2022 New South Wales Rugby League season explained

The New South Wales Rugby League administered several competitions during the 2022 rugby league season in Australia.

Knock-On Effect New South Wales Cup

See main article: 2022 Knock-On Effect NSW Cup. The 2022 season of the Knock-On Effect New South Wales Cup commenced on the weekend of 12–13 March 2022.^{[1] [2]} Teams played 24 regular competition rounds, with the top five teams qualifying for the final series in September.

Penrith Panthers won the 2022 NSW Cup grand final, defeating Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 29–22 at CommBank Stadium to take their fourth premiership in this competition.

Teams

There are 12 teams competing in the 2022 NSW Cup.

Colours	Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach
	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	4 Pines Park HE Laybutt Field	Nathan Hogan[3]
	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Raiders Belconnen	Joel Carbone[4]
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore Oval, Stadium Australia	David Tangata-Toa
	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Brock Sheppard
	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	Mark O'Meley
	Newtown Jets	Henson Park	Greg Matterson
	North Sydney Bears	North Sydney Oval	Jason Taylor
	Parramatta Eels	Kellyville Oval; CommBank Stadium	Jordan Rankin[5]
	Penrith Panthers	BlueBet Stadium	Peter Wallace[6]
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Ironmark High Performance Centre, Stadium Australia	Dane Dorahy[7]
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Russell Aitken
	Western Suburbs Magpies	Lidcombe Oval	Wayne Lambkin

Ladder

The New South Rugby League website maintains a competition ladder and Fixtures List (draw) for the New South Wales Cup.
The website, League Unlimited, also maintain a Ladder for the NSW Cup.

2022 NSW Cup
	Team
1	Newtown Jets	22	16	2	4	2	651	397	+254	38
2	Penrith Panthers (P)	22	16	1	5	2	655	352	+313	37
3	North Sydney Bears	22	14	1	7	2	631	447	+184	33
4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	22	14	1	7	2	574	398	+176	33
5	Parramatta Eels	22	13	0	9	2	538	388	+150	30
6	Canberra Raiders	22	12	1	9	2	567	513	+54	29
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	22	11	1	10	2	513	453	+60	27
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	22	9	2	11	2	529	621	-92	24
9	Mount Pritchard Mounties	22	8	0	14	2	412	648	-236	20
10	Newcastle Knights	22	7	0	15	2	439	571	-132	18
11	Western Suburbs Magpies	22	5	1	16	2	417	722	-305	15
12	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	22	2	0	20	2	290	718	-428	8

Finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee(s)
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINAL
Penrith Panthers		North Sydney Bears	Saturday 3 September (3:10 pm)	St Mary's Leagues Stadium	Cameron Paddy
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		Parramatta Eels	Saturday 3 September (5:15 pm)	St Mary's Leagues Stadium	Darian Furner
Semi-finals
Newtown Jets		Penrith Panthers	Saturday 10 September (1:00 pm)	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Darian Furner
North Sydney Bears		Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Saturday 10 September (5:00 pm)	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Cameron Paddy
PRELIMINARY FINAL
Newtown Jets		Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Saturday 17 September (3:10 pm)	Leichhardt Oval	Darian Furner
GRAND FINAL
Penrith Panthers		Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sunday 25 September (3:00 pm)	CommBank Stadium	Darian Furner

Grand final

President's Cup

See main article: 2022 NSWRL Presidents Cup. The winners of the four conferences are scheduled to meet in a two-week knock-out tournament in September 2022.

Results

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee
Semi-finals
Forbes Magpies	6 – 52	Maitland Pickers	Saturday, 17 September, 2:00pm	Pioneer Oval	Jake Sutherland
	16 – 26	Hills Bulls	Saturday, 17 September, 3:00pm	Collegians Sports Stadium	Cameron Paddy
Grand final
	36 – 12	Hills Bulls	Sunday, 25 September, 11:00am	CommBank Stadium	Cameron Paddy

Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership

The 2022 season of the Harvey Norman NSWRL Women's Premiership commenced on 23 April 2022.^{[8] [9] [10]} The competition is scheduled to run for nine rounds, with Round 9 to be played on the weekend of 2–4 July 2022, and a four-team, two-week finals series to follow in July. There were nine clubs in competition.

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=260	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		withd=20		width=20		width=20		width=30		width=20
1	align=left		8	7	0	1	1	184	64	120	16
2	align=left		8	5	2	1	1	170	84	86	14
3	align=left		8	5	0	3	1	123	68	55	12
4	align=left		8	5	0	3	1	140	116	24	12
5	align=left		8	4	1	3	1	130	104	26	11
6	align=left		8	3	2	3	1	98	79	19	10
7	align=left		8	2	1	5	1	80	184	-104	7
8	align=left		8	1	2	5	1	106	178	-72	6
9	align=left		8	0	0	8	1	74	228	-154	2

Source: The website, League Unlimited, maintained a Women's Premiership ladder.
The New South Wales Rugby League website hosts the Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership draw.

