2020 New South Wales Rugby League season explained

The 2020 Canterbury Cup NSW was the twelfth season of the New South Wales Cup, the top rugby league competition administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. 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 competition will consist of 24 regular season rounds that will begin on 14 March and end on 30 August, they will be followed by 4 playoff rounds beginning on 5 September and ending with the grand final on 27 September. Newtown Jets are the defending premiers. On 27 March 2020 the New South Wales Rugby League opted to cancel the remainder of the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

Colours	Team	Home ground(s)	Coach
	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	HE Laybutt FieldLottoland	Steven Hales
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ StadiumBankwest Stadium Belmore Sports Ground	Brad Henderson
	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Aubrey Keech ReserveGIO Stadium	Peter Marrapodi
	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	Tony Gleeson
	New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium	Justin Morgan
	Newtown Jets	Henson Park	Greg Matterson
	North Sydney Bears	North Sydney Oval	Jason Taylor
	Parramatta Eels	Bankwest StadiumCampbelltown Stadium Ringrose Park	Ryan Carr
	Penrith Panthers	Panthers Stadium	Peter Wallace
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Metricon High Performance Centre	Ben Rogers
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Netstrata Jubilee StadiumWIN Stadium	Mathew Head
	Western Suburbs Magpies	Campbelltown StadiumLeichhardt Oval	Wayne Collins

Ladder

Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
• Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1	Newtown Jets	2
2	Western Suburbs Magpies	2
3	Penrith Panthers	2
4	Parramatta Eels	2
5	Newcastle Knights	2
6	Mount Pritchard Mounties	2
7	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	0
8	New Zealand Warriors	0
9	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0
10	North Sydney Bears	0
11	South Sydney Rabbitohs	0
12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0

Round 1

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Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referees
Newcastle Knights	20 – 16	New Zealand Warriors	Saturday, 14 March 12:40pm	McDonald Jones Stadium	Matt Noyen, Jake Sutherland
Penrith Panthers	20 – 6	North Sydney Bears	Saturday, 14 March 5:20pm	Panthers Stadium	Kieren Irons, Clayton Wills
Parramatta Eels	24 – 16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sunday, 15 March 1:05pm	Campbelltown Stadium	Todd Smith, Drew Oultram
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	30 – 32	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Sunday, 15 March 1:55pm	Lottoland	Darian Furner, Tom Cambourn
St. George Illawarra Dragons	12 – 32	Western Suburbs Magpies	Sunday, 15 March 3:45pm	WIN Stadium	Martin Jones, Daniel Luttringer
South Sydney Rabbitohs	12 – 32	Newtown Jets	Sunday, 15 March 4:00pm	Metricon High Performance Centre	Cameron Paddy, Kieren Irons