Harold Matthews Cup
Harold Matthews Cup | |
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Current season or competition: 2014 Harold Matthews Cup season |
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Sport | Rugby league football |
Instituted | 1970 |
Inaugural season | 1970 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Countries | Australia (15 teams) New Zealand (1 team) |
Premiers | Newcastle Knights (3rd title) (2014) |
Most titles | Parramatta Eels (19 titles) |
Website | Harold Matthews Cup |
Broadcast partner |
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Related competition | 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 and academies that do not field teams in the NRL competition.
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]
The clubs
In 2011, seventeen clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup.
- Balmain Tigers
- Canberra Raiders
- Canterbury Bulldogs
- Central Coast Centurions
- Cronulla Sharks
- Illawarra Steelers
- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
- Newcastle Knights
- North Sydney Bears
- Parramatta Eels
- Penrith Panthers
- St George Dragons
- South Sydney Rabbitohs
- South West Sydney Academy
- Sydney Roosters
- Western Suburbs Magpies
- Western Sydney Academy
As of 2013, Melbourne Storm has joined in the competition.
Harold Matthews Cup Premiers
See also
References
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