The Clayton Cup is a trophy that was awarded by the Country Rugby League to the NSW country rugby league team with the best overall record for that season. To be eligible, the team must win the highest level of competition in its region. Usually the winner of the Clayton Cup goes through the season undefeated. In late 2019, the Country Rugby League was absorbed by the New South Wales Rugby League.
The Cup was donated by Reub Clayton, an early rugby league administrator in country NSW. [1] The cup was first awarded in 1937 to West Tamworth. Since then, the Tweed Heads Seagulls, Grafton Ghosts, North Tamworth Bears and Cobar Roosters have been the most successful clubs, each winning the trophy three times.
Year | Club | Group | P | W | L | D | For | Agst | Pct | Coach | Report |
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1937 |
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4 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | MG [2] | ||||
1938 |
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19 (Original) | George King | DL [3] | |||||||
1939 |
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13 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 314 | 60 | 83.96% | Eric Weissel | DA [4] |
1940 |
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13 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 234 | 72 | 76.47% | Brian Bourke | DA [5] |
No cup awarded for 1941-1945 seasons due to World War II | |||||||||||
1946 |
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Illawarra | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 412 | 196 | 67.76% | Harry Nolan | RLN [6] |
1947 |
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19 (Original) | |||||||||
1948 |
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9 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 469 | 252 | 65.05% | Bob Hobbs | CH [7] |
1949 |
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9 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 225 | 225 | 50.00% | Jim Jeffrey | TAT [8] |
1950 |
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10 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 284 | 109 | 72.26% | W 'Snow' Garlick | NA [9] |
1951 |
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4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | Vic Williams | NMH [10] | |||
1952 |
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9 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1074 | 501 | 68.19% | Nev. Hand | DA [11] |
1953 |
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9 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 777 | 230 | 77.16% | Ian Johnston | NA [12] |
1954 |
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10 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 300 | 119 | 71.60% | Mick Newland | LM [13] |
1955 |
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9 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1056 | 297 | 78.05% | Leo Trevena | YTC [14] |
1956 |
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Newcastle | RLN [15] | ||||||||
1957 |
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9 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 455 | 183 | 71.32% | Tom Kirk | |
1958 |
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14 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 311 | 81 | 79.34% | Ray Hyde | RLN [16] |
1959 |
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11 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 472 | 118 | 80.00% | Leo Nosworthy | |
1960 |
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8 | Phil Jackson | CT [17] | |||||||
1961 |
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1 | John Gillard | RLN [18] | |||||||
1962 |
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5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 511 | 165 | 75.59% | Jim Payne | |
1963 |
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18 | |||||||||
1964 |
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10 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 427 | 66 | 86.61% | Rolf Trudgett | |
1965 |
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17 | |||||||||
1966 |
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6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 63 | 73.19% | Billy Peel | |
1967 |
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1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 480 | 126 | 79.21% | Terry O'Brien | RLN [19] |
1968 |
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17 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 864 | 79 | 91.62% | Bill Watson | RLN [20] |
1969 |
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13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 362 | 84 | 81.17% | A. Hills | CT [21] |
1970 |
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19 (Original) | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 388 | 118 | 76.68% | Paul Clear | BT [22] |
1971 |
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15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 521 | 218 | 70.50% | Brian Lawrence | |
1972 |
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15 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 567 | 239 | 70.35% | Brian Lawrence | RLN [23] |
1973 |
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4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 427 | 122 | 77.78% | Roger Buttenshaw | |
1974 |
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8 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 499 | 116 | 81.14% | Don Furner | CT [24] |
1975 |
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13 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 680 | 219 | 75.64% | CT [25] | |
1976 |
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16 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 653 | 179 | 78.49% | B. Laurence | CT [26] |
1977 |
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19 (Canberra) | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 406 | 106 | 79.30% | Bob Belford | CT [27] |
1978 |
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2 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 461 | 152 | 75.20% | Les Cleal | CT [28] |
1979 |
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21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 428 | 152 | 73.79% | Les Cleal | |
1980 |
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19 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 563 | Eric Kelly | CT [29] | ||
1981 |
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2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 504 | 97 | 83.86% | R Taylor | |
1982 |
