S. G. Ball Cup

S G Ball Cup
General Information
First Season 1965
Website S G Ball Cup Site
2011 Season
Premiers Newcastle Knights
Runners-Up Canterbury Bulldogs
Minor Premiers Western Suburbs Magpies
Wooden spoon Western Sydney (Academy)
2010 Season
Premiers Sydney Roosters
Runners-Up Parramatta Eels
Minor Premiers Cronulla Sharks
Wooden spoon Central Coast Centurions
2009 Season
Premiers Canterbury Bulldogs
Runners-Up Melbourne
Minor Premiers St. George
Wooden spoon Western Suburbs Magpies
2008 Season
Premiers Sydney Roosters
Runners-Up Parramatta Eels
Minor Premiers Canterbury Bulldogs
Wooden spoon North Sydney Bears

The S G Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played in New South Wales, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition includes both junior representative teams of NRL and NSW Cup clubs that do not field a team in the NRL competition. In 2009 the Melbourne Storm from Victoria, was admitted to the competition. In 2010 the competition continued its national growth with the introduction of the WA Reds from Perth.

The S G Ball Cup is so named for S G (George) Ball, one of the five people responsible for the formation of South Sydney and was club secretary for over fifty years.

The Clubs

In 2011, eighteen clubs fielded teams in the S G Ball Cup.

S G Ball Cup Premiers

Year Premiers
1965 South Sydney
1966 Parramatta
1967 Parramatta
1968 Parramatta
1969 South Sydney
1970 St. George
1971 Western Suburbs
1972 Canterbury-Bankstown
1973 Parramatta
1974 South Sydney
1975 South Sydney
1976 South Sydney
1977 Penrith
1978 Canterbury-Bankstown
1979 South Sydney
1980 South Sydney
1981 Penrith
1982 Balmain
1983 Parramatta
1984 St. George
1985 Penrith
1986 South Sydney
1987 Parramatta
1988 Parramatta
1989 Illawarra
1990 Newcastle Knights
1991 Parramatta
1992 St. George
1993 Parramatta
1994 South Sydney
1995 Canberra
1996 Illawarra
1997 Sydney City Roosters
1998 South Sydney
1999 Parramatta
2000 Penrith
2001 Newcastle Knights
2002 Western Suburbs
2003 Penrith
2004 Newcastle Knights
2005 Canberra
2006 Penrith
2007 Parramatta
2008 Sydney Roosters
2009 Canterbury
2010 Sydney Roosters
2011 Newcastle Knights

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