Jersey Flegg Cup
The Jersey Flegg Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales, contested among teams made up of players aged 20 or under. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), and is named for Eastern Suburbs foundation player and prominent administrator of the game, Harry "Jersey" Flegg.
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| Sport | Rugby league |
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| Inaugural season | 1961 |
| Owner(s) | NSWRL |
| CEO | David Trodden |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Countries | Australia, New Zealand |
| Most recent champion(s) |  |
| Most titles |  |
| Related competitions | National Youth Competition Hastings Deering Colts |
| Official website | Jersey Flegg |
History
The Jersey Flegg Cup began in 1961 as an under-19 age group competition and was originally played over 9–12 weeks early in the season, alongside the SG Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup during the NSWRL's junior representative season. In 1998, with the advent of the National Rugby League (NRL), the competition switched to the current under-20 age limit and was played over a full season, running alongside the senior NRL competition and culminating with the Grand Final held on the same day as the NRL Grand Final.[1]
The competition ceased at the end of the 2007 season to make way for the NRL-administered under-20 competition, the National Youth Competition, which commenced in 2008.
In 2016, the NRL announced that the National Youth Competition would be discontinued after the 2017 season, in favour of state-based under-20 competitions, administered by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).[2]
On 1 February 2018, the NSWRL officially announced the reintroduction of the Jersey Flegg Cup for the 2018 season after a 10-year absence.[3]
Teams
The Jersey Flegg Cup consists of fourteen teams, twelve based in New South Wales, one in Auckland, New Zealand and one in Victoria. In 2019, the Canberra Raiders and South Sydney Rabbitohs will return to the competition after using their New South Wales Cup affiliates in 2018, while the Victoria Thunderbolts join after spending the last four seasons in QRL-based competitions.[4][5][6]
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| Club | Location | Primary Stadium(s)[7] | Coaches | Founded | Premierships | Last | NRL affiliate |
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Canberra | GIO Stadium | Ash Barnes | 1982 | 2 | 1993 | |
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Belmore | Belmore Sports Ground | David Penna | 1934 | 9 | 2003 | |
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Woolooware | Southern Cross Group Stadium | Daniel Holdsworth | 1967 | 1 | 2018 | |
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Brookvale | Lottoland | Shane Sultana | 1947 | 3 | 1987 | |
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Newcastle | McDonald Jones Stadium | Scott Dureau | 1988 | 2 | 1992 | |
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Auckland | Mt Smart Stadium | Greg Boulous | 1995 | 0 | - | |
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Wentworthville | Ringrose Park | Dean Feeney | 1947 | 3 | 1990 | |
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Penrith | Panthers Stadium | Ben Harden | 1967 | 4 | 2007 | |
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North Sydney | North Sydney Oval | Peter Palmer | 1908 | 1 | 1998 | – |
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Redfern | Redfern Oval | Ben Rogers | 1908 | 9 | 2019 | |
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Wollongong | WIN Stadium | Willie Talau | 1998* | 1^ | 2005 | |
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Sydney | Allianz Stadium | Anthony Barnes | 1908 | 3 | 2004 | |
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Melbourne | Casey Fields | Ben Jack | 2015 | 0 | - | |
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Campbelltown | Campbelltown Stadium | Wayne Lambkin | 1999* | 0^ | - | |
| * denotes that the club was formed as a joint-venture of former existing clubs. ^ denotes that previous clubs making up the joint venture had won premierships prior to merging, which are not included in this tally. | |||||||
Season structure
Regular season
The Jersey Flegg Cup follows the same regular season format as the Intrust Super Premiership, with games usually played as curtain-raisers to the senior fixtures. Beginning in early March, a round of regular season games is then played almost every weekend for twenty-one weeks, ending in late August. Unlike the Intrust Super Premiership, the Jersey Flegg Cup features three full rounds where every team receives a bye. These rounds are scheduled in to accommodate university exam periods.[8]
Teams receive two competition points for a win, and one point for a draw. The bye also receives two points; a loss, no points. Teams on the ladder are ranked by competition points, then match points differential (for and against) and points percentage are used to separate teams with equal competition points. At the end of the regular season, the club which is ranked highest on the ladder is declared minor premiers.
Finals series
The eight highest placed teams at the end of the regular season compete in the finals series. The Jersey Flegg follows the same finals format as the NRL and the Intrust Super Premiership. The system consists of a number of games between the top eight teams over four weeks in September, until only two teams remain.
These two teams then contest the Grand Final, which is played in late September at a suburban Sydney stadium (for example, Leichhardt Oval[9]), as a curtain-raiser to the Intrust Super Premiership Grand Final.
Premiership winners
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Premiership tally
| No. | Club | Seasons |
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| 1 | | 9 (1963, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003) |
| 1 | | 9 (1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1978, 2019) |
| 2 | | 8 (1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1994, 1997) |
| 4 | | 4 (1977, 1986, 2006, 2007) |
| 5 | | 3 (1961, 1974, 1987) |
| 5 | | 3 (1970, 1985, 1990) |
| 5 | | 3 (1995, 2002, 2004) |
| 8 | | 2 (1975, 1996) |
| 8 | | 2 (1989, 1993) |
| 8 | | 2 (1991, 1992) |
| 11 | | 1 (2018) |
| 11 | | 1 (2005) |
| 11 | | 1 (1998) |
| 11 | | 1 (1965) |
See also
- Rugby League Competitions in Australia
References
- https://www.nswrl.com.au/about/competitions/Jersey-Flegg/
- https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-announces-state-based-competitions-to-replace-holden-cup-under-20s-from-2018/news-story/cab42c6edb1a7df1e2bc4d87c0d0fcd3
- Buxton, Matt (1 February 2018). "Reintroducing Jersey Flegg". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2018/09/05/rabbitohs-lead-the-way-with-exciting-new-pathways/
- https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2018/10/09/raiders-under-20s-to-return-in-2019-as-club-announces-new-coach/
- https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/10/09/victoria-to-make-welcome-return-to-nswrl/
- "2018 DRAW | Jersey Flegg Cup". NSWRL.com.au. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/02/01/reintroducing-jersey-flegg/
- https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2017/09/15/family-fun-at-2017-grand-finals/
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