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Intrust Super Premiership NSW

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW
Formerly	New South Wales Cup, NSWRL Premier League
Sport	Rugby League
Founded	1908
Inaugural season	1908
Owner(s)	NSWRL
CEO	David Trodden
Director	Nick Politis, Deborah Healey
President	Dr George Peponis OAM
No. of teams	12
Countries	Australia, New Zealand
Most recent champion(s)	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (10th)
Most titles	South Sydney Rabbitohs (20)
TV partner(s)	Fox League Nine Network
Sponsor(s)	Intrust Super
Related competitions	NRL State Championship Intrust Super Cup QLD National Rugby League
Official website	Official Website

The Intrust Super Premiership NSW is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales previously known as the New South Wales Cup, and NSWRL Premier League. It has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve grade competition. It 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.

It 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 do not field teams in the NRL competition. The North Sydney Bears are the only team to have competed in every season of the competition since 1908.

Clubs

2018 clubs

New South Wales Cup
Colors	Club	Location	Stadium	Founded	Joined*	NRL affiliate
	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	Blacktown	H.E. Laybutt Field	1962	2017	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
	Canterbury Bulldogs	Belmore	Belmore Sports Ground	1934	2010	Canterbury Bulldogs
	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Mount Pritchard	Mt Pritchard Oval	1927	2012	Canberra Raiders
	Newcastle Knights	Newcastle	Hunter Stadium	1988	2012	Newcastle Knights
	Newtown Jets	Newtown	Henson Park	1908	2000	Cronulla Sharks (since 2015)
	NZ Warriors	Penrose	Mt Smart Stadium	1995	2014	NZ Warriors
	North Sydney Bears	North Sydney	North Sydney Oval	1908	2003	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Penrith Panthers	Penrith	Panthers Stadium	1966	2014	Penrith Panthers
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Illawarra	WIN Stadium	1999	2018	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Wentworthville Magpies	Wentworthville	Ringrose Park	1963	2008	Parramatta Eels
	Wests Magpies	Concord	Campbelltown Stadium	1908	2018	Wests Tigers
	Wyong Roos	Kanwal	Morrie Breen Oval	1910	2013	Sydney Roosters (since 2015)

*: The season the team joined competition in its current form and consecutive tenure.

Former teams in the NSW Cup

† The club also competed in the 1997 Super League (Australia) season reserve-grade competition.

NSW Cup Logo until 2012

History

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 into three new NRL clubs (St. George Dragons and Illawarra Steelers; North Sydney Bears and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles; Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies) 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 'out-sourcing' 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.

2007 Expansion

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

2008 Expansion

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.

2009 NSW Cup Season

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-Bankstown Bulldogs feeder side. Bankstown will still field a team in the Jim Beam Cup. The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have withdrawn from the competition and will have a feeder team in the Queensland Cup. Newcastle has also withdrawn from the competition, discontinuing the link with the Central Newcastle Rebels.

2012 Expansion

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 expansion

NSW Cup Logo 2013-2015

The 2013 season will see Wyong Roos entering a team in the NSWCUP 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.

2014 season

In 2014 the Auckland Vulcans will be 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.

Intrust Super Premiership Logo from 2016

2016 Launch of the Intrust Super Premiership

On the 29th 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.

Broadcast & Media

Radio

SWR Triple 9 in Western Sydney broadcast at least one match each week from the competition as well as additional NSWRL competitions such as the Jersey Flegg Cup (U'20s), NSWRL Women's Premiership, Ron Massey Cup, Sydney Shield, Tarsha Gale Cup (Women's 9's), SG Ball Cup (U18's) and Harold Matthews (U16's) competitions.

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

Television^[6]

Fox League show Live coverage of one to two games per round. From 2018, the Nine Network will broadcast one Saturday afternoon match each week LIVE at 1pm. All of the Intrust Super Premiership finals series are on Nine Network and Fox Sports.

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.

