NRL State Championship

NRL State Championship

Sport	Rugby league football
Instituted	2014
Inaugural season	2014
Countries	Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Premiers	Northern Pride
Most titles	Northern Pride (1 title)
Website	www.NRL.com
Broadcast partner	Nine Network (Australia) Fox Sports (Australia) Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Related competition	New South Wales Cup Queensland Cup

The National Rugby League State Championship is contested between the winners of the New South Wales Cup and the Queensland Cup organised by the NRL. It was introduced for the 2014 NRL season and was played immediately before the 2014 NRL Grand Final at Stadium Australia.

History

Season	Gameday Information
Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up	Man of the Match
2014	Northern Pride	32-28 ^[1]	Penrith Panthers	Javid Bowen ^[2]

Australia's Fox Sports, Nine Network and NBN Television covered the inaugural NRL State Championship match live.^[3]

New South Wales Cup

Current Clubs	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Illawarra Cutters Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Mount Pritchard Mounties New Zealand Warriors Newcastle Knights Newtown Jets North Sydney Bears Wentworthville Magpies Wests Tigers Wyong Roos

Previous Clubs	Adelaide Rams Annandale Auckland Vulcans Balmain Tigers Bankstown City Bulls Brisbane Broncos Canberra Raiders Central Coast Centurions Central Coast Storm Cronulla Cobras Glebe Gold Coast Chargers Illawarra Steelers Melbourne Storm North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels Perth Reds Shellharbour City Dragons South Queensland Crushers St. George Dragons St. George Illawarra Dragons St Mary's Cougars South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters Sydney University Western Suburbs Magpies Windsor Wolves

Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Queensland Cup

Clubs	Burleigh Bears Central Queensland Capras Eastern Suburbs Tigers Ipswich Jets Mackay Cutters Northern Pride Norths Devils Papua New Guinea Hunters Redcliffe Dolphins Souths Logan Magpies Sunshine Coast Falcons Townsville Blackhawks Tweed Heads Seagulls Wynnum Manly Seagulls

Previous Clubs	Aspley Broncos Brothers-Valleys Bundaberg Grizzlies Cairns Cyclones Central Capras Gold Coast Vikings Logan Scorpions Mackay Sea Eagles North Queensland Young Guns Past Brothers Port Moresby Vipers Souths Magpies Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Townsville Stingers Toowoomba Clydesdales Wests Panthers

Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Rugby league in Australia

National Federation	Australian Rugby League Commission

National teams	Kangaroos Jillaroos Prime Minister's XIII Aboriginal Junior Kangaroos Schoolboys

State Federations	New South Wales NSW Country Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

Other Federations	University Masters Police Women

Events	All Stars Auckland Nines City vs Country State of Origin World Club Challenge

Competitions	National Rugby League National Youth Competition State Championship Affiliated States Championship Schoolboy Cup

Honours	Clive Churchill Medal Dally M Medal Hall of Fame The Immortals

Media	Big League Rugby League Week The Footy Show Friday Night Football NRL video games Clubs

Rugby league in Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia