Harold Matthews Cup

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 17. 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 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.[1][2]
The competition was run as a knock-out tournament until 1991.[3][4] From the 1992 onwards, the format has been a number of home-and-away rounds in which all teams compete, followed by a finals series.[5]

The clubs

In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, 15 clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL UNE Harold Matthews Cup.
The New Zealand Warriors joined the competition in 2024, having previously fielded teams in the older age S.G. Ball Cup. The Melbourne Storm re-joined the Harold Matthews Cup in 2024, having previously fielded a team in the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

In the 1970s and early 1980s the Harold Matthews Cup was played in a carnival format over three to five successive days. Teams from the country groups and regions competed alongside representative teams from the NSWRL clubs of Sydney. The competition later changed to a partial round-robin format.

Former teams in the Harold Matthews Cup include: Gold Coast Titans (2009), South-Western Sydney Academy of Sport (2008–16) and Western Sydney Academy of Sport (2007–17).

After the sixth round on 14 & 15 March, the 2020 competition was suspended and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[6]

Harold Matthews Cup Premiers

Knock-Out Tournament

Year Age Premiers Runners Up Report
1970 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
1971 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
1972 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
1973 Template:Leagueicon Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
1974 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs
1975 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
1976 U14 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
1977 U14 Template:Leagueicon Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
1978 U14 Canberra Rugby League (CRL) Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels [7]
1979 U14 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers
1980 U14 Group 12 (CRL) Template:Leagueicon Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks [8]
1981 U14 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
1982 U14 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
1983 U14 Group 6 Rugby League (CRL) Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers [9]
1984 U14 Template:Leagueicon Canberra Raiders Central Coast [10]
1985 U14 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers
1986 U15 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
1987 U15 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers
1988 U15 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers [11]
1989 U15 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels [12][13]
1990 U15 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Gold Coast Seagulls
1991 U15 Template:Leagueicon Gold Coast Seagulls Template:Leagueicon Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Regular Season and Finals

From 1992 to 2002 and again since 2004, the Harold Matthews Cup has been run as a regular season Template:Mdash a series of home-and-away matches Template:Mdash followed by a final series.[5] The number of rounds in the regular season is limited, with the limit being less than the number of teams. This means that each team plays some but not all of their opponents in the competition.

Year Age Premiers Score Runners Up Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon Report
1992 U15 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights
16–12
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs Template:Leagueicon Eastern Suburbs Roosters
1993 U15 Template:Leagueicon Canberra Raiders
14–6
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Balmain Tigers Template:Leagueicon Eastern Suburbs Roosters [14][15]
1994 U15 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
19–18
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers
1995 U15 Template:Leagueicon Canberra Raiders
20–19
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels [16]
1996 U15 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers
36–20
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon Sydney Roosters
1997 U16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
28–10
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon North Sydney Bears Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels [17]
1998 U16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
24–10
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon St. George Dragons
1999 U16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
44–18
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Balmain Tigers [18]
2000 U16 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights
32–26
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon Sydney Roosters [19]
2001 U16 Template:Leagueicon Cronulla Sharks
32–26
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Sydney Roosters
2002 U16 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers
38–0
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Manly Sea Eagles [20]
2003 U15 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
28–4
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon St George Dragons [21][22][23]
2004 U16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
18–16
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Wests Magpies [24][25]
2005 U16 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers
38–10
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights [26][27][28]
2006 U16 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers
20–8
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs Template:Leagueicon North Sydney Bears [29][30][31]
2007 U16 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs
18–14
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs Template:Leagueicon North Sydney Bears [32][33]
2008 U16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
30–17
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon South-West Academy [34][35]
2009 U16 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs
34–22
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs Template:Leagueicon South-West Academy
2010 U16 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers
22–12
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon South-West Academy
2011 U16 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs
13–12
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers Template:Leagueicon North Sydney Bears
2012 U16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
39–32
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs Template:Leagueicon Sydney Roosters [36][37]
2013 U16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
24–16
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs Template:Leagueicon South-West Academy [38][39]
2014 U16 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights
34–4
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon North Sydney Bears [40][41]
2015 U16 Template:Leagueicon Cronulla Sharks
30–16
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Sydney Roosters [42][43]
2016 U16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels
16–14
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon South-West Academy [44][45]
2017 U16 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights
26–20
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Manly Sea Eagles Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon Wests Magpies [46][47]
2018 U16 Template:Leagueicon Manly Sea Eagles
26–18
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon North Sydney Bears [48][49]
2019 U16 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights
28–8
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon St George Dragons [50][51]
2020 Season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[52]
2021 U17 Template:Leagueicon Manly Sea Eagles
24–12
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels Template:Leagueicon Manly Sea Eagles Template:Leagueicon Canberra Raiders [53]
2022 U17 Template:Leagueicon Wests Magpies
42–16
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Leagueicon Cronulla Sharks Template:Leagueicon Wests Magpies Template:Leagueicon Central Coast Roosters [54]
2023 U17 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs
32–6
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon Manly Sea Eagles
2024 U17 Template:Leagueicon New Zealand Warriors
34–16
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Leagueicon Wests Magpies Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Bulldogs Template:Leagueicon Balmain Tigers [55]
2025 U17 Template:Leagueicon New Zealand Warriors
30–16
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers Template:Leagueicon Melbourne Storm [56]

Premiership Tally

No. Club Seasons
1 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels 20 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016)
2 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers 7 (1979, 1985, 1989, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010)
3 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Knights 5 (1992, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2019)
4 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2023)
4 Template:Leagueicon Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4 (1973, 1977, 2001, 2015)
6 Template:Leagueicon Canberra Raiders 3 (1984, 1993, 1995)
7 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Steelers 2 (1987, 1996)
7 Template:Leagueicon Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2 (2018, 2021)
7 Template:Leagueicon New Zealand Warriors 2 (2024, 2025)
10 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 (1974)
10 Canberra Rugby League (CRL) 1 (1978)
10 Group 12 (Central Coast, CRL) 1 (1980)
10 Group 6 (CRL) 1 (1983)
10 Template:Leagueicon Gold Coast Seagulls 1 (1991)
10 Template:Leagueicon Western Suburbs Magpies 1 (2022)

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

See also

References

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