NSW Cup

The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve grade competition, and is now the premier open age competition in the state. The New South Wales Cup, along with the Queensland Cup, acts as a feeder competition to the National Rugby League premiership. The competition is the oldest continuous rugby league competition in the Australia.

The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Knock On Effect NSW Cup
NSW Cup Logo 2013–2015
Formerly	Reserve Grade Presidents Cup NSWRL First Division NSWRL Premier League Intrust Super Premiership Canterbury Cup NSW Cup
Sport	Rugby League
Founded	1908
First season	1908
Owner(s)	NSWRL
Director	Nick Politis, Deborah Healey
President	Dr George Peponis OAM
No. of teams	13
Countries	Australia  New Zealand
Most recent champion(s)	South Sydney Rabbitohs (2023)
Most titles	South Sydney Rabbitohs (21 titles)
TV partner(s)	NSWRL TV Fox League Kayo Sports 9Now (Grand Final only)
Sponsor(s)	The Knock-On Effect
Level on pyramid	Level 2
Related competitions	National Rugby League NRL State Championship Hostplus Cup
Official website	NSWRL

The NSW Cup is contested by reserve squads of NSW-based NRL teams and also includes sides representing teams that once competed at the first grade level in the NSWRL Premiership but no longer field teams in the NRL competition, and teams that have not fielded teams in the NRL competition. The North Sydney Bears are the only team to have competed in every season, since the start of the competition since 1908.

Clubs

New South Wales Cup teams

The New South Wales Cup consists of 13 teams, 11 from New South Wales, and 1 each from Auckland and from Australian Capital Territory. The league operates on a single group system, with no divisions or conferences and no relegation and promotion from other leagues. A number of clubs in the New South Wales Cup have an affiliation with a team in the Australian national competition, the National Rugby League, with most of the clubs in the being reserve grade teams to the senior grade teams of the NRL.

New South Wales Cup
Rugby League Club	Est.	Joined*	City/Town	State	Stadium/s†	Titles (Last)	NRL Affiliate
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles (Affiliated team)	1962	2017	Sydney	NSW	H.E. Laybutt Field	0 (None)	Sea Eagles
Canberra Raiders (Reserve Grade team)	1982	2021	Canberra	A.C.T	Raiders Belconnen	1 (2003)	Raiders
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (Reserve Grade team)	1935	2021	Sydney	NSW	Belmore Sports Ground	10 (2018)	Bulldogs
Newcastle Knights (Reserve Grade team)	1988	2012	Newcastle	NSW	McDonald Jones Stadium,	2 (2015)	Knights
New Zealand Warriors (Reserve Grade team)	1995	2023	Auckland	Auckland	Mt Smart Stadium	0 (None)	Warriors
Newtown Jets (Affiliated team)	1908	2014	Sydney	NSW	Henson Park	8 (2019)	Sharks+
North Sydney Bears (Affiliated team)	1908	2003	Sydney	NSW	North Sydney Oval	8 (1993)	Storm
Parramatta Eels (Reserve Grade team)	1947	2020	Sydney	NSW	Ringrose Park	8 (2007)	Eels
Penrith Panthers (Reserve Grade team)	1966	2014	Sydney	NSW	Penrith Stadium	4 (2022)	Panthers
St. George Illawarra Dragons (Reserve Grade team)	1999	2018	Sydney, Wollongong	NSW	Collegians Sports Complex Ron Costello Oval	1 (2001)	Dragons
South Sydney Rabbitohs (Reserve Grade team)	1908	2019	Sydney	NSW	Redfern Oval	21 (2023)	Rabbitohs
Sydney Roosters (Reserve Grade team)	1908	2023	Sydney	NSW	Wentworth Park	11 (1986)	Roosters
Wests Magpies (Affiliated team)	1908	2018	Sydney	NSW	Campbelltown Stadium, Lidcombe Oval, Leichhardt Oval	3 (1981)	Tigers

Bold indicates it is the club's highest level of competition.
*: The season the team joined competition in its current form and consecutive tenure.
+: Current affiliation between Cronulla and Newtown since 2015.

†:Does not include games played as NRL Curtain raisers
(A) - Affiliated team
(R.G) = Reserve Grade team

Former teams – NSW Cup

Of the 26 former clubs in the 21st century, 1 was each based in Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria, 2 were based in Auckland Region and the other 23 former clubs were based in New South Wales.

