in 1994, defeating Wyong by 32 points to 24.

Umina defeated Woy Woy, 22-14, to win their third First Grade Premiership in 2005.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Umina Beach Bunnies” is australian rugby league club, based on the Central Coast, NSW. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Umina, Beach and Bunnies, not as a finished interpretation.

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