2017 NSW Cup season

2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW
League	NSW Cup
Duration	25 Rounds
Teams	12
Broadcast partners	Fox League
2017 season
Premiers	Penrith Panthers
Minor Premiers	Wyong Roos

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.^[1][2]

A NSW Residents side, selected from the Premiership, lost 6–36 to the Queensland Residents on 7 May.^[3]

Teams

In 2017, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Intrust Super Premiership. The Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles replaced the Manly Sea Eagles.^[4][5] The Illawarra Cutters were renamed as the Illawarra RLFC.^[6][7]

A team from Fiji applied to enter the competition, gaining support from Petero Civoniceva and the Fijian government,^[8] but the NSWRL board determined that they were not ready for the 2017 season.^[9][10][11] The team would have played from the 15,000-capacity National Stadium, Suva.^[8]

Pat Weisner started the season as coach of the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, before being fired and replaced by Steven Hales.^[12][13] The Bulldogs named Ray Moujalli as their captain.^[14]

Colors	Club	Coach	Stadium	Founded	Joined*	NRL affiliate
	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	Steven Hales[12][15] Pat Weisner[16][13]	HE Laybutt Field, Blacktown	1962	2017	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Steve Georgallis[17][18]	Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore	1934	2008	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Illawarra RLFC	Matthew Head[19][20]	Wollongong Showground, Wollongong	2012	2012	St George Illawarra Dragons
	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Steve Antonelli[21][22]	Mount Pritchard Oval, Mount Pritchard	2012	2012	Canberra Raiders
	Newcastle Knights	Simon Woolford[23][24]	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	1988	2012	Newcastle Knights
	Newtown Jets	Greg Matterson[25]	Henson Park, Marrickville	1908	2008	Cronulla Sharks
	New Zealand Warriors	Ricky Henry[26]	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	2007	2014	New Zealand Warriors
	North Sydney Bears	Ben Gardiner[27]	North Sydney Oval, North Sydney	1908	2008	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Penrith Panthers	Garth Brennan[28][29]	Penrith Stadium, Penrith	1966	2008	Penrith Panthers
	Wentworthville Magpies	Nathan Cayless[30][31]	Ringrose Park, Wentworthville	1963	2008	Parramatta Eels
	Wests Tigers	David Heath[32]	Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt	1999	2013	Wests Tigers
	Wyong Roos	Rip Taylor[33]	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
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Main article: 2017 NSW Cup finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	Sydney Football Stadium
	1	Wyong	34
	4	Canterbury	26			Jubilee Oval
						Canterbury-Bankstown		32
	Jubilee Oval					Illawarra		14				Leichhardt Oval
	5	Mount Pritchard	26									Wyong		16
	8	Illawarra	30									New Zealand		12			Leichhardt Oval
																	Wyong		12
	Jubilee Oval											Leichhardt Oval					Penrith		20
	6	North Sydney	18									Penrith		16
	7	Newcastle	40			Jubilee Oval						Canterbury-Bankstown		12
						New Zealand		30
	Jubilee Oval					Newcastle		6
	2	New Zealand	20
	3	Penrith	36

Grand Final

24 September 6:45 (AEST)

Wyong Roos	12-20	Penrith Panthers

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Attendance: 2,000

FB 1 Luke Sharpe WG 2 Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck CE 3 Paul Momirovski CE 4 Joseph Manu WG 5 Chris Centrone FE 6 Jayden Nikorima HB 7 Mitch Cornish PR 8 Lindsay Collins HK 9 Mitchell Williams (c) PR 14 Eloni Vunakece SR 11 Brock Gray SR 12 Justin Toomey-White LK 13 Nat Butcher Interchange: BE 10 Chris Smith BE 15 Grant Garvey BE 16 Jake Lewis BE 17 Brenden Santi Coach: Rip Taylor

FB 1 Mason Cerruto WG 2 Maika Sivo CE 3 Jed Cartwright CE 4 Tony Satini WG 5 Christian Crichton FE 6 Jarome Luai HB 7 Darren Nicholls (c) PR 8 Kaide Ellis HK 9 Mitch Rein PR 10 Sitaleki Akauola SR 11 Viliame Kikau SR 20 Moses Leota LK 19 Sione Katoa Interchange: BE 12 Corey Waddell BE 14 Tom Eisenhuth BE 15 Oliver Clark BE 16 Nick Tui-Loso Coach: Garth Brennan

NRL State Championship

See also: 2017 NRL Grand Final

As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Penrith Panthers faced Queensland Cup premiers Papua New Guinea Hunters in the annual NRL State Championship match.

Sunday, 1 October 3:40pm (AEDT)

Penrith Panthers	42 – 18	Papua New Guinea Hunters
Tries: Tony Satini (9', 11', 16', 40') 4 Darren Nicholls (20') 1 Viliame Kikau (31') 1 Christian Crichton (38') 1 Maika Sivo (47') 1 Goals: Darren Nicholls 5/8 (13', 17', 22', 34', 39') Sin Bin: Jarome Luai (68')	1st: 38 – 2 2nd: 4 – 16	Tries: 1 (69') Adex Wera 1 (72') Bland Abavu 1 (77') Ase Boas Goals: 3/4 Ase Boas (3' pen, 70', 77')

ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referee: Jarrod Cole, Chris Treneman Man-of-the-Match medal: Kaide Ellis

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External links

• Official website