The 2017 New South Wales Cup season was the tenth season of the New South Wales Cup administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, and the second known as the Intrust Super Premiership NSW due sponsorship reasons. 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 will compete against the winner of the 2017 Queensland Cup in the 2017 NRL State Championship. Illawarra RLFC are the defending champions, following their 21–20 victory against the Mounties in the 2016 grand final.
A NSW Residents side, selected from the Premiership, lost 6–36 to the Queensland Residents on 7 May.
Teams In 2017, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Intrust Super Premiership. The Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles replaced the Manly Sea Eagles. The Illawarra Cutters were renamed as the Illawarra RLFC.
A team from Fiji applied to enter the competition, gaining support from Petero Civoniceva and the Fijian government, but the NSWRL board determined that they were not ready for the 2017 season. The team would have played from the 15,000-capacity National Stadium, Suva.
Pat Weisner started the season as coach of the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, before being fired and replaced by Steven Hales. The Bulldogs named Ray Moujalli as their captain. Colors Club Coach Stadium Founded Joined* NRL affiliate Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles Steven HalesPat Weisner HE Laybutt Field, Blacktown 1962 2017 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Steve Georgallis Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore 1934 2008 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Illawarra RLFC Matthew Head Wollongong Showground, Wollongong 2012 2012 St George Illawarra Dragons Mount Pritchard Mounties Steve Antonelli Mount Pritchard Oval, Mount Pritchard 2012 2012 Canberra Raiders Newcastle KnightsSimon Woolford Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 1988 2012 Newcastle Knights Newtown Jets Greg Matterson Henson Park, Marrickville 1908 2008 Cronulla Sharks New Zealand Warriors Ricky Henry Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 2007 2014 New Zealand Warriors North Sydney BearsBen Gardiner North Sydney Oval, North Sydney 1908 2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs Penrith Panthers Garth BrennanPenrith Stadium, Penrith 1966 2008 Penrith Panthers Wentworthville Magpies Nathan Cayless Ringrose Park, Wentworthville 1963 2008 Parramatta Eels Wests Tigers David Heath Campbelltown Stadium, CampbelltownLeichhardt Oval, Leichhardt 1999 2013 Wests Tigers Wyong Roos Rip Taylor Morrie Breen Oval, Kanwal 1910 2013 Sydney Roosters *: The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup, not any other competition before this.
Ladder 2017 New South Wales Cup TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts 1 Wyong Roos 16 13 1 1 1 454 252 +202 29 2 New Zealand Warriors 16 9 3 3 1 376 274 +102 23 3 Penrith Panthers 17 8 1 6 2 339 230 +109 21 4 Mount Pritchard Mounties 16 8 1 6 1 336 330 +6 19 5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16 7 2 6 1 304 254 +15 18 6 North Sydney Bears 17 7 0 8 2 241 259 −18 18 7 Illawarra RLFC 16 7 0 8 1 310 372 −62 16 8 Newcastle Knights 16 5 1 8 2 302 388 −86 15 9 Wentworthville Magpies 16 6 0 9 1 331 307 +24 14 10 Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 16 5 0 9 2 306 368 −62 14 11 Newtown Jets 16 5 1 9 1 290 365 −75 13 12 Wests Tigers 16 4 0 11 1 252 442 −190 10
Finals
Grand Final
FB 1Luke SharpeWG 2Johnny Tuivasa-SheckCE 3Paul MomirovskiCE 4Joseph ManuWG 5Chris CentroneFE 6Jayden NikorimaHB 7Mitch CornishPR 8Lindsay CollinsHK 9Mitchell Williams (c)PR 14Eloni VunakeceSR 11Brock GraySR 12Justin Toomey-WhiteLK 13Nat ButcherInterchange:BE 10Chris SmithBE 15Grant GarveyBE 16Jake LewisBE 17Brenden SantiCoach:Rip Taylor FB 1Mason CerrutoWG 2Maika SivoCE 3Jed CartwrightCE 4Tony SatiniWG 5Christian CrichtonFE 6Jarome LuaiHB 7Darren Nicholls (c)PR 8Kaide EllisHK 9Mitch ReinPR 10Sitaleki AkauolaSR 11Viliame KikauSR 20Moses LeotaLK 19Sione KatoaInterchange:BE 12Corey WaddellBE 14Tom EisenhuthBE 15Oliver ClarkBE 16Nick Tui-LosoCoach:Garth Brennan
NRL State Championship
As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Penrith Panthers faced Queensland Cup premiers Papua New Guinea Hunters in the annual NRL State Championship match.
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