Participating clubs by season

Premiership Winners

Reserve Grade/Presidents Cup/First Division Premiers (1908 - 2002)

Year	Premiers
1908	Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1909	Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1910	Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1911	Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1912	Glebe Dirty Reds
1913	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1914	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1915	Balmain Tigers
1916	Balmain Tigers
1917	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1918	Glebe Dirty Reds
1919	Glebe Dirty Reds
1920	Glebe Dirty Reds
1921	Glebe Dirty Reds
1922	Newtown Jets
1923	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1924	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1925	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1926	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1927	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1928	Balmain Tigers
1929	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1930	Balmain Tigers
1931	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1932	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1933	Balmain Tigers
1934	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1935	Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1936	Western Suburbs Magpies
1937	Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1938	St. George Dragons
1939	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
1940	North Sydney Bears
1941	Balmain Tigers
1942	North Sydney Bears
1943	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1944	Balmain Tigers
1945	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1946	Balmain Tigers
1947	Newtown Jets
1948	Newtown Jets
1949	Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1950	Balmain Tigers
1951	Newtown Jets
1952	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1953	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1954	Manly-Warringah
1955	North Sydney Bears
1956	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1957	Balmain Tigers
1958	Balmain Tigers
1959	North Sydney Bears
1960	Manly-Warringah
1961	Western Suburbs Magpies
1962	St. George Dragons
1963	St. George Dragons
1964	St. George Dragons
1965	Balmain Tigers
1966	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1967	Balmain Tigers
1968	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1969	Manly-Warringah
1970	Newtown Jets
1971	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
1972	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
1973	Manly-Warringah
1974	Newtown Jets
1975	Parramatta Eels
1976	St. George Dragons
1977	Parramatta Eels
1978	Balmain Tigers
1979	Parramatta Eels
1980	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
1981	Western Suburbs Magpies
1982	Balmain Tigers
1983	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1984	Balmain Tigers
1985	St. George Dragons
1986	Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1987	Penrith Panthers
1988	Manly-Warringah
1989	North Sydney Bears
1990	Brisbane Broncos
1991	North Sydney Bears
1992	North Sydney Bears
1993	North Sydney Bears
1994	Cronulla-Sutherland
1995	Newcastle Knights
1996	Cronulla-Sutherland
1997	Parramatta Eels1
1998	Canterbury Bulldogs
1999	Parramatta Eels
2000	Canterbury Bulldogs
2001	St George Illawarra Dragons
2002	Canterbury Bulldogs

NSWRL Premier League Premiers (2003 - 2007)

Year	Premiers
2003	Canberra Raiders
2004	Sydney Roosters
2005	Parramatta Eels
2006	Parramatta Eels
2007	Parramatta Eels

New South Wales Cup (2008-)

Year	Premiers
2008	Wentworthville Magpies
2009	Bankstown City Bulls
2010	Canterbury Bulldogs
2011	Canterbury Bulldogs
2012	Newtown Jets
2013	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
2014	Penrith Panthers
2015	Newcastle Knights
2016	Illawarra Cutters
2017	Penrith Panthers
2018	Canterbury Bulldogs

Number of premiership wins

No.	Club	Premierships
1	South Sydney Rabbitohs	20 (1913, 1914, 1917, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1966, 1968, 1983)
2	Balmain Tigers	16 (1915, 1916, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1982, 1984)
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	10 (1939, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2018)
4	} Sydney Roosters	9 (1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1935, 1937, 1949, 1986, 2004)
5	North Sydney Bears	8 (1940, 1942, 1955, 1959, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)
6	Parramatta Eels	8 (1975, 1977, 1979, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007)
7	Newtown Jets	7 (1922, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1970, 1974, 2012)
8	St George Dragons	6 (1938, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1985)
9	Glebe	5 (1912, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921)
10	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	5 (1954, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1988)
11	Western Suburbs Magpies	3 (1936, 1961, 1981)
12	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	3 (1994, 1996, 2013)
13	Penrith Panthers	3 (1987, 2014, 2017)
14	Newcastle Knights	2 (1995, 2015)
15	Brisbane Broncos	1 (1990)
16	St George Illawarra Dragons	1 (2001)
17	Canberra Raiders	1 (2003)
18	Wentworthville Magpies	1 (2008)
19	Bankstown City Bulls	1 (2009)
20	Illawarra Cutters	1 (2016)

NRL State Championship Match

Starting in 2014, The NSW Cup season was moved forward a week to make the Grand Final Match occur 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, following the National Youth Competition Grand Final.^[7][8]

Champions: New South Wales Cup

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  Illawarra Cutters (2016)


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  Penrith Panthers (2017)

Future

2018 Expansion

It was announced in November 2016 that the competition is proposed to be increased to 16 competing teams as part of a restructure of lower-tier rugby league competitions in New South Wales and Queensland.^[9]

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).

See also

• Rugby League Competitions in Australia

References

External links

• Official website