Final Series

Semi-finals--------

Grand final

Top Point Scorers

Player	Team					Points
align=left	Tess Staines	align=left	Wests Tigers	9	12	0		48
align=left		align=left	North Sydney Bears	7	2	18		44
align=left		align=left	Cronulla Sharks	9	2	17	1	43
align=left	Matilda Power	align=left	Mounties	9	4	8		32
align=left	Tayla Preston	align=left	Wests Tigers	10	2	11		30
align=left		align=left	North Sydney Bears	5	7	0		28
align=left	Emily Curtain	align=left	Wests Tigers	10	2	9	1	27

Top Try Scorers

Player	Team		Tries
align=left	Tess Staines	align=left	Wests Tigers	9	12
align=left	Cortez Te Pou	align=left	North Sydney Bears	5	7
align=left		align=left	Mounties	8	6
align=left	Haylee Hifo	align=left	Mounties	7	6
align=left	Pier Pritchard	align=left	North Sydney Bears	7	5
align=left	Luisa Yaranamua	align=left	North Sydney Bears	7	5
align=left	Zali Fay	align=left	Cronulla Sharks	7	5
align=left	Keele Browne	align=left	Wests Tigers	10	5

Jersey Flegg

The 2022 season of the Jersey Flegg Cup for Under 21 males commenced on the weekend of 12–13 March 2022.^{[11] [12]} Twenty-four regular competition rounds ran up to 27–28 August, followed by a final series. The grand final is scheduled for Sunday, 25 September 2022.

The website, League Unlimited, maintained a Jersey Flegg ladder.
The New South Wales Rugby League website hosts the Jersey Flegg Cup draw.

2022 Jersey Flegg Cup
	Team
1	Sydney Roosters	22	16	0	6	2	694	316	+378	36
2	Newcastle Knights	22	15	0	6	2	485	378	+107	34
3	Penrith Panthers (P)	22	13	0	9	2	600	432	+168	30
4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	22	12	2	8	2	500	412	+88	30
5	Wests Tigers	22	13	0	9	2	486	450	+36	30
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	22	12	1	9	2	557	500	+57	29
7	Canberra Raiders	22	11	0	11	2	515	606	-91	26
8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	22	10	1	10	2	440	469	-21	25
9	Parramatta Eels	22	10	0	12	2	488	476	+12	22
10	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	22	9	0	13	2	513	636	-123	20
11	Victoria Thunderbolts	22	6	0	16	2	388	736	-348	16
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	22	3	0	18	2	396	646	-250	10

Final Series

Sydney Shield

The 2022 season of the Sydney Shield commenced on 19 April 2022.^{[13] [14]} The competition ran for 19 rounds, with Round 19 played on 6 August. A final series followed. The grand final was held on Sunday, 4 September 2022. There were seven teams in competition.

• Hills District Bulls
• Moorebank Rams
• Penrith Brothers
• Ryde-Eastwood Hawks
• St Marys Saints
• Sydney Roosters
• Wentworthville Magpies

The website, League Unlimited, maintained a Sydney Shield ladder.
The website, Play Rugby League hosted the Sydney Shield draw.

Final Series
Grand final

NSW Men's Country Championships

The 2022 Men's Country Championship was won by the Illawarra South Coast Dragons. The Dragons were coached by Wade Forrester and captained by Nathan Ford.^[15]
There were ten teams in competition, with the draw split into two groups of five with a cross-over match played in each of the two rounds. The competition ran from 26 February to 3 April 2022.
Ladder

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=260	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	withd=20 abbr="Byes"	B	width=20 abbr="Points For"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points Against"	PA	width=30 abbr="Points Difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
1	align=left	Northern Rivers Titans	2	2	0	0	0	112	24	88	4
2	align=left	Monaro Colts	2	2	0	0	0	104	24	80	4
3	align=left	Illawarra South Coast	2	2	0	0	0	56	16	40	4
4	align=left	Northern Tigers	2	1	0	1	0	72	52	20	2
5	align=left	Riverina Bulls	2	1	0	1	0	32	28	4	2
6	align=left	Western Rams	2	1	0	1	0	58	76	-18	2
7	align=left	Central Coast Roosters	2	1	0	1	0	26	48	-22	2
8	align=left	North Coast Bulldogs	2	0	0	2	0	22	66	-44	0
9	align=left	Macarthur Wests Tigers	2	0	0	2	0	24	74	-50	0
10	align=left	Newcastle Maitland Region Knights	2	0	0	2	0	30	128	-98	0

Source: Play Rugby League - Men's Country Championship

Final Series

Grand final

NSW Women's Country Championships

The 2022 Women's Country Championship was won by the Central Coast Roosters. The Roosters were captained by Jaz Wolfe.^[16]
There were ten teams in competition, with the draw split into two groups of five with a cross-over match played in each of the two rounds. The competition ran from 26 February to 3 April 2022.