New South Wales Cup
Colors	Club	Est.	First Season	Last Season	City/Region/Town	State/Territory	Stadium/s	Titles	Last	Reason/s
	Auckland Vulcans		2008	2013	Auckland	Auckland				Departed
	Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers		2005	2012	Leichardt	N.S.W				Departed
	Bankstown City Bulls	2008	2008	2009	Bankstown	N.S.W				Folded
	Central Coast Centurions		2010	2011	Central Coast	N.S.W				Departed
	Central Newcastle Rebels	2008	2008	2008	Newcastle	N.S.W				Departed
	Cronulla Cobras	2008	2008	2008	Cronulla	N.S.W				Folded
	Illawarra Cutters	2012	2012	2017	Wollongong	N.S.W				Folded
	Manly Sea Eagles		1947/2011	2008/2016	Brookvale	N.S.W				Departed
	Melbourne Storm	1997	2010	2010	Melbourne	Victoria				Departed
	Mount Pritchard Mounties	1927	2012	2022	Sydney	N.S.W		0		Departed
	New Zealand Warriors		2014	2020	Auckland	Auckland				Departed
	Shellharbour City Dragons		2009	2010	Shellharbour	N.S.W				Departed
	Wentworthville Magpies		2013	2018	Wentworthville	N.S.W				Departed
	Windsor Wolves		2008	2013	Windsor	N.S.W				Departed
	Wyong Roos		2005	2018	Wyong	N.S.W				Departed
* Central Coast Bears returned to North Sydney after the failure of the Northern Eagles joint-venture

Former teams – Reserve Grade/First Division/Premier League

Of the 24 former clubs in the 20th century, 1 was based in Auckland Region, South Australia and Western Australia, 3 were based in Queensland and the other 20 former clubs were based in New South Wales.

New South Wales Cup
Colors	Club	Est.	First Season	Last Season	City/Region/Town	State/Territory	Stadium	Titles	Last	Reason/s
	Enfield	1908	1908	1908	Enfield	N.S.W				Folded
	Belmore	1910	1910	1910	Belmore	N.S.W				Folded
	Banksia	1911	1911	1911	Banksia	N.S.W				Folded
	Waverley	1912	1912	1912	Waverley	N.S.W				Folded
	South Sydney Federals	1908	1910	1912	South Sydney	N.S.W				Folded
	Western Sydney	1912	1912	1913	Western Sydney	N.S.W				Folded
	Mosman	1910	1910	1914	Mosman	N.S.W				Folded
	Redfern	1911	1911	1914	Redfern	N.S.W				Folded
	Grosvenor	1911	1911	1915	Sydney	N.S.W				Folded
	Marrickville	1911	1911	1915	Marrickville	N.S.W				Folded
	Sydney	1908	1908	1916	Sydney	N.S.W				Folded
	Randwick	1915	1915	1916	Randwick	N.S.W				Folded
	Surry Hills	1912	1912/15	1912/16	Surry Hills	N.S.W				Folded
	Annandale Dales	1910	1910	1920	Annandale	N.S.W				Folded
	Glebe Dirty Reds	1908	1908	1929	Sydney	N.S.W	Wentworth Park	5	1921	Folded
	Sydney University Students	1920	1920	1937	Sydney	N.S.W				Departed
	Brisbane Broncos	1988	1988	1996†	Brisbane	Queensland	Lang Park*			Departed
	Western Reds / Perth Reds	1992	1995	1996	Perth	W. Australia				Folded
	South Queensland Crushers	1992	1995	1997	Brisbane	Queensland	Lang Park			Folded
	Adelaide Rams	1996	1997	1998†	Adelaide	S. Australia				Folded
	Auckland Warriors	1992	1995	1998†	Auckland	Auckland				Departed*
	Gold Coast-Tweed Giants	1988	1988	1999	Gold Coast	Queensland	Seagulls Stadium*			Folded
	Gold Coast Seagulls	1988	1988	1999	Gold Coast	Queensland	Seagulls Stadium*			Folded
	Gold Coast Chargers	1988	1988	1999	Gold Coast	Queensland	Seagulls Stadium*			Folded
	Illawarra Steelers	1982	1982	1998	Wollongong	N.S.W	Wollongong Showground*			Merger
	St George Dragons	1921	1921	2000	Kogarah	N.S.W	Kogarah Oval*			Merger
	Balmain Tigers	1908	1908	1999	Leichhardt	N.S.W	Leichhardt Oval*			Merger
	North Queensland Cowboys	1992	1992	2001	Townsville	Queensland	Willows Sports Complex*			Departed
	Central Coast Bears	2000	2000	2001	Central Coast	N.S.W	Central Coast Stadium*			Departed*
	Central Coast Storm	1992	1992	2001	Central Coast	N.S.W	Morrie Breen Oval			Departed
	St Marys-Penrith Cougars		2003	2005	Penrith, St Marys	N.S.W	St Marys Stadium*			Departed
	Penrith Pumas		2007	2007	Penrith	N.S.W	Panthers Stadium*			Departed

• Gold Coast-Tweed Giants from 1988-1989, Gold Coast Seagulls from 1990-1995, Gold Coast Chargers from 1996-1999.

