2014 New South Wales Cup Explained

2014 New South Wales Cup
League:	NSW Rugby League
Duration:	March 8 to September 28
No Of Teams:	13
Matches:	321
Season Champs:	Penrith Panthers
Season Champ Name:	Premiers
League Leaders:	Penrith Panthers
League Leaders Name:	Minor Premiers
Second Place:	Newcastle Knights
Wooden Spoon:	North Sydney Bears
Mvp:	Bureta Faraimo (NSW Cup Player of the Year)
Top Scorer:	Josh Mantellato 248 (19 tries, 86 goals)
Top Try Scorer:	Sami Sauiluma 21
Prevseason Link:	2013 New South Wales Cup
Prevseason Year:	2013
Nextseason Link:	2015 New South Wales Cup
Nextseason Year:	2015

The 2014 New South Wales Cup season is the second tier rugby league competition held in New South Wales, after the National Rugby League. The 2014 season will kick off on Saturday, 8 March 2014.

Clubs

In 2014, 13 clubs are fielding teams in the New South Wales Cup. The New Zealand Warriors have replaced the Auckland Vulcans and the Penrith Panthers have returned to the competition replacing the Windsor Wolves this season.

Colors	Club	Location	Stadium	Founded	Joined*	A-Grade Team
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore, NSW, Australia	Belmore Sports Ground	align=center	1934	align=center	2008	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Cronulla, NSW, Australia	Remondis Stadium	align=center	1963	align=center	2008	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Melbourne Storm
	Illawarra Cutters	Wollongong, NSW, Australia	WIN Stadium	align=center	2012	align=center	2012	St. George-Illawarra Dragons
	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Manly, NSW, Australia	Brookvale Oval	align=center	1946	align=center	2008	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Mount Pritchard, NSW, Australia	Mount Pritchard Oval	align=center	2012	align=center	2012	Canberra Raiders
	Newcastle Knights	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	Hunter Stadium	align=center	1988	align=center	2012	Newcastle Knights
	Newtown Jets	Newtown, NSW, Australia	Henson Park	align=center	1908	align=center	2008	Sydney Roosters
	New Zealand Warriors	Penrose, Auckland	Mount Smart Stadium	align=center	1995	align=center	2014	New Zealand Warriors
	North Sydney Bears	Sydney, NSW, Australia	North Sydney Oval	align=center	1908	align=center	2008	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Wentworthville Magpies	Wentworthville, NSW, Australia	Ringrose Park	align=center	1963	align=center	2008	Parramatta Eels
	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	Campbelltown Stadium Leichhardt Oval	align=center	1999	align=center	2013	Wests Tigers
	Penrith Panthers	Penrith, NSW, Australia	Sportingbet Stadium	align=center	1966	align=center	2014	Penrith Panthers
	Wyong Roos	Kanwal, NSW, Australia	Morrie Breen Oval	align=center	1910	align=center	2013	Sydney Roosters

The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup, not any other competition before this.

Ladder

2014 New South Wales Cup season - Round 20
width=20 abbr="Position"		width=210	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	Penrith Panthers	21	16	0	4	1	588	395	+193	34
2		21	12	2	6	1	556	380	+176	28
3	Wests Tigers	21	12	0	7	2	533	422	+111	28
4	Wentworthville Magpies	21	12	0	7	2	588	538	+20	28
5	New Zealand Warriors	21	11	1	7	2	435	372	+63	27
6	Mount Pritchard Mounties	21	11	0	8	2	546	447	+99	26
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	21	11	0	9	1	549	461	+88	24
8	Newcastle Knights	21	10	0	9	2	507	466	+41	24
9	Newtown Jets	21	9	1	10	1	503	550	-47	20
10	Wyong Roos	21	8	0	11	2	344	448	-124	20
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	21	5	2	13	1	434	551	-117	14
12	Manly Sea Eagles	21	4	0	15	2	370	615	-245	12
13	North Sydney Bears	21	2	0	17	2	362	620	-258	8

Season

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Round 1

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Penrith	Newcastle		Saturday 8 March	2:15pm	14-24
Cantebury	Cronulla		Saturday 8 March	3:00pm	30-38
Illawarra	West Tigers		Saturday 8 March	3:00pm	14-34
Manly	Mounties		Saturday 8 March	4:45pm	10-50
Wyong	North Sydney	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 9 March	3:00pm	6-34
Wentworthville	NZ Warriors		Saturday 8 March	1:00pm	38-24

