2023 NSW Cup season

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2023 New South Wales Cup
Duration3 March - 24 September
Teams13
Premiers South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs (21st title)
Minor premiers North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears
Matches played150
Top points scorer(s) Auckland colours.svg Ronald Volkman (197)
Player of the year South Sydney colours.svg Dean Hawkins
Top try-scorer(s) Northern Eagles colours.svg Clayton Faulalo (29)
  2022
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.

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Season summary

The 2023 season of the New South Wales Cup commenced on the 3 March. 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.

ColoursClubHome ground(s)Head coach
Northern Eagles colours.svg
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 4 Pines Park & HE Laybutt FieldGreg Boulous
Canberra colours.svg
Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium & Raiders BelconnenJustin Giteau [2]
Canterbury colours.svg
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground & Stadium Australia David Tangata-Toa
Newcastle colours.svg
Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium Michael Monaghan
Newtown colours.svg
Newtown Jets Henson Park George Ndaira
Auckland colours.svg
New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium Slade Griffin
North Sydney colours.svg
North Sydney Bears North Sydney Oval Jason Taylor
Parramatta colours.svg
Parramatta Eels Kellyville Oval & CommBank Stadium Nathan Cayless
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg
Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium Ben Harden
South Sydney colours.svg
South Sydney Rabbitohs Ironmark High Performance Centre & Stadium Australia Joe O'Callaghan
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
Sydney Roosters Wentworth Park Anthony Barnes
St. George Illawarra colours.svg
St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium & Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Bronx Goodwin
Western Suburbs colours.svg
Western Suburbs Magpies Lidcombe Oval Wayne Lambkin

Regular Season

Ladder

2023 NSW Cup
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears 2416082637474+16336
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2415092584533+5134
3 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2414192630470+16033
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2414192554476+7833
5 Northern Eagles colours.svg Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 2413292629524+10532
6 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Jets 24131102644511+13331
7 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24130112564482+8230
8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24113102569501+6829
9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24111122480683-20327
10 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2491142572624-5223
11 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 2482142508685-17722
12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2480162516749-23320
13 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2450192492667-17514

Source: [3]

Finals series

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

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee(s)Crowd
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINAL
Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 – 22 Northern Eagles colours.svg Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles Saturday 2 September, 1:00pm North Sydney Oval 1,000
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 26 – 12 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Saturday 3 September, 3:00pm
SEMI-FINALS
Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 49 – 6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Saturday 9 September, 1:00pm Leichhardt Oval 3,000
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears 24 – 30 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday 9 September, 3:00pm
PRELIMINARY FINAL
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears 28 – 24 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Saturday 16 September, 3:00 pm Leichhardt Oval 3,000
GRAND FINAL
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 – 18 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Sunday 24 September, 3:00pm CommBank Stadium 10,173
Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 24 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 22
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 30 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 18
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 26 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 28
3 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 12 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 24
Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 49
Canberra colours.svg Canberra 6
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 24
5 Northern Eagles colours.svg 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 colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 – 18 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears
Tries:4
Mitchell Ru ball.svg 14'
O'Neill Ru ball.svg 32'
Carr Ru ball.svg 51'
Munro Ru ball.svg 75'
Goals:4
Hawkins Rugby penalty.svg 16', 34', 76'(3/4)
1st: 12–12
2nd: 10–8
Report
Tries:3
Smalley Ru ball.svg 5'
Marschke Ru ball.svg 25'
Porter Ru ball.svg 68'
Goals:3
Hayman Rugby penalty.svg 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 South Sydney colours.svg 42 22 Balmain colours.svg Brisbane Tigers
1st: 12 6
2nd: 30 16
Accor Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Bunker: Chris Butler
Touch judges: Tyson Brough, Cameron Paddy

Awards

Team of the Year

PositionNatWinnerClub
Fullback Flag of Australia (converted).svg Isaiah Iongi Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Wing Flag of New Zealand.svg Clayton Faulalo Northern Eagles colours.svg Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles
Centre Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Kayal Iro Newtown colours.svg Newtown Jets
Centre Flag of New Zealand.svg Ali Leiataua Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Wing Flag of New Zealand.svg Fetalaiga Pauga North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears
Five-eighth Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jesse Marschke North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears
Halfback Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Hawkins South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Prop Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Henry Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Hooker Flag of Greece.svg Peter Mamouzelos South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Prop Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trey Mooney Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Second-row Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clay Webb Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Second-row Flag of New Zealand.svg Kalani Going Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Lock Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zach Dockar-Clay North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears

See also

References

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