† The club also competed in the second grade/reserve grade of the 1997 Super League competition

*= First grade club ground/ largest ground in the area

History

 

NSW Cup Logo until 2012

The NSW Cup was known as the Reserve Grade/Presidents Cup/First Division from 1908 until 2002, and the NSWRL Premier League from 2003 to 2007, the NSW Cup from 2008 to 2015, the Intrust Super Premiership NSW from 2016 to 2018, the Canterbury Cup NSW from 2019 to 2020. The competition's lineage follows that of the NSWRL Reserve Grade from 1908 onwards.

20th century

The New South Wales Cup, run by the NSWRL, has been known by a variety of names and operated in several different ways since the inception of the NSWRL Premiership in 1908. Between 1908 and 1996, the competition was known as Reserve Grade and was competed for almost exclusively by reserve squads of each of the NSWRL Premiership Clubs, competing with that Club's name and colours. With the advent of the Super League war, and the resultant split competition in 1997, the NSWRL reconfigured the competition as the Presidents Cup. From 2002 until 2007, the competition was known as the NSWRL Premier League until it was reorganised into its present form as the New South Wales Cup in 2008.

'Stand-alone' clubs

With the competitions having merged back together, and with six NSWRL Premiership clubs having merged or became joint-ventures into three new NRL clubs (St. George Dragons and Illawarra Steelers; North Sydney and Manly; Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs) the competition became known as the First Division and included these sides competing under their original name and colours.

The inclusion of these non-NRL clubs (along with the return of the Newtown Jets in 2000) in the competition signalled a move away from the 'reserve squad' competition it had become and became increasingly differentiated from the NRL competition with games played at non-NRL venues such as North Sydney Oval, Marrickville's Henson Park and Western Weekender Stadium at St Marys.

Another trend that began during this period was the phenomenon of NRL clubs outsourcing competing teams, with several NRL clubs choosing not to field sides in this competition and rather field either merged entities (as in the St Marys Penrith Cougars and Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers, both formed with NSWRL Jim Beam Cup sides) or form agreements with another club to take their place in the competition, those players being eligible for NRL selection, such as the agreement between Newtown Jets and Sydney Roosters for the 2006 season.

NSW Cup Era

2007–09 Expansion

In 2007, Bartercard Cup club Auckland Lions joined the competition.

In 2008 and 2009, Jersey Flegg Cup club Central Coast Storm fielded a team in the competition. The team was based on the NSW Central Coast but acted as a feeder club to the Melbourne Storm.^[1] In addition the Panthers were replaced by the Windsor Wolves and the Sharks were replaced by the Cronulla-Sutherland Cobras. The Canberra Raiders withdrew from the competition on 1 August 2007. The Newcastle Knights also announced a joint venture with the Central Charlestown. The team used the original Central Newcastle Rebels Name.^[2] The Parramatta Eels also formed a joint-venture with the Wentworthville Magpies to act as their Feeder Club in the competition from 2008 onwards.^[3] The Saints decided to no longer run a Reserve Grade Side, but would use the St George District Rugby League & the Illawarra District Rugby League competitions instead as their Feeder Team/s.

Two new teams have been added to the competition. These two new teams will have both previously played in the Jim Beam Cup. The Shellharbour City Dragons, previously known as the Shellharbour Marlins, will be the St George-Illawarra Dragons feeder side. The Bankstown Bulls, who were known as the Sydney Bulls, will act as the Canterbury Bulldogs feeder side. Bankstown will still field a team in the Jim Beam Cup. The Manly Sea Eagles have withdrawn from the competition and will have a feeder team in the Queensland Cup. Newcastle had also withdrawn from the competition, discontinuing the link with the Central Newcastle Rebels.

2010–12 Seasons

Season 2012 saw the return of feeder clubs for NRL teams St George Illawarra and Canberra. The Illawarra Steelers, in partnership with Illawarra Coal and the Illawarra Leagues Club re-entered a team into the league, the Illawarra Cutters. They previously acted as a feeder club to the Dragons. A Mounties Rugby League Club also entered the NSW Cup this season and is the Raiders' feeder club.

