Harold Matthews Cup

Harold Matthews Cup
Current season or competition: 2014 Harold Matthews Cup season
Sport	Rugby league football
Instituted	1970
Inaugural season	1970
Number of teams	16
Countries	Australia (15 teams) New Zealand (1 team)
Premiers	Newcastle Knights (3rd title) (2014)
Most titles	Parramatta Eels (19 titles)
Website	Harold Matthews Cup
Broadcast partner	Nine Network (Australia) Fox Sports (Australia) Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Related competition	S. G. Ball Cup

The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up of NSW-based clubs and includes both junior representative teams of the elite National Rugby League (NRL) and clubs and academies that do not field teams in the NRL competition.

The competition is named after Harold Matthews, a Balmain Tigers secretary who later was appointed as manager of the Australian Test squad and later went on to become secretary of the NSWRL and ARL.

The clubs

In 2011, seventeen clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup.

• Balmain Tigers
• Canberra Raiders
• Canterbury Bulldogs
• Central Coast Centurions
• Cronulla Sharks
• Illawarra Steelers
• Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
• Newcastle Knights
• North Sydney Bears
• Parramatta Eels
• Penrith Panthers
• St George Dragons
• South Sydney Rabbitohs
• South West Sydney Academy
• Sydney Roosters
• Western Suburbs Magpies
• Western Sydney Academy

As of 2013, Melbourne Storm has joined in the competition.

Harold Matthews Cup Premiers

Year	Age	Premiers	Runners Up
1970		Parramatta
1971		Parramatta
1972		Parramatta
1973		Cronulla-Sutherland
1974		South Sydney
1975		Parramatta
1976		Parramatta
1977		Cronulla-Sutherland
1978		Canberra (CRL)
1979		Penrith
1980		Group 12 (CRL)
1981		Parramatta
1982		Parramatta
1983		Group 6 (CRL)
1984		Canberra
1985		Penrith
1986		Parramatta
1987	U/15s	Illawarra
1988	U/15s	Parramatta
1989	U/15s	Penrith
1990	U/15s	Parramatta	Gold Coast Seagulls
1991	U/15s	Gold Coast Seagulls	Cronulla-Sutherland
1992	U/15s	Newcastle	South Sydney
1993	U/15s	Canberra	Parramatta
1994	U/15s	Parramatta	Penrith
1995	U/15s	Canberra	Parramatta
1996	U/15s	Illawarra	Newcastle
1997	U/16s	Parramatta	North Sydney
1998	U/16s	Parramatta
1999	U/16s	Parramatta	South Sydney
2000	U/16s	Newcastle	Penrith
2001	U/16s	Sharks	Penrith
2002	U/16s	Penrith
2003	U/15s	Parramatta	St. George
2004	U/16s	Parramatta	Penrith
2005	U/16s	Penrith	Canterbury
2006	U/16s	Penrith	Canterbury
2007	U/16s	Canterbury	Penrith
2008	U/16s	Parramatta	Penrith
2009	U/16s	Canterbury	Parramatta
2010	U/16s	Penrith	Parramatta
2011	U/16s	Canterbury	Illawarra
2012	U/16s	Parramatta	Newcastle
2013	U/16s	Parramatta	South Sydney
2014	U/16s	Newcastle	Penrith
2015	U/16s	Cronulla-Sutherland