Ladder

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=260	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	withd=20 abbr="Byes"	B	width=20 abbr="Points For"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points Against"	PA	width=30 abbr="Points Difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
1	align=left	Newcastle Maitland Region Knights	2	2	0	0	0	70	14	56	4
2	align=left	Central Coast Roosters	2	2	0	0	0	54	0	54	4
3	align=left	Illawarra South Coast	2	2	0	0	0	60	8	52	4
4	align=left	Macarthur Wests Tigers	2	2	0	0	0	30	18	12	4
5	align=left	Monaro Colts	2	1	0	1	0	36	26	10	2
6	align=left	Western Rams	2	1	0	1	0	27	44	-17	2
7	align=left	Riverina Bulls	2	0	0	2	0	18	30	-12	0
8	align=left	Northern Tigers	2	0	0	2	0	20	47	-27	0
9	align=left	Northern Rivers Titans	2	0	0	2	0	10	66	-56	0
10	align=left	North Coast Bulldogs	2	0	0	2	0	0	72	-72	0

Source: Play Rugby League - Women's Country Championship

Finals series

Grand final

SG Ball Cup

The 2022 season S. G. Ball Cup for Under 19 males was won by the Penrith Panthers. The Panthers were coached by Scott Thompson and were captained by Mason Teague. Joshua Wong from the Sydney Roosters was named Player of the Series.^[17]
There were fifteen teams in competition, which was played over nine rounds. The draw was arranged so that each team received a bye. A full round of matches (Round 5) was washed out, with the seven games scheduled designated as a nil-all draw. A Round 6 match between Balmain Tigers and Sydney Roosters was deemed a draw after an electrical storm curtailed play early in the second half, when the score was 6–12. The competition ran from 5 February to 30 April 2022.

Ladder

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=260	Under 19 Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Washed Out"	WO	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	withd=20 abbr="Byes"	B	width=20 abbr="Points For"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points Against"	PA	width=30 abbr="Points Difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
1	align=left	Sydney Roosters	7	6	1	1	0	1	196	60	136	16
2	align=left	Newcastle Knights	7	6	0	1	1	1	266	88	178	15
3	align=left	Balmain Tigers	7	5	1	1	1	1	148	124	24	14
4	align=left	Penrith Panthers	7	5	0	1	2	1	228	110	118	13
5	align=left	Illawarra Steelers	7	5	0	1	2	1	176	128	48	13
6	align=left	Canterbury Bulldogs	7	4	0	1	3	1	166	150	16	11
7	align=left	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	7	4	0	1	3	1	180	168	12	11
8	align=left	Manly Warringhah Sea Eagles	7	4	0	1	3	1	170	162	8	11
9	align=left	Canberra Raiders	7	3	0	1	4	1	156	180	-24	9
10	align=left	South Sydney Rabbitohs	7	3	0	1	4	1	158	186	-28	9
11	align=left	Parramatta Eels	7	2	1	1	4	1	102	134	-32	8
12	align=left	Western Suburbs Magpies	7	2	1	1	4	1	144	184	-40	8
13	align=left	North Sydney Bears	7	1	0	1	6	1	84	192	-108	5
14	align=left	St George Dragons	7	1	0	1	6	1	58	224	-166	5
15	align=left	Victoria Thunderbolts	8	0	0	0	8	1	132	274	-142	2

Source: NSWRL Website - SG Ball ladder

Final Series

Grand final

Harold Matthews Cup

The 2022 season Harold Matthews Cup for Under 17 males was won by the Western Suburbs Magpies. The Magpies were coached by Robbie Mears and were captained by Kit Laulilii.^[18]
There were fifteen teams in competition, which was played over nine rounds. The draw was arranged so that each team received a bye. A full round of matches (Round 5) was washed out, with the seven games scheduled designated as a nil-all draw. The competition ran from 5 February to 30 April 2022.

Ladder

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=260	Under 17 Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Washed Out"	WO	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	withd=20 abbr="Byes"	B	width=20 abbr="Points For"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points Against"	PA	width=30 abbr="Points Difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
1	align=left	Western Suburbs Magpies	8	7	0	1	0	1	194	86	108	17
2	align=left	Sydney Roosters	8	6	0	1	1	1	232	104	128	15
3	align=left	Penrith Panthers	8	6	0	1	1	1	182	102	80	15
4	align=left	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	8	5	0	1	2	1	160	70	90	13
5	align=left	Parramatta Eels	8	5	0	1	2	1	162	98	64	13
6	align=left	Canberra Raiders	8	4	0	1	3	1	188	124	64	11
7	align=left	Balmain Tigers	8	3	0	1	4	1	120	140	-20	9
8	align=left	Illawarra Steelers	8	2	1	1	4	1	120	176	-56	8
9	align=left	Manly Sea Eagles	8	2	1	1	4	1	106	162	-56	8
10	align=left	St George Dragons	8	2	1	1	4	1	102	164	-62	8
11	align=left	South Sydney Rabbitohs	8	2	1	1	4	1	86	164	-78	8
12	align=left	Newcastle Knights	8	2	0	1	5	1	118	178	-60	7
13	align=left	Canterbury Bulldogs	8	2	0	1	5	1	92	162	-70	7
14	align=left	North Sydney Bears	8	1	1	1	5	1	92	158	-66	6
15	align=left	Central Coast Roosters	8	1	1	0	6	1	116	182	-66	5

Source: NSWRL Website - Harold Matthews Cup ladder

Final SeriesGrand final

Tarsha Gale Cup

The 2022 season Tarsha Gale Cup for Under 19 females was won by the Indigenous Academy Sydney Roosters. The Roosters were coached by Blake Cavallaro and captained by Tayla Montgomery. Otesa Pule from the Roosters was named Player of the Series.^[19]
There were twelve teams in competition, which was played over nine rounds. The draw was arranged so that each team received a bye. A full round of matches (Round 5) was washed out, with the five games scheduled designated as a nil-all draw. Two other matches were postponed due to wet weather and subsequently deemed a nil-all draw when they could not be rescheduled. The competition ran from 5 February to 30 April 2022.

