Editing Narrandera (section)

==Sports==
[[Australian rules football]] there has a long history with a football club formed in 1881 playing matches against [[Wagga Tigers|Wagga Wagga]] from 1882<ref>AN EARLY HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN THE RIVERINA REGION OF NEW SOUTH WALES Rodney Allan Gillett Department of History of the University of New England 1982</ref> and a strong local competition known as the Central Riverina Football League existing from 1907.<ref>{{cite web |title=1907 – Central Riverina Football League |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130439556 |publisher=Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW) |access-date=25 February 2022 |pages=2 |date=31 May 1907}}</ref> It continues to be played at the Narrandera Sports Ground. The Narrandera Eagles (founded in 1910 as the Narrandera Imperials Football Club) compete in the [[Riverina Football League]], winning premierships in 1986 and 2012. Formerly of the [[South West Football League (New South Wales)|South West]] competition, the club won 15 titles in that league.

Narrandera has a rugby league team competing in the [[Group 17 Rugby League|Group 17]] competition. Founded in 1921<ref>{{Cite news |date=1921-06-21 |title=Advertising |work=Murrumbidgee Irrigator |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155820857 |access-date=2023-09-22}}</ref> and known as the Lizards, the club previously disbanded in 2005, leaving [[Group 20 Rugby League|Group 20]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-07-22 |title=Assault sparks fears for football club future |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-07-22/assault-sparks-fears-for-football-club-future/2013458 |access-date=2023-09-22}}</ref> This left the town with no rugby league club from 2006-2011 and 2015-17. After briefly amalgamating with neighbouring club Yanco-Wamoon to form Bidgee Hurricanes (2012–14), the club reformed independently in 2018 and joined the reformed Group 17. The club has three premierships from their time in Group 20 (1986, 1991, 1999) and two from Group 17 in 2022, which broke a 23-year drought, and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Narrandera seeing double after Lizards crawl to community cup championships |url=https://www.thegrazier.com.au/sport/narrandera-seeing-double-after-lizards-crawl-to-community-cup-championships |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=The Riverine Grazier |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Tallon |date=2023-08-02 |title="Narrandera's the best team of all": Lizards go back-to-back in the Proten Community Cup |url=https://battlersforbushfooty.com/2023/08/03/narranderas-the-best-team-of-all-lizards-go-back-to-back-in-the-proten-community-cup/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Battlers For Bush Footy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Narrandera also has strong local cricket and basketball competitions.