2023 NSW Cup season
2023 New South Wales Cup | |
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Duration | 3 March - 24 September |
Teams | 13 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() |
Matches played | 150 |
Top points scorer(s) | ![]() |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Top try-scorer(s) | ![]() |
← 2022 2024 → |
The 2023 season of the New South Wales Cup was the 117th season of the premier state rugby league competition in New South Wales.
Season summary
The 2023 season of the New South Wales Cup commenced on the 3 March. Teams played 26 regular competition rounds, with the top five teams qualifying for the final series in September.
Round 10 will be only played at 2 grounds as part of magic round that being North Sydney Oval and HE Laybutt Field[1]
Teams
There are 13 teams competing in the competition in 2023, with eleven based in New South Wales itself, as well as one in the Australian Capital Territory and one from New Zealand.
Colours | Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach |
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![]() | Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles | 4 Pines Park & HE Laybutt Field | Greg Boulous |
![]() | Canberra Raiders | GIO Stadium & Raiders Belconnen | Justin Giteau[2] |
![]() | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Belmore Sports Ground & Stadium Australia | David Tangata-Toa |
![]() | Newcastle Knights | McDonald Jones Stadium | Michael Monaghan |
![]() | Newtown Jets | Henson Park | George Ndaira |
![]() | New Zealand Warriors | Mount Smart Stadium | Slade Griffin |
![]() | North Sydney Bears | North Sydney Oval | Jason Taylor |
![]() | Parramatta Eels | Kellyville Oval & CommBank Stadium | Nathan Cayless |
![]() | Penrith Panthers | BlueBet Stadium | Ben Harden |
![]() | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Ironmark High Performance Centre & Stadium Australia | Joe O'Callaghan |
![]() | Sydney Roosters | Wentworth Park | Anthony Barnes |
![]() | St. George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium & Netstrata Jubilee Stadium | Bronx Goodwin |
![]() | Western Suburbs Magpies | Lidcombe Oval | Wayne Lambkin |
Regular Season
Ladder
2023 NSW Cup | ||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 637 | 474 | +163 | 36 |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 584 | 533 | +51 | 34 |
3 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 630 | 470 | +160 | 33 |
4 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 554 | 476 | +78 | 33 |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 629 | 524 | +105 | 32 |
6 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 644 | 511 | +133 | 31 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 564 | 482 | +82 | 30 |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 569 | 501 | +68 | 29 |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 480 | 683 | -203 | 27 |
10 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 572 | 624 | -52 | 23 |
11 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 508 | 685 | -177 | 22 |
12 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 516 | 749 | -233 | 20 |
13 | ![]() | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 492 | 667 | -175 | 14 |
Source:[3]
Finals series
The top five teams qualified for the finals series, with these being Norths, Souths, New Zealand, Canberra and Blacktown.
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee(s) | Crowd | ||||
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINAL | |||||||
![]() | 24 – 22 | ![]() | Saturday 2 September, 1:00pm | North Sydney Oval | 1,000 | ||
![]() | 26 – 12 | ![]() | Saturday 3 September, 3:00pm | ||||
SEMI-FINALS | |||||||
![]() | 49 – 6 | ![]() | Saturday 9 September, 1:00pm | Leichhardt Oval | 3,000 | ||
![]() | 24 – 30 | ![]() | Saturday 9 September, 3:00pm | ||||
PRELIMINARY FINAL | |||||||
![]() | 28 – 24 | ![]() | Saturday 16 September, 3:00 pm | Leichhardt Oval | 3,000 | ||
GRAND FINAL | |||||||
![]() | 22 – 18 | ![]() | Sunday 24 September, 3:00pm | CommBank Stadium | 10,173 |
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 24 | ![]() | 22 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 30 | ![]() | 18 | |||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 26 | ![]() | 28 | ||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Final
Both Souths and Norths went into the Grand Final with lengthy droughts, at 40 and 30 years respectively. The two sides also met in a NSW Cup Grand Final for the first time in 97 years (1926).
![]() | 22 – 18 | ![]() |
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Tries: 4 Mitchell ![]() O'Neill ![]() Carr ![]() Munro ![]() Goals: 4 Hawkins ![]() | 1st: 12–12 2nd: 10–8 Report | Tries: 3 Smalley ![]() Marschke ![]() Porter ![]() Goals: 3 Hayman ![]() |
NRL State Championship
As premiers of the NSW Cup, the South Sydney Rabbitohs will face Queensland Cup premiers Brisbane Tigers in the NRL State Championship match.
South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() | 42 – 22 | ![]() |
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1st: 12 – 6 2nd: 30 – 16 |
Accor Stadium, Sydney Referee: Wyatt Raymond Bunker: Chris Butler Touch judges: Tyson Brough, Cameron Paddy |
Awards
- Player of the Year:
Dean Hawkins
- Top Tryscorer:
Clayton Faulalo (29)
- Top Pointscorer:
Ronald Volkman (197)
Team of the Year
Position | Nat | Winner | Club |
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Fullback | ![]() | Isaiah Iongi | ![]() |
Wing | ![]() | Clayton Faulalo | ![]() |
Centre | ![]() | Kayal Iro | ![]() |
Centre | ![]() | Ali Leiataua | ![]() |
Wing | ![]() | Fetalaiga Pauga | ![]() |
Five-eighth | ![]() | Jesse Marschke | ![]() |
Halfback | ![]() | Dean Hawkins | ![]() |
Prop | ![]() | Liam Henry | ![]() |
Hooker | ![]() | Peter Mamouzelos | ![]() |
Prop | ![]() | Trey Mooney | ![]() |
Second-row | ![]() | Clay Webb | ![]() |
Second-row | ![]() | Kalani Going | ![]() |
Lock | ![]() | Zach Dockar-Clay | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ "Draw". New South Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Canberra Raiders – Staff". Canberra Raiders. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Ladder". New South Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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