The Affiliated States Championship is an annual rugby league competition run by the Australian Rugby League involving the five affiliated states (Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia) plus the Australian Federal Police and Australian Defence Force.
Following the Championship, a Combined Affiliated States (CAS) representative side is selected from the teams to tour the Pacific islands.
History
The initial Championship had Australian Capital Territory and Newcastle in it because they were the two strongest competitions outside of the Queensland Rugby League and New South Wales Rugby League.
The Championship resumed in 2003 with just the four Affiliated states. The PRLA Australian team joined the competition in 2005.
The Affiliated Championships have over the past few years (2010–2014) been held at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide, however in 2015 they were held in Darwin Northern Territory.
2016 saw the championships return to Adelaide, and were played at Thebarton Oval in Torrensville, with Western Australia winning their seventh consecutive title.
Teams + NRL Affiliated Championship Teams Affiliated Championship TeamColoursTitlesYears Of Affiliated Championship Titles WonCurrent Championship Status Australian Capital Territory Raiders11997 Currently Competing Newcastle (Firsts)11995 Formerly Competing Northern Territory Titans12004 Currently Competing South Australia Croweaters0None Currently Competing Tasmania Thunder0None Currently Competing Victoria Storm42009, 2019, 2023, 2024 Currently Competing Western Australia Black Swans181994, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2025 Currently Competing
Combined Affiliated States On 20 October 2017, a Combined Affiliated States team played the English national team as a warm-up for the 2017 World Cup. England won 74–12 at Perth Oval.
Winners (men's) Year Colours Champions 1994 Western Australia 1995 Newcastle (Firsts) 1996 Western Australia 1997 Australian Capital Territory 2003 Western Australia 2004 Northern Territory 2005 Western Australia 2006 Western Australia 2007 Western Australia 2008 Western Australia 2009 Victoria 2010 Western Australia 2011 Western Australia 2012 Western Australia 2013 Western Australia 2014 Western Australia 2015 Western Australia 2016 Western Australia 2017 Western Australia 2018 Western Australia 2019 Victoria 2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Western Australia 2023 Victoria 2024 Victoria 2025 Western Australia
Winners (women's) Year Colours Champions 2015 Western Australia 2016 Western Australia 2017 Western Australia 2018 Victoria 2019 Victoria 2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Western Australia 2022 2023 2024 2025
Winners (under 18's) Year Colours Champions 2009 Victoria 2010 Victoria 2011 Victoria 2012 Victoria 2013 Victoriahttp://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2121-0-0-0&sID=195322&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=25276805 2014 Victoria 2015 Victoria 2016 Victoria 2017 Victoria 2018 Victoria 2019 Victoria 2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Victoria 2023 Victoria 2024 Victoria 2025
See also
Rugby League Competitions in Australia Women's National Championship
References