2017 NSW Cup season

Rugby league 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

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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

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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

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| 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

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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

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Main article: 2017 NSW Cup finals series

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| Qualifying and elimination finals| | | Semi-finals| | | | Preliminary finals| | | Grand final
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| 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|
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| 7|  Newcastle| 40| | | Jubilee Oval| | | |  Canterbury-Bankstown| 12| |
| | | | | | |
| |  New Zealand| 30|
| | | | |
| Jubilee Oval | | |  Newcastle| 6| | |
| | | | |
| 2|  New Zealand| 20|
| |
| 3|  Penrith| 36| | | | | |
| | | | | | |

### Grand Final

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24 September
6:45 (AEST)

Wyong Roos | 12-20  |  Penrith Panthers

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Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 2,000

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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
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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

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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

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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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