Sydney Shield
Current season or competition:
2022 New South Wales Rugby League
SportRugby league
Instituted2012
Inaugural season2012
Number of teams7
Region Australia
Premiers St Mary's Saints (2022)
Most titles East Campbelltown Eagles (3 titles)
WebsiteSydney Shield
Related competitionNSW Cup
Ron Massey Cup
Presidents Cup
NSW Challenge Cup

The Sydney Shield is a rugby league football competition played in Sydney, New South Wales. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League.

Clubs

Seven teams are competing in the 2022 Sydney Shield. The season commenced on March 19, 2022. The last round is scheduled for August 6, 2022, with a final series to follow.

The fixtures draw is available on the Play Rugby League website.

Colour Club Home Ground Years Contested
Glebe Dirty Reds Wentworth Park
2017-
 Cabramatta Two Blues New Era Stadium
2023-
Hills District Bulls Crestwood Oval 2012-
Moorebank Rams Hammondville Oval 2017-
Mount Pritchard Mounties Aubrey Keech Reserve
2023-
Penrith Brothers Parker St Reserve 2018-[a]
Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Lidcombe Oval 2019-
St Marys Saints St Marys Leagues Stadium 2016-[a]
Wentworthville United Magpies Ringrose Park 2012-
  1. ^ a b Played in one Sydney Shield match in 2020, prior to the suspension of the competition due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia. Did not enter a team when the competition recommenced in July 2020.

Sydney Shield Premiers

Year Premiers Score Runners-Up Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon Winning Coach Winning Captain Referee Ref
2012 Wentworthville United 32 – 26 Cabramatta Two Blues Wentworthville United David Nugent James Boustani Liam Nicholls [1]
2013 Belrose Eagles 30 – 26 Wentworthville United Belrose Eagles James Mortimer James Mortimer Scot Murray [2]
2014 East Campbelltown Eagles 27 – 20 Mount Pritchard Mounties Gary Potts Chris Treneman [3]
2015 Wentworthville United 26 – 22 Hills District Bulls Wentworthville United Western Suburbs Magpies Alex Chan Simon Greaves Damian Briscoe [4]
2016 East Campbelltown Eagles 32 – 24 Mount Pritchard Mounties Mount Pritchard Mounties Asquith Magpies Richard Barnes John Da Silva Damian Briscoe [5][6]
2017 St Marys Saints 34 – 20 Mount Pritchard Mounties Mount Pritchard Mounties Moorebank Rams Luke Swain Damian Briscoe [7]
2018 East Campbelltown Eagles 32 – 22 Guildford Owls East Campbelltown Eagles Penrith Brothers Richard Barnes Mason Talolua Keiren Irons [8][9]
2019 Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 22 – 12 Cabramatta Two Blues Cabramatta Two Blues Belrose Eagles Walter Wilson Angelo Panambalana Damian Briscoe [10][11]
2020 Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks 32 – 30 Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Wentworthville United Stephen Kelly Tokerau Raru
2021 Competition suspended and subsequently cancelled due to lockdown measure put in place to mitigate the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales.
2022 St Marys Saints 36 – 12 Penrith Brothers St Marys Saints Wentworthville United Glenn Jones Daniel Luttringer [12]
2023 Hills District Bulls 34 – 30 St Marys Saints St Marys Saints Moorebank Rams Matt Kelly Dylan Marshall Daniel Luttringer [13]

Premiership Tally

No. Club Premierships
1 East Campbelltown Eagles 3 (2014, 2016, 2018)
2 Wentworthville Magpies 2 (2012, 2015)
2 St Mary's Saints 2 (2017, 2022)
4 Belrose Eagles 1 (2013)
4 Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 1 (2019)
4 Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks 1 (2020)
4 Hills District Bulls 1 (2023)

Bold means the team still currently plays in the competition.

