2023 NSW Cup season

2023 New South Wales Cup
2023 New South Wales Cup
Duration	March 3 - September 24
Teams	13
Premiers	South Sydney Rabbitohs (21 title)
Minor premiers	North Sydney Bears
Matches played	150
Top points scorer(s)	Ronald Volkman (197)
Player of the year	Dean Hawkins
Top try-scorer(s)	Clayton Faulalo (29)
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Last updated April 15, 2024

The 2023 season of the New South Wales Cup was the 117th season of the premier state rugby league competition in New South Wales.

Season summary

The 2023 season of the New South Wales Cup commenced on the March 3. Teams played 26 regular competition rounds, with the top five teams qualifying for the final series in September.

Round 10 will be only played at 2 grounds as part of magic round that being North Sydney Oval and HE Laybutt Field^[1]

Teams

There are 13 teams competing in the competition in 2023, with eleven based in New South Wales itself, as well as one in the Australian Capital Territory and one from New Zealand.

Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	4 Pines Park & HE Laybutt Field	Greg Boulous
Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium & Raiders Belconnen	Justin Giteau^[2]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore Sports Ground & Stadium Australia	David Tangata-Toa
Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	Michael Monaghan
Newtown Jets	Henson Park	George Ndaira
New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium	Slade Griffin
North Sydney Bears	North Sydney Oval	Jason Taylor
Parramatta Eels	Kellyville Oval & CommBank Stadium	Nathan Cayless
Penrith Panthers	BlueBet Stadium	Ben Harden
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Ironmark High Performance Centre & Stadium Australia	Joe O'Callaghan
Sydney Roosters	Wentworth Park	Anthony Barnes
St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium & Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Bronx Goodwin
Western Suburbs Magpies	Lidcombe Oval	Wayne Lambkin

Regular Season

Ladder

2023 NSW Cup
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	North Sydney Bears	24	16	0	8	2	637	474	+163	36
2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	15	0	9	2	584	533	+51	34
3	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	1	9	2	630	470	+160	33
4	Canberra Raiders	24	14	1	9	2	554	476	+78	33
5	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	24	13	2	9	2	629	524	+105	32
6	Newtown Jets	24	13	1	10	2	644	511	+133	31
7	Penrith Panthers	24	13	0	11	2	564	482	+82	30
8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	11	3	10	2	569	501	+68	29
9	Parramatta Eels	24	11	1	12	2	480	683	-203	27
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	9	1	14	2	572	624	-52	23
11	Western Suburbs Magpies	24	8	2	14	2	508	685	-177	22
12	Newcastle Knights	24	8	0	16	2	516	749	-233	20
13	Sydney Roosters	24	5	0	19	2	492	667	-175	14

Source:^[3]

Finals series

The top five teams qualified for the finals series, with these being Norths, Souths, New Zealand, Canberra and Blacktown.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee(s)	Crowd
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINAL
Canberra Raiders	24 – 22	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	Saturday 2nd September, 1:00pm	North Sydney Oval		1,000
South Sydney Rabbitohs	26 – 12	New Zealand Warriors	Saturday 3 September, 3:00pm	North Sydney Oval		1,000
SEMI-FINALS
New Zealand Warriors	49 – 6	Canberra Raiders	Saturday 9 September, 1:00pm	Leichhardt Oval		3,000
North Sydney Bears	24 – 30	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Saturday 9 September, 3:00pm	Leichhardt Oval		3,000
PRELIMINARY FINAL
North Sydney Bears	28 – 24	New Zealand Warriors	Saturday 16 September, 3:00 pm	Leichhardt Oval		3,000
GRAND FINAL
South Sydney Rabbitohs	22 – 18	North Sydney Bears	Sunday 24 September, 3:00pm	CommBank Stadium		10,173


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	North Sydney	24			South Sydney	22

				South Sydney	30			North Sydney	18

2	South Sydney	26				North Sydney	28

3	New Zealand	12				New Zealand	24

			New Zealand		49

			Canberra		6

4	Canberra	24

5	Blacktown	22

Grand Final

Both Souths and Norths went into the Grand Final with lengthy droughts, at 40 and 30 years respectively. The two sides also met in a NSW Cup Grand Final for the first time in 97 years (1926).

2023 The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Grand Final

Sunday, 24 September
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)

South Sydney Rabbitohs	22 – 18	North Sydney Bears
Tries:4 Mitchell 14' O'Neill 32' Carr 51' Munro 75' Goals:4 Hawkins 16', 34', 76'(3/4)	1st: 12–12 2nd: 10–8 Report	Tries:3 Smalley 5' Marschke 25' Porter 68' Goals:3 Hayman 27', 40', 70'(2/3)

CommBank Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 10,173
Player of the Match: Dean Hawkins

NRL State Championship

As premiers of the NSW Cup, the South Sydney Rabbitohs will face Queensland Cup premiers Brisbane Tigers in the NRL State Championship match.

2023 NRL State Championship

Sunday, 1 October
13:20pm AEDT (UTC+11)

South Sydney Rabbitohs	42 – 22	Brisbane Tigers
	1st: 12 – 6 2nd: 30 – 16

Accor Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Bunker: Chris Butler
Touch judges: Tyson Brough, Cameron Paddy

Awards

Player of the Year: Dean Hawkins
Top Tryscorer: Clayton Faulalo (29)
Top Pointscorer: Ronald Volkman (197)

Team of the Year

Position	Winner	Club
Fullback	Isaiah Iongi	Penrith Panthers
Wing	Clayton Faulalo	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles
Centre	Kayal Iro	Newtown Jets
Centre	Ali Leiataua	New Zealand Warriors
Wing	Fetalaiga Pauga	North Sydney Bears
Five-eighth	Jesse Marschke	North Sydney Bears
Halfback	Dean Hawkins	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Prop	Liam Henry	Penrith Panthers
Hooker	Peter Mamouzelos	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Prop	Trey Mooney	Canberra Raiders
Second-row	Clay Webb	Canberra Raiders
Second-row	Kalani Going	New Zealand Warriors
Lock	Zach Dockar-Clay	North Sydney Bears

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↑ "Draw". New South Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
↑ "Canberra Raiders – Staff". Canberra Raiders . Retrieved 31 August 2022.
↑ "Ladder". New South Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

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[2] "Canberra Raiders – Staff". Canberra Raiders . Retrieved 31 August 2022.

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Previous Names	NSWRL Reserve Grade (1908-1997) NSWRL First Division (1998-2002) NSWRL Premier League (2003-2007)
Current Clubs	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles Canberra Raiders Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Mounties Newcastle Knights Newtown Jets New Zealand Warriors North Sydney Bears Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra Dragons Western Suburbs Magpies
Previous Clubs	Adelaide Rams Annandale Auckland Vulcans Balmain Tigers Bankstown City Bulls Brisbane Broncos Central Coast Centurions Central Coast Storm Cronulla Cobras Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Glebe Dirty Reds Gold Coast Chargers Illawarra Cutters Illawarra RLFC Illawarra Steelers Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Melbourne Storm North Queensland Cowboys Perth Reds Shellharbour City Dragons South Queensland Crushers St. George Dragons St Mary's Cougars South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters Sydney University Wentworthville Magpies Wests Tigers Windsor Wolves Wyong Roos
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