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Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 2017 |
Inaugural season | 2017 |
Number of teams | 13 |
Country | ![]() |
Premiers | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() ![]() |
Website | Tarsha Gale Cup |
Related competition | NRL Women's Premiership NSWRL Women's Premiership |
The Tarsha Gale Cup is an elite under-19s Women's rugby league competition in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The competition was named after former captain of Australia and current NRLW commentator, Tarsha Gale, in honour of her impact on Women's rugby league as a pioneer of the sport.
In 2017, the New South Wales Rugby League announced the creation of a nine-a-side under-18s women's league, named the Tarsha Gale Nines after the former Australian Jillaroos and New South Wales captain of the 1990s. [1] [2] [3]
The tournament changed to eleven-a-side in the 2019. [4]
Since 2020, the tournament has been played as a full 13-a-side game. [5] [6]
In the 2021 season, the age group changed from under under-18s to under-19s. The equivalent competition for males, the S.G. Ball Cup, was also changed from under-18s to under-19s at this time.
The Tarsha Gale Cup is the main bridge between juniors and the NSWRL Women's Premiership in the state of New South Wales.
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The Tarsha Gale Cup operates on a single table system, with no divisions, conferences nor promotion and relegation from other leagues. In 2018, the St. George Dragons and the Newcastle Knights entered teams into the competition for the first time.
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Prior to the commencement of the home-and-away season teams are paired off to play an exhibition trial match. In 2017 these matches took place during varying weeks of January.
The two highest-place teams at the conclusion of the home-and-away season will qualify for the grand final. The winner of this match is determined the competition's premier.
No. | Club | Seasons |
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1 | ![]() | 2 (2022, 2023) |
1 | ![]() | 2 (2019, 2024) |
3 | ![]() | 1 (2021) |
3 | ![]() | 1 (2018) |
3 | ![]() | 1 (2017) |
Bold means the team still currently plays in the competition.
The following major individual awards and accolades are presented each season
Year | Player | Club | Ref |
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2018 | Madison Higgins-Ashby | ![]() | [15] |
2019 | Maddison Weatherall | ![]() | [16] |
2020 | Not Awarded | ||
2021 | Fatafehi Hanisi | ![]() | [17] |
2022 | Otesa Pule | ![]() | [18] |
2023 | Alexis Tauaneai | ![]() | [19] |
2024 | Kasey Reh | ![]() | [20] |
Year | Player | Club | Ref |
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2017 | Ashlee Harrison | ![]() | [21] |
2018 | Madison Higgins-Ashby | ![]() | [15] |
2019 | Teagan Berry | ![]() | |
2020 | Not Awarded | ||
2021 | Rayven-Jodeci Boyce | ![]() | [17] |
2022 | Otesa Pule | ![]() | [18] |
2023 | Tavarna Papalii | ![]() | |
2024 | Indie Bostock | ![]() | [20] |
Year | Excluding Finals | Including Finals | ||||||
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Player | Club | Matches | Tries | Player | Club | Matches | Tries | |
2017 | Tayla Preston | ![]() | 8 | 12 | Tayla Preston | ![]() | 11 | 16 |
Page McGregor | ![]() | 4 | 12 | Lilly-Rose Bennett | ![]() | 7 | 16 | |
2018 | Maddison Weatherall | ![]() | 9 | 19 | Faith Nathan | ![]() | 7 | 26 |
2019 | Maddison Weatherall | ![]() | 8 | 13 | Maddison Weatherall | ![]() | 12 | 17 |
Mareva Swann | ![]() | 9 | 13 | |||||
2020 | Teagan Berry | ![]() | 4 | 11 | No Finals Series | |||
Bienne Terita | ![]() | 5 | 11 | |||||
2021 | Teagan Berry | ![]() | 8 | 11 | Teagan Berry | ![]() | 9 | 11 |
2022 | Otesa Pule | ![]() | 7 | 12 | Otesa Pule | ![]() | 9 | 13 |
2023 | Mia-Rose Walsh | ![]() | 8 | 9 | Mia-Rose Walsh | ![]() | 10 | 10 |
Litia Fusi | ![]() | 8 | 9 | |||||
2024 | Indie Bostock | ![]() | 7 | 13 | Indie Bostock | ![]() | 9 | 15 |
Notes:
Year | Excluding Finals | Including Finals | ||||||||||||
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Player | Club | M | T | G | FG | Points | Player | Club | M | T | G | FG | Points | |
2017 | Page McGregor | ![]() | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 80 | Page McGregor | ![]() | 5 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 88 |
2018 | Quincy Dodd | ![]() | 8 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 158 | Quincy Dodd | ![]() | 10 | 13 | 63 | 0 | 178 |
2019 | Sereana Naitokatoka | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 78 | Sereana Naitokatoka | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 98 |
2020 | Bienne Terita | ![]() | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 50 | No Finals Series | ||||||
2021 | Ruby Smith | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 44 | Ruby Smith | ![]() | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 50 |
Teagan Berry | ![]() | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||
2022 | Alysha Bell | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 56 | Alysha Bell | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 58 |
2023 | Ally Bullman | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 64 | Ally Bullman | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 64 |
2024 | Lara Cosgrove | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 64 | Chelsea Savill | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 74 |
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