Harold Matthews Cup

The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up of NSW-based clubs and includes both junior representative teams of the elite National Rugby League (NRL) and clubs and academies that do not field teams in the NRL competition.

Harold Matthews Cup
Current season or competition:
2021 Harold Matthews Cup
SportRugby league
Instituted1970
Inaugural season1970
Number of teams15
Country Australia (15 teams)
Premiers Newcastle Knights (5th title) (2019)
Most titles Parramatta Eels (20 titles)
WebsiteHarold Matthews Cup
Related competitionS. G. Ball Cup

The competition is named after Harold Matthews, a Balmain Tigers secretary who later was appointed as manager of the Australian Test squad and later went on to become secretary of the NSWRL and ARL.[1]

The clubs

In 2019, 15 clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL UNE Harold Matthews Cup.

Harold Matthews Cup Premiers
YearAgePremiersRunners Up
1970 Parramatta
1971 Parramatta
1972 Parramatta
1973 Cronulla-Sutherland
1974 South Sydney
1975 Parramatta
1976 Parramatta
1977 Cronulla-Sutherland
1978Canberra Rugby League (CRL)
1979 Penrith
1980Group 12 (CRL)
1981 Parramatta
1982 Parramatta
1983Group 6 Rugby League (CRL)
1984 Canberra
1985 Penrith
1986 Parramatta
1987U/15s Illawarra
1988U/15s Parramatta
1989U/15s Penrith
1990U/15s ParramattaGold Coast Seagulls
1991U/15sGold Coast Seagulls Cronulla-Sutherland
1992U/15s Newcastle South Sydney
1993U/15s Canberra Parramatta
1994U/15s Parramatta Penrith
1995U/15s Canberra Parramatta
1996U/15s Illawarra Newcastle
1997U/16s Parramatta North Sydney
1998U/16s Parramatta
1999U/16s Parramatta South Sydney
2000U/16s Newcastle Penrith
2001U/16s Sharks Penrith
2002U/16s Penrith
2003U/15s Parramatta St. George
2004U/16s Parramatta Penrith
2005U/16s Penrith Canterbury
2006U/16s Penrith Canterbury
2007U/16s Canterbury Penrith
2008U/16s Parramatta Penrith
2009U/16s Canterbury Parramatta
2010U/16s Penrith Parramatta
2011U/16s Canterbury Illawarra
2012U/16s Parramatta Newcastle
2013U/16s Parramatta South Sydney
2014U/16s Newcastle Penrith
2015U/16s Cronulla-Sutherland Parramatta
2016U/16s Parramatta Newcastle
2017U/16s Newcastle Manly-Warringah
YearPremiersRunners UpMinor PremiersWooden Spoon
2018 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers North Sydney Bears
2019 Newcastle Knights Canterbury Newcastle Knights St George Dragons

Premiership Tally
No. Club Seasons
1 Parramatta Eels 20 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016)
2 Penrith Panthers 7 (1979, 1985, 1989, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010)
3 Newcastle Knights 5 (1992, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2019)
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4 (1973, 1977, 2001, 2015)
5 Canberra Raiders 3 (1984, 1993, 1995)
5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 3 (2007, 2009, 2011)
7 Illawarra Steelers 2 (1987, 1996)
8 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 (1974)
8 Canberra Rugby League (CRL) 1 (1978)
8 Group 12 (Central Coast, CRL) 1 (1980)
8 Group 6 (CRL) 1 (1983)
8 Gold Coast Seagulls 1 (1991)
8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 1 (2018)

Bold means that the team is still currently plays in the competition.

See also

References
  1. "1920". TIGERS. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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