# 2018 Jersey Flegg Cup season

The 2018 Jersey Flegg Cup season was the 48th season of the under-20 competition and the first since 2007. The competition, administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, replaced the National Rugby League's National Youth Competition, and mirrored the draw and structure of its senior counterpart, the Intrust Super Premiership.
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks defeated the Penrith Panthers in the Grand Final, winning their first Jersey Flegg Cup premiership.

## Teams

The 2018 season featured 12 teams, nine based in Sydney, one in Newcastle, one in Wollongong and one in Auckland. 10 NRL clubs fielded a side in the competition, while two others, the Canberra Raiders and South Sydney Rabbitohs, fielded a side through their Intrust Super Premiership affiliated club.
| Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL affiliated |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Belmore Sports Ground | Brad Henderson | Morgan Harper & Samuel Radovu | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Southern Cross Group Stadium Henson Park | David Howlett | Teig Wilton | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Lottoland HE Laybutt Sporting Complex | Wayne Lambkin | Cade Cust & Tevita Funa | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Mounties | Aubrey Keech Reserve | Peter Marrapodi | Paul Roache | Canberra Raiders |
| Newcastle Knights | Cessnock Sportsground McDonald Jones Stadium | Todd Lowrie | Hayden Loughrey | Newcastle Knights |
| North Sydney Bears | North Sydney Oval | Willie Leyshon | Josh Cook | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
| Parramatta Eels | Ringrose Park | Dean Feeney | Tuimavave Afualo | Parramatta Eels |
| Penrith Panthers | Panthers Stadium | Ben Harden | Mitch Kenny | Penrith Panthers |
| St George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium Jubilee Oval | Wayne Collins | Jackson Willis | St George Illawarra Dragons |
| Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium Morry Breen Oval | Anthony Barnes | Sean O'Sullivan & Kenese Kenese | Sydney Roosters |
| Warriors | Mt Smart Stadium QBE Stadium | Ricky Henry | Soane Hufanga & Tyler Slade | Warriors |
| Wests Tigers | Campbelltown Stadium Leichhardt Oval | Craig Wilson | TJ Carter | Wests Tigers |

