Rugby Club Competitions

### **Tiebreaker**

If a match is tied after 80 minutes where a winner must be determined then 2 extra time periods of 10 minutes are played (for a combined playing time of 20 minutes), if there’s still no winner then play continues under timeless extra time period where a team must reach 6 points, the 1st team to reach 6 points wins.

## **World Cup Series**

The Rugby Club World Cup is part of the World Club Series and the defending champions are joined by the winners of the English Super Rugby League, Super Rugby Celtic Conference winners, Super Rugby SA Conference winners, Top16, Australian NRL, Major League Rugby and Japanese Top League.

World Club Challenge is part of the World Club Series and is a 8 team end-of-season competition played in a single-elimination knockout featuring the defending champions, Challenge Cup winners and the runner-up/finalist of the: Celtic League, Top16, Australian NRL, South Africa Currie Cup, Major League Rugby and Japanese Top League

## **National Rugby League (NRL)**

The **National Rugby League (NRL)** is Australia's top-level domestic men's rugby league club competition which consists of 2 leagues: NSW Premiership and Australia Rugby League. The competition is owned, organised and run/administrated by News Corp. A team plays all other teams in their league a twice for a total of 22 games, 11 home and 11 away. Top 8 teams advance to the playoffs. The winner of the NSW Premiership and Australia Rugby League Final will play each other in the NRL Grand Final. The ARL Final is held at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, NSW Premiership Final Final is held at Stadium Australia in Sydney. The NRL Grand Final is held at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

The competition starts in the 1st weekend of April and ends on the last weekend of September with a 2-week break for the State of Origin. The State of Origin a 2 legged series between New South Wales Waratahs and Queensland Reds, the team with the higher aggregate score wins the series, Game 1 is played in 1 state, Game 2 played in the other state and switches every year. New South Wales Waratahs play at Stadium Australia in Sydney and the Queensland Reds play at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

#### **Teams**

* NOTE: Bankwest Stadium is Sydney Football Stadium.

### **Awards**

* Provan-Summons Trophy - The championship trophy. Awarded to the team that won the NRL Grand Final
* J. J. Giltinan Shield - Awarded to the NSW Premiership Final champions
* Royal Agricultural Society Shield - Awarded to the NSW Premiership 'minor premiers'
* Herb Steinohrt Trophy - Awarded to the ARL Final champions
* Clive Churchill Medal - Man-of-the-match award in the Grand Final
* Dally M Medal - Player of the year. After each game, rugby sports commentators vote to award 3 votes to the best player, 2 votes to the second-best player, and 1 vote to the third-best player. Additionally, a player will lose 3 votes for each week of suspension that he incurs during the season. The votes for each round are made public up to Round 11, then are kept secret; this allows the final winner to be kept secret until the Dally M Awards ceremony.
* Young Player of the Year
* Coach of the Year
* Ken Irvine Medal - Top Tryscorer of the Year
* Top Pointscorer of the Year
* Team of the Year - Best 13 players by position.

#### **Trophy History**

* Royal Agricultural Society Shield 1908 until 1930
* Labor Daily Cup 1931 until 1950
* J. J. Giltinan Shield 1951 until 1981
* Winfield Cup 1982 until 1995
* Optus Cup 1996 and 1997
* **Provan-Summons Trophy 1998 until present**

1-Newtown won the competition as they had been minor premiers

2-The score was originally 34 – 8 to the Melbourne Storm. See Reason below

3-The score was originally 23 – 16 to the Melbourne Storm. See Reason below

4-Melbourne Storm were stripped of their Grand Final titles and Minor Premierships due to gross long-term salary cap breaches and the runner-up was instead awarded the titles. They also received 0 points in 2010 due to these breaches.

*Italics* = Match went into extra time (from 2003 until 2016 it was under the golden point rule)

#### **Rivals**

Ron Coote Cup - South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Sydney Roosters

1989 League Legends Cup (The match is played to commemorate the 1989 Grand Final, which has been called the greatest Grand Final ever) - Balmain Tigers v Canberra Raiders

ANZAC Day Cup - Sydney Roosters v St. George Dragons

Charity Shield - South Sydney Rabbitohs v St. George Dragons

Easter Monday Game - Parametta Eels v Balmain Tigers

Foundation Cup - Sydney Roosters v Balmain Tigers

Good Friday Game - Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs

Jack Gibson Cup - Sydney Roosters v Parametta Eels

Johnny Mannah Cup - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Parramatta Eels

Queensland derby - Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys

South East Queensland derby - Brisbane Broncos v Gold Coast Titans

Western Sydney derby - Penrith Panthers v Parametta Eels

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Melbourne Storm

### **NSWRL Premier League**

A competition for clubs in New South Wales. It has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve grade competition. It is now the premier open age competition in the state. The New South Wales Cup, along with the Queensland Cup, acts as a feeder competition to the National Rugby Championship.

It is contested by reserve squads of NSW-based NRL teams and also includes sides representing teams that once competed at the first grade level in the NSWRL Premiership but do not field teams in the NRL competition. The North Sydney Bears are the only team to have competed in every season of the competition since 1908

Central Coast Centurions-Grahame Park (20,060)

Northern Pride-Barlow Park, Cairns (15,000)

Tweed Heads Seagulls-Piggabeen Sports Complex (10,000)

### **Currie Cup**

The Currie Cup (minor premier) tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby competition, played from March until September, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Steeped in history and tradition, the Currie Cup dates back to 1891. The tournament is regarded as the cornerstone of South Africa's rugby heritage, and the coveted gold trophy remains the most prestigious prize in South African domestic rugby

Leopards-Leopards

### **Hooter**

Old Trafford

Principality Stadium