Ned Byrne Oval
Tweed Heads (Kingscliff), New South Wales, Australia
Ned Byrne Oval, Tweed Heads (Kingscliff), Australia — opened Not confirmed, 35 rugby league games hosted, home of Cudgen Hornets rugby league club (founded 1950), competing in the Gold Coast/Tweed Bycroft Cup (seniors) and NSW Group 18 (juniors) — current home venue.
Sourcing caveat: This is one of the thinnest-sourced venues written up so far — opening date, capacity, floodlights, and playing surface are all unconfirmed. A search result citing a 6 May 2026 fixture at this venue was not used as a sourced fact, since that date is suspiciously far in the future relative to typical database entries and may reflect a data artifact.
Ground facts
| Opened | Not confirmed (One directory source lists 1 January 1979, but this is almost certainly a database placeholder/default date (1 January is a common 'unknown date' default in sports databases) rather than a verified historical fact — treated as unconfirmed rather than stated as fact.) |
| Home club | Cudgen Hornets rugby league club (founded 1950), competing in the Gold Coast/Tweed Bycroft Cup (seniors) and NSW Group 18 (juniors) — current home venue |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 35 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Years used | 1998–2017 |
| Location | Tweed Heads (Kingscliff), New South Wales |
Name history
- Ned Byrne Oval / Ned Byrne Field — no former name documented
Rugby league history
A community-level suburban rugby league ground in Kingscliff, home to the amateur/junior-through-senior Cudgen Hornets club, part of the Group 18 (NSW)/Gold Coast rugby league ecosystem. No historic representative, Test, or Cup fixtures were found. Notable alumni who progressed to professional careers include Jamie Mathiou (North Queensland Cowboys, Leeds Rhinos) and Tom Weaver (Gold Coast Titans).
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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