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. The competition is made up of NSW-based clubs and includes both junior representative teams of the elite National Rugby League and clubs and academies that do not field teams in the NRL competition.
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.

The clubs

In 2019, 15 clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL UNE Harold Matthews Cup.
YearAgePremiersRunners Up
1970 Parramatta-
1971 Parramatta-
1972 Parramatta-
1973 Cronulla-Sutherland-
1974 South Sydney-
1975 Parramatta-
1976 Parramatta-
1977 Cronulla-Sutherland-
1978Canberra Rugby League -
1979 Penrith-
1980Group 12 -
1981 Parramatta-
1982 Parramatta-
1983Group 6 Rugby League -
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

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