Harold Matthews Cup

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Rugby football current event.svg[[2022 Harold Matthews Cup]]
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Sport Rugby league
Instituted1970
Inaugural season1970
Number of teams 15
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (15 teams)
Premiers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (2023)
Most titles Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels (20 titles)
Website Harold Matthews Cup
Broadcast partnerNSWRL channel on facebook
Related competition Andrew Johns Cup
S. G. Ball Cup

The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up of NSW-based clubs and includes both junior representative teams of the elite National Rugby League (NRL) and clubs that do not field teams in the NRL competition.

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The competition is named after Harold Matthews, a Balmain Tigers secretary who later was appointed as manager of the Australian Test squad and later went on to become secretary of the NSWRL and ARL. [1] [2]

The clubs

In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, 15 clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL UNE Harold Matthews Cup.

In the 1970s and early 1980s the Harold Matthews Cup was played in a carnival format over three to five successive days. Teams from the country groups and regions competed alongside representative teams from the NSWRL clubs of Sydney. The competition later changed to a partial round-robin format.

Former teams in the Harold Matthews Cup include: Gold Coast Titans (2009), Melbourne Storm (2013-14), South-Western Sydney Academy of Sport (2008–16) and Western Sydney Academy of Sport (2007–17).

After the sixth round on March 14 & 15, the 2020 competition was suspended and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [3]

Harold Matthews Cup Premiers

YearAgePremiersRunners UpReport
1970 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1971 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1972 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1973 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
1974 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
1975 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1976U/14s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1977U/14s Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
1978U/14s Canberra Rugby League (CRL) Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels CT [4]
1979U/14s Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers
1980U/14sGroup 12 (CRL) Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks CT [5]
1981U/14s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1982U/14s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1983U/14s Group 6 Rugby League (CRL) Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers CT [6]
1984U/14s Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Central CoastCT [7]
1985U/14s Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers
1986U/15s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1987U/15s Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers
1988U/15s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers CT [8]
1989U/15s Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
1990U/15s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Gold Coast Seagulls
1991U/15s Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Gold Coast Seagulls Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
1992U/15s Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
1993U/15s Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels CT [9]
1994U/15s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
1995U/15s Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels CT [10]
1996U/15s Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
1997U/16s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears
1998U/16s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
1999U/16s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
2000U/16s Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
2001U/16s Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
2002U/16s Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
2003U/15s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels St. George colours.svg St George Dragons
YearAgePremiersScoreRunners UpMinor PremiersWooden SpoonReport
2004U/16s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 18 – 16 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies
2005U/16s Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 38 – 10 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
2006U/16s Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 20 – 8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears
2007U/16s Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18 – 14 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears
2008U/16s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 30 – 17 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Great Britain colours.svg South-West Academy
2009U/16s Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 34 – 22 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Great Britain colours.svg South-West Academy
2010U/16s Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 22 – 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Great Britain colours.svg South-West Academy
2011U/16s Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 13 – 12 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears
2012U/16s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 39 – 32 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters FC [11] OFT [12]
2013U/16s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 – 16 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Great Britain colours.svg South-West AcademyVH [13] SSR [14]
2014U/16s Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 34 – 4 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears CA [15] VR [16]
2015U/16s Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30 – 16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters PE [17] VH [18]
2016U/16s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 16 – 14 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Great Britain colours.svg South-West AcademyTCT [19] VH [20]
2017U/16s Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 26 – 20 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies NH [21] VH [22]
2018U/16s Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26 – 18 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears NSWRL [23] VH [24]
2019 U16/s Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 28 – 8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights St. George colours.svg St George Dragons NSWRL [25] VH [26]
2020 Season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [27]
2021 U17/s Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 – 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders NSWRL [28]
2022 U17/s Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 42 – 16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Central Coast Roosters NSWRL [29]
2023U17/s Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 32 - 6 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Premiership Tally

No.ClubSeasons
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 20 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016)
2 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 7 (1979, 1985, 1989, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010)
3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 5 (1992, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2019)
4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2023)
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4 (1973, 1977, 2001, 2015)
6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 3 (1984, 1993, 1995)
7 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers 2 (1987, 1996)
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2 (2018, 2021)
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 (1974)
9 Canberra Rugby League (CRL)1 (1978)
9 Group 12 (Central Coast, CRL)1 (1980)
9 Group 6 (CRL)1 (1983)
9 Gold Coast Seagulls colours.svg Gold Coast Seagulls 1 (1991)
9 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 1 (2022)

Bold means that the team is still currently plays in the competition.

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