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.
Teams In 2019, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Canterbury Cup. The South Sydney Rabbitohs will enter their own team, and the North Sydney Bears will become the reigning premiers Sydney Roosters' new feeder club.
The Jersey Flegg Cup competition will be run in parallel to the New South Wales Cup. ColoursTeamHome Ground(s)Head Coach(s)NRL Feeder ClubBlacktown Workers Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval H.E. Laybutt Sports Complex Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesCanterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBelmore Sports Ground Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsMount Pritchard MountiesAubrey Keech Reserve & GIO Stadium Canberra RaidersNew Zealand WarriorsMount Smart Stadium New Zealand WarriorsNewcastle KnightsMcDonald Jones Stadium Newcastle KnightsNewtown JetsHenson Park Shark Park Cronulla-Sutherland SharksNorth Sydney BearsNorth Sydney Oval Sydney RoostersPenrith PanthersPanthers Stadium Penrith PanthersSouth Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium Redfern OvalShane Millard South Sydney RabbitohsSt George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium Jubilee OvalMathew Head St George Illawarra DragonsWentworthville MagpiesRingrose Park Western Sydney Stadium Parramatta EelsWestern Suburbs MagpiesCampbelltown Stadium Leichhardt Oval Wests Tigers
Results
Ladder 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW Team 1 St George Illawarra Dragons2213361588421+167312 South Sydney Rabbitohs2214081542462+80303 North Sydney Bears2213091508451+57284 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs2212191501500+1275 Penrith Panthers22120101494474+20266 Mount Pritchard Mounties22111101584515+69257 Newtown Jets (P)221111015365360258 Wentworthville Magpies221101114944859249 New Zealand Warriors2292111416451−352210 Western Suburbs Magpies2273121447502−551911 Newcastle Knights2270151336494−1581612 Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles2261151460615−15515
Finals Series HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee(s)CrowdQUALIFYING 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 StadiumSEMI-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 2,000PRELIMINARY FINALS South Sydney Rabbitohs10 – 35 Wentworthville Magpies Saturday 21 September Netstrata Jubilee Stadium1,000 St George Illawarra Dragons20 – 22 Newtown Jets Sunday 22 September Netstrata Jubilee Stadium3,000GRAND FINAL Newtown Jets20 – 15 Wentworthville Magpies Sunday 29 SeptemberBankwest Stadium5,700
NRL State Championship
As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Newtown Jets faced Queensland Cup premiers Burleigh Bears in the NRL State Championship match.
Television Broadcast 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 The Canterbury Cup is presented every weekend on Steele Sports.
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