Harold Matthews Cup

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NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup

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General Information
First Season 1970
Website Harold Matthews Cup
2007 Season
Premiers Bulldogs
Runners-Up Penrith Panthers
Minor Premiers Bulldogs
Wooden spoon North Sydney Bears
2008 Season
Premiers Parramatta Eels
Runners-Up Penrith Panthers
Minor Premiers Penrith Panthers
Wooden spoon South West Sydney Academy


The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. 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 and academies that do not field teams in the NRL competition.

[edit] The Clubs

In 2008, seventeen clubs will field teams in the NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup.

[edit] Harold Matthews Cup Premiers

Year Premiers
1970 Parramatta
1971 Parramatta
1972 Parramatta
1973 Cronulla-Sutherland
1974 South Sydney
1975 Parramatta
1976 Parramatta
1977 Cronulla-Sutherland
1978 Canberra {country}
1979 Penrith
1980 Group 12 {country}
1981 Parramatta
1982 Parramatta
1983 Group 6 {country}
1984 Canberra
1985 Penrith
1986 Parramatta
1987 Illawarra
1988 Parramatta
1989 Penrith
1990 Parramatta
1991 Gold Coast Seagulls
1992 Newcastle Knights
1993 Canberra
1994 Parramatta
1995 Canberra
1996 Illawarra
1997 Parramatta
1998 Parramatta
1999 Parramatta
2000 Newcastle Knights
2001 Sharks
2002 Penrith
2003 Parramatta
2004 Parramatta
2005 Penrith
2006 Penrith
2007 Bulldogs
2008 Parramatta