The 2015
New South Wales Cup
The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...
season, was the second tier
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
competition held in
New South Wales
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, after the
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
. The 2015 season kicked off on 7 March 2015 and was won by the
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...
.
Clubs
In 2015, 12 clubs are fielding teams in the New South Wales Cup.
It was announced in 2014 that the longstanding relationship between the
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...
and the
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground ...
has come to an end, with the
NRL Club deciding to now link with the
Wyong Roos
The Wyong Rugby League Football Club are an Australian rugby league club based on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The club competed in the New South Wales Cup from 2013 to 2018 and still competes in the Central Coast Division Rugby Leagu ...
in the NSW Cup as their feeder club. The
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league ...
have decided to pull their own team from the competition opting into taking the
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground ...
on as their feeder club, forming a new relationship with a 3-year agreement between the clubs.
''*: The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup, not any other competition before this.''
Ladder
Ladder Progression
* Underline = BYE
Season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Finals series
For the fourth year in a row, the NSWRL will use the finals system previously implemented by the ARL competition from the 1990s (also used by the
Australian Football League) to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams.
Chart
2015 NRL State Championship match
From 2014
New South Wales Cup Premiers play against the
Queensland Cup Premiers with the winner to be crowned the NRL State Champions.
Broadcast Information
Television
Fox Sports (Australia)
Fox Sports 1 provide live coverage of at least one match each week throughout the regular season along with selected finals.
Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Sky Sport is a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by New Zealand's satellite pay-TV company, Sky.
History
Sky Sport 1 is the original Sky Television sport channel in New Zealand. It was first introduced in 1990 as Sky Spo ...
Sky Sports NZ cover a number of New Zealand Warriors home matches. Some of these matches will be simulcast in Australia on Fox Sports 1 at their discretion.
Radio
Hawkesbury Radio
Hawkesbury Radio call a number of Panthers VB NSW Cup games and some of Windsor Wolves games in the Ron Massey Cup where possible.
SteeleSports.com.au
Covering predominantly Newtown Jets home fixtures.
2GLF
2GLF is a Community radio station located in Liverpool, a suburb of Sydney. It is on 89.3 FM and caters to the communities of Liverpool and Fairfield LGA's.
Etymology
''GLF'' is an acronym which is the first letter of the two cities and commun ...
2GLF provide coverage of a host of VB NSW Cup games with a specific charter of servicing teams such as the Tigers, Mounties, Bulldogs and Magpies.
Alive 90.5
ALIVE fm call selected Wentworthville Magpies home fixtures from Ringrose Park.
Triple H 100.1FM
Triple H call a few VB NSW Cup games from time to time where possible.
2GB
Provide score updates where possible during the regular season.
ABC Grandstand
ABC Sport, formerly ABC Radio Grandstand, is a live radio sports focused commentary and talk-back program which runs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) local radio network across Australia and on one digital-only station.
History
Fr ...
Provide Full Time scores to their listeners as they become available throughout the weekend.
Ron Massey Cup
Ladder
Finals
Sydney Shield
Ladder
Two points deducted from Windsor for playing an unregistered player.
Finals
See also
References
External links
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