BYE: Newtown

Round 2

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
NZ Warriors	Illawarra		Saturday 15 March	2:45pm (NZ) 12:45pm SYD	12-12
Wentworthville	Newtown	Ringrose Park	Sunday 16 March	3:00pm	44-10
Wests Tigers	Cronulla		Saturday 15 March	3:00pm	12-20
Canterbury	Manly		Saturday 15 March	3:00pm	32-10
Wyong	Penrith	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 16 March	3:00pm	30-26
Newcastle	Mounties		Sunday 16 March	4:15pm	10-46

BYE: North Sydney

Round 3

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Penrith	Canterbury		Saturday 22 March	2:15pm	22-12
Mounties	Newtown	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 22 March	3:00pm	38-16
Cronulla	Illawarra		Saturday 22 March	4:45pm	22-34
Manly	Wentworthville		Sunday 23 March	12:45pm	28-30
Newcastle	North Sydney	Townson Oval	Sunday 23 March	3:00pm	50-22
Wyong	Wests Tigers	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 23 March	3:00pm	18-28

BYE: NZ Warriors

Round 4

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Illawarra	Newtown		Saturday 29 March	3:00pm	24-14
NZ Warriors	Wests Tigers		Saturday 29 March	3:00pm	26-32
Mounties	North Sydney	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 29 March	3:00pm	20-18
Wentworthville	Penrith		Saturday 30 March	3:15pm	22-42
Canterbury	Wyong		Saturday 30 March	3:00pm	18-32
Newcastle	Cronulla		Sunday 30 March	12:45pm	23-16

Round 5

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Cronulla	NZ Warriors		Saturday 5 April	12:45pm	6-44
Newtown	Canterbury		Saturday 5 April	3:00pm	14-14
Penrith	Mounties		Saturday 5 April	3:15pm	32-16
Illawarra	North Sydney		Sunday 6 April	3:00pm	38-6
Wests Tigers	Manly		Sunday 6 April	11:00am	27-26
Wentworthville	Wyong	Ringrose Park	Sunday 6 April	3:00pm	24-22

Round 6

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Mounties	Newcastle		Saturday 12 April	12:45pm	50-30
Newtown	Wentworthville		Saturday 12 April	3:00pm	30-22
North Sydney	Wyong		Saturday 12 April	3:00pm	12-22
Penrith	Wests Tigers		Saturday 12 April	3:00pm	22-14
NZ Warriors	Canterbury		Sunday 13 April	11:45am (NZ) 9:45am SYD	18-14
Manly	Cronulla		Sunday 13 April	12:45pm	10-38

Round 7

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Canterbury	Wests Tigers		Saturday 19 April	3:00pm	6-40
North Sydney	Manly		Saturday 19 April	3:00pm	14-42
Wentworthville	Mounties	Ringrose Park	Sunday 19 April	3:00pm	54-24
Illawarra	NZ Warriors		Saturday 19 April	3:15pm	28-35
Cronulla	Newtown		Saturday 19 April	5:15pm	46-10
Newcastle	Wyong	Newcastle Sports	Sunday 20 April	3:00pm	54-6

BYE: Penrith

Round 8

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Cronulla	Penrith		Saturday 26 April	12:45pm	26-20
Newtown	NZ Warriors		Saturday 26 April	3:00pm	12-48
Illawarra	Manly		Saturday 26 April	3:00pm	26-4
Canterbury	Newcastle		Saturday 26 April	5:15pm	12-44
Wyong	Mounties	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 27 April	3:00pm	20-16
North Sydney	Wentworthville		Sunday 27 April	3:00pm	16-20

BYE: West Tigers

Round 8b

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
North Sydney	Canterbury		Saturday 3 May	3:15pm	20-27
Newtown	Manly		Saturday 3 May	3:00pm	16-18
Penrith	NZ Warriors		Saturday 3 May	1:00pm	36-8
Mounties	Wests Tigers	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 3 May	3:00pm	24-14
Wentworthville	Newcastle	Ringrose Park	Saturday 3 May	3:00pm	50-32
Wyong	Illawarra	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 4 May	3:00pm	0-40

BYE: Cronulla

Round 9

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
NZ Warriors	Mounties		Saturday 10 May	2:45pm (NZ) 12:45pm SYD	22-42
Cronulla	Wentworthville		Saturday 10 May	3:00pm	28-30
Manly	Wests Tigers		Saturday 10 May	3:00pm	28-22
Newtown	North Sydney		Saturday 10 May	3:00pm	44-22
Newcastle	Penrith	Cessnock Sports Ground	Saturday 10 May	3:00pm	16-38
Illawarra	Canterbury		Sunday 11 May	3:00pm	34-22