Ladder

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=280	Under 19 Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Washed Out"	WO	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	withd=20 abbr="Byes"	B	width=20 abbr="Points For"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points Against"	PA	width=30 abbr="Points Difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
1	align=left	Indigenous Academy Sydney Roosters	7	7	0	1	0	1	194	34	160	17
2	align=left	Parramatta Eels	7	6	0	1	1	1	194	72	122	15
3	align=left	Newcastle Knights	6	5	0	2	1	1	208	56	152	14
4	align=left	Wests Tigers	7	5	0	1	2	1	132	106	26	13
5	align=left	Illawarra Steelers	7	4	1	1	2	1	146	102	44	12
6	align=left	St George Dragons	6	4	0	2	2	1	132	118	14	12
7	align=left	Canterbury Bulldogs	7	2	1	1	4	1	98	140	-42	8
8	align=left	Penrith Panthers	6	2	0	2	4	1	102	148	-46	8
9	align=left	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	7	2	0	1	5	1	68	126	-58	7
10	align=left	Canberra Raiders	8	2	0	0	6	1	102	218	-116	6
11	align=left	North Sydney Bears	7	1	0	1	6	1	78	158	-80	5
12	align=left	South Sydney Rabbitohs	7	0	0	1	7	1	38	214	-176	3

Source: NSWRL website - Tarsha Gale Cup ladder

Final Series

Grand final

Top Point Scorers

Player	Team					Points
align=left	Alysha Bell	align=left	Parramatta Eels	7	2	25		58
align=left	Otesa Pule	align=left	Indigenous Academy Sydney Roosters	9	13			52
align=left	Jesse Southwell	align=left	Newcastle Knights	4	3	20		52
align=left	Sophie Clancy	align=left	Newcastle Knights	7	8	6		44
align=left	Salma Nour	align=left	Illawarra Steelers	7	10			40
align=left	Jada Taylor	align=left	Indigenous Academy Sydney Roosters	6	9			36
align=left	Mia Middleton	align=left	Newcastle Knights	9	9			36
align=left	Ally Bullman	align=left	Indigenous Academy Sydney Roosters	9	4	10		36
align=left	Luisa Yaranamua	align=left	St George Dragons	6	5	7		34
align=left	Taytana Ifopo	align=left	Penrith Panthers	5	4	8		32
align=left	Makayla Morris	align=left	Canberra Raiders	8	2	11		30
align=left	Lily Rogan	align=left	Illawarra Steelers	8	3	8		28
align=left	Rosemarie Beckett	align=left	Parramatta Eels	7	6	1		26
align=left	Losana Lutu	align=left	Wests Tigers	8	5	3		26
align=left	Monalisa Soliola	align=left	Canterbury Bulldogs	6	4	5		26
align=left	Annabel McDonald	align=left	Illawarra Steelers	5	3	7		26

Top Try Scorers

Player	Team		Tries
align=left	Otesa Pule	align=left	Indigenous Academy Sydney Roosters	9	13
align=left	Salma Nour	align=left	Illawarra Steelers	7	10
align=left	Jada Taylor	align=left	Indigenous Academy Sydney Roosters	6	9
align=left	Mia Middleton	align=left	Newcastle Knights	9	9
align=left	Sophie Clancy	align=left	Newcastle Knights	7	8
align=left	Georgia Willey	align=left	Canberra Raiders	8	6
align=left	Rosemarie Beckett	align=left	Parramatta Eels	7	6
align=left	Tori Brazier	align=left	Newcastle Knights	9	6
align=left	Amber Johnstone	align=left	Wests Tigers	9	5
align=left	Angel Mikaere	align=left	St George Dragons	6	5
align=left	Jacinta Tui	align=left	Parramatta Eels	7	5
align=left	Losana Lutu	align=left	Wests Tigers	8	5
align=left	Luisa Yaranamua	align=left	St George Dragons	6	5
align=left	Kasey Gaukroger	align=left	Newcastle Knights	8	5

Laurie Daley Cup

The 2022 season Laurie Daley Cup was won by the Illawarra South Coast Dragons.The Dragons were coached by Peter Hooper and were captained by Taj Ford. Dragons hooker Kyan Hjaltason was named Player of the Match.^[20]
There were ten teams in competition, with the draw split into two groups of five with a cross-over match played in each of the five rounds. The competition ran from 5 February to 3 April 2022.

