NSWRL Premier League

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**NSWRL Premier League**
General Information

First Season	2003
Website	NSWRL Premier League
2006 Season
Premiers	Parramatta Eels
Runners-Up	Newtown Jets
Minor Premiers	Parramatta Eels
Wooden spoon	Western Suburbs Magpies
2007 Season
Premiers	unknown
Runners-Up	unknown
Minor Premiers	unknown
Wooden spoon	unknown

The NSWRL Premier League is a second-tier rugby league competition played in New South Wales, administered by the NSWRL and run concurrently with the National Rugby League (NRL). The competition, which in 2007 will be made up of 14 NSW-based clubs, includes both 'reserve' teams of NRL clubs and 'stand-alone' clubs that do not field a team in the NRL competition.

1 The Clubs
2 History
3 External links
4 Notes
5 Footnotes

[edit] The Clubs

In 2007 14 clubs will field teams in the NSWRL Premier League.

[edit] History

The NSWRL Premier League has been known by a variety of names and operated in several different ways since the inception of the NSWRL Premiership in 1908. Between 1908 and 1996, the competition was known as Reserve Grade and was competed for almost exclusively by reserve squads of each of the NSWRL Premiership Clubs, competing with that Club's name and colours. With the advent of the Super League war, and the resultant split competition in 1997, the NSWRL reconfigured the competition as the Presidents Cup.

[edit] 'Stand-Alone' Clubs

With the competitions having merged back together, and with six NSWRL Premiership clubs having merged into three new NRL clubs (St. George Dragons and Illawarra Steelers; North Sydney Bears and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles; Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies) the competition became known as the First Division and included these sides competing under their original name and colours. St George and Illawarra have since, however, decided to unite their Premier League and Jersey Flegg sides as well, and so the St George Illawarra Dragons compete as a united team in this competition.

The inclusion of these non-NRL clubs (along with Newtown Jets in 2000) in the competition signalled a move away from the 'reserve squad' competition it had become and became increasingly differentiated from the NRL competition with games played at non-NRL venues such as North Sydney Oval, Newtown's Henson Park and Western Weekender Stadium at St Marys.

Another trend that began during this period was the phenomenon of NRL clubs 'out-sourcing' competing teams, with several NRL clubs choosing not to field sides in this competition and rather field either merged entities (as in the St Marys Penrith Cougars and Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers, both formed with NSWRL Jim Beam Cup sides) or form agreements with another club to take their place in the competition, those players being eligible for NRL selection, such as the agreement between Newtown Jets and Sydney Roosters for the 2006 season.

[edit] 2007 Expansion

In 2007, Bartercard Cup club Auckland Lions will join the competition. The Lions will play their home fixtures before New Zealand Warriors matches.

[edit] 2008 Expansion

In 2008, current NSWRL Jersey Flegg club Central Coast Rip will field a team in the competition. The team will continue to be based on the NSW Central Coast but will act as a feeder club to the Melbourne Storm.^[1]

[edit] Reserve Grade/Presidents Cup/First Division Premiers (1908 - 2002)

Year	Premiers
1908	Eastern Suburbs
1909	Eastern Suburbs
1910	Eastern Suburbs
1911	Eastern Suburbs
1912	Glebe
1913	South Sydney
1914	South Sydney
1915	Balmain
1916	Balmain
1917	South Sydney
1918	Glebe
1919	Glebe
1920	Glebe
1921	Glebe
1922	Newtown
1923	South Sydney
1924	South Sydney
1925	South Sydney
1926	South Sydney
1927	South Sydney
1928	Balmain
1929	South Sydney
1930	Balmain
1931	South Sydney
1932	South Sydney
1933	Balmain
1934	South Sydney
1935	Eastern Suburbs
1936	Western Suburbs
1937	Eastern Suburbs
1938	St. George
1939	Canterbury-Bankstown
1940	North Sydney
1941	Balmain
1942	North Sydney
1943	South Sydney
1944	Balmain
1945	South Sydney
1946	Balmain
1947	Newtown
1948	Newtown
1949	Eastern Suburbs
1950	Balmain
1951	Newtown
1952	South Sydney
1953	South Sydney
1954	Manly-Warringah
1955	North Sydney
1956	South Sydney
1957	Balmain
1958	Balmain
1959	North Sydney
1960	Manly-Warringah
1961	Western Suburbs
1962	St. George
1963	St. George
1964	St. George
1965	Balmain
1966	South Sydney
1967	Balmain
1968	South Sydney
1969	Manly-Warringah
1970	Newtown
1971	Canterbury-Bankstown
1972	Canterbury-Bankstown
1973	Manly-Warringah
1974	Newtown
1975	Parramatta
1976	St. George
1977	Parramatta
1978	Balmain
1979	Parramatta
1980	Canterbury-Bankstown
1981	Western Suburbs
1982	Balmain
1983	South Sydney
1984	Balmain
1985	St. George
1986	Eastern Suburbs
1987	Penrith
1988	Manly-Warringah
1989	North Sydney
1990	Brisbane Broncos
1991	North Sydney
1992	North Sydney
1993	North Sydney
1994	Cronulla-Sutherland
1995	Newcastle Knights
1996	Cronulla-Sutherland
1997	Parramatta¹
1998	Canterbury-Bankstown
1999	Parramatta
2000	Bulldogs
2001	St George Illawarra Dragons
2002	Bulldogs

[edit] NSWRL Premier League Premiers

Year	Premiers
2003	Canberra Raiders
2004	Sydney Roosters
2005	Parramatta
2006	Parramatta
2007

[edit] External links

- New South Wales Rugby League

[edit] Notes

This was the year of the split competitions. This competition was known as Presidents Cup for this season, while the Australian Super league competition was known as Reserve Grade (won by Canterbury Bulldogs).