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
Duration7 March - 29 September
Teams13
Premiers Newtown Jets
Minor premiers North Sydney Bears
Wooden spoon Western Suburbs Magpies
Matches played162
Top points scorer(s) Kieran Hayman (212)
Top try-scorer(s) Allan Fitzgibbon (21)
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Season summary

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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

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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.

Club NRL Affiliate Home Ground(s) Head Coach
  Blacktown Workers
Sea Eagles
  Manly Warringah
Sea Eagles
4 Pines Park (6) & HE Laybutt Field (5) Wayne Lambkin[1]
  Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium (9), Raiders Belconnen (1) & Seiffert Oval (1) Brock Shepperd[2]
  Canterbury Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground (6) & Stadium Australia (5) Michael Potter[3]
  Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium (10), Newcastle Permanent Centre of Excellence (2) Ronald Griffiths[4]
  Newtown Jets   Cronulla Sharks Henson Park (11), PointsBet Stadium (1) George Ndaira
  New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium (7), North Harbour Stadium (3) & Navigation Homes Stadium (1) David Tangata-Toa[5]
  North Sydney
Bears
  Melbourne Storm North Sydney Oval (12) Pat Weisner[6]Kieran Dempsey[7]
  Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium (9), Eric Tweedale Stadium (2) & Lidcombe Oval (1) Nathan Cayless
  Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium (10), St Marys Leagues Stadium (1) Ben Harden
  South Sydney Rabbitohs Accor Stadium (7), Redfern Oval (3), Coogee Oval (1), Central Coast Stadium (1) Joe O'Callaghan
  Sydney Roosters Wentworth Park (9), Allianz Stadium (2), Central Coast Stadium (1) Brett Morris[8]
  St. George Illawarra Dragons Collegians Sporting Complex Wollongong (7), WIN Stadium (2), Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (2) & Sid Parrish Park (1) Ben Woolf
  Western Suburbs Magpies   Western Suburbs Tigers Lidcombe Oval (7), Campbelltown Stadium (3) & Leichhardt Oval (1) Aaron Payne[9]

Regular season

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Ladder

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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

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Finals series

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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 finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1  North Sydney18  North Sydney22
  Newtown16  Newtown28
2  Newtown38  Canberra16
3  Canberra16  Newtown18
  Canberra30
  Penrith14
4  New Zealand12
5  Penrith24

Grand Final

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2024 The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Grand Final
Sunday, 29 September
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
  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)
CommBank Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 10,386
Referee: Kieren Irons
Player of the Match: Niwhai Puru
Team details
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

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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
Sunday, 6 October
13:20pm AEDT (UTC+11)
Newtown Jets     Norths Devils
1st: –
2nd: –
Accor Stadium, Sydney
Referee:
Bunker:

Awards

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  • Player of the Year:
  • Top Tryscorer:   Allan Fitzgibbon (21)
  • Top Pointscorer:  Kieran Hayman (212)

Team of the Year

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Position Nat Winner Club
Fullback   Jake Toby   North Sydney Bears
Wing   Savelio Tamale   St. George Illawarra Dragons
Centre   James Schiller   Canberra Raiders
Centre   Tyrone Peachey   Penrith Panthers
Wing   Watson Heleta   Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles
Five-eighth   Will Pryce   Newcastle Knights
Halfback   Adam Cook   Canberra Raiders
Prop   Kurt De Luis   North Sydney Bears
Hooker   Jayden Berrell   Newtown Jets
Prop   Jordan Grant   Penrith Panthers
Second-row   Jacob Laban   New Zealand Warriors
Second-row   Billy Burns   Newtown Jets
Lock   Hohepa Puru   Canberra Raiders

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wayne Lambkin promoted to Sea Eagles NRL coaching staff". Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Brock Shepperd joins Raiders as NSW Cup Coach". Canberra Raiders. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Potter aiming to weave some magic with the Bulldogs". New South Wales Rugby League. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Griffiths appointed Knights NSW Cup Coach". Newcastle Knights. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Griffin earns promotion as NRL assistant coach". Warriors. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ Admin, Bears (19 October 2023). "2024 NSW Cup Head Coach Announced". North Sydney Bears. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ Proszenko, Adrian (21 August 2024). "Coach deregistered over rugby league betting scandal". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Morris grateful for the coaches he learnt under". New South Wales Rugby League. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Payne's new coaching role 11 years in the making". New South Wales Rugby League. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Ladder". New South Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 30 September 2024.