Ladder

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=280	Under 18 Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	withd=20 abbr="Byes"	B	width=20 abbr="Points For"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points Against"	PA	width=30 abbr="Points Difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
1	align=left	North Coast Bulldogs	5	4	1	0	0	162	112	50	9
2	align=left	Central Coast Roosters	5	4	0	1	0	170	64	106	8
3	align=left	Illawarra South Coast Dragons	5	4	0	1	0	158	74	84	8
4	align=left	Macarthur Wests Tigers	5	4	0	1	0	96	88	8	8
5	align=left	Newcastle Maitland Region Knights	5	3	1	1	0	178	76	102	7
6	align=left	Western Rams	5	3	0	2	0	120	96	24	6
7	align=left	Northern Rivers Titans	5	1	0	4	0	98	182	-84	2
8	align=left	Monaro Colts	5	1	0	4	0	60	184	-124	2
9	align=left	Riverina Bulls	5	0	0	5	0	76	144	-68	0
10	align=left	Northern Tigers	5	0	0	5	0	88	186	-98	0

Source: NSWRL website - Laurie Daley Cup ladder

Finals series

Grand final

Andrew Johns Cup

The 2022 season Andrew Johns Cup was won by the Northern Rivers Titans.The Titans were coached by Shaun Davison and were captained by Zane Harrison.^[21]
There were ten teams in competition, with the draw split into two groups of five with a cross-over match played in each of the five rounds. The competition ran from 5 February to 3 April 2022.

Ladder

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=280	Under 16 Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	withd=20 abbr="Byes"	B	width=20 abbr="Points For"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points Against"	PA	width=30 abbr="Points Difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
1	align=left	Illawarra South Coast Dragons	5	4	0	1	0	150	80	70	8
2	align=left	Northern Tigers	5	4	0	1	0	116	68	48	8
3	align=left	Macarthur Wests Tigers	5	3	0	2	0	130	94	36	6
4	align=left	Northern Rivers Titans	5	3	0	2	0	88	88	0	6
5	align=left	Central Coast Roosters	5	2	1	2	0	94	74	20	5
6	align=left	Monaro Colts	5	2	1	2	0	104	102	2	5
7	align=left	North Coast Bulldogs	5	2	1	2	0	92	104	-12	5
8	align=left	Riverina Bulls	5	2	0	3	0	84	132	-48	4
9	align=left	Newcastle Maitland Region Knights	5	1	1	3	0	82	96	-14	3
10	align=left	Western Rams	5	0	0	5	0	70	172	-102	0

Source: NSWRL website - Andrew Johns Cup ladder

Finals series

Grand final

City v Country

The NSWRL has organised a series of City versus Country matches for the weekend of 14–15 May 2022. Playing squads were announced on 4 May 2022.NSWRL^[22]

Format	City	!Country	Time (AET)	Date	Venue
Under 16s males	36	align=center	12	10.30am	Sat 14 May	4 Pines Park, Brookvale
Under 18s males	42	align=center	18	12.10pm
Women's Open Age	align=center	6	14	2.00pm
	30	align=center	26	4.00pm		Niagara Park Stadium, Central Coast
	align=center	4	10	9.45am	Sun 15 May	Leichhardt Oval
Women's Police	align=center	0	14	11.00am
Men's Police	align=center	14	24	12.25pm
Men's Open Age	align=center	34	36	2.00pm

Open Women's City Team

The City squad for the 2022 Open Women's match against Country. The team is coached by Darrin Borthwick.^[22]

