- S. G. Ball Cup
-
S G Ball Cup General Information First Season 1965 Website S G Ball Cup Site 2011 Season Premiers Newcastle Knights Runners-Up Canterbury Bulldogs Minor Premiers Western Suburbs Magpies Wooden spoon Western Sydney (Academy) 2010 Season Premiers Sydney Roosters Runners-Up Parramatta Eels Minor Premiers Cronulla Sharks Wooden spoon Central Coast Centurions 2009 Season Premiers Canterbury Bulldogs Runners-Up Melbourne Minor Premiers St. George Wooden spoon Western Suburbs Magpies 2008 Season Premiers Sydney Roosters Runners-Up Parramatta Eels Minor Premiers Canterbury Bulldogs Wooden spoon North Sydney Bears The S G Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played in New South Wales, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition includes both junior representative teams of NRL and NSW Cup clubs that do not field a team in the NRL competition. In 2009 the Melbourne Storm from Victoria, was admitted to the competition. In 2010 the competition continued its national growth with the introduction of the WA Reds from Perth.
The S G Ball Cup is so named for S G (George) Ball, one of the five people responsible for the formation of South Sydney and was club secretary for over fifty years.
The Clubs
In 2011, eighteen clubs fielded teams in the S G Ball Cup.
- Balmain Tigers
- Canberra Raiders
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
- Central Coast Centurions
- Cronulla Sharks
- Gold Coast Titans
- Illawarra Steelers
- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
- Melbourne Storm
- Newcastle Knights
- North Sydney Bears
- Parramatta Eels
- Penrith Panthers
- St. George Dragons
- South Sydney Rabbitohs
- Sydney Roosters
- Western Suburbs Magpies
- Western Sydney (Academy)
- WA Reds [1]
S G Ball Cup Premiers
Year Premiers 1965 South Sydney 1966 Parramatta 1967 Parramatta 1968 Parramatta 1969 South Sydney 1970 St. George 1971 Western Suburbs 1972 Canterbury-Bankstown 1973 Parramatta 1974 South Sydney 1975 South Sydney 1976 South Sydney 1977 Penrith 1978 Canterbury-Bankstown 1979 South Sydney 1980 South Sydney 1981 Penrith 1982 Balmain 1983 Parramatta 1984 St. George 1985 Penrith 1986 South Sydney 1987 Parramatta 1988 Parramatta 1989 Illawarra 1990 Newcastle Knights 1991 Parramatta 1992 St. George 1993 Parramatta 1994 South Sydney 1995 Canberra 1996 Illawarra 1997 Sydney City Roosters 1998 South Sydney 1999 Parramatta 2000 Penrith 2001 Newcastle Knights 2002 Western Suburbs 2003 Penrith 2004 Newcastle Knights 2005 Canberra 2006 Penrith 2007 Parramatta 2008 Sydney Roosters 2009 Canterbury 2010 Sydney Roosters 2011 Newcastle Knights References
- Andrews, Malcolm (1980). Rugby League - The Greatest game of All. Cammeray: Horwitz. ISBN 0-7255-0831-1.
- S G Ball Cup at nswrl.com.au
Rugby League in Australia Australian Rugby League National Teams: Australian Kangaroos · Australian Jillaroos · Junior Kangaroos · Australian Schoolboys • Prime Minister's XIII
Competitions: State of Origin · City vs Country · All Stars Game · Affiliated States ChampionshipNational Rugby League Telstra Premiership · Toyota Cup (U20's)
New South Wales Rugby League Open Age comps: New South Wales Cup · Bundaberg Red Cup · Amco Cup (defunct) · NSWRL Premiership (defunct)
Underage Comps: Jersey Flegg Cup (U20's - defunct) · S.G. Ball Cup (U18's) · Harold Matthews Cup (U16's) · ARL Schoolboy Cup (High School) · Tertiary Rugby League (University)New South Wales
Country Rugby LeagueGroup Competitions: 2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 14 · 16 · 17 · 19 · 20 · 21
Divisional Competitions: Canberra RL · Central Coast RL · Illawarra RL · Newcastle RL · Northern Rivers RL
Other Cups: Clayton Cup · Castlereagh Cup · Woodbridge Cup · Mid-West Cup · Outback RL
Defunct Groups and Leagues: 1 · 5 · 8 · 12 · 13 · 15 · 18 · Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League · North-West Plains CupQueensland Rugby League Divisions: Central · Northern · South East Queensland · South West · Wide Bay
Main Competitions: Queensland Cup · Brisbane A-Grade · Foley Shield · Brisbane Second Division · FOGS Colts Challenge (U18's) · Mal Meninga Cup (U18's) · Cyril Connell Cup (U16's)Northern Territory Rugby League South Australian Rugby League Adelaide First Grade Premiership
Tasmanian Rugby League Victorian Rugby League Melbourne Rugby League • Central Highlands Rugby League • Goulburn Murray Rugby League
Western Australia Rugby League Other Leagues Masters • Police • Secondary Schools • Women
Rugby League in: Australian Capital Territory · New South Wales · Northern Territory · Queensland · South Australia · Western Australia · VictoriaCategories:- Rugby league competitions in New South Wales
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.