National Rugby League reserves affiliations
The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league clubs in Australasia. Run by the Australian Rugby League Commission, however, since the late 1980s, when the former New South Wales Rugby League expanded interstate to make the first attempt at a national competition, there has not been a league-wide reserves competition; and, since 2002, there has been no dedicated reserves competition of any kind. As a result, NRL-listed players who are not selected in their senior teams are made eligible to play in one of the second-tier state leagues: the New South Wales Cup or the Queensland Cup. The system used to accommodate NRL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.
Current affiliations
In the 2020 season, the sixteen National Rugby League clubs will have the following reserves arrangements.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Currently the only NSW Cup & QLD Cup team not affiliated with an NRL club is Queensland Cup team
PNG Hunters, based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
See also
- NSWRL Reserve Grade (1908 - 2002)
- Australian Football League reserves affiliations
Notes
References
- http://www.nswrl.com.au/intrust-super-premiership-nsw/nswrl-clubs.html 2017 NSW Cup Feeder Clubs
- http://www.broncos.com.au/team/affiliates.html 2017 Broncos Feeder Clubs
- http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/nrl/gold-coast-titans-welcome-twoyear-partnership-with-new-feeder-club-central-queensland-capras/news-story/23aa6ef9b198fe2bd784ffd7f00c0a7c 2017 Titan Feeder Clubs
- https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2016/03/09/rd_2_feeder_team_ann.html 2017 Storm Feeder Clubs
- http://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2014/09/10/new_feeder_club_for_toyota_cowboys.html 2017 Cowboy Feeder Clubs
- "Capras: Titans have missed big chance". Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Uniting with the Dolphins". Warriors. 8 June 2020.
- "Knights launch pathway partnership with Ipswich Jets". Newcastle Knights. 13 December 2019.