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J#	Player	2022 State Club	Position(s)	City						NRLW										2021 State	Interstate	Tests	All Stars
				Dbt	S	M	T	G	Pts	Dbt	S	M	T	G	Pts	2018	2019	2020	2021
align=right	1	align=left		align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2020	2	align=right	9	3	0	align=right	12			align=left	3m	align=left	6m 3t	align=left	4m 1t			align=left	2m 2t
align=right	2	align=left	Taina Naividi	align=left			2021	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	5	0	0	align=right	0				align=left	5m	align=left	10m 9t
align=right	3	align=left	Mareva Swann	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0		0	align=right	0	0	0	align=right	0					align=left	8m 6t
align=right	4	align=left	Andie Robinson	align=left				1	1	1	0	align=right	4		0	align=right	0	0	0	align=right	0					align=left	9m 4t
align=right	5	align=left	Leianne Fiaoo	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	7	2	0	align=right	8				align=left	7m 2t	align=left	11m 11t		align=left	1m 1t
align=right	6	align=left	Emily Curtain	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	3	1	0	align=right	4				align=left	3m 1t	align=left	10m 6t 32g
align=right	7	align=left		align=left			2018	4	8	2	14	align=right	36	2018	4	align=right	13	1	15	align=right	35	align=left	2m	align=left	4m 8g	align=left	2m	align=left	5m 1t 7g	align=left	9m 3t 45g	align=left	7m 1t 7g	align=left	6m 1t 13g	align=left	3m 2g
align=right	8	align=left		align=left			2020	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2020	2	align=right	9	0	0	align=right	0			align=left	4m	align=left	5m	align=left	9m	align=left	2m 1t
align=right	9	align=left	Renee Target	align=left			2021	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	6	0	0	align=right	0				align=left	6m	align=left	10m
align=right	10	align=left	Tommaya Kelly-Sines	align=left			2021	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	4	0	0	align=right	0				align=left	4m	align=left	7m 2t			align=left	2m 1t
align=right	11	align=left		align=left			2019	2	4	1	0	align=right	4	2019	3	align=right	13	2	0	align=right	8		align=left	4m 1t	align=left	2m	align=left	7m 1t	align=left	6m	align=left	1m		align=left	4m
align=right	12	align=left		align=left			2020	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2020	2	align=right	7	0	0	align=right	0			align=left	3m	align=left	4m	align=left	11m 13t		align=left	1m
align=right	13	align=left		align=left			2020	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2020	2	align=right	9	0	0	align=right	0			align=left	4m	align=left	5m	align=left	10m 3t	align=left	1m		align=left	2m
align=right	14	align=left	Shirley Mailangi	align=left			2021	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	5	0	0	align=right	0				align=left	5m	align=left	11m 4t 1g
align=right	15	align=left	Fatafehi Hanisi	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0		0	align=right	0	0	0	align=right	0					align=left	2m
align=right	16	align=left	Christian Pio	align=left			2021	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	4	2	0	align=right	8				align=left	4m 2t	align=left	10m 2t
align=right	17	align=left	Brooke Anderson	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0		0	align=right	0	0	0	align=right	0
align=right	18	align=left	Tayla Preston	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0		0	align=right	0	0	0	align=right	0					align=left	6m 2t 6g
align=right		align=left	Jocephy Daniels	align=left			2021	1	1	2	0	align=right	8	2021	1	align=right	3	0	0	align=right	0				align=left	3m	align=left	10m 12t			align=left	1m
align=right		align=left		align=left			2019	2	3	0	0	align=right	0	2019	2	align=right	7	0	0	align=right	0		align=left	3m		align=left	4m	align=left	6m 3t

Open Women's Country Team

The Country squad for the 2022 Open Women's match against City. The team is coached by Ruan Sims.^[22]

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J#	Player	2022 State Club	Position(s)	Country						NRLW										2021 State	Interstate	Tests	All Stars
				Dbt	S	M	T	G	Pts	Dbt	S	M	T	G	Pts	2018	2019	2020	2021
align=right	1	align=left		align=left			2018	2	4	1	0	align=right	4	2018	2	align=right	4	1	0	align=right	4	align=left	1m 1t		align=left	3m
align=right	2	align=left		align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2020	2	align=right	8	5	1	align=right	22			align=left	1m 1t 1g	align=left	7m 4t	align=left	3m 6t
align=right	3	align=left	Keele Browne	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	3	1	0	align=right	4				align=left	3m 1t	align=left	3m 2t
align=right	4	align=left		align=left			2020	4	6	1	0	align=right	4	2020	2	align=right	7	1	0	align=right	4			align=left	3m	align=left	4m 1t	align=left	9m 6t
align=right	5	align=left	Abbi Church	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	5	2	0	align=right	8				align=left	5m 2t	align=left	8m 3t
align=right	6	align=left		align=left			2019	2	4	3	0	align=right	12	2019	3	align=right	7	2	0	align=right	8		align=left	1m 1t	align=left	1m 1t	align=left	5m				align=left	2m
align=right	7	align=left		align=left			2020	2	2	1	0	align=right	4	2020	2	align=right	10	1	0	align=right	4			align=left	3m	align=left	7m 1t	align=left	11m 7t 12g
align=right	8	align=left		align=left			2021	2	2	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	4	1	0	align=right	4				align=left	4m 1t
align=right	9	align=left	Olivia Higgins	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	7	1	0	align=right	4				align=left	7m 1t	align=left	11m 1t
align=right	10	align=left		align=left			2019	2	2	1	0	align=right	4	2019	2	align=right	4	0	0	align=right	0		align=left	3m		align=left	1m	align=left	10m 5t			align=left	4m
align=right	11	align=left		align=left			2020	2	4	1	0	align=right	4	2020	2	align=right	7	1	0	align=right	4			align=left	2m	align=left	5m 1t	align=left	6m 1t			align=left	3m
align=right	12	align=left	Olivia Kernick	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	7	3	0	align=right	12				align=left	7m 3t	align=left	11m 2t			align=left	1m 1m
align=right	13	align=left		align=left			2019	2	4	0	7	align=right	14	2019	3	align=right	11	1	12	align=right	28		align=left	3m 4g	align=left	3m 1t 4g	align=left	5m 4g	align=left	10m 4t 26g	align=left	1m 1g	align=left	1m	align=left	1m 3g
align=right	14	align=left	Shawden Burton	align=left				1	1	0	0	align=right	0	2021	1	align=right	2	0	0	align=right	0				align=left	2m	align=left	11m 3t
align=right	15	align=left		align=left			2018	3	5	1	0	align=right	4	2018	3	align=right	11	0	0	align=right	0	align=left	4m	align=left	3m	align=left	4m			align=left	6m 1t	align=left	6m 4t	align=left	1m
align=right	16	align=left	Tayla Predebon	align=left			2021	2	2	1	0	align=right	4	2021	1	align=right	7	0	0	align=right	0				align=left	7m	align=left	11m 7t
align=right	17	align=left		align=left			2018	3	6	0	8	align=right	16	2018	3	align=right	7	2	0	align=right	8	align=left	3m	align=left	2m 1t	align=left	2m 1t		align=left	4m	align=left	1m 1g
align=right		align=left		align=left			2018	3	5	2	0	align=right	8	2018	4	align=right	11	1	0	align=right	4	align=left	3m 1t	align=left	3m	align=left	1m	align=left	4m	align=left	8m 6t

