2018 Jersey Flegg Cup season

The 2018 Jersey Flegg Cup season was the 48th season of the under-20 competition and the first since 2007. The competition, administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, replaced the National Rugby League's National Youth Competition, and mirrored the draw and structure of its senior counterpart, the Intrust Super Premiership.[1][2]

2018 Jersey Flegg Cup
Teams	12
Premiers	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1st title)
Minor premiers	Newcastle Knights
Matches played	129
Points scored	5,692
Top points scorer(s)	Kurtis Dark (204)
Player of the year	Beau Fermor
Top try-scorer(s)	Beau Fermor (14)

The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks defeated the Penrith Panthers in the Grand Final, winning their first Jersey Flegg Cup premiership.[3]

Teams

The 2018 season featured 12 teams, nine based in Sydney, one in Newcastle, one in Wollongong and one in Auckland. 10 NRL clubs fielded a side in the competition, while two others, the Canberra Raiders and South Sydney Rabbitohs, fielded a side through their Intrust Super Premiership affiliated club.

Colours	Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach(s)	Captain(s)	NRL affiliated
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore Sports Ground	Brad Henderson	Morgan Harper & Samuel Radovu	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Southern Cross Group Stadium Henson Park	David Howlett	Teig Wilton	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Lottoland HE Laybutt Sporting Complex	Wayne Lambkin	Cade Cust & Tevita Funa	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
	Mounties	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Peter Marrapodi	Paul Roache	Canberra Raiders
	Newcastle Knights	Cessnock Sportsground McDonald Jones Stadium	Todd Lowrie	Hayden Loughrey	Newcastle Knights
	North Sydney Bears	North Sydney Oval	Willie Leyshon	Josh Cook	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Parramatta Eels	Ringrose Park	Dean Feeney	Tuimavave Afualo	Parramatta Eels
	Penrith Panthers	Panthers Stadium	Ben Harden	Mitch Kenny	Penrith Panthers
	St George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium Jubilee Oval	Wayne Collins	Jackson Willis	St George Illawarra Dragons
	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium Morry Breen Oval	Anthony Barnes	Sean O'Sullivan & Kenese Kenese	Sydney Roosters
	Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium QBE Stadium	Ricky Henry	Soane Hufanga & Tyler Slade	Warriors
	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium Leichhardt Oval	Craig Wilson	TJ Carter	Wests Tigers

