2017 NSW Cup season

2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW
LeagueNSW Cup
Duration25 Rounds
Teams12
Broadcast partnersFox League
2017 season
Premiers Penrith Panthers
Minor Premiers Wyong Roos

The 2017 New South Wales Cup season was the tenth season of the New South Wales Cup administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, and the second known as the Intrust Super Premiership NSW due sponsorship reasons. The competition acts as a second-tier league to the ten New South Wales-based National Rugby League clubs, as well the Canberra Raiders and New Zealand Warriors.

The winner of the Premiership will compete against the winner of the 2017 Queensland Cup in the 2017 NRL State Championship. Illawarra RLFC are the defending champions, following their 21–20 victory against the Mounties in the 2016 grand final.[1][2]

A NSW Residents side, selected from the Premiership, lost 6–36 to the Queensland Residents on 7 May.[3]

Teams

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In 2017, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Intrust Super Premiership. The Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles replaced the Manly Sea Eagles.[4][5] The Illawarra Cutters were renamed as the Illawarra RLFC.[6][7]

A team from Fiji applied to enter the competition, gaining support from Petero Civoniceva and the Fijian government,[8] but the NSWRL board determined that they were not ready for the 2017 season.[9][10][11] The team would have played from the 15,000-capacity National Stadium, Suva.[8]

Pat Weisner started the season as coach of the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, before being fired and replaced by Steven Hales.[12][13] The Bulldogs named Ray Moujalli as their captain.[14]

Colors Club Coach Stadium Founded Joined* NRL affiliate
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles Steven Hales[12][15]
Pat Weisner[16][13] 		HE Laybutt Field, Blacktown 1962 2017 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Steve Georgallis[17][18] Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore 1934 2008 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Illawarra RLFC Matthew Head[19][20] Wollongong Showground, Wollongong 2012 2012 St George Illawarra Dragons
Mount Pritchard Mounties Steve Antonelli[21][22] Mount Pritchard Oval, Mount Pritchard 2012 2012 Canberra Raiders
Newcastle Knights Simon Woolford[23][24] Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 1988 2012 Newcastle Knights
Newtown Jets Greg Matterson[25] Henson Park, Marrickville 1908 2008 Cronulla Sharks
New Zealand Warriors Ricky Henry[26] Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 2007 2014 New Zealand Warriors
North Sydney Bears Ben Gardiner[27] North Sydney Oval, North Sydney 1908 2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Penrith Panthers Garth Brennan[28][29] Penrith Stadium, Penrith 1966 2008 Penrith Panthers
Wentworthville Magpies Nathan Cayless[30][31] Ringrose Park, Wentworthville 1963 2008 Parramatta Eels
Wests Tigers David Heath[32] Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown
Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt 		1999 2013 Wests Tigers
Wyong Roos Rip Taylor[33] Morrie Breen Oval, Kanwal 1910 2013 Sydney Roosters

*: The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup, not any other competition before this.

Ladder

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2017 New South Wales Cup
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Wyong Roos 16 13 1 1 1 454 252 +202 29
2 New Zealand Warriors 16 9 3 3 1 376 274 +102 23
3 Penrith Panthers 17 8 1 6 2 339 230 +109 21
4 Mount Pritchard Mounties 16 8 1 6 1 336 330 +6 19
5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16 7 2 6 1 304 254 +15 18
6 North Sydney Bears 17 7 0 8 2 241 259 −18 18
7 Illawarra RLFC 16 7 0 8 1 310 372 −62 16
8 Newcastle Knights 16 5 1 8 2 302 388 −86 15
9 Wentworthville Magpies 16 6 0 9 1 331 307 +24 14
10 Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 16 5 0 9 2 306 368 −62 14
11 Newtown Jets 16 5 1 9 1 290 365 −75 13
12 Wests Tigers 16 4 0 11 1 252 442 −190 10

Finals

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Main article: 2017 NSW Cup finals series

Grand Final

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24 September
6:45 (AEST)
Wyong Roos 12-20 Penrith Panthers
Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 2,000
FB 1 Luke Sharpe
WG 2 Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck
CE 3 Paul Momirovski
CE 4 Joseph Manu
WG 5 Chris Centrone
FE 6 Jayden Nikorima
HB 7 Mitch Cornish
PR 8 Lindsay Collins
HK 9 Mitchell Williams (c)
PR 14 Eloni Vunakece
SR 11 Brock Gray
SR 12 Justin Toomey-White
LK 13 Nat Butcher
Interchange:
BE 10 Chris Smith
BE 15 Grant Garvey
BE 16 Jake Lewis
BE 17 Brenden Santi
Coach:
Rip Taylor
FB 1 Mason Cerruto
WG 2 Maika Sivo
CE 3 Jed Cartwright
CE 4 Tony Satini
WG 5 Christian Crichton
FE 6 Jarome Luai
HB 7 Darren Nicholls (c)
PR 8 Kaide Ellis
HK 9 Mitch Rein
PR 10 Sitaleki Akauola
SR 11 Viliame Kikau
SR 20 Moses Leota
LK 19 Sione Katoa
Interchange:
BE 12 Corey Waddell
BE 14 Tom Eisenhuth
BE 15 Oliver Clark
BE 16 Nick Tui-Loso
Coach:
Garth Brennan

NRL State Championship

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See also: 2017 NRL Grand Final

As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Penrith Panthers faced Queensland Cup premiers Papua New Guinea Hunters in the annual NRL State Championship match.

Sunday, 1 October
3:40pm (AEDT)
Penrith Panthers 42 – 18 Papua New Guinea Hunters
Tries:
Tony Satini (9', 11', 16', 40') 4
Darren Nicholls (20') 1
Viliame Kikau (31') 1
Christian Crichton (38') 1
Maika Sivo (47') 1
Goals:
Darren Nicholls 5/8
(13', 17', 22', 34', 39')
Sin Bin:
Jarome Luai (68') 		1st: 38 – 2
2nd: 4 – 16
 Tries:
1 (69') Adex Wera
1 (72') Bland Abavu
1 (77') Ase Boas
Goals:
3/4 Ase Boas
(3' pen, 70', 77')
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Jarrod Cole, Chris Treneman
Man-of-the-Match medal: Kaide Ellis

References

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