2015 New South Wales Cup

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.

2015 New South Wales Cup
League	NSW Rugby League
Duration	March 7 to September 27
Teams	12
Premiers	Newcastle Knights
Minor Premiers	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Runners-up	Wyong Roos
Wooden spoon	Wentworthville Magpies
Man of Steel	Mitchell Barnett (NSW Cup Player of the Year)
Top point-scorer(s)	Mitch Cornish 162 (10 tries, 61 goals)
Top try-scorer(s)	Tyrone Phillips 23
Ron Massey Cup
Number of teams	11
Premiers	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Minor Premiers	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Runners-up	Asquith Magpies
Player of the year	Alofi Mataele (Concord Burwood)
Top point-scorer(s)	Sam Aiga (Mounties) 212 (15 tries, 76 goals)
Top try-scorer(s)	Mick Pearsall (Asquith) 30
Sydney Shield
Number of teams	13
Premiers	Wentworthville Magpies
Minor Premiers	Wentworthville Magpies
Runners-up	Hills District Bulls
Player of the year	Ben Baker (East Campbelltown)
Top point-scorer(s)	Ben Baker (East Campbelltown) 254 (26 tries, 75 goals)
Top try-scorer(s)	Ben Baker (East Campbelltown) 26

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 Oval	1927	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 Stadium Leichhardt 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 Table
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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.

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Wyong Roos	28 10	Penrith Panthers	5 September	Penrith Stadium
Mount Pritchard Mounties	43 – 10	New Zealand Warriors		Belmore Sports Ground
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	22 – 4	North Sydney Bears
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	6 – 45	Newcastle Knights
SEMI FINALS
Newcastle Knights	44 12	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	12 September	Jubilee Oval, Kogarah
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	33 – 20	New Zealand Warriors
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Mount Pritchard Mounties	26 – 30	Newcastle Knights	19 September	Leichhardt Oval
Wyong Roos	44 – 20	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
GRAND FINAL
Newcastle Knights	20 – 10	Wyong Roos	27 September	Pirtek Stadium

Chart

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	Belmore Sports Ground
	1	Mount Prichard Mounties	43
	4	New Zealand	10			Kogarah Jubilee Oval
						New Zealand		20
	Belmore Sports Ground					Canterbury-Bankstown		33				Leichhardt Oval
	5	Canterbury-Bankstown	22									Mount Prichard Mounties		26
	8	North Sydney	4									Newcastle		30			27 Sept, Pirtek Stadium
																	Newcastle		20
	Belmore Sports Ground											Leichhardt Oval					Wyong		10
	6	Manly-Warringah	6									Wyong		44
	7	Newcastle	45			Kogarah Jubilee Oval						Canterbury-Bankstown		20
						Newcastle		44
	Penrith Stadium					Penrith		12
	2	Wyong	28
	3	Penrith	10

2015 NRL State Championship match

Main article: 2015 NRL State Championship

From 2014 onwards, New South Wales Cup Premiers play against the Queensland Cup Premiers with the winner to be crowned the NRL State Champions.

Sunday, 4 October 3:40pm (AEDT)

Newcastle Knights 2015 NSW Cup Premiers	12–26	Ipswich Jets 2015 QLD Cup Premiers
Tries: G Ndaira (28') J Feeney(42') Goals: G Ndaira 2/2	Report	Tries: M Parcell (1') B McConnachie (10') M Barba (37') R Griffin(63') Goals: C Anderson 5/5

ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referee: Matt Noyen

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

Main article: 2015 Ron Massey Cup

Ladder

2015 Ron Massey Cup season - Final Table
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	1	Mounties	24
	4	Windsor	34
						Mounties		36
						Auburn		4				New Era Stadium, Cabramatta
	5	Guildford	22									Windsor		30
	8	Auburn	24									Asquith		32			27 Sept, Pirtek Stadium
																	Asquith		14
												Leichhardt Oval					Mounties		30
	6	Concord Burwood	6									Wentworthville		2
	7	Blacktown	50									Mounties		12
						Asquith		38
						Blacktown		14
	2	Wentworthville	34
	3	Asquith	6

Sydney Shield

Ladder

2015 Sydney Shield season - Final Table
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	1	Wentworthville	34
	4	Mounties	30
						Mounties		24
						Hills District		30				New Era Stadium, Cabramatta
	5	Hills District	38									Wentworthville		68
	8	Guildford	8									Windsor		6			27 Sept, Pirtek Stadium
																	Wentworthville		26
												Leichhardt Oval					Hills District		22
	6	East Campbelltown	14									Peninsula		18
	7	Belrose	26									Hills District		26
						Windsor		34
						Belrose		16
	2	Windsor	24
	3	Peninsula	30