S. G. Ball Cup

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The S. G. Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played predominantly in New South Wales, between teams made up of male players aged under 19. Teams from Canberra and Melbourne, and Auckland also participate. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales a team from Perth (West Coast) also participated. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, and includes both junior representative teams of NRL and NSWRL clubs that do not field a team in the NRL.

The S. G. Ball Cup is named after S. G. "George" Ball, one of the five people responsible for the formation of South Sydney, and who was club secretary for over fifty years.

Clubs

In 2025, 16 clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL S G Ball Cup.

In 2020, 18 clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL S G Ball Cup. After the sixth round on March 14 & 15, the 2020 competition was suspended and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1] Three teams from 2020 that did not return in 2021 were:

Previous teams that participated in the SG Ball Cup include: Template:Leagueicon Gold Coast (2008–09), Template:Leagueicon Newtown (1970s, early 1980s & 2009), Template:Leagueicon Western Sydney Academy of Sport (2007–17).

Melbourne Storm competed in the S.G. Ball Cup from 2009 to 2014, did not compete from 2015 to 2018, and competed as the Victoria Thunderbolts from 2020 to 2022. The club returned as the Melbourne Storm from the 2023 season.

S. G. Ball Cup Premiers

1965 to Current

Year Premiers Score Runners Up Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon Notes
1965 Template:Leagueicon Souths 5 – 4 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Not applicable – Knock-Out Competition
1966 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 12 – 0 Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Norths
1967 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 7 – 2 Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Template:Leagueicon Newtown
1968 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 7 – 4 Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Norths [2]
1969 Template:Leagueicon Souths 13 – 3 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Newtown [3]
1970 Template:Leagueicon St George 12 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Easts [4]
1971 Template:Leagueicon Wests 7 – 3 Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Newtown [5]
1972 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury 13 – 8 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Norths [6]
1973 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 19 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Norths [7]
1974 Template:Leagueicon Souths 12 – 8 Template:Leagueicon Balmain Template:Leagueicon Balmain Template:Leagueicon Norths
1975 Template:Leagueicon Souths 13 – 2 Template:Leagueicon St George Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Newtown
1976 Template:Leagueicon Souths 28 – 3 Template:Leagueicon Wests Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Norths
1977 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 5 – 2 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta [8]
1978 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury 14 – 0 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 12 teams split into 2 zones of 6 teams.
Semi-Finals were:
Zone 1 1st-place vs Zone 2 2nd-place,
Zone 2 1st-place vs Zone 1 2nd-place.
[9]
1979 Template:Leagueicon Souths 8 – 0 Template:Leagueicon Balmain [10]
1980 Template:Leagueicon Souths 23 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Balmain [11]
1981 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 18 – 9 Template:Leagueicon Balmain [12]
1982 Template:Leagueicon Balmain 25 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Newtown Template:Leagueicon Cronulla Template:Leagueicon Easts [13][14]
1983 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 30 – 0 Template:Leagueicon Wests Template:Leagueicon Wests Template:Leagueicon Newtown
1984 Template:Leagueicon St George 18 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Wests [15]
1985 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 32 – 12 Template:Leagueicon St George Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Template:Leagueicon Wests
1986 Template:Leagueicon Souths 16 – 8 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Souths
1987 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 32 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Canberra Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Easts [16][17]
1988 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 20 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Penrith [18]
1989 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra 32 – 22 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Easts [19]
1990 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle 23 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Manly Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Template:Leagueicon Easts
1991 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 32 – 6 Template:Leagueicon Manly Template:Leagueicon Manly Template:Leagueicon Easts [20][21]
1992 Template:Leagueicon St George 20 – 0 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Template:Leagueicon St George Template:Leagueicon Easts
1993 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 28 – 20 Template:Leagueicon St George [22]
1994 Template:Leagueicon Souths 22 – 20 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle [23][24]
1995 Template:Leagueicon Canberra 36 – 6 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Canberra [25]
1996 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra 8 – 0 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Canterbury [26]
1997 Template:Leagueicon Sydney City (Easts) 11 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Template:Leagueicon Newcastle [27]
1998 Template:Leagueicon Souths 20 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Manly Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Canterbury
1999 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 38 – 6 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon St George [28][29]
2000 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 28 – 24 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Template:Leagueicon Wests [30][31]
2001 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle 34 – 26 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon St George
2002 Template:Leagueicon Wests 18 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Manly
2003 Template:Leagueicon Canberra 16 – 4 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon St George [32][33]
2004 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle 42 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) Template:Leagueicon Norths
2005 Template:Leagueicon Canberra 34 – 12 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Norths
2006 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 18 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Norths
2007 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 22 – 12 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Western Sydney (A)
2008 Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) 38 – 20 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Template:Leagueicon Norths
2009 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury 42 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Melbourne Template:Leagueicon St George Template:Leagueicon Wests
2010 Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) 28 – 24 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Cronulla Template:Leagueicon Central Coast
2011 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle 25 – 24 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Template:Leagueicon Wests Template:Leagueicon Western Sydney (A)
2012 Template:Leagueicon Balmain 42 – 20 Template:Leagueicon Canberra Template:Leagueicon Balmain Template:Leagueicon Western Sydney (A)
2013 Template:Leagueicon Balmain 14 – 6 Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon West Coast
2014 Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) 34 – 30 (iet) Template:Leagueicon Penrith Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon West Coast
2015 Template:Leagueicon Cronulla 24 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Souths Template:Leagueicon Canberra Template:Leagueicon Norths
2016 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 25 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Template:Leagueicon West Coast
2017 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 30 – 22 Template:Leagueicon Cronulla Template:Leagueicon Cronulla Template:Leagueicon West Coast
2018 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 25 – 14 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) Template:Leagueicon West Coast
2019 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra 34 – 23 Template:Leagueicon Manly Template:Leagueicon Manly Template:Leagueicon West Coast
2020 Season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[34]
2021 Template:Leagueicon Canberra 18 – 14 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) Template:Leagueicon Norths [35]
2022 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 22 – 20 Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) Template:Leagueicon Victoria (Melbourne) [36]
2023 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 28 – 22 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle Template:Leagueicon Canberra Template:Leagueicon Melbourne [37]
2024 Template:Leagueicon St George 40 – 18 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) Template:Leagueicon Balmain [38][39]
2025 Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Easts) 33 – 26 (aet) Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Template:Leagueicon Norths [40]
  • U16/s from 1965 until 2005
  • U18/s from 2006 until 2020
  • U19/s from 2021 onwards

Premiership Tally

No. Club Seasons
0 Template:Leagueicon Manly 0
0 Template:Leagueicon Norths 0
1 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 14 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2017, 2023)
2 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney 10 (1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1994, 1998)
3 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 7 (1977, 1981, 2000, 2006, 2016, 2018, 2022)
4 Template:Leagueicon Sydney (Eastern Suburbs) 5 (1997, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2025)
5 Template:Leagueicon Canberra 4 (1995, 2003, 2005, 2021)
5 Template:Leagueicon Newcastle 4 (1990, 2001, 2004, 2011)
5 Template:Leagueicon St George 4 (1970, 1984, 1992, 2024)
8 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury 3 (1972, 1978, 2009)
8 Template:Leagueicon Balmain 3 (1982, 2012, 2013)
8 Template:Leagueicon Illawarra 3 (1989, 1996, 2019)
11 Template:Leagueicon Western Suburbs 2 (1971, 2002)
12 Template:Leagueicon Cronulla 1 (2015)

Bold means the team is currently taking part in the competition.

See also

References

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