Sydney Shield

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Sydney Shield
Current season or competition:
Rugby football current event.svg 2022 New South Wales Rugby League
Sport Rugby league
Instituted2012
Inaugural season2012
Number of teams10
RegionFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Premiers Brothers Colours.svg Penrith Brothers (2024)
Most titles Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles (3 titles)
Website Sydney Shield
Related competition NSW Cup
Ron Massey Cup
Presidents Cup
NSW Challenge Cup

The Sydney Shield is a rugby league football competition played in Sydney, New South Wales. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League.

Contents

Clubs

Ten teams will compete in the 2025 Sydney Shield. The fixture list is available on the Play Rugby League website.

ColoursClubLocationHome GroundPremiershipsFoundedJoined
Yorkcolours.svg
Cabramatta Two Blues Cabramatta, New South Wales New Era StadiumNone1919
2023
Glebe colours.svg
Glebe Dirty Reds Glebe, New South Wales Wentworth Park None1908
2017
Brisbane colours.svg Hills District Bulls Baulkham Hills, New South Wales Crestwood Oval202319642012
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale, New South Wales Brookvale Oval None19472024
Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams Moorebank, New South Wales Hammondville OvalNone19552017
Wellington colours.svg
Mount Pritchard Mounties Mount Pritchard, New South Wales Aubrey Keech ReserveNone1927
2023
Brothers Colours.svg Penrith Brothers Penrith, New South Wales Parker St Reserve202419682018
Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Ryde, New South Wales TG Milner Field201919622019
Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints St Marys, New South Wales St Marys Leagues Stadium2017, 202219082016 [a]
Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Wentworthville, New South Wales Ringrose Park2012, 201519632012
  1. ↑ Played in one Sydney Shield match in 2020, prior to the suspension of the competition due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia. Did not enter a team when the competition recommenced in July 2020.

Sydney Shield Premiers

YearPremiersScoreRunners-UpMinor PremiersWooden SpoonWinning CoachWinning CaptainRefereeRef
2012 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United 32 – 26 New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United David NugentJames BoustaniLiam Nicholls [1]
2013 Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles 30 – 26 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles James MortimerJames MortimerScot Murray [2]
2014 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 27 – 20 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Gary PottsChris Treneman [3]
2015 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United 26 – 22 Brisbane colours.svg Hills District Bulls Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Alex ChanSimon GreavesDamian Briscoe [4]
2016 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 32 – 24 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Western Suburbs colours.svg Asquith Magpies Richard BarnesJohn Da SilvaDamian Briscoe [5] [6]
2017 Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints 34 – 20 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams Luke SwainDamian Briscoe [7]
2018 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 32 – 22 Giantscolours.svg Guildford Owls Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles Oxfordcolours.png Penrith Brothers Richard BarnesMason TaloluaKeiren Irons [8] [9]
2019 Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 22 – 12 New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles Walter WilsonAngelo PanambalanaDamian Briscoe [10] [11]
2020 Western Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks 32 – 30 Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Stephen KellyTokerau Raru
2021 Competition suspended and subsequently cancelled due to lockdown measure put in place to mitigate the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales.
2022 Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints 36 – 12 Brothers Colours.svg Penrith Brothers Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Glenn JonesDaniel Luttringer [12]
2023 Brisbane colours.svg Hills District Bulls 34 – 30 Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams Matt KellyDylan MarshallDaniel Luttringer [13]
2024 Brothers Colours.svg Penrith Brothers 43 – 18 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams Brad VaughanSia SisifaMartin Jones [14]

Premiership Tally

No.ClubPremierships
1 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 3 (2014, 2016, 2018)
2 Western Suburbs colours.svg Wentworthville Magpies 2 (2012, 2015)
2 Ireland colours.svg St Mary's Saints 2 (2017, 2022)
4 Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles 1 (2013)
4 St. George colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 1 (2019)
4 Western Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks 1 (2020)
4 Brisbane colours.svg Hills District Bulls 1 (2023)
4 Brothers Colours.svg Penrith Brothers 1 (2024)

Bold means the team still currently plays in the competition.

