2015 New South Wales Cup

2015 New South Wales Cup
LeagueNSW Rugby League
DurationMarch 7 to September 27
Teams12
Premiers Newcastle Knights
Minor Premiers Mount Pritchard Mounties
Runners-up Wyong Roos
Wooden spoon Wentworthville Magpies
Man of Steel Mitchell Barnett
(NSW Cup Player of the Year)
Top point-scorer(s) Mitch Cornish 162
(10 tries, 61 goals)
Top try-scorer(s) Tyrone Phillips 23
Ron Massey Cup
Number of teams11
Premiers Mount Pritchard Mounties
Minor Premiers Mount Pritchard Mounties
Runners-up Asquith Magpies
Player of the yearAlofi Mataele (Concord Burwood)
Top point-scorer(s) Sam Aiga (Mounties) 212 (15 tries, 76 goals)
Top try-scorer(s) Mick Pearsall (Asquith) 30
Sydney Shield
Number of teams13
Premiers Wentworthville Magpies
Minor Premiers Wentworthville Magpies
Runners-up Hills District Bulls
Player of the year Ben Baker (East Campbelltown)
Top point-scorer(s) Ben Baker (East Campbelltown) 254 (26 tries, 75 goals)
Top try-scorer(s) Ben Baker (East Campbelltown) 26

The 2015 New South Wales Cup season, was the second tier rugby league competition held in New South Wales, after the National Rugby League. The 2015 season kicked off on 7 March 2015 and was won by the Newcastle Knights.

Clubs

In 2015, 12 clubs were fielding teams in the New South Wales Cup.

It was announced in 2014 that the longstanding relationship between the Sydney Roosters and the Newtown Jets had come to an end, with the NRL Club deciding to link with the Wyong Roos in the NSW Cup as their feeder club.[1] The Cronulla Sharks decided to pull their own team from the competition opting into taking the Newtown Jets on as their feeder club, forming a new relationship with a 3-year agreement between the clubs.[2]

Colors Club Location Stadium Founded Joined* A-Grade Team
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore, NSW, Australia Belmore Sports Ground 1934 2008 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Illawarra Cutters Wollongong, NSW, Australia WIN Stadium 2012 2012 St. George-Illawarra Dragons
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly, NSW, Australia Brookvale Oval 1946 2008 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Mount Pritchard Mounties Mount Pritchard, NSW, Australia Mount Pritchard Oval 1927 2012 Canberra Raiders
Newcastle Knights Newcastle, NSW, Australia Hunter Stadium 1988 2012 Newcastle Knights
Newtown Jets Newtown, NSW, Australia Henson Park 1908 2008 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
New Zealand Warriors Penrose, Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 1995 2014 New Zealand Warriors
North Sydney Bears Sydney, NSW, Australia North Sydney Oval 1908 2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Penrith Panthers Penrith, NSW, Australia Sportingbet Stadium 1966 2014 Penrith Panthers
Wentworthville Magpies Wentworthville, NSW, Australia Ringrose Park 1963 2008 Parramatta Eels
Wests Tigers Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Campbelltown Stadium
Leichhardt Oval 		1999 2013 Wests Tigers
Wyong Roos Kanwal, NSW, Australia Morrie Breen Oval 1910 2013 Sydney Roosters

*: The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup, not any other competition before this.

Ladder

2015 New South Wales Cup season - Final Table
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Mount Pritchard Mounties 22 14 2 6 3 653 493 +160 36
2 Wyong Roos 22 15 0 7 3 581 422 +159 36
3 Penrith Panthers 22 15 0 7 3 489 387 +102 36
4 New Zealand Warriors 22 13 0 9 3 516 556 -40 32
5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 12 0 10 3 578 524 +54 30
6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22 11 0 11 3 584 571 +13 28
7 Newcastle Knights 22 11 0 11 3 552 542 +10 28
8 North Sydney Bears 22 9 2 11 3 550 563 -13 26
9 Newtown Jets 22 8 1 13 3 492 560 -68 23
10 Illawarra Cutters 22 8 0 14 3 526 552 -26 22
11 Wests Tigers 22 7 1 14 3 460 586 -126 21
12 Wentworthville Magpies 22 6 0 16 3 402 627 -225 18

Finals series

For the fourth year in a row, the NSWRL used the finals system previously implemented by the ARL competition from the 1990s and the NRL from 2012 to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams.

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (local) Venue Referees Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Wyong Roos 28

10

Penrith Panthers 5 September Penrith Stadium    
Mount Pritchard Mounties 43 – 10 New Zealand Warriors Belmore Sports Ground    
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 – 4 North Sydney Bears    
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6 – 45 Newcastle Knights    
SEMI FINALS
Newcastle Knights 44

12

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12 September Jubilee Oval, Kogarah    
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 33 – 20 New Zealand Warriors    
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Mount Pritchard Mounties 26 – 30 Newcastle Knights 19 September Leichhardt Oval    
Wyong Roos 44 – 20 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs    
GRAND FINAL
Newcastle Knights 20 – 10 Wyong Roos  27 September  Pirtek Stadium    

Chart

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
Belmore Sports Ground  
1 Mount Prichard Mounties43  
4 New Zealand10  Kogarah Jubilee Oval
New Zealand20  
Belmore Sports Ground   Canterbury-Bankstown33  Leichhardt Oval  
5 Canterbury-Bankstown22   Mount Prichard Mounties26  
8 North Sydney4   Newcastle30  27 Sept, Pirtek Stadium
Newcastle20  
Belmore Sports Ground  Leichhardt Oval   Wyong10  
6 Manly-Warringah  6   Wyong44  
7 Newcastle45  Kogarah Jubilee Oval Canterbury-Bankstown20  
Newcastle44  
Penrith Stadium   Penrith12  
2 Wyong28  
3 Penrith10  

2015 NRL State Championship match

Main article: 2015 NRL State Championship


From 2014 onwards, New South Wales Cup Premiers play against the Queensland Cup Premiers with the winner to be crowned the NRL State Champions.