Notes:

• In the above tables J# = Jersey number, Dbt = Debut Year, S = Seasons, M = Matches, T = Tries, G = Goals
• Tallies in the tables include the 2022 match.
• In relation to the extended squad of the NSW Women's State of Origin team that was named in mid-April:^[23]
  • City Origin players Shaylee Bent, Jaime Chapman, Filomina Hanisi, Talei Holmes and Renee Target were named.
  • Country Origin players Teagan Berry, Olivia Kernick and Bobbi Law were named.
  • City Origin eligible players Corban Baxter, Quincy Dodd, Tiana Penitani, Jessica Sergis, Simaima Taufa, Sarah Togatuki, and Holli Wheeler are to be rested.
  • Country Origin eligible players Kezie Apps, Millie Boyle, Keeley Davis, Taliah Fuimaono, Isabelle Kelly, Yasmin Meakes, Rachael Pearson, Hannah Southwell, Emma Tonegato are to be rested.
• Taina Naividi was selected as a concussion substitute in the 2021 City-Country match.
• Leianne Fiaoo (Tufuga) played for in 2020.
• Talei Holmes played for in 2019.
• Olivia Kernick played for the Indigenous All Stars team in 2021 and for the Māori All Stars team in 2022.

Men's Open Age City Team

The City squad for the 2022 Open Age Men's match against Country. The team is coached by Brett Cook.^[22]

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J#	Position	Player	Ron Massey Cup Club
1		align=left	Clayton Faulalo	align=left	Wentworthville Magpies
2		align=left	Eparama Navale	align=left	Mounties
3		align=left	Eli Roberts	align=left	Hills District Bulls
4		align=left	Raymond Lesoa	align=left	St Marys Saints
5		align=left	Edward Aiono	align=left	St Marys Saints
6		align=left	Keiran Hayman	align=left	Hills District Bulls
7		align=left	Jesse Marschke	align=left	Hills District Bulls
8		align=left	Antonio Pelesasa	align=left	St Marys Saints
9		align=left	Brad Keighran	align=left	Hills District Bulls
10		align=left	Niko Apelu	align=left	Wentworthville Magpies
11		align=left	Steven Tavita	align=left	Hills District Bulls
12		align=left	Patrick Hollis	align=left	St Marys Saints
13		align=left	Denzal Tonise	align=left	Hills District Bulls
14		align=left	Jarrod Brackenhofer	align=left	St Marys Saints
15		align=left	Joe Vaegaau	align=left	St Marys Saints
16		align=left	Cleveland McGhie	align=left	Ryde-Eastwood Hawks
17		align=left	D'rhys Miller	align=left	Western Suburbs Magpies
18		align=left	Lopeti Mafi	align=left	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles

Note: Eli Levido, Manaia Rudolph, Caleb Uele (all Glebe) and Semisi Kioa (Mounties) were named in the selected squad but are not named in the programme.

Men's Open Age Country Team

The Country squad for the 2022 Open Age Men's match against City. The team is coached by Terry Campese.^{[22] [24] [25] [26] [27]}

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J#	Position	Player	Club	Region
1		align=left	Oliver Regan	align=left		align=left	Northern Rivers Titans
2		align=left	Dillon Rota	align=left	Goulburn City Bulldogs	align=left	Monaro Colts
3		align=left	Mitchell Andrews	align=left	Forbes Magpies	align=left	Western Rams
4		align=left	Kayne Brennan	align=left		align=left	Illawarra South Coast Dragons
5		align=left	Donte Efaraimo	align=left		align=left	Illawarra South Coast Dragons
6		align=left	Jake Brisbane	align=left		align=left	Illawarra South Coast Dragons
7		align=left	Blair Grant	align=left		align=left	Illawarra South Coast Dragons
8		align=left	Caleb Ziebell	align=left		align=left	Northern Rivers Titans
9		align=left	James Luff	align=left	Gundagai Tigers	align=left	Riverina Bulls
10		align=left	Zac Saddler	align=left	Tuggeranong Bushrangers	align=left	Monaro Colts
11		align=left	Matthew Delbanco	align=left	Stingrays of Shellharbour	align=left	Illawarra South Coast Dragons
12		align=left	Ron Leapai	align=left	Goulburn City Bulldogs	align=left	Monaro Colts
13		align=left	Keiran Rankmore	align=left	Stingrays of Shellharbour	align=left	Illawarra South Coast Dragons
14		align=left	Toby McIntosh	align=left	Murwillumbah Mustangs	align=left	Northern Rivers Titans
15		align=left	Darby Medlyn	align=left	Tuggeranong Bushrangers	align=left	Monaro Colts
16		align=left	Connor Ziebell	align=left		align=left	Northern Rivers Titans.
17		align=left	Zachary Masters	align=left	Tumut Blues	align=left	Riverina Bulls
18		align=left	Richard Roberts	align=left		align=left	North Coast Bulldogs
		align=left	Bradley Prior	align=left		align=left	Monaro Colts

Under 19 State of Origin Women

The NSW squad for the 2022 Under 19 Women's match against Queensland. The team is coached by Blake Cavallaro.

