2022 NSW Cup season

2022 New South Wales Cup
Teams12
Premiers Penrith Panthers (4th title)
Minor premiers Newtown Jets
Matches played132
Points scored6,226
Top points scorer(s) Adam Keighran (161)
Player of the year Kayal Iro
Top try-scorer(s) Tom Carr (22)
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The 2022 season of the Knock on Effect New South Wales Cup was the 115th season of the premier state rugby league competition in New South Wales.

Season Summary

The 2022 season of the Knock-On Effect New South Wales Cup commenced on the weekend of 12–13 March 2022.[1][2] Teams played 24 regular competition rounds, with the top five teams qualifying for the final series in September.

Penrith Panthers won the 2022 NSW Cup Grand Final, defeating Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 29–22 at CommBank Stadium to take their fourth premiership.

Teams

There are 12 teams competing in the 2022 NSW Cup.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 4 Pines Park; HE Laybutt Field Nathan Hogan[3]
Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Raiders Belconnen Joel Carbone[4]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Oval, Stadium Australia David Tangata-Toa
Mount Pritchard Mounties Aubrey Keech Reserve Michael Potter Brock Sheppard
Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium Mark O'Meley
Newtown Jets Henson Park Greg Matterson
North Sydney Bears North Sydney Oval Jason Taylor
Parramatta Eels Kellyville Oval; CommBank Stadium Ryan Carr Jordan Rankin[5]
Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium Peter Wallace[6]
South Sydney Rabbitohs Ironmark High Performance Centre, Stadium Australia Dane Dorahy[7]
St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Russell Aitken
Western Suburbs Magpies Lidcombe Oval Wayne Lambkin

Regular Season

Ladder

The New South Rugby League website maintains a competition ladder and Fixtures List (draw) for the New South Wales Cup.
The website, League Unlimited, also maintain a Ladder for the NSW Cup.

2022 NSW Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Newtown Jets 22 16 2 4 2 651 397 +254 38
2 Penrith Panthers (P) 22 16 1 5 2 655 352 +313 37
3 North Sydney Bears 22 14 1 7 2 631 447 +184 33
4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 14 1 7 2 574 398 +176 33
5 Parramatta Eels 22 13 0 9 2 538 388 +150 30
6 Canberra Raiders 22 12 1 9 2 567 513 +54 29
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 11 1 10 2 513 453 +60 27
8 St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 9 2 11 2 529 621 -92 24
9 Mount Pritchard Mounties 22 8 0 14 2 412 648 -236 20
10 Newcastle Knights 22 7 0 15 2 439 571 -132 18
11 Western Suburbs Magpies 22 5 1 16 2 417 722 -305 15
12 Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 22 2 0 20 2 290 718 -428 8

Finals series

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee(s)
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINAL
Penrith Panthers 22 – 14 North Sydney Bears Saturday 3 September (3:10 pm) St Mary's Leagues Stadium Cameron Paddy
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18 – 6 Parramatta Eels Saturday 3 September (5:15 pm) St Mary's Leagues Stadium Darian Furner
SEMI-FINALS
Newtown Jets 18 – 26 Penrith Panthers Saturday 10 September (1:00 pm) Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Darian Furner
North Sydney Bears 10 – 22 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday 10 September (5:00 pm) Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Cameron Paddy
PRELIMINARY FINAL
Newtown Jets 26 – 28 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday 17 September (3:10 pm) Leichhardt Oval Darian Furner
GRAND FINAL
Penrith Panthers 29 – 22 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday 25 September (3:00 pm) CommBank Stadium Darian Furner
Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1 Newtown18 Penrith29
Penrith28 Canterbury-Bankstown22
2 Penrith22 Newtown26
3 North Sydney14 Canterbury-Bankstown28
North Sydney10
Canterbury-Bankstown22
4 Canterbury-Bankstown18
5 Parramatta6

Grand Final

2022 The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Grand Final
Sunday, 25 September
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Penrith Panthers 29 – 22 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries: 5
Turuva rugby ball 7', 74'
Falls rugby ball 18'
Cole rugby ball 36'
Luke rugby ball 60'
Goals: 4
Falls rugby goalposts icon 19', 38', 61', 75' (4/5)
Field goals: 1
O'Sullivan rugby goalposts icon 39'
 1st: 17–6
2nd: 12–14
Report
Stats
 Tries: 4
Okunbor rugby ball 13', 56'
Casey rugby ball 46'
Topine rugby ball 66'
Goals: 3
Wakeham rugby goalposts icon 14', 48', 67' (3/4)
CommBank Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 6,210
Referee: Darian Furner
Touch judges: Liam Nicholls, Nick Beashel
Player of the Match: Soni Luke



NRL State Championship

See also: 2022 NRL Grand Final

As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Penrith Panthers faced Queensland Cup premiers Norths Devils in the NRL State Championship match.

Sunday, 2 October
1:35pm (AEDT)
Penrith Panthers 44 – 10 Norths Devils
Tries:
J'maine Hopgood rugby ball 7', 71'

Soni Luke rugby ball 28'
Eddie Blacker rugby ball 32'
John Faiumu rugby ball 45'
Robert Jennings rugby ball 47'
Luke Sommerton rugby ball 62'
Sunia Turuva rugby ball 79'

Goals:
Kurt Falls rugby goalposts icon 9', 29', 34', 63', 72'
(5/7) John Faiumu rugby goalposts icon 80' (1/1)

1st: 18 – 0
2nd: 26 – 10
scorecard
 Tries:

Tony Tumusa rugby ball 64'
Rashaun Denny rugby ball 73'

Goals:
Connor Broadhurst rugby goalposts icon 75' (1/2)

Accor Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 11,115

Awards

Team of the Year

Position Nat Winner Club
Fullback Fiji Sunia Turuva Penrith Panthers
Wing New Zealand Izaac Thompson South Sydney Rabbitohs
Centre Australia Tom Jenkins Penrith Panthers
Centre Cook Islands Kayal Iro Newtown Jets
Wing Australia Tom Carr North Sydney Bears
Five-eighth Australia Kade Dykes Newtown Jets
Halfback Australia Dean Hawkins South Sydney Rabbitohs
Prop Samoa Ata Mariota Canberra Raiders
Hooker Tonga Soni Luke Penrith Panthers
Prop Australia Lindsay Smith Penrith Panthers
Second-row Australia Jack Gosiewski St. George Illawarra Dragons
Second-row New Zealand Jackson Topine Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Lock Australia J'maine Hopgood Penrith Panthers

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Teams: NSWRL KOE NSW Cup - 2022 Round 1". League Unlimited. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Results: 2022 NSWRL KOE NSW Cup round 1". League Unlimited. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 NSW Cup Head Coach". Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Canberra Raiders – Staff". Canberra Raiders. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. ^ McDonald, Margie (11 August 2022). "Eels teammates in awe of Rankin as captain-coach". nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. ^ Miles, Jessica (13 August 2022). "Panthers run riot over Mounties". penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Rabbitohs finalise coaching staff for 2022". rabbitohs.com.au. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  8. ^ Gibbs, Tom (15 September 2022). "Iro reveals simple formula behind Jets' superb season". nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Tedesco scoops the pool at Brad Fittler Medal". nswrl.com.au. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. ^ Gibbs, Tom (25 September 2022). "Six Grand Finalists named in NSW Cup Team of the Year". nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2022.