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7 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 552 | 171 | 76.35% | Col O'Rourke | |
1983 |
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18 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 432 | 119 | 78.40% | John Harvey | |
1984 |
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15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 606 | 166 | 78.50% | Tony Bock | |
1985 |
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13 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 770 | 111 | 87.40% | Les Cleal | |
1986 |
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13 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 639 | 91 | 87.53% | Les Cleal | |
1987 |
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1 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 481 | 196 | 71.05% | Denis Meaney | |
1988 |
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16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 138 | 82.03% | Lloyd Martin | |
1989 |
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18 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 558 | 155 | 78.26% | John Harvey | |
1990 |
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21 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 855 | 263 | 76.48% | Richard Jones | |
1991 |
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6 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 803 | 204 | 79.74% | Graeme Andrews | CT [30] |
1992 |
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Newcastle | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 248 | 71.75% | Neil Baker | |
1993 |
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17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 494 | 190 | 72.22% | Stuart Vearing | |
1994 |
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3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Tutty | ||||
1995 |
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3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Tutty | ||||
1996 |
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4 | 16 | 0 | 857 | 272 | 75.91% | Ron Dellar | |||
1997 |
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16 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Chris Brennan | ||||
1998 |
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11 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | Scott Mieni | ||||
1999 |
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17 | |||||||||
2000 |
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3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 776 | 293 | 72.59% | Terry McCartney | |
2001 |
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2 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | |||||
2002 |
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17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 394 | 175 | 69.24% | Clint Halden | |
2003 |
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16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | David Boyle | ||||
2004 |
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9 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 964 | 218 | 81.56% | Chris Brennan | |
2005 |
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Central Coast | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 770 | 242 | 76.09% | Nathan Johnson | |
2006 |
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17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 148 | 75.25% | Steve Parr | TAN [31] |
2007 |
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7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 606 | 270 | 69.18% | Jade Lucas & Shane Sainsbury | |
2008 |
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Central Coast | 0 | 0 | Gavin Westwood | ||||||
2009 |
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20 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | Andrew Lavaka | RLW [32] | |||
2010 |
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Northern Rivers | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 807 | 206 | 79.66% | Col Speed | DM [33] |
2011 |
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Northern Rivers | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 566 | 237 | 70.49% | Col Speed | DE [34] |
2012 |
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6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Richard Barnes | CA [35] | |||
2013 |
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3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 552 | 196 | 73.80% | Robbie Trembath | WG [36] |
2014 |
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4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1061 | 263 | 80.14% | Brad McManus | NDL [37] |
2015 |
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3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 484 | 197 | 71.07% | Matt Shipway | |
2016 |
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16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 754 | 228 | 76.78% | Tim Weyman | TB [38] |
2017 |
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2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 852 | 158 | 84.36% | Danny Wicks | DE [39] |
2018 |
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Northern Rivers | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 604 | 236 | 71.90% | Brent Kite | TDN [40] |
2019 |
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4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 700 | 164 | 81.02% | Scott Blanch | NDL [41] |
No cup awarded for the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||
2022 |
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21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 148 | 80.27% | Adam Clydsdale | NSWRL [42] |
Years | Item | Via |
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1937 to 1954 | Various Newspapers | Trove |
1937 to 1973 | Rugby League News | Trove |
1960 to 1991 | Canberra Times | Trove |
1967–69, 1971–1996 | Country Rugby League Annual Report | State Library of NSW |
2003 to 2014 | Rugby League Week | eResources at State Library of NSW |
2010 to 2019 | Various Newspaper Websites | As referenced |
2015 to 2019 | Group Rugby League past seasons | SportsTG websites - No longer available |
The Clayton Cup is a trophy that was awarded by the Country Rugby League to the NSW country rugby league team with the best overall record for that season. To be eligible, the team must win the highest level of competition in its region. Usually the winner of the Clayton Cup goes through the season undefeated. In late 2019, the Country Rugby League was absorbed by the New South Wales Rugby League.
