2023 Shute Shield season

The 2023 Shute Shield season, also known as the Charter Hall Shute Shield,[a] or the NSWRU Shute Shield, was the 149th season of the semi-professional premier-grade rugby union club competition in the Australian state of New South Wales. With all but one club playing inside the Sydney area, the competition held the same number of teams from the previous season, twelve, following difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the axing of Western Sydney club, Penrith Emus.[1][2]

2023 Shute Shield season
Number of teams12
ChampionsRandwick (29th Premiership)
Runners-upNorthern Suburbs
Matches played117
Top point scorerReece Suesue (121)
Top try scorerAndrew Tuala (16)
Official website
shuteshield.rugby
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The regular season began on 1 April and concluded following eighteen rounds, with one bye round, on 5 August. A six team finals series kicked-off following round eighteen. The Grand Final was played on August 26, with Randwick defeating the Northern Suburbs 17–15.[3] The defending champions were Sydney University.[4][5]

Stadia and personnel

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Club Colour Jersey Stadium/Base Coach
Eastern Suburbs     Woollahra Oval, Rose Bay Simon Kneebone[6]
Eastwood     TG Millner Field, Marsfield Ben Batger[7]
Gordon     Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Brian Melrose[8]
Hunter Wildfires     Newcastle No.2 Sportsground, Newcastle West Scott Coleman[9]
Manly     Manly Oval, Manly Phil Blake[10]
Northern Suburbs     North Sydney Oval, North Sydney Zak Beer[11]
Randwick     Coogee Oval, Coogee Stephen Hoiles[12]
Southern Districts     Forshaw Park, Sylvania Waters Jayson Brewer[13]
Sydney University     Sydney University Football Ground (No.2 Oval), Camperdown Damien Hill[14]
Warringah     Pittwater Park, Warriewood Mike Ruthven[15]
West Harbour     Concord Oval, Concord Cameron Treloar[16]
Western Sydney Two Blues     Granville Park, Merrylands Sailosi Tagicakibau[17]

Matches

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Home \ Away E'Sub E'Wood Gordon Hunter Manly Norths R'Wick Souths Uni WAR W. Harbour Two Blues
Eastern Suburbs 30–24 29–28 12–48 22–36 38–19 47–35 35–43 27–20 21–36
Eastwood 28–27 50–28 40–44 29–34 30–16 19–38 66–41 31–18 24–22
Gordon 40–15 45–28 22–21 5–46 19–30 36–7 49–29 39–38 12–23
Hunter Wildfires 31–10 28–44 27–19 29–5 31–24 19–26 21–36 31–27 34–21
Manly 31–28 24–27 17–18 29–24 14–14 45–24 43–26 17–17 26–19
Northern Suburbs 24–15 36–46 23–17 43–28 15–27 35–24 25–22 27–21 27–19
Randwick 43–24 26–34 35–21 34–27 23–28 63–20 44–33 49–0 36–29
Southern Districts 17–26 22–50 16–7 24–21 15–38 28–45 21–17 12–31 25–42
Sydney University 38–36 26–29 28–41 29–26 21–17 20–37 21–14 21–17 31–38
Warringah 15–13 26–31 20–52 14–38 21–49 15–22 42–32 13–15 29–24
West Harbour 31–27 34–31 17–22 26–31 16–14 21–29 19–22 44–16 17–15
Western Sydney Two Blues 60–28 18–26 32–33 22–36 22–24 28–18 33–17 38–24 40–26
First match(es) will be played: 5 August 2023. Source: Shute Shield
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Qualification
1 Northern Suburbs 18 14 0 4 539 422 +117 11 67 Advance to Qualifying finals
2 Randwick (C) 18 13 1 4 574 390 +184 13 67
3 Eastwood 18 11 0 7 614 571 +43 18 62
4 Manly 18 9 2 7 515 405 +110 17 57
5 Gordon 18 11 0 7 503 456 +47 12 56
6 Hunter Wildfires 18 10 0 8 509 475 +34 16 56
7 Western Sydney Two Blues 18 9 0 9 536 451 +85 18 54
8 Sydney University 18 9 0 9 483 521 −38 13 49
9 West Harbour 18 6 1 11 437 457 −20 14 40
10 Eastern Suburbs 18 6 0 12 455 559 −104 13 37
11 Warringah 18 4 0 14 423 635 −212 15 31
12 Southern Districts 18 4 0 14 375 621 −246 4 20
Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2023. Source: Shute Shield
(C) Champions

Finals series

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Bracket

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Sam (13 August 2021). "Shute Shield season abandoned, Penrith booted out of 2022 competition". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ "Penrith booted from Shute Shield from 2022". ESPN Australia. 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ Payten, Iain (26 August 2023). "Randwick end two-decade wait with Shute Shield triumph". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment.
  4. ^ Helmers, Caden; Decent, Tom (3 September 2022). "Rugby as it happened: Shute Shield grand final plus All Blacks v Argentina, Wallabies v South Africa". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ Decent, Tom (4 September 2022). "'It feels unreal': Sydney University topple Gordon in Shute Shield decider". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. ^ "Easts – Our People". eastsrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Eastwood Rugby – Coaching Staff". eastwoodrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Gordon – Coaching & Management". gordonrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Wilfires – Club Leadership". wildfiresrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Manly Marlins – Coaching Staff". manlyrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Northern Suburbs – Grade Coaches & Management". northsrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Randwick – Grade Coaches & Management". randwickrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  13. ^ "New Souths coach Jayson Brewer confident of Rebels' rebuild". rugbynews.net.au. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Damien Hill appointed Head Coach for 2023". sydneyunirugby.com.au. 30 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  15. ^ "The Team Behind The Rats". warringahrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  16. ^ "New coach Cam Treloar looking to ride wave of optimism at West Harbour". rugbynews.net.au. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  17. ^ ""This year more important than last" for Two Blues as they prepare for Tahs' trial". rugbynews.net.au. 15 February 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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