The 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW season was the tenth season of the New South Wales Cup, the top rugby league competition administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition acts as a second-tier league to the ten New South Wales-based National Rugby League clubs, as well the Canberra Raiders and New Zealand Warriors. The winner of the Premiership, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, competed against the winner of the 2018 Queensland Cup, the Redcliffe Dolphins in the 2018 NRL State Championship, which they won 42-18. The Penrith Panthers were the defending champions, following their 20-12 victory against the Wyong Roos in the 2017 Grand Final.
Teams In 2018, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Intrust Super Premiership. Illawarra RLFC were renamed to the St George Illawarra Dragons to bring the club in line with the NRL’s ‘whole of game’ strategy, that will also see top-grade squads increased from 25 players to 30.
An under-20s competition will be run in parallel to the New South Wales Cup. +ColoursTeamNRL Feeder ClubBlacktown Workers Sea Eagles Manly warringah Sea EaglesCanterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsMount Pritchard Mounties Canberra RaidersNew Zealand Warriors New Zealand WarriorsNewcastle Knights Newcastle KnightsNewtown Jets Cronulla-Sutherland SharksNorth Sydney Bears South Sydney RabbitohsPenrith Panthers Penrith PanthersSt George Illawarra Dragons St George Illawarra DragonsWentworthville Magpies Parramatta EelsWestern Suburbs Magpies Wests TigersWyong Roos Sydney Roosters
Ladder PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts1 Penrith Panthers2416242550410140382 St George Illawarra Dragons241408249441480323 Newtown Jets2412282607419188304 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs241309253745285305 Western Suburbs Magpies241201024774734286 Mount Pritchard Mounties2411011253246171267 New Zealand Warriors24100122429489 -60248 Wyong Roos2492112501579 -78249 Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles2482122476496 -202210 Wentworthville Magpies2490132436583 -1472211 North Sydney Bears2472132479532 -532012 Newcastle Knights2452152379589 -21016
Teams highlighted in green have qualified for the finals The team highlighted in blue has clinched the minor premiership The team highlighted in red has clinched the wooden spoon
Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee(s)CrowdQUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALS Penrith Panthers28 – 18 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSaturday 1 SeptemberPenrith Stadium1,000 Mount Pritchard Mounties21 – 20 New Zealand WarriorsSaturday 1 SeptemberPenrith Stadium Western Suburbs Magpies14 – 18 Wyong RoosSunday 2 SeptemberPenrith Stadium1,000 St George Illawarra Dragons28 – 26 Newtown JetsSunday 2 SeptemberPenrith StadiumSEMI-FINALS Newtown Jets34 – 16 Mount Pritchard MountiesSaturday 8 SeptemberNetstrata Jubilee Stadium1,000 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs34 – 24 Wyong RoosSunday 9 SeptemberNetstrata Jubilee Stadium1,000PRELIMINARY FINALS Penrith Panthers24 – 28 Newtown JetsSaturday 15 SeptemberLeichhardt Oval2,000 St George Illawarra Dragons26 – 28 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSunday 16 SeptemberLeichhardt Oval1,000GRAND FINAL Newtown Jets12 – 18 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSunday 22 SeptemberLeichhardt Oval6,000 Source:
NRL State Championship
As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Cannterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs faced Queensland Cup premiers Redcliffe Dolphins in the NRL State Championship match.
Television Broadcast Fox League will continue to broadcast a game per round, however Channel 9 will also be broadcasting a game per round starting with the 2018 for the first time.
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