2013–15 Expansion

The 2013 season saw Wyong Roos enter a team in the NSW Cup for the first time. It will not be a feeder team to any NRL team. 2013 was also the first time in Rugby League history that teams with the names Western Suburbs and Balmain will not field a team in the cup, they played as the Wests Tigers. There is a current state of ambiguity surrounding this joint venture, and it is suggested that both Wests and Balmain will return as two separate clubs once financial requirements are met.

In 2014 the Auckland Vulcans were replaced by a side from the New Zealand Warriors.^[4] The Penrith Panthers will also be returning to the competition in 2014, replacing Windsor, who remain in the Ron Massey Cup.

2016–18: Intrust Super Premiership

 

Intrust Super Premiership Logo from 2016 to 2018

On 29 January 2016 it was announced that Intrust Super had secured naming rights for the competition for a three-year agreement^[5] The name would have been decided not to be confused with the Queensland-based competition the Intrust Super Cup.

On 5 July 2016, it was announced that starting the following season, the Blacktown Workers will become the feeder club for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in a joint-venture agreement.^[6] The Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles made their NSW Cup debut in Round 1 of the 2017 Season with a defeat to the Newtown Jets, before finishing 10th in the regular season and subsequently missing a post-season berth.

In September, Intrust Super extended their naming rights partnership with the New South Wales State Cup through to the end of the 2018 season.^[7]

On 27 October 2017, it was announced that Illawarra would be replaced by The St George Illawarra Dragons for The 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW season as part of a restructure in the competition.^[8]

In late November 2017 it was announced that as part of a re-brand, the Western Suburbs Magpies will enter the competition from the following season acting as a feeder club to the Wests Tigers, who had previously competed under their own brand.^[9]

2019–2020: Canterbury Cup NSW

On 2 March 2018, it was reported that the board of the Wyong Roos, feeder to Sydney Roosters since 2014, voted to cut all ties with the club at end of the 2018 season.^[10] As a result, the Wyong Roos did not take part in the 2019 Intrust Super Premiership. On 5 September 2018, it was announced that the North Sydney Bears would assume the status as the official feeder club to the Roosters NRL side^[11] until at least the end of the 2023 season, with Jason Taylor, a former North Sydney player and assistant coach to the Roosters, appointed head coach.^[12] Taylor, after leading the Bears to a third-place finish at the end of the regular season, was announced to have signed a two-year extension on 5 November 2019.^[13]

On 7 March 2019, it was announced that apparel company Canterbury of New Zealand won the rights to be the new naming partner of the NSW Cup competition which was renamed the Canterbury Cup NSW. The deal was announced to run to the end of the 2024 season. The NSWRL also announced that the new Western Sydney Stadium would host the grand final in each of those seasons under the deal.^[14]

South Sydney, having had a previous feeder relationship with North Sydney, would then field their own team in the Intrust Super Premiership,^[15] keeping the number of competing teams at 12.

On 10 October 2018, it was reported that the Parramatta Eels would field a team in the Intrust Super Premiership starting 2020, thus ending their relationship with the Wentworthville Magpies at this time.^[16] It was announced that former Wyong Roos coach, Rip Taylor, would coach the Magpies in their final season.^[17]

On Friday, 27 March 2020, after round one of the season was completed, the 2020 Canterbury Cup NSW competition was suspended, and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with no premiers being crowned.^[18]

2021–present: Knock-on Effect NSW Cup

On 8 June 2020, the New Zealand Warriors and Redcliffe Dolphins announced a partnership agreement, effectively withdrawing the Warriors from the Canterbury Cup competition. Through this initiative a number of players from outside the Warriors’ NRL squad will appear for the Dolphins in the Intrust Super Cup each week.^[19]

On 28 August 2020, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs announced a joint venture with the Mount Pritchard Mounties for two years.^[20] As part of the joint venture, the Mounties will represent Canterbury-Bankstown in the Canterbury Cup, ending their nine-year relationship with the Canberra Raiders. At the time the Canberra Raiders were set to go it alone in 2021 rather than form an affiliation with a NSW Cup side^[21]

On 10 November 2020, the NSWRL confirmed that the NSW Cup would return in 2021 with a 10-team competition, however Canterbury would no longer hold naming rights. A a new naming rights partner is expected to be revealed prior to season launch on 3 March 2021.^[22]

On 28 January 2021, it was announced that the Canberra Raiders would be returning to the competition, fielding their own team or the first time since the 2007 season, thus increasing the number of competing teams to 11 in 2021. The competition is due to commence 13 March 2021.^[23]