## Regular season

| 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 |
| Canterbury Bulldogs | WST 20 | WAR 18 | MOU 6 | X | SYD 12 | PEN 20 | CRO 2 | MAN 40 | X | X | NEW 2 | SYD 2 | CRO 16 | NOR 24 | PEN 2 | X | MOU 22 | NEW 12 | WST 16 | WAR 6 | SGI 2 | MAN 2 | NOR 26 | PAR 12 |
| Cronulla Sharks | SYD 24 | SGI 4 | MAN 2 | X | SGI 0 | NEW 6 | CBY 2 | WAR 6 | X | X | SYD 0 | WST 8 | CBY 16 | PAR 36 | MOU 10 | X | NEW 6 | NOR 36 | PAR 6 | PEN 1 | MAN 34 | NOR 26 | WAR 12 | WST 32 |
| Manly Sea Eagles | NEW 48 | PAR 32 | CRO 2 | MOU 16 | PAR 8 | WAR 20 | SYD 24 | CBY 40 | X | X | NOR 6 | WAR 22 | NOR 26 | WST 5 | SGI 20 | X | WST 38 | SYD 2 | MOU 10 | X | CRO 34 | CBY 2 | SGI 2 | PEN 10 |
| Mounties | SGI 8 | SYD 6 | CBY 6 | MAN 16 | PEN 16 | PAR 2 | NOR 14 | SYD 30 | X | X | PAR 8 | PEN 20 | NEW 6 | WAR 20 | CRO 10 | X | CBY 22 | WST 6 | MAN 10 | NOR 28 | NEW 36 | WST 20 | X | SGI 4 |
| Newcastle Knights | MAN 48 | WST 22 | PAR 8 | SGI 20 | NOR 22 | CRO 6 | WST 14 | NOR 10 | X | X | CBY 2 | SGI 4 | MOU 6 | SYD 10 | WAR 48 | X | CRO 6 | CBY 12 | PEN 14 | PAR 14 | MOU 36 | WAR 48 | PEN 2 | X |
| North Sydney Bears | WAR 8 | PEN 10 | SGI 26 | PEN 7 | NEW 22 | WST 22 | MOU 14 | NEW 10 | X | X | MAN 6 | PAR 32 | MAN 26 | CBY 24 | WST 26 | X | SYD 16 | CRO 36 | SGI 30 | MOU 28 | X | CRO 26 | CBY 26 | WAR 24 |
| Parramatta Eels | PEN 8 | MAN 32 | NEW 8 | WST 14 | MAN 8 | MOU 2 | PEN 4 | WST 12 | X | X | MOU 8 | NOR 32 | WAR 16 | CRO 36 | SYD 26 | X | WAR 8 | SGI 32 | CRO 6 | NEW 14 | SYD 18 | SGI 18 | X | CBY 12 |
| Penrith Panthers | PAR 8 | NOR 10 | WAR 1 | NOR 7 | MOU 22 | CBY 20 | PAR 4 | SGI 20 | X | X | WST 26 | MOU 20 | SYD 32 | X | CBY 2 | X | SGI 18 | WAR 2 | NEW 14 | CRO 1 | WST 20 | SYD 4 | NEW 2 | MAN 10 |
| St George Illawarra Dragons | MOU 8 | CRO 4 | NOR 26 | NEW 20 | CRO 0 | SYD 20 | WAR 8 | PEN 20 | X | X | WAR 4 | NEW 4 | WST 12 | X | MAN 20 | X | PEN 18 | PAR 32 | NOR 30 | SYD 8 | CBY 2 | PAR 18 | MAN 2 | MOU 4 |
| Sydney Roosters | CRO 24 | MOU 6 | WST 22 | WAR 22 | CBY 12 | SGI 20 | MAN 24 | MOU 30 | X | X | CRO 0 | CBY 2 | PEN 32 | NEW 10 | PAR 26 | X | NOR 16 | MAN 2 | WAR 8 | SGI 8 | PAR 18 | PEN 4 | WST 26 | X |
| Warriors | NOR 8 | CBY 18 | PEN 1 | SYD 22 | WST 16 | MAN 20 | SGI 8 | CRO 6 | X | X | SGI 4 | MAN 22 | PAR 16 | MOU 20 | NEW 48 | X | PAR 8 | PEN 2 | SYD 8 | CBY 6 | X | NEW 48 | CRO 12 | NOR 24 |
| Wests Tigers | CBY 20 | NEW 22 | SYD 22 | PAR 14 | WAR 16 | NOR 22 | NEW 14 | PAR 12 | X | X | PEN 26 | CRO 8 | SGI 12 | MAN 5 | NOR 26 | X | MAN 38 | MOU 6 | CBY 16 | X | PEN 20 | MOU 20 | SYD 26 | CRO 32 |
| 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 |
Bold – Opposition's Home game X – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin

## Ladder

2018 Jersey Flegg Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Newcastle Knights | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 648 | 348 | +300 | 42 |
| 2 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 526 | 369 | +157 | 40 |
| 3 | Penrith Panthers | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 426 | 313 | +113 | 36 |
| 4 | Mounties | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 448 | 386 | +62 | 36 |
| 5 | Sydney Roosters | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 536 | 476 | +60 | 31 |
| 6 | Parramatta Eels | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 536 | 414 | +122 | 30 |
| 7 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 454 | 348 | +106 | 28 |
| 8 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 441 | 465 | −24 | 23 |
| 9 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 381 | 520 | −139 | 22 |
| 10 | Warriors | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 326 | 489 | −163 | 20 |
| 11 | North Sydney Bears | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 332 | 611 | −279 | 16 |
| 12 | Wests Tigers | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 240 | 555 | −315 | 12 |

