2018 NSW Cup season

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2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW
LeagueNSW Cup
Duration24 Rounds + Finals
(March-September 2018)
Teams12
Broadcast partnersFox League, Nine Network
2018 season
Premiership winners Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

The 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW season was the tenth season of the New South Wales Cup, the top rugby league competition administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition acts as a second-tier league to the ten New South Wales-based National Rugby League clubs, as well the Canberra Raiders and New Zealand Warriors. The winner of the Premiership, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, competed against the winner of the 2018 Queensland Cup, the Redcliffe Dolphins in the 2018 NRL State Championship, which they won 42-18. The Penrith Panthers were the defending champions, following their 20-12 victory against the Wyong Roos in the 2017 Grand Final.[1]

Teams

In 2018, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Intrust Super Premiership. Illawarra RLFC were renamed to the St George Illawarra Dragons to bring the club in line with the NRL’s ‘whole of game’ strategy, that will also see top-grade squads increased from 25 players to 30.[2]

An under-20s competition will be run in parallel to the New South Wales Cup.[3]

Colours Team NRL Feeder Club
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles Manly warringah Sea Eagles
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Mount Pritchard Mounties Canberra Raiders
New Zealand Warriors New Zealand Warriors
Newcastle Knights Newcastle Knights
Newtown Jets Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
North Sydney Bears South Sydney Rabbitohs
Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers
St George Illawarra Dragons St George Illawarra Dragons
Wentworthville Magpies Parramatta Eels
Western Suburbs Magpies Wests Tigers
Wyong Roos Sydney Roosters

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers 24 16 2 4 2 550 410 140 38
2 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 0 8 2 494 414 80 32
3 Newtown Jets 24 12 2 8 2 607 419 188 30
4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 9 2 537 452 85 30
5 Western Suburbs Magpies 24 12 0 10 2 477 473 4 28
6 Mount Pritchard Mounties 24 11 0 11 2 532 461 71 26
7 New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 12 2 429 489 -60 24
8 Wyong Roos 24 9 2 11 2 501 579 -78 24
9 Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 24 8 2 12 2 476 496 -20 22
10 Wentworthville Magpies 24 9 0 13 2 436 583 -147 22
11 North Sydney Bears 24 7 2 13 2 479 532 -53 20
12 Newcastle Knights 24 5 2 15 2 379 589 -210 16
  • Teams highlighted in green have qualified for the finals
  • The team highlighted in blue has clinched the minor premiership
  • The team highlighted in red has clinched the wooden spoon

Finals

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee(s) Crowd
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALS
Penrith Panthers 28 – 18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday 1 September Penrith Stadium 1,000
Mount Pritchard Mounties 21 – 20 New Zealand Warriors Saturday 1 September Penrith Stadium
Western Suburbs Magpies 14 – 18 Wyong Roos Sunday 2 September Penrith Stadium 1,000
St George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 26 Newtown Jets Sunday 2 September Penrith Stadium
SEMI-FINALS
Newtown Jets 34 – 16 Mount Pritchard Mounties Saturday 8 September Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 1,000
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 34 – 24 Wyong Roos Sunday 9 September Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 1,000
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Penrith Panthers 24 – 28 Newtown Jets Saturday 15 September Leichhardt Oval 2,000
St George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 28 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday 16 September Leichhardt Oval 1,000
GRAND FINAL
Newtown Jets 12 – 18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday 22 September Leichhardt Oval 6,000

Source: [4]

NRL State Championship

See also: 2018 NRL Grand Final

As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Cannterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs faced Queensland Cup premiers Redcliffe Dolphins in the NRL State Championship match.

Sunday, 30 September
3:40pm (AEST)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42 – 18 Redcliffe Dolphins
Tries:
Josh Cleeland (36', 38') 2
Rhyse Martin (6') 1
Chris Smith (47') 1
Renouf To'omaga (52') 1
Jayden Okunbor (72') 1
Fa'amanu Brown (77') 1
Goals:
Rhyse Martin 5/6
(8', 37', 48', 54', 58' pen)
Greg Eastwood 1/1
(74')
Josh Cleeland 1/1
(78') 		1st: 16 – 6
2nd: 26 – 12
 Tries:
2 (30', 60') Kotoni Staggs
1 (74') James Taylor
Goals:
2/2 Bryce Donovan
(61', 75')
1/1 Kotoni Staggs
(31')
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Adam Cassidy, Liam Kennedy

Television Broadcast

Fox League will continue to broadcast a game per round, however Channel 9 will also be broadcasting a game per round starting with the 2018 for the first time.

References

  1. ^ Media, NRL Digital. "Panthers Clinch 2017 Intrust Super Premiership". NRL CLUBS. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ Media, NRL Digital. "Dragons adopt Nuclear Model in 2018". NRL CLUBS. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ Media, NRL Digital. "New State-Based Under-20 Competitions From 2018". NRL CLUBS. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Draw". New South Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 10 March 2023.