On 3 March 2021, a new naming rights sponsor, The Knock-On Effect, was named at the launch of the 2021 season. The new partnership will be in place for the next three years replacing the previous sponsor, Canterbury NZ.^[24]

For the second consecutive year, the competition was cancelled on 10 August 2021, after completion of 15 out of 24 scheduled rounds, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[25]

On 29 October 2021, it was announced that the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs would be running their own team in the NSW Cup in 2022, in addition to continuing their partnership with Mounties for a further season due to contractual obligations^[26]

The draw for the 2022 season was released on 17 December 2021, and announced a revision to the finals-system to a top five, a decrease from the previous top eight.^[27]

On 17 August 2022, the New Zealand Warriors announced they would be re-joining the NSW Cup after a three-year absence, ending their partnership with the Redcliffe Dolphins.^[28]

On 9 November 2022, the Sydney Roosters announced they would field their own team in the NSW Cup commencing in the 2023 season, ending their partnership with the North Sydney Bears from 2024 onwards.^[29]

Broadcast & Media

Television

The 2024 season broadcast deal features:

• One game per week on Fox League/Kayo Sports at either Saturday or Sunday 12:30pm or 11:45am
• Three games per week on NSWRL TV
• One final per week on Fox League/Kayo with another on Nine.

Radio

SWR Triple 9 FM broadcast two games a month during the season plus some finals matches.

Hawkesbury Radio broadcast Penrith Panthers' matches online during the season when played on non-NRL game days, selected other matches and all the finals matches.

Triple H Radio broadcast selected North Sydney Bears' matches during the year plus selected finals matches.

There is also additional radio coverage of the finals series on 2GB Radio and 702 ABC Sydney.

Online

The NSWRL website upload highlights of every game of the NSW Cup. It also gives half time and full-time scores of the other games.

Three games a week NSW Cup match is LIVE on NSWRL TV app.

Premiership Winners

• Reserve Grade/First Division
  (1908–2002)
• NSWRL Premier League
  (2003–2007)
• New South Wales Cup
  (2008–2015)
• Intrust Super Premiership NSW
  (2016–2018)
• Canterbury Cup NSW
  (2019–2020)
• The Knock-on Effect NSW Cup
  (2021–present)

Season	Grand Finals
	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Decider	Report/s
1908	Eastern Suburbs	N/A	South Sydney	No Decider
1909	Eastern Suburbs	11–7	Glebe	Final	TSS^[30]
1910	Eastern Suburbs	5–2	Newtown	Final	EN^[31]
1911	Eastern Suburbs	12–0	Glebe	Final	ST^[32]
1912	Glebe	30–0	Redfern	Final	SMH^[33]
1913	South Sydney	10–3	Grosvenor	Final	Sun^[34]
1914	South Sydney	6–5	Eastern Suburbs	Final	Sun^[35]
1915	Balmain	9–3	Glebe	Final	Sun^[36]
1916	Balmain	6–4	Eastern Suburbs	Final	Sun^[37]
1917	South Sydney	N/A	Balmain	No Decider
1918	Glebe	N/A	South Sydney	No Decider
1919	Glebe	N/A	Western Suburbs	No Decider
1920	Glebe	N/A	South Sydney	No Decider	SMH^[38]
1921	Glebe	N/A	North Sydney	No Decider
1922	Newtown	10–2	Glebe	Final	Sun^[39]
1923	South Sydney	13–6	Balmain	Final	SMH^[40]
1924	South Sydney	N/A	Western Suburbs	No Decider
1925	South Sydney	14–2	Balmain	Final	TR^[41]
1926	South Sydney	25–13	North Sydney	Final	Sun^[42]
1927	South Sydney	16–5	St. George	Final	SGC^[43]
1928	Balmain	7–5	Eastern Suburbs	Final	Sun^[44]
1929	South Sydney	26–3	Western Suburbs	Final	Sun^[45]
1930	Balmain	5–0	South Sydney	Grand Final	Truth^[46]
1931	South Sydney	24–5	St. George	Final	Sun^[47]
1932	South Sydney	5–2	Newtown	Grand Final	Sun^[48]
1933	Balmain	15–12	South Sydney	Grand Final	Sun^[49]
1934	South Sydney	13–10	Balmain	Grand Final	Sun^[50]
1935	Eastern Suburbs	16–2	Balmain	Grand Final	Sun^[51]
1936	Western Suburbs	15–5	North Sydney	Final	Truth^[52]
1937	Eastern Suburbs	N/A	Newtown	No Decider
1938	St. George	9–4	Balmain	Grand Final	Sun^[53]
1939	Canterbury-Bankstown	13–0	North Sydney	Grand Final	Sun^[54]
1940	North Sydney	10–5	St. George	Grand Final	SGC^[55]
1941	Balmain	13–4	St. George	Grand Final	Sun^[56]
1942	North Sydney	15–5	St. George	Grand Final	Sun^[57]
1943	South Sydney	15–9	Balmain	Grand Final	Sun^[58]
1944	Balmain	11–9	North Sydney	Final	Sun^[59]
1945	South Sydney	11–7	Canterbury-Bankstown	Grand Final	Sun^[60]
1946	Balmain	8–5	Eastern Suburbs	Grand Final	Sun^[61]
1947	Newtown	6–2	Balmain	Grand Final	Sun^[62]
1948	Newtown	7–4	Western Suburbs	Grand Final	Sun^[63]
1949	Eastern Suburbs	30–7	Newtown	Grand Final	DT^[64]
1950	Balmain	10–6	St. George	Final	DT^[65]
1951	Newtown	10–6	St. George	Grand Final	SMH^[66]
1952	South Sydney	19–0	Canterbury-Bankstown	Grand Final	Sun^[67]
1953	South Sydney	17–11	Manly-Warringah	Grand Final	Sun^[68]
1954	Manly-Warringah	9–4	South Sydney	Grand Final	SH^[69]
1955	North Sydney	9–2	St. George	Grand Final
1956	South Sydney	10–6	Manly-Warringah	Grand Final
1957	Balmain	16–7	North Sydney	Grand Final
1958	Balmain	20–10	St. George	Grand Final	RLN^[70]
1959	North Sydney	19–10	St. George	Grand Final	RLN^[71]
1960	Manly-Warringah	17–6	Balmain	Grand Final	RLN^[72]
1961	Western Suburbs	9–3	Manly-Warringah	Grand Final	RLN^[73]
1962	St. George	19–0	Western Suburbs	Grand Final	RLN^[74]
1963	St. George	5–4	South Sydney	Grand Final
1964	St. George	7–2	South Sydney	Grand Final	RLN^[75]
1965	Balmain	9–7	St. George	Grand Final	RLN^[76]
1966	South Sydney	12–5	Balmain	Grand Final	RLN^[77]
1967	Balmain	11–7	South Sydney	Grand Final
1968	South Sydney	17–7	Manly-Warringah	Grand Final
1969	Manly-Warringah	10–6	Balmain	Grand Final
1970	Newtown	6–0	Eastern Suburbs	Grand Final
1971	Canterbury-Bankstown	11–5	St. George	Grand Final
1972	Canterbury-Bankstown	14–3	St. George	Grand Final
1973	Manly-Warringah	22–14	St. George	Grand Final
1974	Newtown	6–5	Eastern Suburbs	Grand Final
1975	Parramatta	21–13	Cronulla-Sutherland	Grand Final
1976	St. George	17–12	Cronulla-Sutherland	Grand Final
1977	Parramatta	11–9	Manly-Warringah	Grand Final
1978	Balmain	10–5	St. George	Grand Final
1979	Parramatta	22–2	Canterbury-Bankstown	Grand Final
1980	Canterbury-Bankstown	18–16	Parramatta	Grand Final
1981	Western Suburbs	19–2	Parramatta	Grand Final	CT^[78]
1982	Balmain	17–12	Eastern Suburbs	Grand Final	CT^[79]
1983	South Sydney	12–6	Manly-Warringah	Grand Final	CT^[80]
1984	Balmain	10–8	St. George	Grand Final
1985	St. George	22–16	Canberra Raiders	Grand Final	CT^[81]
1986	Eastern Suburbs	10–2	Parramatta	Grand Final
1987	Penrith	11–0	Manly-Warringah	Grand Final
1988	Manly-Warringah	22–2	Eastern Suburbs	Grand Final
1989	North Sydney	11–6	Parramatta	Grand Final	CT^[82]
1990	Brisbane	14–6	Canberra	Grand Final	CT^[83] VH^[84]
1991	North Sydney	12–6	Canberra	Grand Final	CT^[85]
1992	North Sydney	28–14	Balmain	Grand Final	CT^[86]
1993	North Sydney	5–4	Newcastle	Grand Final	CT^[87]
1994	Cronulla-Sutherland	14–4	Newcastle	Grand Final
1995	Newcastle	20–10	Cronulla-Sutherland	Grand Final
1996	Cronulla-Sutherland	14–12	Auckland	Grand Final
1997^1	Parramatta	26–16	Balmain	Grand Final
1998	Canterbury-Bankstown	26–22	Parramatta	Grand Final
1999	Parramatta	44–4	Balmain	Grand Final
2000	Canterbury-Bankstown	30–26	Penrith	Grand Final
2001	St George Illawarra	34–10	Parramatta	Grand Final
2002	Canterbury-Bankstown	24–22	St George Illawarra	Grand Final
2003	Canberra	31–6	St Marys-Penrith	Grand Final
2004	Sydney Roosters	30–8	St George Illawarra	Grand Final
2005	Parramatta	31–12	Sydney Roosters	Grand Final
2006	Parramatta	20–19	Newtown	Grand Final
2007	Parramatta	20–15	North Sydney	Grand Final
2008	Wentworthville	12–8	Newtown	Grand Final
2009	Bankstown City	32–0	Balmain	Grand Final
2010	Canterbury-Bankstown	24–12	Windsor	Grand Final
2011	Canterbury-Bankstown	30–28	Auckland	Grand Final	DT^[88]
2012	Newtown	22–18	Balmain	Grand Final	LU^[89]
2013	Cronulla-Sutherland	36–8	Windsor	Grand Final	SMH^[90] NMG^[91]
2014	Penrith	48–12	Newcastle	Grand Final	NSW^[92] ABC^[93]
2015	Newcastle	20–10	Wyong	Grand Final	NRL^[94]
2016	Illawarra	21–20	Mount Pritchard	Grand Final	NSW^[95] VH^[96] SSL^[97]
2017	Penrith	22–6	Wyong	Grand Final	VH^[98] NSW^[99]
2018	Canterbury-Bankstown	18–12	Newtown	Grand Final	NRL^[100]
2019	Newtown	20–15	Wentworthville	Grand Final	VH^[101] NSWRL^[102]
2020	Season was suspended and then cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[103]
2021	Season was suspended Mid Season and then cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
2022	Penrith	29–22	Canterbury-Bankstown	Grand Final
2023	South Sydney	22–18	North Sydney	Grand Final