## Final series

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date and Time | Venue |
| Qualifying & Elimination finals |||||
| Parramatta Eels | 18 – 22 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 1 September 2018, 11:00am | Panthers Stadium |
| Newcastle Knights | 24 – 25 | Mounties | 1 September 2018, 12:40pm | McDonald Jones Stadium |
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 10 – 18 | Penrith Panthers | 1 September 2018, 3:15pm | Panthers Stadium |
| Sydney Roosters | 40 – 28 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 2 September 2018, 3:45pm | Panthers Stadium |
| Semi-finals |||||
| Newcastle Knights | 27 – 8 | Sydney Roosters | 8 September 2018, 5:15pm | Jubilee Oval |
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 30 – 10 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 9 September 2018, 5:30pm | Jubilee Oval |
| Preliminary finals |||||
| Penrith Panthers | 30 – 26 | Newcastle Knights | 15 September 2018, 3:15pm | Leichhardt Oval |
| Mounties | 22 – 26 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 16 September 2018, 3:00pm | Leichhardt Oval |
| Grand Final |||||
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 22 – 12 | Penrith Panthers | 23 September 2018, 12:45pm | Leichhardt Oval |
| 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 |
| 1 Sept, McDonald Jones Stadium | 1 Sept, McDonald Jones Stadium | 1 Sept, McDonald Jones Stadium | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Newcastle | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Mounties | 25 | 8 Sept, Jubilee Oval | 8 Sept, Jubilee Oval | 8 Sept, Jubilee Oval | | | | |
| | | | Newcastle | Newcastle | 27 | | | | |
| 2 Sept, Panthers Stadium | 2 Sept, Panthers Stadium | 2 Sept, Panthers Stadium | Sydney | Sydney | 8 | 16 Sept, Leichhardt Oval | 16 Sept, Leichhardt Oval | 16 Sept, Leichhardt Oval | | | |
| 5 | Sydney | 40 | | | | Mounties | Mounties | 22 | |
| 8 | St George Illawarra | 28 | | | | Cronulla-Sutherland | Cronulla-Sutherland | 26 | 23 Sept, Leichhardt Oval | 23 Sept, Leichhardt Oval | 23 Sept, Leichhardt Oval |
| | | | | | | | | | Cronulla-Sutherland | Cronulla-Sutherland | 22 |
| 1 Sept, Panthers Stadium | 1 Sept, Panthers Stadium | 1 Sept, Panthers Stadium | | | | 15 Sept, Leichhardt Oval | 15 Sept, Leichhardt Oval | 15 Sept, Leichhardt Oval | Penrith | Penrith | 12 |
| 6 | Parramatta | 18 | | | | Penrith | Penrith | 30 | | |
| 7 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | 9 Sept, Jubilee Oval | 9 Sept, Jubilee Oval | 9 Sept, Jubilee Oval | Newcastle | Newcastle | 26 | | |
| | | | Cronulla-Sutherland | Cronulla-Sutherland | 30 | | | | | | |
| 1 Sept, Panthers Stadium | 1 Sept, Panthers Stadium | 1 Sept, Panthers Stadium | Canterbury-Bankstown | Canterbury-Bankstown | 10 | | | | | |
| 2 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Penrith | 18 | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

* Sunday, September 23 12:45pm (local time)
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 22 – 12 | Penrith Panthers |
| Tries: Harry Smith (27') 1 Isaac Lumelume (31') 1 Bronson Xerri (54') 1 Braydon Trindall (62') 1 Goals: Braydon Trindall 3 (32', 56', 63') | 1st: 12 – 6 2nd: 10 – 6 Report | Tries: 1 (17') Daine Laurie 1 (39') John Trimboli Goals: 2 Brendan Hands (19', 40') |
* Leichhardt Stadium Referee: Cameron Paddy Player of the Match: Braydon Trindall (Cronulla)
| FB | 1 | Luke Polselli |
| WG | 2 | Chris Tupou |
| CE | 3 | Jackson Ferris |
| CE | 4 | Bronson Xerri |
| WG | 5 | Isaac Lumelume |
| FE | 6 | Jayden Millard |
| HB | 7 | Braydon Trindall |
| PR | 8 | Cruz Topai-Aveai |
| HK | 9 | Harry Smith |
| PR | 16 | Blake Manowski |
| SR | 11 | Teig Wilton (c) |
| SR | 12 | Josh Carr |
| LK | 13 | James Roumanos |
| Substitutes: ||
| IC | 10 | Monty Raper |
| IC | 14 | Luke Jurd |
| IC | 15 | Fine Kula |
| IC | 17 | Tom Caughlan |
| Coach: David Howlett ||
| FB | 1 | Daine Laurie |
| WG | 2 | Thomas Lofts |
| CE | 3 | Marlon Ritchie |
| CE | 4 | Stephen Crichton |
| WG | 19 | Brian Too |
| FE | 6 | Dean Blore |
| HB | 7 | Brendan Hands |
| PR | 8 | Spencer Leniu |
| HK | 9 | Meni Luke |
| PR | 10 | Mitch Revell |
| SR | 11 | Alexander Myles |
| SR | 12 | Shawn Blore |
| LK | 13 | Mitch Kenny (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| IC | 14 | Adam Fearnley |
| IC | 15 | John Trimboli |
| IC | 16 | Brad Gaut |
| IC | 17 | J'maine Hopgood |
| Coach: Ben Harden ||

## Player statistics

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 24.