Regular season

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Canterbury Bulldogs	WST 20	WAR 18	MOU 6	X	SYD 12	PEN 20	CRO 2	MAN 40	X	X	NEW 2	SYD 2	CRO 16	NOR 24	PEN 2	X	MOU 22	NEW 12	WST 16	WAR 6	SGI 2	MAN 2	NOR 26	PAR 12
Cronulla Sharks	SYD 24	SGI 4	MAN 2	X	SGI 0	NEW 6	CBY 2	WAR 6	X	X	SYD 0	WST 8	CBY 16	PAR 36	MOU 10	X	NEW 6	NOR 36	PAR 6	PEN 1	MAN 34	NOR 26	WAR 12	WST 32
Manly Sea Eagles	NEW 48	PAR 32	CRO 2	MOU 16	PAR 8	WAR 20	SYD 24	CBY 40	X	X	NOR 6	WAR 22	NOR 26	WST 5	SGI 20	X	WST 38	SYD 2	MOU 10	X	CRO 34	CBY 2	SGI 2	PEN 10
Mounties	SGI 8	SYD 6	CBY 6	MAN 16	PEN 16	PAR 2	NOR 14	SYD 30	X	X	PAR 8	PEN 20	NEW 6	WAR 20	CRO 10	X	CBY 22	WST 6	MAN 10	NOR 28	NEW 36	WST 20	X	SGI 4
Newcastle Knights	MAN 48	WST 22	PAR 8	SGI 20	NOR 22	CRO 6	WST 14	NOR 10	X	X	CBY 2	SGI 4	MOU 6	SYD 10	WAR 48	X	CRO 6	CBY 12	PEN 14	PAR 14	MOU 36	WAR 48	PEN 2	X
North Sydney Bears	WAR 8	PEN 10	SGI 26	PEN 7	NEW 22	WST 22	MOU 14	NEW 10	X	X	MAN 6	PAR 32	MAN 26	CBY 24	WST 26	X	SYD 16	CRO 36	SGI 30	MOU 28	X	CRO 26	CBY 26	WAR 24
Parramatta Eels	PEN 8	MAN 32	NEW 8	WST 14	MAN 8	MOU 2	PEN 4	WST 12	X	X	MOU 8	NOR 32	WAR 16	CRO 36	SYD 26	X	WAR 8	SGI 32	CRO 6	NEW 14	SYD 18	SGI 18	X	CBY 12
Penrith Panthers	PAR 8	NOR 10	WAR 1	NOR 7	MOU 22	CBY 20	PAR 4	SGI 20	X	X	WST 26	MOU 20	SYD 32	X	CBY 2	X	SGI 18	WAR 2	NEW 14	CRO 1	WST 20	SYD 4	NEW 2	MAN 10
St George Illawarra Dragons	MOU 8	CRO 4	NOR 26	NEW 20	CRO 0	SYD 20	WAR 8	PEN 20	X	X	WAR 4	NEW 4	WST 12	X	MAN 20	X	PEN 18	PAR 32	NOR 30	SYD 8	CBY 2	PAR 18	MAN 2	MOU 4
Sydney Roosters	CRO 24	MOU 6	WST 22	WAR 22	CBY 12	SGI 20	MAN 24	MOU 30	X	X	CRO 0	CBY 2	PEN 32	NEW 10	PAR 26	X	NOR 16	MAN 2	WAR 8	SGI 8	PAR 18	PEN 4	WST 26	X
Warriors	NOR 8	CBY 18	PEN 1	SYD 22	WST 16	MAN 20	SGI 8	CRO 6	X	X	SGI 4	MAN 22	PAR 16	MOU 20	NEW 48	X	PAR 8	PEN 2	SYD 8	CBY 6	X	NEW 48	CRO 12	NOR 24
Wests Tigers	CBY 20	NEW 22	SYD 22	PAR 14	WAR 16	NOR 22	NEW 14	PAR 12	X	X	PEN 26	CRO 8	SGI 12	MAN 5	NOR 26	X	MAN 38	MOU 6	CBY 16	X	PEN 20	MOU 20	SYD 26	CRO 32
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

2018 Jersey Flegg Cup
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Newcastle Knights	20	17	0	3	4	648	348	+300	42
2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	20	15	2	3	4	526	369	+157	40
3	Penrith Panthers	20	14	0	6	4	426	313	+113	36
4	Mounties	20	14	0	6	4	448	386	+62	36
5	Sydney Roosters	20	11	1	8	4	536	476	+60	31
6	Parramatta Eels	20	11	0	9	4	536	414	+122	30
7	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	20	10	0	10	4	454	348	+106	28
8	St George Illawarra Dragons	20	7	1	12	4	441	465	−24	23
9	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	20	7	0	13	4	381	520	−139	22
10	Warriors	20	6	0	14	4	326	489	−163	20
11	North Sydney Bears	20	4	0	16	4	332	611	−279	16
12	Wests Tigers	20	2	0	18	4	240	555	−315	12

Final series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Qualifying & Elimination finals
Parramatta Eels	18 – 22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	1 September 2018, 11:00am	Panthers Stadium
Newcastle Knights	24 – 25	Mounties	1 September 2018, 12:40pm	McDonald Jones Stadium
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	10 – 18	Penrith Panthers	1 September 2018, 3:15pm	Panthers Stadium
Sydney Roosters	40 – 28	St George Illawarra Dragons	2 September 2018, 3:45pm	Panthers Stadium
Semi-finals
Newcastle Knights	27 – 8	Sydney Roosters	8 September 2018, 5:15pm	Jubilee Oval
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	30 – 10	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	9 September 2018, 5:30pm	Jubilee Oval
Preliminary finals
Penrith Panthers	30 – 26	Newcastle Knights	15 September 2018, 3:15pm	Leichhardt Oval
Mounties	22 – 26	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	16 September 2018, 3:00pm	Leichhardt Oval
Grand Final
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	22 – 12	Penrith Panthers	23 September 2018, 12:45pm	Leichhardt Oval

