2015 New South Wales Cup

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

Contents

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]

ColorsClubLocationStadiumFoundedJoined*A-Grade Team
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore, NSW, Australia Belmore Sports Ground 19342008 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Cutters Wollongong, NSW, Australia WIN Stadium 20122012 St. George-Illawarra Dragons
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly, NSW, Australia Brookvale Oval 19462008 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Mount Pritchard, NSW, Australia Mount Pritchard Oval 19272012 Canberra Raiders
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Newcastle, NSW, Australia Hunter Stadium 19882012 Newcastle Knights
Newtown colours.svg Newtown Jets Newtown, NSW, Australia Henson Park 19082008 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Penrose, Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 19952014 New Zealand Warriors
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Sydney, NSW, Australia North Sydney Oval 19082008 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Penrith, NSW, Australia Sportingbet Stadium 19662014 Penrith Panthers
Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville Magpies Wentworthville, NSW, Australia Ringrose Park 19632008 Parramatta Eels
Balmain colours.svg Wests Tigers Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Campbelltown Stadium
Leichhardt Oval
19992013 Wests Tigers
Wyong.png Wyong Roos Kanwal, NSW, Australia Morrie Breen Oval 19102013 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
TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties2214263653493+16036
2 Wyong.png Wyong Roos2215073581422+15936
3 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers2215073489387+10236
4 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors2213093516556-4032
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs22120103578524+5430
6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles22110113584571+1328
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights22110113552542+1028
8 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears2292113550563-1326
9 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Jets2281133492560-6823
10 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Cutters2280143526552-2622
11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers2271143460586-12621
12 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville Magpies2260163402627-22518

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.

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and time (local)VenueRefereesCrowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Wyong.png Wyong Roos 28

10

Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 5 September Penrith Stadium   
Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties 43 – 10 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Belmore Sports Ground   
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 – 4 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears   
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6 – 45 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights   
SEMI FINALS
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 44

12

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

Chart

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
Belmore Sports Ground  
1 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties 43 
4 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 10  Kogarah Jubilee Oval
New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 20  
Belmore Sports Ground   Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 33 Leichhardt Oval  
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 22  Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties 26  
8 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 4   Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 30 27 Sept, Pirtek Stadium
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 20 
Belmore Sports Ground  Leichhardt Oval   Wyong.png Wyong 10  
6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah  6   Wyong.png Wyong 44 
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 45 Kogarah Jubilee Oval Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 20  
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 44 
Penrith Stadium   Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 12  
2 Wyong.png Wyong 28 
3 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 10  

2015 NRL State Championship match


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 Newcastle colours.svg

2015 NSW Cup Premiers

12–26 Ipswich Colours.svg 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

Ladder

2015 Ron Massey Cup season - Final Table
TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties 2018022722322+40040
2 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville Magpies 2014062602343+25932
3 Hullcolours.svg Asquith Magpies 2012082607460+14728
4 Australian colours.svg Windsor Wolves 2012082486510-2428
5 Brisbane colours.svg Guildford Owls 2091102529543-1423
6Concord Burwood Wolves2091102540572-3223
7 Widnes colours.svg Blacktown Workers 2090112558455+10322
8 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Auburn Warriors 2090112619558+6122
9 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 2090112477518-4122
10 New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues 2080122586563+2320
11 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Kingsgrove Colts 20002022321114-8824

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
TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville Magpies 2017032670412+25838
2 Australian colours.svg Windsor Wolves 2013252652474+17830
3 North Sydney colours.svg Peninsula Seagulls2013072602474+12830
4 Wellington colours.svg Mounties 2013072608503+10530
5 Wellington colours.svg Hills District Bulls 2012172602424+17829
6 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 2011182592450+14227
7 Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles 2090112504466+3822
8 Brisbane colours.svg Guildford Owls 2082102479514-3522
9 Widnes colours.svg Blacktown Workers 2071122554573-1919
10 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Auburn Warriors 2071122532684-15219
11 New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues 2052132524818-29416
12 Hullcolours.svg Asquith Magpies 2051142421616-19515
13 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 2041152431763-33213

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 .