Harold Matthews Cup

Harold Matthews Cup
Current season or competition:
2014 Harold Matthews Cup season
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
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.

As of 2013, Melbourne Storm has joined in the competition.

Harold Matthews Cup Premiers

Year Age Premiers Runners Up
1970 Parramatta
1971 Parramatta
1972 Parramatta
1973 Cronulla-Sutherland
1974 South Sydney
1975 Parramatta
1976 Parramatta
1977 Cronulla-Sutherland
1978 Canberra (CRL)
1979 Penrith
1980 Group 12 (CRL)
1981 Parramatta
1982 Parramatta
1983 Group 6 (CRL)
1984 Canberra
1985 Penrith
1986 Parramatta
1987U/15s Illawarra
1988U/15s Parramatta
1989U/15s Penrith
1990U/15s ParramattaGold Coast Seagulls
1991U/15sGold Coast Seagulls Cronulla-Sutherland
1992U/15s Newcastle South Sydney
1993U/15s Canberra Parramatta
1994U/15s Parramatta Penrith
1995U/15s Canberra Parramatta
1996U/15s Illawarra Newcastle
1997U/16s Parramatta North Sydney
1998U/16s Parramatta
1999U/16s Parramatta South Sydney
2000U/16s Newcastle Penrith
2001U/16s Sharks Penrith
2002U/16s Penrith
2003U/15s Parramatta St. George
2004U/16s Parramatta Penrith
2005U/16s Penrith Canterbury
2006U/16s Penrith Canterbury
2007U/16s Canterbury Penrith
2008U/16s Parramatta Penrith
2009U/16s Canterbury Parramatta
2010U/16s Penrith Parramatta
2011U/16s Canterbury Illawarra
2012U/16s Parramatta Newcastle
2013U/16s Parramatta South Sydney
2014U/16s Newcastle Penrith

References

  1. "1920". TIGERS. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

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