	Qualifying / Elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals				Grand final
		QF1: 1 Sept, McDonald Jones Stadium
	1	Newcastle	24
	4	Mounties	25			SF1: 8 Sept, Jubilee Oval
						Newcastle	27
		EF1: 2 Sept, Panthers Stadium				Sydney	8					PF1: 16 Sept, Leichhardt Oval
	5	Sydney	40									Mounties	22
	8	St George Illawarra	28									Cronulla-Sutherland	26			GF: 23 Sept, Leichhardt Oval
																Cronulla-Sutherland	22
		EF2: 1 Sept, Panthers Stadium										PF2: 15 Sept, Leichhardt Oval				Penrith	12
	6	Parramatta	18									Penrith	30
	7	Canterbury-Bankstown	22			SF2: 9 Sept, Jubilee Oval						Newcastle	26
						Cronulla-Sutherland	30
		QF2: 1 Sept, Panthers Stadium				Canterbury-Bankstown	10
	2	Cronulla-Sutherland	10
	3	Penrith	18

Grand Final

Sunday, September 23 12:45pm (local time)

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	22 – 12	Penrith Panthers
Tries: Harry Smith (27') 1 Isaac Lumelume (31') 1 Bronson Xerri (54') 1 Braydon Trindall (62') 1 Goals: Braydon Trindall 3 (32', 56', 63')	1st: 12 – 6 2nd: 10 – 6 Report	Tries: 1 (17') Daine Laurie 1 (39') John Trimboli Goals: 2 Brendan Hands (19', 40')

Leichhardt Stadium Referee: Cameron Paddy Man of the Match: Braydon Trindall (Cronulla)

Team lists:

FB 1 Luke Polselli WG 2 Chris Tupou CE 3 Jackson Ferris CE 4 Bronson Xerri WG 5 Isaac Lumelume FE 6 Jayden Millard HB 7 Braydon Trindall PR 8 Cruz Topai-Aveai HK 9 Harry Smith PR 16 Blake Manowski SR 11 Teig Wilton (c) SR 12 Josh Carr LK 13 James Roumanos Substitutes: IC 10 Monty Raper IC 14 Luke Jurd IC 15 Fine Kula IC 17 Tom Caughlan Coach: David Howlett

FB 1 Daine Laurie WG 2 Thomas Lofts CE 3 Marlon Ritchie CE 4 Stephen Crichton WG 19 Brian Too FE 6 Dean Blore HB 7 Brendan Hands PR 8 Spencer Leniu HK 9 Meni Luke PR 10 Mitch Revell SR 11 Alexander Myles SR 12 Shawn Blore LK 13 Mitch Kenny (c) Substitutes: IC 14 Adam Fearnley IC 15 John Trimboli IC 16 Brad Gaut IC 17 J'maine Hopgood Coach: Ben Harden

Player statistics

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 24.

Leading try scorers Pos Player Team Tries 1 Beau Fermor Newcastle Knights 14 2 Daine Laurie Penrith Panthers 13 Bilal Maarbani Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 13 4 Blake Clayton Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12 Matt Cooper Newcastle Knights 12 Jackson Ferris Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12

Leading point scorers Pos Player Team T G FG Pts 1 Kurtis Dark Newcastle Knights 5 92 0 204 2 Braydon Trindall Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5 70 2 162 3 Jackson Willis St George Illawarra Dragons 8 50 1 133 4 Brandon Wakeham Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 3 51 0 114 5 Todd Sapienza Parramatta Eels 7 42 0 112

References

1. "Reintroducing Jersey Flegg". NSWRL. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
2. "NRL replaces Holden Cup under 20s with new NSW, Qld competitions in 2018". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
3. "Sharks Outclass Panthers to win Jersey Flegg Cup". NSWRL. Retrieved 2018-09-23.