Sunday, 4 October
3:40pm (AEDT)
Newcastle Knights

2015 NSW Cup Premiers

12–26 Ipswich Jets

2015 QLD Cup Premiers

Tries:
G Ndaira (28')
J Feeney(42')
Goals:
G Ndaira 2/2 		Report
 Tries:
M Parcell (1')
B McConnachie (10')
M Barba (37')
R Griffin(63')
Goals:
C Anderson 5/5
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Matt Noyen

Broadcast Information

Television

Fox Sports (Australia)

Fox Sports 1 provide live coverage of at least one match each week throughout the regular season along with selected finals.

Sky Sport (New Zealand)

Sky Sports NZ cover a number of New Zealand Warriors home matches. Some of these matches will be simulcast in Australia on Fox Sports 1 at their discretion.

Radio

Hawkesbury Radio

Hawkesbury Radio call a number of Panthers VB NSW Cup games and some of Windsor Wolves games in the Ron Massey Cup where possible.

SteeleSports.com.au

Covering predominantly Newtown Jets home fixtures.

2GLF

2GLF provide coverage of a host of VB NSW Cup games with a specific charter of servicing teams such as the Tigers, Mounties, Bulldogs and Magpies.

Alive 90.5

ALIVE fm call selected Wentworthville Magpies home fixtures from Ringrose Park.

Triple H 100.1FM

Triple H call a few VB NSW Cup games from time to time where possible.

2GB

Provide score updates where possible during the regular season.

ABC Radio Grandstand

Provide Full Time scores to their listeners as they become available throughout the weekend.

Ron Massey Cup

Main article: 2015 Ron Massey Cup

Ladder

2015 Ron Massey Cup season - Final Table
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Mount Pritchard Mounties 20 18 0 2 2 722 322 +400 40
2 Wentworthville Magpies 20 14 0 6 2 602 343 +259 32
3 Asquith Magpies 20 12 0 8 2 607 460 +147 28
4 Windsor Wolves 20 12 0 8 2 486 510 -24 28
5 Guildford Owls 20 9 1 10 2 529 543 -14 23
6 Concord Burwood Wolves 20 9 1 10 2 540 572 -32 23
7 Blacktown Workers 20 9 0 11 2 558 455 +103 22
8 Auburn Warriors 20 9 0 11 2 619 558 +61 22
9 Western Suburbs Magpies 20 9 0 11 2 477 518 -41 22
10 Cabramatta Two Blues 20 8 0 12 2 586 563 +23 20
11 Kingsgrove Colts 20 0 0 20 2 232 1114 -882 4

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
 
1Mounties  24  
4Windsor  34   
Mounties  36  
 Auburn  4  New Era Stadium, Cabramatta  
5Guildford  22  Windsor  30  
8Auburn  24  Asquith  32  27 Sept, Pirtek Stadium
Asquith  14  
 Leichhardt Oval  Mounties  30  
6Concord Burwood  6  Wentworthville  2  
7Blacktown  50   Mounties  12  
Asquith  38  
 Blacktown  14  
2Wentworthville  34  
3Asquith  6  

Sydney Shield

Ladder

2015 Sydney Shield season - Final Table
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Wentworthville Magpies 20 17 0 3 2 670 412 +258 38
2 Windsor Wolves 20 13 2 5 2 652 474 +178 30
3 Peninsula Seagulls 20 13 0 7 2 602 474 +128 30
4 Mounties 20 13 0 7 2 608 503 +105 30
5 Hills District Bulls 20 12 1 7 2 602 424 +178 29
6 East Campbelltown Eagles 20 11 1 8 2 592 450 +142 27
7 Belrose Eagles 20 9 0 11 2 504 466 +38 22
8 Guildford Owls 20 8 2 10 2 479 514 -35 22
9 Blacktown Workers 20 7 1 12 2 554 573 -19 19
10 Auburn Warriors 20 7 1 12 2 532 684 -152 19
11 Cabramatta Two Blues 20 5 2 13 2 524 818 -294 16
12 Asquith Magpies 20 5 1 14 2 421 616 -195 15
13 Western Suburbs Magpies 20 4 1 15 2 431 763 -332 13

Two points deducted from Windsor for playing an unregistered player.

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
 
1Wentworthville  34  
4Mounties  30   
Mounties  24  
 Hills District  30  New Era Stadium, Cabramatta  
5Hills District  38  Wentworthville  68  
8Guildford  8  Windsor  6  27 Sept, Pirtek Stadium
Wentworthville  26  
 Leichhardt Oval  Hills District  22  
6East Campbelltown  14  Peninsula  18  
7Belrose  26   Hills District  26  
Windsor  34  
 Belrose  16  
2Windsor  24  
3Peninsula  30  

See also

References

  1. ^ Proszenko, Adrian (July 12, 2014). "Sydney Roosters dump Newtown Jets as their feeder club". Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Proszenko, Adrian (September 10, 2014). "Newtown Jets become feeder club for Cronulla". Sydney Morning Herald.