# 2017 NSW Cup season

The 2017 New South Wales Cup season was the tenth season of the New South Wales Cup administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, and the second known as the Intrust Super Premiership NSW due sponsorship reasons. 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 winner of the Premiership will compete against the winner of the 2017 Queensland Cup in the 2017 NRL State Championship. Illawarra RLFC are the defending champions, following their 21–20 victory against the Mounties in the 2016 grand final.
A NSW Residents side, selected from the Premiership, lost 6–36 to the Queensland Residents on 7 May.

## Teams

In 2017, 12 clubs fielded teams in the Intrust Super Premiership. The Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles replaced the Manly Sea Eagles. The Illawarra Cutters were renamed as the Illawarra RLFC.
A team from Fiji applied to enter the competition, gaining support from Petero Civoniceva and the Fijian government, but the NSWRL board determined that they were not ready for the 2017 season. The team would have played from the 15,000-capacity National Stadium, Suva.
Pat Weisner started the season as coach of the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, before being fired and replaced by Steven Hales. The Bulldogs named Ray Moujalli as their captain.
| Club | Coach | Stadium | Founded | Joined* | NRL affiliate |
| Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles | Steven Hales Pat Weisner | HE Laybutt Field, Blacktown | 1962 | 2017 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Steve Georgallis | Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore | 1934 | 2008 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| Illawarra RLFC | Matthew Head | Wollongong Showground, Wollongong | 2012 | 2012 | St George Illawarra Dragons |
| Mount Pritchard Mounties | Steve Antonelli | Mount Pritchard Oval, Mount Pritchard | 2012 | 2012 | Canberra Raiders |
| Newcastle Knights | Simon Woolford | Hunter Stadium, Newcastle | 1988 | 2012 | Newcastle Knights |
| Newtown Jets | Greg Matterson | Henson Park, Marrickville | 1908 | 2008 | Cronulla Sharks |
| New Zealand Warriors | Ricky Henry | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | 2007 | 2014 | New Zealand Warriors |
| North Sydney Bears | Ben Gardiner | North Sydney Oval, North Sydney | 1908 | 2008 | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
| Penrith Panthers | Garth Brennan | Penrith Stadium, Penrith | 1966 | 2008 | Penrith Panthers |
| Wentworthville Magpies | Nathan Cayless | Ringrose Park, Wentworthville | 1963 | 2008 | Parramatta Eels |
| Wests Tigers | David Heath | Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt | 1999 | 2013 | Wests Tigers |
| Wyong Roos | Rip Taylor | Morrie Breen Oval, Kanwal | 1910 | 2013 | Sydney Roosters |
*: The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup, not any other competition before this.

## Ladder

2017 New South Wales Cup :
| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Wyong Roos | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 454 | 252 | +202 | 29 |
| 2 | New Zealand Warriors | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 376 | 274 | +102 | 23 |
| 3 | Penrith Panthers | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 339 | 230 | +109 | 21 |
| 4 | Mount Pritchard Mounties | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 336 | 330 | +6 | 19 |
| 5 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 16 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 304 | 254 | +15 | 18 |
| 6 | North Sydney Bears | 17 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 241 | 259 | −18 | 18 |
| 7 | Illawarra RLFC | 16 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 310 | 372 | −62 | 16 |
| 8 | Newcastle Knights | 16 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 302 | 388 | −86 | 15 |
| 9 | Wentworthville Magpies | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 331 | 307 | +24 | 14 |
| 10 | Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 306 | 368 | −62 | 14 |
| 11 | Newtown Jets | 16 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 290 | 365 | −75 | 13 |
| 12 | Wests Tigers | 16 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 252 | 442 | −190 | 10 |

## Finals

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney Football Stadium | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Wyong | 34 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Canterbury | 26 | Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | | | | |
| | | | Canterbury-Bankstown | Canterbury-Bankstown | 32 | | | | |
| Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | Illawarra | Illawarra | 14 | Leichhardt Oval | Leichhardt Oval | Leichhardt Oval | | | |
| 5 | Mount Pritchard | 26 | | | | Wyong | Wyong | 16 | |
| 8 | Illawarra | 30 | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Leichhardt Oval | Leichhardt Oval |
| | | | | | | | | | Wyong | Wyong | 12 |
| Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | | | | Leichhardt Oval | Leichhardt Oval | Leichhardt Oval | Penrith | Penrith | 20 |
| 6 | North Sydney | 18 | | | | Penrith | Penrith | 16 | | |
| 7 | Newcastle | 40 | Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | Canterbury-Bankstown | Canterbury-Bankstown | 12 | | |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 30 | | | | | | |
| Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | Jubilee Oval | Newcastle | Newcastle | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | New Zealand | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Penrith | 36 | | | | | | | | |

### Grand Final

* 24 September 6:45 (AEST)
| Wyong Roos | 12-20 | Penrith Panthers |
* Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Attendance: 2,000
| FB | 1 | Luke Sharpe |
| WG | 2 | Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck |
| CE | 3 | Paul Momirovski |
| CE | 4 | Joseph Manu |
| WG | 5 | Chris Centrone |
| FE | 6 | Jayden Nikorima |
| HB | 7 | Mitch Cornish |
| PR | 8 | Lindsay Collins |
| HK | 9 | Mitchell Williams (c) |
| PR | 14 | Eloni Vunakece |
| SR | 11 | Brock Gray |
| SR | 12 | Justin Toomey-White |
| LK | 13 | Nat Butcher |
| Interchange: ||
| BE | 10 | Chris Smith |
| BE | 15 | Grant Garvey |
| BE | 16 | Jake Lewis |
| BE | 17 | Brenden Santi |
| Coach: ||
| Rip Taylor ||
| FB | 1 | Mason Cerruto |
| WG | 2 | Maika Sivo |
| CE | 3 | Jed Cartwright |
| CE | 4 | Tony Satini |
| WG | 5 | Christian Crichton |
| FE | 6 | Jarome Luai |
| HB | 7 | Darren Nicholls (c) |
| PR | 8 | Kaide Ellis |
| HK | 9 | Mitch Rein |
| PR | 10 | Sitaleki Akauola |
| SR | 11 | Viliame Kikau |
| SR | 20 | Moses Leota |
| LK | 19 | Sione Katoa |
| Interchange: ||
| BE | 12 | Corey Waddell |
| BE | 14 | Tom Eisenhuth |
| BE | 15 | Oliver Clark |
| BE | 16 | Nick Tui-Loso |
| Coach: ||
| Garth Brennan ||

## NRL State Championship

As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Penrith Panthers faced Queensland Cup premiers Papua New Guinea Hunters in the annual NRL State Championship match.
* Sunday, 1 October 3:40pm (AEDT)
| Penrith Panthers | 42 – 18 | Papua New Guinea Hunters |
| Tries: Tony Satini (9', 11', 16', 40') 4 Darren Nicholls (20') 1 Viliame Kikau (31') 1 Christian Crichton (38') 1 Maika Sivo (47') 1 Goals: Darren Nicholls 5/8 (13', 17', 22', 34', 39') Sin Bin: Jarome Luai (68') | 1st: 38 – 2 2nd: 4 – 16 | Tries: 1 (69') Adex Wera 1 (72') Bland Abavu 1 (77') Ase Boas Goals: 3/4 Ase Boas (3' pen, 70', 77') |
* ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referee: Jarrod Cole, Chris Treneman Man-of-the-Match medal: Kaide Ellis