The Cup was donated by Reub Clayton, an early rugby league administrator in country NSW. [1] The cup was first awarded in 1937 to West Tamworth. Since then, the Tweed Heads Seagulls, Grafton Ghosts, North Tamworth Bears and Cobar Roosters have been the most successful clubs, each winning the trophy three times.
Year | Club | Group | P | W | L | D | For | Agst | Pct | Coach | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1937 |
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4 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | MG [2] | ||||
1938 |
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19 (Original) | George King | DL [3] | |||||||
1939 |
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13 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 314 | 60 | 83.96% | Eric Weissel | DA [4] |
1940 |
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13 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 234 | 72 | 76.47% | Brian Bourke | DA [5] |
No cup awarded for 1941-1945 seasons due to World War II | |||||||||||
1946 |
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Illawarra | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 412 | 196 | 67.76% | Harry Nolan | RLN [6] |
1947 |
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19 (Original) | |||||||||
1948 |
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9 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 469 | 252 | 65.05% | Bob Hobbs | CH [7] |
1949 |
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9 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 225 | 225 | 50.00% | Jim Jeffrey | TAT [8] |
1950 |
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10 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 284 | 109 | 72.26% | W 'Snow' Garlick | NA [9] |
1951 |
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4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | Vic Williams | NMH [10] | |||
1952 |
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9 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1074 | 501 | 68.19% | Nev. Hand | DA [11] |
1953 |
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9 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 777 | 230 | 77.16% | Ian Johnston | NA [12] |
1954 |
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10 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 300 | 119 | 71.60% | Mick Newland | LM [13] |
1955 |
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9 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1056 | 297 | 78.05% | Leo Trevena | YTC [14] |
1956 |
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Newcastle | RLN [15] | ||||||||
1957 |
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9 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 455 | 183 | 71.32% | Tom Kirk | |
1958 |
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14 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 311 | 81 | 79.34% | Ray Hyde | RLN [16] |
1959 |
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11 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 472 | 118 | 80.00% | Leo Nosworthy | |
1960 |
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8 | Phil Jackson | CT [17] | |||||||
1961 |
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1 | John Gillard | RLN [18] | |||||||
1962 |
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5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 511 | 165 | 75.59% | Jim Payne | |
1963 |
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18 | |||||||||
1964 |
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10 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 427 | 66 | 86.61% | Rolf Trudgett | |
1965 |
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17 | |||||||||
1966 |
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6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 63 | 73.19% | Billy Peel | |
1967 |
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1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 480 | 126 | 79.21% | Terry O'Brien | RLN [19] |
1968 |
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17 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 864 | 79 | 91.62% | Bill Watson | RLN [20] |
1969 |
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13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 362 | 84 | 81.17% | A. Hills | CT [21] |
1970 |
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19 (Original) | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 388 | 118 | 76.68% | Paul Clear | BT [22] |
1971 |
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15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 521 | 218 | 70.50% | Brian Lawrence | |
1972 |
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15 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 567 | 239 | 70.35% | Brian Lawrence | RLN [23] |
1973 |
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4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 427 | 122 | 77.78% | Roger Buttenshaw | |
1974 |
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8 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 499 | 116 | 81.14% | Don Furner | CT [24] |
1975 |
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13 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 680 | 219 | 75.64% | CT [25] | |
1976 |
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16 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 653 | 179 | 78.49% | B. Laurence | CT [26] |
1977 |
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19 (Canberra) | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 406 | 106 | 79.30% | Bob Belford | CT [27] |
1978 |
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2 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 461 | 152 | 75.20% | Les Cleal | CT [28] |
1979 |
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21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 428 | 152 | 73.79% | Les Cleal | |
1980 |
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19 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 563 | Eric Kelly | CT [29] | ||
1981 |
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2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 504 | 97 | 83.86% | R Taylor | |
1982 |
