Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie, Australia — opened 1992, 8 rugby league games hosted, home of Port Macquarie Sharks (Group 2, later Group 3, Country Rugby League); also used by Port Macquarie City Cavaliers (Group 3).
Sourcing caveat: A commonly assumed former name, "Sea Wolf Oval," could not be corroborated by any source checked and is not stated as fact. The venue's own English Wikipedia article could not be reliably fetched this round due to a tool malfunction; findings above rely on Austadiums and Rugby League Project instead.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1992 (This conflicts with match records showing rugby league played here from February 1990 — two years before the stated opening. Not resolved; possibly reflects an earlier informal ground preceding a formal 1992 stadium opening/redevelopment, or one of the two dates is simply inaccurate.) |
| Home club | Port Macquarie Sharks (Group 2, later Group 3, Country Rugby League); also used by Port Macquarie City Cavaliers (Group 3) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 8 |
| Top recorded crowd | 9,476 |
| Capacity | 10,000 (1,000 seated) |
| Challenge Cup Finals hosted | 1 |
| Floodlights installed | yes |
| Surface | grass, with underground irrigation and drainage for year-round use |
| First rugby league match | 14 February 1990 — Channel Ten Challenge Cup Round 1 doubleheader: Western Suburbs 14-7 Canterbury, and St George 28-24 Parramatta, both drawing 7,000 |
| Years used | 1990–2015 |
| Location | Port Macquarie, New South Wales |
Name history
- Port Macquarie Regional Stadium — the only name confirmed in sources found — a claimed former name, "Sea Wolf Oval," could not be corroborated by any source and is not included here
Rugby league history
A premier North Coast NSW rugby league facility and long-standing home of the successful Port Macquarie Sharks (multiple Group premierships from 1990 through 2018), the stadium's rugby league profile has rested almost entirely on hosting early-round NSWRL/ARL Challenge Cup doubleheaders relocated from Sydney — in 1990, 1991 and 1994 — plus a City v Country Origin fixture (2010) and NSW Cup matches. Separately, the venue has also hosted NRL pre-season trials not captured in the competitive-match count above, including Penrith v Parramatta in 2006 and Canterbury v Canberra in 2020, the latter reported locally as the region's first NRL trial in nearly a decade.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 24 February 1991 — Lotto Challenge Cup Round 1 doubleheader: Canberra 20-8 Cronulla, and Penrith 40-8 South Sydney (9,476 each, our recorded top crowd)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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