Robertson Oval
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Robertson Oval, Wagga Wagga, Australia — opened not confirmed for the rugby league era, 4 rugby league games hosted, home of no dedicated rugby league club tenant identified — recorded fixtures are Wagga Wagga's Maher Cup side (1928-1930) and a Riverina representative side against a touring international team (1970).
Sourcing caveat: The 2 July 1930 Maher Cup fixture (Wagga Wagga 8-17 Cootamundra) has no recorded attendance in sources checked. All four matches are otherwise well corroborated by Rugby League Project's own match ledger, matching our recorded games count and date range exactly.
Ground facts
| Opened | not confirmed for the rugby league era (A Wagga Wagga sportsground distinct from both Bolton Park and the Wagga Wagga Showground, covered elsewhere on this site; still in use today, primarily for cricket.) |
| Home club | no dedicated rugby league club tenant identified — recorded fixtures are Wagga Wagga's Maher Cup side (1928-1930) and a Riverina representative side against a touring international team (1970) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 11,000 |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| First rugby league match | 25 July 1928 — Wagga Wagga 18-0 Cowra, Maher Cup (attendance 2,000) |
| Years used | 1928–1970 |
| Location | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Name history
- Robertson Oval — the only name found
Rugby league history
Robertson Oval's rugby league use spans two distinct eras: a domestic one, hosting Wagga Wagga's Maher Cup matches (a long-running Group 9/South West NSW regional knockout competition) in the late 1920s and 1930s, and an international one, hosting a Riverina representative side against the touring Great Britain Lions in 1970. It is a genuinely different ground from Bolton Park, whose own recorded matches (1960 and 1962) fall in the gap between Robertson Oval's two eras, with no overlapping dates between the two venues' match records.
Still in regular use today, primarily as a cricket ground.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 28 June 1970 — Riverina 11-12 Great Britain, 1970 Lions tour (11,000, 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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