The Templeton Cup, frequently referred to as the Bob Templeton Cup, is an annual rugby union trophy contested between the Australian teams of the New South Wales Waratahs and the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby. The trophy, which was established in 2000 ahead of the Super 12 season, was named in honour of Bob Templeton, former Queensland and Australia representative player and coach who died in December 1999.
Results Overview Details Played Won byWaratahs Won byReds Drawn Waratahs points Reds points In New South Wales 19 11 8 0 490 335 In Queensland 22 10 12 0 437 538 Overall 41 21 20 0 927 873
Pre-Templeton Cup record + Super 12 (pre-Templeton Cup) record Season Date Venue Score Winner Attendance 1996 14 April Ballymore Stadium, Herston 15–13 Reds 22,296 1997 19 April Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 16–26 Reds 30,106 1998 18 April Ballymore Stadium, Herston 17–17 draw 23,250 1999 1 May Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 13–30 Reds 28,360
List (Brackets) denotes total matches the cup was held. No. Season Date Venue Score Winner Attendance 1 2000 1 April Ballymore Stadium, Herston 31–16 Reds (1) 22,000 2 2001 12 May Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 20–25 Reds (2) align=center 3 2002 5 May Ballymore Stadium, Herston 31–24 Reds (3) 23,000 4 2003 29 March Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 23–35 Reds (4) align=center 5 2004 8 May Lang Park, Milton 23–7 Reds (5) 42,237 6 2005 6 May Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park 27–8 Waratahs (1) 38,220 7 2006 11 February Lang Park, Milton 12–16 Waratahs (2) 38,000 8 2007 14 April Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 26–13 Waratahs (3) 21,872 9 2008 17 May Lang Park, Milton 11–18 Waratahs (4) 27,688 10 2009 6 March Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 15–11 Waratahs (5) 28,109 11 2010 13 February Lang Park, Milton 28–30 Waratahs (6) 22,582 12 2011 26 February Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park 30–6 Waratahs (7) 33,846 13 23 April Lang Park, Milton 19–15 Reds (6) 35,828 14 2012 25 February Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park 21–25 Reds (7) 32,071 15 14 July Lang Park, Milton 32–16 Reds (8) 41,533 16 2013 23 February Lang Park, Milton 25–17 Reds (9) 35,801 17 13 July Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park 12–14 Reds (10) 26,037 18 2014 1 March Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park 32–5 Waratahs (8) 17,580 19 12 July Lang Park, Milton 3–34 Waratahs (9) 36,205 20 2015 7 March Lang Park, Milton 5–23 Waratahs (10) 27,199 21 13 June Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 31–5 Waratahs (11) 26,746 22 2016 27 February Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 30–10 Waratahs (12) 24,044 23 27 March Lang Park, Milton 13–15 Waratahs (13) 17,247 24 2017 29 April Lang Park, Milton 26–29 Waratahs (14) 18,781 25 2018 14 April Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park 37–16 Waratahs (15) 15,648 26 2 June Lang Park, Milton 41–52 Waratahs (16) 14,452 27 2019 9 March Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park 28–17 Waratahs (17) 15,681 28 18 May Lang Park, Milton 32–40 Waratahs (18) 12,236 2020 18 April Western Sydney Stadium, Parramatta colspan=4 rowspan=2 16 May Lang Park, Milton 29 2020 (AU) 3 July Lang Park, Milton 32–26 Reds (11) align=center 30 8 August Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park 45–12 Waratahs (19) align=center 31 2021 (AU) 19 February Lang Park, Milton 41–7 Reds (12) align=center 32 27 March Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park 14–46 Reds (13) align=center 33 2022 25 February Leichhardt Oval, Lilyfield 16–20 Reds (14) 4,806 34 26 March Lang Park, Milton 32–20 Reds (15) 11,219 35 2023 6 May North Queensland Stadium, Townsville 24–32 Waratahs (20) 5,942 36 2024 24 February Lang Park, Milton 40–22 Reds (16) 14,593 37 31 May Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 26–27 Reds (17) 12,018 38 2025 15 March Lang Park, Milton 35–15 Reds (18) 20,072 39 9 May Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 21–28 Reds (19) 18,945 40 2026 13 February Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park 36–12 Waratahs (21) 16,655 41 14 March Lang Park, Milton 26–17 Reds (20) 18,087
See also Rod Macqueen Cup, annual trophy match contested between the ACT Brumbies and Reds Dan Vickerman Cup, rivalry trophy held between the ACT Brumbies and Waratahs Weary Dunlop Shield (2011–2024), defunct rivalry shield held between the Rebels and Waratahs
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