The 2015 New South Wales Cup season, was the second tier rugby league competition held in New South Wales, after the National Rugby League. The 2015 season kicked off on 7 March 2015 and was won by the Newcastle Knights.
Clubs In 2015, 12 clubs were fielding teams in the New South Wales Cup.
It was announced in 2014 that the longstanding relationship between the Sydney Roosters and the Newtown Jets had come to an end, with the NRL Club deciding to link with the Wyong Roos in the NSW Cup as their feeder club. The Cronulla Sharks decided to pull their own team from the competition opting into taking the Newtown Jets on as their feeder club, forming a new relationship with a 3-year agreement between the clubs.
Colors Club Location Stadium Founded Joined* A-Grade Team Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore, NSW, Australia Belmore Sports Ground 1934 2008 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Illawarra Cutters Wollongong, NSW, Australia WIN Stadium 2012 2012 St. George-Illawarra Dragons Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly, NSW, Australia Brookvale Oval 1946 2008 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Mount Pritchard Mounties Mount Pritchard, NSW, Australia Mount Pritchard Oval1927 2012 Canberra Raiders Newcastle Knights Newcastle, NSW, Australia Hunter Stadium 1988 2012 Newcastle Knights Newtown Jets Newtown, NSW, Australia Henson Park 1908 2008 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks New Zealand Warriors Penrose, Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 1995 2014 New Zealand Warriors North Sydney Bears Sydney, NSW, Australia North Sydney Oval 1908 2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs Penrith Panthers Penrith, NSW, Australia Sportingbet Stadium 1966 2014 Penrith Panthers Wentworthville Magpies Wentworthville, NSW, Australia Ringrose Park 1963 2008 Parramatta Eels Wests Tigers Campbelltown, NSW, Australia Campbelltown StadiumLeichhardt Oval 1999 2013 Wests Tigers Wyong Roos Kanwal, NSW, Australia Morrie Breen Oval 1910 2013 Sydney Roosters *: The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup, not any other competition before this.
Ladder 2015 New South Wales Cup season - Final TableTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts 1 Mount Pritchard Mounties 22 14 2 6 3 653 493 +160 36 2 Wyong Roos 22 15 0 7 3 581 422 +159 36 3 Penrith Panthers 22 15 0 7 3 489 387 +102 36 4 New Zealand Warriors 22 13 0 9 3 516 556 -40 32 5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 12 0 10 3 578 524 +54 30 6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22 11 0 11 3 584 571 +13 28 7 Newcastle Knights 22 11 0 11 3 552 542 +10 28 8 North Sydney Bears 22 9 2 11 3 550 563 -13 26 9 Newtown Jets 22 8 1 13 3 492 560 -68 23 10 Illawarra Cutters 22 8 0 14 3 526 552 -26 22 11 Wests Tigers 22 7 1 14 3 460 586 -126 21 12 Wentworthville Magpies 22 6 0 16 3 402 627 -225 18
Finals series For the fourth year in a row, the NSWRL used the finals system previously implemented by the ARL competition from the 1990s and the NRL from 2012 to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams.
HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (local)VenueRefereesCrowd QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS Wyong Roos28 10 Penrith Panthers 5 September Penrith Stadium Mount Pritchard Mounties43 – 10 New Zealand Warriors Belmore Sports Ground Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs22 – 4 North Sydney Bears Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles6 – 45 Newcastle Knights SEMI FINALS Newcastle Knights44 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12 September Jubilee Oval, Kogarah Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs33 – 20 New Zealand Warriors PRELIMINARY FINALS Mount Pritchard Mounties26 – 30 Newcastle Knights 19 September Leichhardt Oval Wyong Roos44 – 20 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs GRAND FINAL Newcastle Knights20 – 10 Wyong Roos 27 September Pirtek Stadium
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2015 NRL State Championship match
From 2014 onwards, New South Wales Cup Premiers play against the Queensland Cup Premiers with the winner to be crowned the NRL State Champions.
Broadcast Information
Television
Fox Sports (Australia) Fox Sports 1 provide live coverage of at least one match each week throughout the regular season along with selected finals.
Sky Sport (New Zealand) Sky Sports NZ cover a number of New Zealand Warriors home matches. Some of these matches will be simulcast in Australia on Fox Sports 1 at their discretion.
Radio
Hawkesbury Radio Hawkesbury Radio call a number of Panthers VB NSW Cup games and some of Windsor Wolves games in the Ron Massey Cup where possible.
SteeleSports.com.au Covering predominantly Newtown Jets home fixtures.
2GLF 2GLF provide coverage of a host of VB NSW Cup games with a specific charter of servicing teams such as the Tigers, Mounties, Bulldogs and Magpies.
Alive 90.5 ALIVE fm call selected Wentworthville Magpies home fixtures from Ringrose Park.
Triple H 100.1FM Triple H call a few VB NSW Cup games from time to time where possible.
2GB Provide score updates where possible during the regular season.
ABC Radio Grandstand Provide Full Time scores to their listeners as they become available throughout the weekend.
Ron Massey Cup
Ladder 2015 Ron Massey Cup season - Final TableTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts 1 Mount Pritchard Mounties 20 18 0 2 2 722 322 +400 40 2 Wentworthville Magpies 20 14 0 6 2 602 343 +259 32 3 Asquith Magpies 20 12 0 8 2 607 460 +147 28 4 Windsor Wolves 20 12 0 8 2 486 510 -24 28 5 Guildford Owls 20 9 1 10 2 529 543 -14 23 6 Concord Burwood Wolves 20 9 1 10 2 540 572 -32 23 7 Blacktown Workers 20 9 0 11 2 558 455 +103 22 8 Auburn Warriors 20 9 0 11 2 619 558 +61 22 9 Western Suburbs Magpies 20 9 0 11 2 477 518 -41 22 10 Cabramatta Two Blues 20 8 0 12 2 586 563 +23 20 11 Kingsgrove Colts 20 0 0 20 2 232 1114 -882 4
Finals
Sydney Shield Ladder 2015 Sydney Shield season - Final TableTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts 1 Wentworthville Magpies 20 17 0 3 2 670 412 +258 38 2 Windsor Wolves 20 13 2 5 2 652 474 +178 30 3 Peninsula Seagulls 20 13 0 7 2 602 474 +128 30 4 Mounties 20 13 0 7 2 608 503 +105 30 5 Hills District Bulls 20 12 1 7 2 602 424 +178 29 6 East Campbelltown Eagles 20 11 1 8 2 592 450 +142 27 7 Belrose Eagles 20 9 0 11 2 504 466 +38 22 8 Guildford Owls 20 8 2 10 2 479 514 -35 22 9 Blacktown Workers 20 7 1 12 2 554 573 -19 19 10 Auburn Warriors 20 7 1 12 2 532 684 -152 19 11 Cabramatta Two Blues 20 5 2 13 2 524 818 -294 16 12 Asquith Magpies 20 5 1 14 2 421 616 -195 15 13 Western Suburbs Magpies 20 4 1 15 2 431 763 -332 13 Two points deducted from Windsor for playing an unregistered player.
Finals
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