Number of premiership wins

• Team names in bold are the teams currently playing in the New South Wales Cup

No.	Club	Number of Premierships
1	Souths	21
2	Balmain	16
3	Canterbury-Bankstown	10
4	Easts/Sydney City/Sydney	9*
5	Norths	8
5	Parramatta	8
5	Newtown	8
8	St. George	6
9	Glebe	5
9	Manly-Warringah	5
10	Penrith	4
11	Wests	3
11	Cronulla-Sutherland	3
14	Newcastle	2
15	Brisbane	1
15	St. George Illawarra	1
15	Canberra	1
15	Wentworthville	1
15	Bankstown City/Sydney	1
15	Illawarra (Cutters)	1

Premiership Years

• Team names in bold are the teams currently playing in the New South Wales Cup

No.	Club & Total number of Premierships
1	Souths – 1913, 1914, 1917, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1966, 1968, 1983, 2023
2	Balmain – 1915, 1916, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1982, 1984
3	Canterbury-Bankstown – 1939, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2018
4	Easts/Sydney City/Sydney – 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1935, 1937, 1949, 1986, 2004*
5	Norths – 1940, 1942, 1955, 1959, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993
5	Parramatta – 1975, 1977, 1979, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007
5	Newtown – 1922, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1970, 1974, 2012, 2019
8	St. George – 1938, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1985
9	Glebe – 1912, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921
9	Manly-Warringah – 1954, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1988
10	Penrith – 1987, 2014, 2017, 2022
11	Wests – 1936, 1961, 1981
11	Cronulla-Sutherland – 1994, 1996, 2013
14	Newcastle – 1995, 2015
15	Brisbane – 1990
15	St. George Illawarra – 2001
15	Canberra – 2003
15	Wentworthville – 2008
15	Bankstown City/Sydney – 2009
15	Illawarra – 2016

