2019 NSW Cup season
| 2019 Canterbury Cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | March 15 – September 29, 2019 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers |  Newtown Jets |
| Minor premiers |  St George Illawarra Dragons |
| Points scored | 6,336 |
| Top points scorer(s) |  Mawene Hiroti (208) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Mawene Hiroti (17) |
The 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW season was the eleventh season of the New South Wales Cup, the top rugby league competition administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition acts as a second-tier league to the ten New South Wales-based National Rugby League clubs, as well the Canberra Raiders and New Zealand Warriors. The Newtown Jets won the premiership and played against Burleigh Bears, who won the 2019 Intrust Super Cup, in the NRL State Championship.
Teams
[edit]In 2019, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Canterbury Cup. The South Sydney Rabbitohs will enter their own team,[1] and the North Sydney Bears will become the reigning premiers Sydney Roosters' new feeder club.[2]
The Jersey Flegg Cup competition will be run in parallel to the New South Wales Cup.[3]
Results
[edit]Ladder
[edit]| 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | St George Illawarra Dragons
|
22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 588 | 421 | +167 | 31 |
| 2 | South Sydney Rabbitohs
|
22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 542 | 462 | +80 | 30 |
| 3 |  North Sydney Bears
|
22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 508 | 451 | +57 | 28 |
| 4 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 501 | 500 | +1 | 27 |
| 5 |  Penrith Panthers
|
22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 494 | 474 | +20 | 26 |
| 6 |  Mount Pritchard Mounties
|
22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 584 | 515 | +69 | 25 |
| 7 | Newtown Jets (P)
|
22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 536 | 536 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 |  Wentworthville Magpies
|
22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 494 | 485 | 9 | 24 |
| 9 |  New Zealand Warriors
|
22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 416 | 451 | −35 | 22 |
| 10 |  Western Suburbs Magpies
|
22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 447 | 502 | −55 | 19 |
| 11 |  Newcastle Knights
|
22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 336 | 494 | −158 | 16 |
| 12 |  Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles
|
22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 460 | 615 | −155 | 15 |
Finals Series
[edit]NRL State Championship
[edit]As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Newtown Jets faced Queensland Cup premiers Burleigh Bears in the NRL State Championship match.
Sunday, 6 October
1:35pm (AEDT) |
| Newtown Jets
|
20 – 16 |  Burleigh Bears
|
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Sione Katoa (54', 76') 2 Jackson Ferris (63', 80') 2 Goals: Braydon Trindall 1/4 (19' pen) Greg Eastwood 1/1 (80') Sin Bin: Ronaldo Mulitalo (38') |
1st: 2 – 10 2nd: 18 – 6 |
Tries: 2 (22', 30') Anthony Don 1 (47') Jamal Fogarty Goals: 2/3 Jamal Fogarty (32', 48') |
Television Broadcast
[edit]Fox League and Channel 9 will continue their broadcast of the Canterbury Cup. Channel 9 will be moving their weekly game from Saturday to Sunday to move between their broadcast of the Sunday Footy Show and their Sunday Afternoon NRL Broadcast for the NSW market, whilst in QLD they will broadcast an Intrust Super Cup match.
Radio Broadcast
[edit]The Canterbury Cup is presented every weekend on Steele Sports.
References
[edit]- ^ "Rabbitohs lead the way with exciting new pathways". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ "Sydney Roosters and North Sydney Bears form new alliance". Sydney Roosters. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ Media, NRL Digital. "New State-Based Under-20 Competitions From 2018". NRL CLUBS. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- ^ "2019 SQUADS | Intrust Super Premiership". New South Wales Rugby League. 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-21.[permanent dead link]