Timeline

The timeline below displays club participation in the Sydney Shield competition. Finals Series have been: Top 5 (2013, 2022-23), Top 8 (2014-19) and Top 4 (2020). The competition was cancelled in 2021 prior to the scheduled final series.

Previous Season Notes

2021

Eleven teams competed in the 2021 Sydney Shield. The season commenced on March 14, 2021. The last round was scheduled for August 22, 2021, with a final series to follow. The season was, however, suspended due to lockdown measures taken to combat the spread of the delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales.

The eleven teams were: Belrose Eagles (2013-21), Cabramatta Two Blues (2020-21), Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (2020-21), East Campbelltown Eagles (2014-21), Hills District Bulls (2013-21), Moorebank Rams, Penrith Brothers, Ryde-Eastwood Hawks, St Marys Saints, Wentworthville Magpies, and Windsor Wolves (2015-16, 2020-21)

2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia the Sydney Shield competition was postponed after the first round on March 14 & 15.[14] The competition was subsequently reconfigured. Nominations from the following clubs were accepted.[15] Results from the matches in March were disregarded as the competition restarted on July 18.

The teams that contested the revised competition were: Belrose Eagles, Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (Premiers), East Campbelltown Eagles, Helensburgh Tigers, Hills District Bulls, Moorebank Rams, Ryde-Eastwood Hawks, Sydney University and Wentworthville Magpies.

Cronulla-Caringbah and Helensburgh were not in the first version of the 2020 Sydney Shield. The following teams had competed in the single, first round in March.

2019

In 2019, twelve clubs fielded teams in the Sydney Shield:[16]

2017

Three clubs that competed in the 2016 season did not enter teams in 2017: The Auburn Warriors, Peninsula Seagulls and Windsor Wolves. For the first time, the Moorebank Rams Rugby League club entered a team in the Sydney Shield. In 2018, Brothers Penrith were introduced into the Sydney Shield competition. In 2019, former New South Wales Rugby League premiership side University entered the Sydney Shield.[17]

The competition began on the weekend on March 4 & 5, 2017. The regular season concluded with Round 25 on the weekend of August 25, 26 & 27 (Friday to Sunday). A four-week finals series followed in September 2017.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Black end for Blues". Fairfield Champion. Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. 26 September 2012.
  2. ^ Geddes, John (1 October 2013). "Comeback king James". Manly Daily. News Limited.
  3. ^ Anderson, Jamie (29 September 2014). "Sydney Shield Grand Final - Highlights and Report". NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Sydney Shield Grand Final". NSWRL. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. ^ Buxton, Matt (25 September 2016). "East Campbelltown claim second Sydney Shield title". League Unlimited. NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ^ Draper, Daniel (26 September 2016). "East Campbelltown secures Sydney Shield victory". Wollondilly Advertiser. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. ^ Cupido, Andre (24 September 2017). "St Marys Claim 2017 Sydney Shield". NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ^ Draper, Daniel (24 September 2018). "East Campbelltown Eagles win 2018 Sydney Shield premiership: pictures". Macarthur Advertiser. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. ^ Kontos, Eric (24 September 2018). "Eagles crowned champions after blitzing Owls in grand final". South West Voice. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. ^ Buxton, Matt (29 September 2019). "Hawks win first Sydney Shield Premiership". League Unlimited. NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Hawks win first Sydney Shield". Fairfield City Champion. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ^ McDonald, Margie (4 September 2022). "St Marys Dominant in Sydney Shield Grand Final Win". NSWRL. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. ^ McDonald, Margie (3 September 2023). "Hills Bulls create history by upsetting St Marys in Sydney Shield GF". NSWRL. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  14. ^ "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". NSWRL. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Regional and Metro teams to meet in unique 2020 Presidents Cup". NSWRL. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  16. ^ "NSWRL Live - powered by Statedge". live.nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Sydney Uni Plots Return To Top Flight". www.nswrl.com.au. 12 February 2017.

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Rugby league in New South Wales
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