Timeline

The timeline below displays club participation in the Sydney Shield competition. Finals Series have been: Top 5 (2013, 2022-23), Top 8 (2014-19) and Top 4 (2020). The competition was cancelled in 2021 prior to the scheduled final series.

Sydney Shield

Previous Season Notes

2021

Eleven teams competed in the 2021 Sydney Shield. The season commenced on March 14, 2021. The last round was scheduled for August 22, 2021, with a final series to follow. The season was, however, suspended due to lockdown measures taken to combat the spread of the delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales.

The eleven teams were: Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles (2013-21), New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues (2020-21), Western Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (2020-21), Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles (2014-21), Brisbane colours.svg Hills District Bulls (2013-21), Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams, Brothers Colours.svg Penrith Brothers, Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks, Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints, Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville Magpies, and Australian colours.svg Windsor Wolves (2015-16, 2020-21)

2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia the Sydney Shield competition was postponed after the first round on March 14 & 15. [15] The competition was subsequently reconfigured. Nominations from the following clubs were accepted. [16] Results from the matches in March were disregarded as the competition restarted on July 18.

The teams that contested the revised competition were: Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles, Western Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (Premiers), Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles, Balmain colours.svg Helensburgh Tigers, Bullscolours.svg Hills District Bulls, Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams, St. George colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks, University colours.svg Sydney University and Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville Magpies.

Cronulla-Caringbah and Helensburgh were not in the first version of the 2020 Sydney Shield. The following teams had competed in the single, first round in March.

2019

In 2019, twelve clubs fielded teams in the Sydney Shield: [17]

2017

Three clubs that competed in the 2016 season did not enter teams in 2017: The Auburn Warriors, Peninsula Seagulls and Windsor Wolves. For the first time, the Moorebank Rams Rugby League club entered a team in the Sydney Shield. In 2018, Brothers Penrith were introduced into the Sydney Shield competition. In 2019, former New South Wales Rugby League premiership side University entered the Sydney Shield. [18]

The competition began on the weekend on March 4 & 5, 2017. The regular season concluded with Round 25 on the weekend of August 25, 26 & 27 (Friday to Sunday). A four-week finals series followed in September 2017.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Black end for Blues". Fairfield Champion. Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. 26 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Geddes, John (1 October 2013). "Comeback king James". Manly Daily. News Limited.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Jamie (29 September 2014). "Sydney Shield Grand Final - Highlights and Report". NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sydney Shield Grand Final". NSWRL. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Buxton, Matt (25 September 2016). "East Campbelltown claim second Sydney Shield title". League Unlimited. NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Draper, Daniel (26 September 2016). "East Campbelltown secures Sydney Shield victory". Wollondilly Advertiser. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Cupido, Andre (24 September 2017). "St Marys Claim 2017 Sydney Shield". NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Draper, Daniel (24 September 2018). "East Campbelltown Eagles win 2018 Sydney Shield premiership: pictures". Macarthur Advertiser. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. ↑ Kontos, Eric (24 September 2018). "Eagles crowned champions after blitzing Owls in grand final". South West Voice. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. ↑ Buxton, Matt (29 September 2019). "Hawks win first Sydney Shield Premiership". League Unlimited. NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Hawks win first Sydney Shield". Fairfield City Champion. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ↑ McDonald, Margie (4 September 2022). "St Marys Dominant in Sydney Shield Grand Final Win". NSWRL. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. ↑ McDonald, Margie (3 September 2023). "Hills Bulls create history by upsetting St Marys in Sydney Shield GF". NSWRL. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  14. ↑ McDonald, Margie (14 September 2024). "Fairy tale finish as Brothers secure first Sydney Shield". NSWRL. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". NSWRL. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Regional and Metro teams to meet in unique 2020 Presidents Cup". NSWRL. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  17. ↑ "NSWRL Live - powered by Statedge". live.nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Sydney Uni Plots Return To Top Flight". www.nswrl.com.au. 12 February 2017.
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