2024 NSW Cup season
Rugby league season
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The 2024 season of the New South Wales Cup was the 118th season of the premier state rugby league competition in New South Wales.
| 2024 New South Wales Cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 7 March - 29 September |
| Teams | 13 |
| Premiers |  Newtown Jets |
| Minor premiers |  North Sydney Bears |
| Wooden spoon |  Western Suburbs Magpies |
| Matches played | 162 |
| Top points scorer | Kieran Hayman (212) |
| Top try-scorer | Allan Fitzgibbon (21) |
Season summary
The 2024 season of the New South Wales Cup commenced on 7 March. Teams played 26 regular competition rounds, with the top five teams qualifying for the final series in September.
Teams
There are 13 teams competing in the competition in 2024, with eleven based in New South Wales itself, as well as one in the Australian Capital Territory and one from New Zealand.
Regular season
Ladder
| 2024 NSW Cup | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | North Sydney Bears |
24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 560 | 479 | +81 | 36 |
| 2 | Newtown Jets |
24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 654 | 492 | +162 | 35 |
| 3 |  Canberra Raiders |
24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 713 | 456 | +257 | 34 |
| 4 |  New Zealand Warriors |
24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 590 | 506 | +84 | 33 |
| 5 |  Penrith Panthers |
24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 602 | 520 | +82 | 33 |
| 6 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |
24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 580 | 447 | +133 | 32 |
| 7 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 622 | 547 | +75 | 32 |
| 8 |  Newcastle Knights |
24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 595 | 650 | -55 | 26 |
| 9 |  Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 566 | 704 | -138 | 24 |
| 10 |  Sydney Roosters |
24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 540 | 583 | -43 | 23 |
| 11 |  Parramatta Eels |
24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 535 | 678 | -143 | 23 |
| 12 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |
24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 482 | 658 | -176 | 17 |
| 13 | Western Suburbs Magpies |
24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 454 | 773 | -319 | 16 |
Source:[10]
Finals series
The top five teams qualified for the finals series, with these being Norths, Newtown, Canberra, New Zealand and Penrith.
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee(s) | Crowd | ||||
| QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINAL | |||||||
| New Zealand Warriors |
12 – 24 | Penrith Panthers |
Saturday 7 September, 1:00pm | Leichhardt Oval | Kieren Irons | ||
| Newtown Jets |
38 – 16 | Canberra Raiders |
Saturday 7 September, 5:00pm | Damian Brady | |||
| SEMI-FINALS | |||||||
| Canberra Raiders |
30 – 14 | Penrith Panthers |
Saturday 15 September, 1:00pm | Leichhardt Oval | Damian Brady | ||
| North Sydney Bears |
18 – 16 | Newtown Jets |
Saturday 15 September, 5:00pm | Kieren Irons | |||
| PRELIMINARY FINAL | |||||||
| Canberra Raiders |
16 – 18 | Newtown Jets |
Saturday 21 September, 3:00 pm | Leichhardt Oval | Kieren Irons | ||
| GRAND FINAL | |||||||
| North Sydney Bears |
22 – 28 | Newtown Jets |
Sunday 29 September, 3:00pm | CommBank Stadium | Kieren Irons | 10,386 | |
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Sydney | 18 | North Sydney | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Newtown | 16 | Newtown | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Newtown | 38 | Canberra | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Canberra | 16 | Newtown | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Canberra | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penrith | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Zealand | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Penrith | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Final
2024 The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Grand Final
| North Sydney Bears |
22 – 28 | Newtown Jets |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: 4 Garlick  20'Faalogo 34'Fitzgibbon 43'Wilson 58'Goals: 4 Hayman  21', 45', 60' (3/4) |
1st: 10–16 2nd: 12–12 Report |
Tries: 5 Rodwell 16'Vea'ila 26' Hiroti 39'Leiu 52'Hamlin-Uele 64'Goals: 4 Puru 18', 39', 54', 66' (4/5) |
| North Sydney Bears | Position | Newtown Jets | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Number | Name | |
| Sualauvi Fa'alogo | 20 | 1 | Liam Ison | |
| Allan Fitzgibbon | 2 | 2 | Tom Rodwell | |
| Israel Ogden | 3 | 3 | Chris Vea'ila | |
| Dean Ieremia | 4 | 4 | Mawene Hiroti | |
| Tui Katoa | 5 | 5 | Samuel Stonestreet | |
| Kieran Hayman | 1 | 6 | Khaled Rajab | |
| Harradyn Wilson | 7 | 7 | Niwhai Puru | |
| Kurt De Luis (c) | 8 | 10 | Tuku Hau Tapuha | |
| Bronson Garlick | 9 | 9 | Jayden Berrell | |
| Tepai Moeroa | 10 | 14 | Braden Hamlin-Uele | |
| Joe Chan | 11 | 11 | Kyle Pickering | |
| Matt Stimson | 12 | 12 | Billy Burns (c) | |
| Ativalu Lisati | 13 | 13 | Blake Hosking | |
| Nathaniel Roache | 14 | 14 | Jordin Leiu | |
| Regan Hughes | 15 | 17 | Billy Magoulias | |
| Phillip Makatoa | 16 | 18 | Samuel Healey | |
| Ben Talty | 17 | 19 | Brad Fearnley | |
| Coby Thomas (not used) | 18 | 14 | Rhys Dakin (not used) | |
| Kieran Dempsey | Coach | George Ndaira | ||
NRL State Championship
As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Newtown Jets will face Queensland Cup premiers Norths Devils in the NRL State Championship match.
2024 NRL State Championship
| Newtown Jets |
18-20 |  Norths Devils |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: 4 Stonestreet 16', 31', 45'Puru 23'Goals: 1 Puru 1/4 17' |
1st: 14-10 2nd: 4-10 Report |
Tries: 4 Simbiken 4'Lipp 39'Keeley 55', 74'Goals: 2 Lipp 2/4 6', 56' |
Accor Stadium, Sydney Referee: Liam Kennedy Touch judges: Jarrod Cole, Kieren Irons Bunker: Peter Gough |
Awards
- Player of the Year:
- Top Tryscorer:
Allan Fitzgibbon (21) - Top Pointscorer: Kieran Hayman (212)
