Posts Tagged "NSW Cup"
Cronulla go from strength to strength in the NSW Cup
By Robshots, 10 Jun 2013The Cronulla Sharks have extended their NSW Cup unbeaten run to thirteen with a hard fought 10-0 win over Mounties at Sharks Stadium on Saturday.
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NSW Cup: Jets outmuscle Cutters
By Robshots, 11 Mar 2013Reigning premiers Newtown have started the 2013 season in style with a dominant 30-10 victory over the Illawarra Cutters on Saturday.
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Go Wests Magpies, but not forever
By Tim Prentice, 25 Jul 2012I am an unashamed traditionalist when it comes to rugby league. This Sunday, I will head to North Sydney Oval to witness what may well be the last ever clash between the North Sydney Bears and the Western Suburbs Magpies.
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It’s time to improve NRL reserve grade
By Nathan Beuman, 27 Jun 2012I think the time has come for the NRL to launch a new, combined NSW and Queensland Cup competition that takes over as the main curtain raiser to first grade every weekend.
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Mason closing in on NRL return
By Steve Jancetic, 24 Apr 2012Newcastle NSW Cup coach Rip Taylor admits Willie Mason is a class above the second-tier competition, but stopped short of endorsing an immediate return to the NRL for the Knights recruit.
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Time for a second tier in league’s bright future
By David Dixon, 24 Mar 2012For the first time in a long-time, rugby league is – to use a cricketing analogy – on the front foot. There has been little off-season player mayhem in the nocturnal bars, clubs, and dives of Sydney.
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NRL could use a promotion and relegation system
By johnnoo, 24 Mar 2012I’d love to see the NRL one day introduce a promotion-relegation system. If all players knew that a couple of teams a year would be relegated to the second division – or to the New South Wales or Queensland cup – every match over every weekend would be tougher.
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Newtown Jets still fly high at Henson Park
By BlakeW, 28 Feb 2012The Newtown Jets, Australia’s oldest rugby league club, haven’t been sighted in the top grade since 1983, when financial issues sadly brought about their demise.
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Are the Bears finally to come out of hibernation?
By David Lord, 16 Feb 2012North Sydney Bears stalwart Greg Florimo has lifted the tempo for the recall of his club to the NRL, as the expansion debate hots up.
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Beginning of the end for the Wests Magpies
By Curtis Woodward, 13 Jan 2012Not many kids remember the Western Suburbs Magpies. Not many kids know their history. When the Magpies merged with the Balmain Tigers in late 1999, the only thing Magpies supporters could keep was their memories and the chance to support a new competitive side in the NRL. Now, that’s gone too.
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Canberra Raiders juniors blocked by NSWRL
By Steve Jancetic, 18 Dec 2010Canberra’s most talented young rugby league players have been banned from competing in the NSWRL’s junior representative competitions after the Raiders failed to enter a team in the NSW Cup in 2011.
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Re-connecting with grassroots rugby league
By The Crowd, 19 Apr 2010A lot has been written in recent weeks about the need to improve the second tier competition within NSW (NSW Cup). This argument has been brought to a head by an over reliance on under 20’s competition players when injuries occur.
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NRL needs a second division with promotion and relegation
By LT80, 18 Jun 2009There has been much recent discussion about the possibility of the NRL competition expanding from sixteen to eighteen teams.
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Should the NRL give the Wild West another chance?
By Gabriel Knowles, 11 Jun 2009This Saturday night, top flight rugby league is being played in Western Australia again, which gives the people of Perth the chance to show the NRL whether or not their state is ready for a team again.
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