The 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW season was the eleventh 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 Newtown Jets won the premiership and played against Burleigh Bears, who won the 2019 Intrust Super Cup, in the NRL State Championship.

2019 Canterbury Cup
DurationMarch 15 – September 29, 2019
Teams12
Premiers Newtown Jets
Minor premiers St George Illawarra Dragons
Points scored6,336
Top points scorer(s) Mawene Hiroti (208)
Top try-scorer(s) Mawene Hiroti (17)
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Teams

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In 2019, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Canterbury Cup. The South Sydney Rabbitohs will enter their own team,[1] and the North Sydney Bears will become the reigning premiers Sydney Roosters' new feeder club.[2]

The Jersey Flegg Cup competition will be run in parallel to the New South Wales Cup.[3]

Colours Team Home Ground(s) Head Coach(s) NRL Feeder Club
  Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval

H.E. Laybutt Sports Complex

  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
  Mount Pritchard Mounties Aubrey Keech Reserve & GIO Stadium   Canberra Raiders
  New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium   New Zealand Warriors
  Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium   Newcastle Knights
  Newtown Jets Henson Park

Shark Park

  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
  North Sydney Bears North Sydney Oval   Sydney Roosters
  Penrith Panthers Panthers Stadium   Penrith Panthers
  South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium

Redfern Oval

Shane Millard[4]   South Sydney Rabbitohs
  St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium

Jubilee Oval

Mathew Head   St George Illawarra Dragons
  Wentworthville Magpies Ringrose Park

Western Sydney Stadium

  Parramatta Eels
  Western Suburbs Magpies Campbelltown Stadium

Leichhardt Oval

  Wests Tigers

Results

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Ladder

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2019 Canterbury Cup NSW
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   St George Illawarra Dragons 22 13 3 6 1 588 421 +167 31
2   South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 14 0 8 1 542 462 +80 30
3   North Sydney Bears 22 13 0 9 1 508 451 +57 28
4   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 12 1 9 1 501 500 +1 27
5   Penrith Panthers 22 12 0 10 1 494 474 +20 26
6   Mount Pritchard Mounties 22 11 1 10 1 584 515 +69 25
7   Newtown Jets (P) 22 11 1 10 1 536 536 0 25
8   Wentworthville Magpies 22 11 0 11 1 494 485 9 24
9   New Zealand Warriors 22 9 2 11 1 416 451 −35 22
10   Western Suburbs Magpies 22 7 3 12 1 447 502 −55 19
11   Newcastle Knights 22 7 0 15 1 336 494 −158 16
12   Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 22 6 1 15 1 460 615 −155 15

Finals Series

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee(s) Crowd
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALS
  Penrith Panthers 16 – 34   Wentworthville Magpies Saturday 7 September Campbelltown Stadium 1,000
  Mount Pritchard Mounties 20 – 44   Newtown Jets Saturday 7 September Campbelltown Stadium
  St George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 22   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday 8 September Campbelltown Stadium 1,000
  South Sydney Rabbitohs 32 – 12   North Sydney Bears Sunday 8 September Campbelltown Stadium
SEMI-FINALS
  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20 – 26   Wentworthville Magpies Saturday 14 September Leichhardt Oval 1,000
  North Sydney Bears 28 – 30   Newtown Jets Sunday 15 September Leichhardt Oval 2,000
PRELIMINARY FINALS
  South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 – 35   Wentworthville Magpies Saturday 21 September Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 1,000
  St George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 22   Newtown Jets Sunday 22 September Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 3,000
GRAND FINAL
  Newtown Jets 20 – 15   Wentworthville Magpies Sunday 29 September Bankwest Stadium 5,700

NRL State Championship

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As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Newtown Jets faced Queensland Cup premiers Burleigh Bears in the NRL State Championship match.

Sunday, 6 October
1:35pm (AEDT)
Newtown Jets   20 – 16   Burleigh Bears
Tries:
Sione Katoa (54', 76') 2
Jackson Ferris (63', 80') 2
Goals:
Braydon Trindall 1/4
(19' pen)
Greg Eastwood 1/1
(80')
Sin Bin:
Ronaldo Mulitalo (38')
1st: 2 – 10
2nd: 18 – 6
Tries:
2 (22', 30') Anthony Don
1 (47') Jamal Fogarty
Goals:
2/3 Jamal Fogarty
(32', 48')
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Todd Smith, Tyson Brough

Television Broadcast

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Fox League and Channel 9 will continue their broadcast of the Canterbury Cup. Channel 9 will be moving their weekly game from Saturday to Sunday to move between their broadcast of the Sunday Footy Show and their Sunday Afternoon NRL Broadcast for the NSW market, whilst in QLD they will broadcast an Intrust Super Cup match.

Radio Broadcast

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The Canterbury Cup is presented every weekend on Steele Sports.

References

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  1. ^ "Rabbitohs lead the way with exciting new pathways". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  2. ^ "Sydney Roosters and North Sydney Bears form new alliance". Sydney Roosters. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  3. ^ Media, NRL Digital. "New State-Based Under-20 Competitions From 2018". NRL CLUBS. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  4. ^ "2019 SQUADS | Intrust Super Premiership". New South Wales Rugby League. 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-01-21.[permanent dead link]