Participating clubs by season

NSWRL First Division
1998	Canberra Raiders	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Newcastle Knights		North Sydney	Parramatta Eels	Penrith Panthers	South Sydney	Sydney City Roosters	Balmain Tigers	Western Suburbs	Illawarra Steelers	St. George Dragons
1999
2000							Newtown Jets					Sydney Roosters			St. George-Illawarra Dragons
2001
2002
NSWRL Premier League
2003	Canberra Raiders	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		Cronulla Sharks	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Newcastle Knights	Newtown Jets	North Sydney	Parramatta Eels	St Mary's-Penrith Cougars	South Sydney	Sydney Roosters	Balmain Tigers	Western Suburbs	St. George-Illawarra Dragons
2004
2005													Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers
2006				Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
2007										Penrith Pumas							Auckland Lions
NSW Cup
2008		Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		Cronulla Cobras	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Central Newcastle Rebels	Newtown Jets	North Sydney	Wentworthville Magpies	Windsor Wolves			Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers	Western Suburbs			Auckland Vulcans	Central Coast Storm
2009		Bankstown City Bulls		Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks											Shellharbour City Dragons
2010						Central Coast Centurions												Melbourne Storm
2011		Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs			Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
2012	Mount Pritchard Mounties					Newcastle Knights									Illawarra Cutters
2013												Wyong Roos	Wests Tigers
2014										Penrith Panthers							New Zealand Warriors
2015
Intrust Super Premiership NSW
2016	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs			Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Newcastle Knights	Newtown Jets	North Sydney	Wentworthville Magpies	Penrith Panthers		Wyong Roos	Wests Tigers		Illawarra Cutters		New Zealand Warriors
2017					Blacktown Workers
2018													Western Suburbs		St. George Illawarra Dragons
Canterbury Cup NSW
2019	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs			Blacktown Workers	Newcastle Knights	Newtown Jets	North Sydney	Wentworthville Magpies	Penrith Panthers	South Sydney		Western Suburbs		St. George Illawarra Dragons		New Zealand Warriors
2020									Parramatta Eels
The Knock-on Effect NSW Cup
2021	Canberra Raiders	Mount Pritchard Mounties			Blacktown Workers	Newcastle Knights	Newtown Jets	North Sydney	Parramatta Eels	Penrith Panthers	South Sydney		Western Suburbs		St. George Illawarra Dragons
2022		Mount Pritchard Mounties	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2023		Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs										Sydney Roosters					New Zealand Warriors
2024

NRL State Championship Match

Main article: NRL State Championship

Since 2014, The NSW Cup Grand Final Match has been played on the same day as the QLD Cup Grand Final, the weekend prior to the NRL Grand Final, allowing for the creation of the NRL State Championship which saw the NSW Cup premiers face off against the QLD Cup Premiers as a curtain raiser to the NRL Grand Final, originally following the National Youth Competition Grand Final from 2014 to 2017^[104][105] and following the NRL Women's Grand Final in their inaugural premiership year in 2018.

In 2019 the NRL State Championship was played prior the NRL Women's Grand Final. Newtown Jets became the fourth NSWRL team to win in as many years after the first two championships were won by the QRL.

The 2020 State Championship was cancelled due to the Queensland and New South Wales competitions being cancelled after Round 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2021 State Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney

Champions:   New South Wales Cup

•   Illawarra Cutters (2016)
•   Penrith Panthers (2017)
•   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (2018)
•   Newtown Jets (2019)
•   Penrith Panthers (2022)
•   South Sydney Rabbitohs (2023)

NRL State Championship winners

Season	NRL State Championship				Man of the Match
	NRL State Championship Premiers	Score	NRL State Championship Runners-up	Venue
2014	Northern Queensland Pride	32–28	Penrith Panthers	ANZ Stadium	Javid Bowen
2015	Ipswich Jets	26–12	Newcastle Knights	ANZ Stadium	Matt Parcell
2016	Illawarra Cutters	54–12	Burleigh Bears	ANZ Stadium	Drew Hutchison
2017	Penrith Panthers	42–18	PNG Hunters	ANZ Stadium	Kaide Ellis
2018	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	42–18	Redcliffe Dolphins	ANZ Stadium	Josh Cleeland
2019	Newtown Jets	20–16	Burleigh Bears	ANZ Stadium	Toby Rudolf
2020	Match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[106]
2021	Match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in NSW.
2022	Penrith Panthers	44–10	Norths Devils	Accor Stadium	J'maine Hopgood
2023	South Sydney Rabbitohs	42–22	Brisbane Tigers (Easts Tigers)	Accor Stadium	Tyrone Munro

See also

•  Sports portal
•  New South Wales portal

• NRL State Championship
• Queensland Cup
• Ron Massey Cup
• Sydney Shield
• Presidents Cup
• NSW Challenge Cup
• Rugby League Competitions in Australia

Notes

1. This was the year of the split competitions. This competition was known as Presidents Cup for this season, while the Super League competition was known as Reserve Grade (won by Canterbury Bulldogs). This competition was a merger of Reserve Grade and Third Grade (usually known as the Presidents Cup.

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