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J#	Player	Club	Position(s)	NSW U19		NRLW 2021	State		U19 Tarsha Gale
				Dbt	M		2021	2022	2021	2022
1	align=left	Jada Taylor	align=left							align=left	4m 1t		align=left	6m 9t
2	align=left	Petesa Lio	align=left							align=left	3m 2t	align=left	7m 3t	align=left	8m 4t
3	align=left	Andie Robinson	align=left			2021	1		align=left	9m 4t	align=left	5m 2t	align=left	2m
4	align=left	Mia Middleton	align=left								align=left	5m 3t	align=left	9m 9t
5	align=left	Cassey Tohi-Hiku	align=left			2021	1			align=left	4m	align=left	10m 6t	align=left	7m 1t
6	align=left	Losana Lutu	align=left							align=left	3m 1t		align=left	8m 5t 3g
7	align=left	Tayla Montgomery	align=left			2021	1		align=left	0m	align=left	0m	align=left	11m 1t	align=left	9m 2t
8	align=left	Monalisa Soliola	align=left							align=left	5m		align=left	6m 4t 5g
9	align=left	Rueben Cherrington	align=left			2021	1			align=left	2m 1g	align=left	7m 7t 3g	align=left	1m
10	align=left	Ruby-Jean Kennard	align=left							align=left	3m	align=left	8m 3t	align=left	8m 3t
11	align=left	Leilani Wilson	align=left			2021	1			align=left	3m	align=left	8m 1t	align=left	9m 4t
12	align=left	Chantel Tugaga	align=left			2021	1	align=left	1m		align=left	5m	align=left	7m 2t
13	align=left	Iesha Duckett	align=left							align=left	1m	align=left	8m 2t	align=left	9m
13	align=left	Tahleisha Maeva	align=left							align=left	1m		align=left	7m 2t
14	align=left	Anneka Wilson	align=left							align=left	2m 1t	align=left	8m 2t	align=left	9m
15	align=left	Tiana Kore	align=left								align=left	9m 1t	align=left	8m 1t
17	align=left	Jules Kirkpatrick	align=left								align=left	7m 1t	align=left	9m 3t
18	align=left	Rosemarie Beckett	align=left							align=left	3m	align=left	11m 5t 9g	align=left	7m 6t 1g
19	align=left	Chloe Jackson	align=left							align=left	1m		align=left	6m 4t
20	align=left	Alanna Dummett	align=left								align=left	4m 1t	align=left	8m 3t
21	align=left	Salma Nour	align=left							align=left	4m 1t	align=left	9m 5t 1g	align=left	7m 10t
22	align=left	Milly Lupo	align=left							align=left	4m	align=left	4m	align=left	9m 1t

Notes and References

1. Web site: Teams: NSWRL KOE NSW Cup - 2022 Round 1. 8 Mar 2022. League Unlimited. 3 May 2022.
2. Web site: Results: 2022 NSWRL KOE NSW Cup round 1. 13 Mar 2022. League Unlimited. 3 May 2022.
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4. Web site: Canberra Raiders – Staff . . 31 August 2022.
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6. Web site: Miles . Jessica . Panthers run riot over Mounties . penrithpanthers.com.au . 31 August 2022 . 13 August 2022.
7. Web site: Rabbitohs finalise coaching staff for 2022 . rabbitohs.com.au . 31 August 2022 . 28 October 2021.
8. Web site: TEAMS: NSWRL Harvey Norman Women's - 2022 Round 1. 19 Apr 2022. League Unlimited. 2 May 2022.
9. Web site: RESULTS: 2022 NSWRL Harvey Norman Women's Premiership Round 1. 24 Apr 2022. League Unlimited. 2 May 2022.
10. Web site: Bremner aiming for the top after latest return to game. 29 Apr 2022. NRL. 2 May 2022.
11. Web site: Teams: NSWRL U21 Jersey Flegg Cup - 2022 Round 1. 8 Mar 2022. League Unlimited. 3 May 2022.
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13. Web site: TEAMS: NSWRL Sydney Shield - 2022 Round 1. 18 Mar 2022. League Unlimited. 2 May 2022.
14. Web site: RESULTS: 2022 NSWRL Sydney Shield Round 1. 20 Mar 2022. League Unlimited. 2 May 2022.
15. Web site: Dragons finally claim their Country Championships title. 3 Apr 2022. NSWRL. 2 May 2022.
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