2024 NSW Cup season explained

The 2024 season of the New South Wales Cup was the 118th season of the premier state rugby league competition in New South Wales.

Season summary

The 2024 season of the New South Wales Cup commenced on 7 March. Teams played 26 regular competition rounds, with the top five teams qualifying for the final series in September.

Teams

There are 13 teams competing in the competition in 2024, with eleven based in New South Wales itself, as well as one in the Australian Capital Territory and one from New Zealand.

Club	NRL Affiliate	Home Ground(s)	Head Coach
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	4 Pines Park (6) & HE Laybutt Field (5)	Wayne Lambkin[1]
Canberra Raiders		GIO Stadium (9), Raiders Belconnen (1) & Seiffert Oval (1)	Brock Shepperd[2]
Canterbury Bulldogs		Belmore Sports Ground (6) & Stadium Australia (5)	Michael Potter[3]
Newcastle Knights		McDonald Jones Stadium (10), Newcastle Permanent Centre of Excellence (2)	Ronald Griffiths[4]
Newtown Jets	Cronulla Sharks	Henson Park (11), PointsBet Stadium (1)	George Ndaira
New Zealand Warriors		Mount Smart Stadium (7), North Harbour Stadium (3) & Navigation Homes Stadium (1)	David Tangata-Toa[5]
North Sydney Bears	Melbourne Storm	North Sydney Oval (12)	[6] → Kieran Dempsey[7]
Parramatta Eels		CommBank Stadium (9), Eric Tweedale Stadium (2) & Lidcombe Oval (1)	Nathan Cayless
Penrith Panthers		BlueBet Stadium (10), St Marys Leagues Stadium (1)	Ben Harden
South Sydney Rabbitohs		Accor Stadium (7), Redfern Oval (3), Coogee Oval (1), Central Coast Stadium (1)	Joe O'Callaghan
Sydney Roosters		Wentworth Park (9), Allianz Stadium (2), Central Coast Stadium (1)	Brett Morris[8]
St. George Illawarra Dragons		Collegians Sporting Complex Wollongong (7), WIN Stadium (2), Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (2) & Sid Parrish Park (1)	Ben Woolf
Western Suburbs Magpies	Western Suburbs Tigers	Lidcombe Oval (7), Campbelltown Stadium (3) & Leichhardt Oval (1)	Aaron Payne[9]

Regular season

Ladder

2024 NSW Cup
	Team
1	North Sydney Bears	24	15	2	7	2	560	479	+81	36
2	Newtown Jets	24	15	1	8	2	654	492	+162	35
3	Canberra Raiders	24	14	2	8	2	713	456	+257	34
4	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	1	9	2	590	506	+84	33
5	Penrith Panthers	24	13	3	8	2	602	520	+82	33
6	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	14	0	10	2	580	447	+133	32
7	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	2	622	547	+75	32
8	Newcastle Knights	24	11	0	13	2	595	650	-55	26
9	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	24	10	0	14	2	566	704	-138	24
10	Sydney Roosters	24	9	1	14	2	540	583	-43	23
11	Parramatta Eels	24	9	1	14	2	535	678	-143	23
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	6	1	17	2	482	658	-176	17
13	Western Suburbs Magpies	24	6	0	18	2	454	773	-319	16

Source:^[10]

Finals series

The top five teams qualified for the finals series, with these being Norths, Newtown, Canberra, New Zealand and Penrith.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee(s)	Crowd
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINAL
New Zealand Warriors	12 – 24	Penrith Panthers	Saturday 7 September, 1:00pm	Leichhardt Oval	Kieren Irons
Newtown Jets	38 – 16	Canberra Raiders	Saturday 7 September, 5:00pm		Damian Brady
SEMI-FINALS
Canberra Raiders	30 – 14	Penrith Panthers	Saturday 15 September, 1:00pm	Leichhardt Oval	Damian Brady
North Sydney Bears	18 – 16	Newtown Jets	Saturday 15 September, 5:00pm		Kieren Irons
PRELIMINARY FINAL
Canberra Raiders	16 – 18	Newtown Jets	Saturday 21 September, 3:00 pm	Leichhardt Oval	Kieren Irons
GRAND FINAL
North Sydney Bears	22 – 28	Newtown Jets	Sunday 29 September, 3:00pm	CommBank Stadium	Kieren Irons	10,386

NRL State Championship

See also: 2024 NRL Grand Final. As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Newtown Jets will face Queensland Cup premiers Norths Devils in the NRL State Championship match.

Awards

• Player of the Year:
• Top Tryscorer: Allan Fitzgibbon (21)
• Top Pointscorer: Kieran Hayman (212)

Team of the Year

Position	Nat	Winner	Club
		Jake Toby	North Sydney Bears
		Savelio Tamale	St. George Illawarra Dragons
		James Schiller	Canberra Raiders
		Tyrone Peachey	Penrith Panthers
		Watson Heleta	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles
		Will Pryce	Newcastle Knights
		Adam Cook	Canberra Raiders
		Kurt De Luis	North Sydney Bears
		Jayden Berrell	Newtown Jets
		Jordan Grant	Penrith Panthers
		Jacob Laban	New Zealand Warriors
		Billy Burns	Newtown Jets
		Hohepa Puru	Canberra Raiders

See also

• New South Wales Rugby League
• 2024 NRL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-12-13 . Wayne Lambkin promoted to Sea Eagles NRL coaching staff . 2024-09-30 . Manly Warringah Sea Eagles . en.
2. Web site: 2024-01-18 . Brock Shepperd joins Raiders as NSW Cup Coach . 2024-09-30 . Canberra Raiders . en.
3. Web site: 2023-12-07 . Potter aiming to weave some magic with the Bulldogs . 2024-09-30 . New South Wales Rugby League . en.
4. Web site: 2023-11-02 . Griffiths appointed Knights NSW Cup Coach . 2024-09-30 . Newcastle Knights . en.
5. Web site: 2023-10-03 . Griffin earns promotion as NRL assistant coach . 2024-09-30 . Warriors . en.
6. Web site: Admin . Bears . 2023-10-19 . 2024 NSW Cup Head Coach Announced . 2024-09-30 . North Sydney Bears . en-AU.
7. Web site: Proszenko . Adrian . 2024-08-21 . Coach deregistered over rugby league betting scandal . 2024-09-30 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
8. Web site: 2024-03-05 . Morris grateful for the coaches he learnt under . 2024-09-30 . New South Wales Rugby League . en.
9. Web site: 2023-12-14 . Payne's new coaching role 11 years in the making . 2024-09-30 . New South Wales Rugby League . en.
10. Web site: Ladder . 2024-09-30 . New South Wales Rugby League . en.