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7 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 552 | 171 | 76.35% | Col O'Rourke | |
1983 |
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18 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 432 | 119 | 78.40% | John Harvey | |
1984 |
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15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 606 | 166 | 78.50% | Tony Bock | |
1985 |
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13 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 770 | 111 | 87.40% | Les Cleal | |
1986 |
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13 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 639 | 91 | 87.53% | Les Cleal | |
1987 |
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1 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 481 | 196 | 71.05% | Denis Meaney | |
1988 |
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16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 138 | 82.03% | Lloyd Martin | |
1989 |
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18 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 558 | 155 | 78.26% | John Harvey | |
1990 |
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21 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 855 | 263 | 76.48% | Richard Jones | |
1991 |
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6 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 803 | 204 | 79.74% | Graeme Andrews | CT [30] |
1992 |
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Newcastle | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 248 | 71.75% | Neil Baker | |
1993 |
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17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 494 | 190 | 72.22% | Stuart Vearing | |
1994 |
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3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Tutty | ||||
1995 |
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3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Tutty | ||||
1996 |
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4 | 16 | 0 | 857 | 272 | 75.91% | Ron Dellar | |||
1997 |
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16 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Chris Brennan | ||||
1998 |
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11 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | Scott Mieni | ||||
1999 |
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17 | |||||||||
2000 |
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3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 776 | 293 | 72.59% | Terry McCartney | |
2001 |
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2 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | |||||
2002 |
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17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 394 | 175 | 69.24% | Clint Halden | |
2003 |
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16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | David Boyle | ||||
2004 |
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9 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 964 | 218 | 81.56% | Chris Brennan | |
2005 |
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Central Coast | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 770 | 242 | 76.09% | Nathan Johnson | |
2006 |
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17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 148 | 75.25% | Steve Parr | TAN [31] |
2007 |
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7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 606 | 270 | 69.18% | Jade Lucas & Shane Sainsbury | |
2008 |
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Central Coast | 0 | 0 | Gavin Westwood | ||||||
2009 |
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20 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | Andrew Lavaka | RLW [32] | |||
2010 |
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Northern Rivers | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 807 | 206 | 79.66% | Col Speed | DM [33] |
2011 |
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Northern Rivers | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 566 | 237 | 70.49% | Col Speed | DE [34] |
2012 |
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6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Richard Barnes | CA [35] | |||
2013 |
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3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 552 | 196 | 73.80% | Robbie Trembath | WG [36] |
2014 |
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4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1061 | 263 | 80.14% | Brad McManus | NDL [37] |
2015 |
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3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 484 | 197 | 71.07% | Matt Shipway | |
2016 |
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16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 754 | 228 | 76.78% | Tim Weyman | TB [38] |
2017 |
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2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 852 | 158 | 84.36% | Danny Wicks | DE [39] |
2018 |
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Northern Rivers | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 604 | 236 | 71.90% | Brent Kite | TDN [40] |
2019 |
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4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 700 | 164 | 81.02% | Scott Blanch | NDL [41] |
No cup awarded for the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||
2022 |
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21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 148 | 80.27% | Adam Clydsdale | NSWRL [42] |
Years | Item | Via |
---|---|---|
1937 to 1954 | Various Newspapers | Trove |
1937 to 1973 | Rugby League News | Trove |
1960 to 1991 | Canberra Times | Trove |
1967–69, 1971–1996 | Country Rugby League Annual Report | State Library of NSW |
2003 to 2014 | Rugby League Week | eResources at State Library of NSW |
2010 to 2019 | Various Newspaper Websites | As referenced |
2015 to 2019 | Group Rugby League past seasons | SportsTG websites - No longer available |