BYE:Wyong

Round 10

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Wentworthville	Illawarra		Saturday 17 May	12:45pm	36-30
Canterbury	Penrith		Saturday 17 May	3:00pm	28-35
Manly	NZ Warriors		Saturday 17 May	3:00pm	18-22
Wyong	Newtown	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 18 May	3:00pm	8-34
North Sydney	Newcastle		Sunday 18 May	3:00pm	18-12
Cronulla	Wests Tigers		Saturday 17 May	3:15pm	28-30

BYE: Mounties

Round 11

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Wests Tigers	Newcastle		Saturday 24 May	1:00pm	26-22
Mounties	Canterbury	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 24 May	3:00pm	38-36
Manly	Penrith		Saturday 24 May	3:00pm	8-42
North Sydney	NZ Warriors		Saturday 24 May	3:00pm	22-26
Newtown	Illawarra		Saturday 24 May	3:00pm	42-22
Wyong	Cronulla	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 25 May	3:00pm	16-38

BYE: Wentworthville

Round 12

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Newtown	Mounties		Saturday 31 May	3:15pm	36-18
Cronulla	North Sydney		Saturday 31 May	3:00pm	25-18
Illawarra	Penrith		Saturday 31 May	3:00pm	18-19
NZ Warriors	Newcastle		Sunday 1 June	11:45pm (NZ) 9:45am SYD	34-12
Manly	Wyong		Saturday 31 May	3:00pm	30-36
Wests Tigers	Wentworthville		Saturday 31 May	3:00pm	52-16

BYE: Cantebury

Round 13

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
North Sydney	Newtown		Saturday 7 June	3:00pm	16 - 38
Illawarra	Cronulla		Saturday 7 June	1:00pm	23 - 22
Penrith	Wyong		Saturday 7 June	3:00pm	32 - 24
Canterbury	NZ Warriors		Saturday 7 June	3:00pm	28 - 0
Newcastle	Wests Tigers	Cessnock Sps Ground	Saturday 7 June	3:00pm	12 - 34
Mounties	Wentworthville	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 7 June	3:00pm	16 - 20

BYE: Manly

Round 14

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Newtown	Newcastle		Saturday 14 June	3:00pm	26 - 28
Manly	North Sydney		Saturday 14 June	3:00pm	54 - 22
NZ Warriors	Cronulla		Saturday 14 June	3:00pm	16-12
Mounties	Wyong	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 14 June	3:00pm	6 - 14
Canterbury	Wentworthville		Saturday 14 June	3:00pm	20 - 22
Penrith	Illawarra		Saturday 14 June	3:15pm	28 - 22

BYE: West Tigers

Round 15

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
North Sydney	Penrith		Saturday 21 June	3:00pm	28 - 32
Wests Tigers	Newtown		Saturday 21 June	3:00pm	32 - 16
Mounties	Illawarra	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 21 June	3:00pm	18 - 25
NZ Warriors	Wyong		Saturday 21 June	5:15pm (NZ) 3:15pm SYD	8 - 12
Cronulla	Manly		Saturday 21 June	5:15pm	48 - 18
Newcastle	Canterbury	Newcastle Sports	Sunday 22 June	3:00pm	38 - 12

BYE: Wentworthville

Round 16

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Cronulla	Canterbury		Saturday 28 June	3:00pm	24 - 37
Newtown	Wyong		Saturday 28 June	3:00pm	40 - 26
Manly	Illawarra		Saturday 28 June	3:00pm	12 - 46
Wests Tigers	Mounties		Saturday 28 June	3:15pm	26 - 30
NZ Warriors	Penrith		Sunday 29 June	11:45am (NZ) 9:45am SYD	14 - 20
Newcastle	Wentworthville	Newcastle Sports Ground	Sunday 29 June	3:00pm	34 - 14

BYE: North Sydney

Round 17

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Newtown	Cronulla		Saturday 5 July	3:00pm	16 - 36
Canterbury	Mounties		Saturday 5 July	3:00pm	12 - 42
Wyong	Manly	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 6 July	3:00pm	36 - 0
Illawarra	Newcastle		Saturday 5 July	3:15pm	26 - 0
Wests Tigers	Penrith		Sunday 6 July	11:00am	20 - 40
Wentworthville	North Sydney	Ringrose Park	Sunday 6 July	3:00pm	56 - 16

BYE: NZ Warriors vs BYE

Round 18

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
NZ Warriors	Wentworthville		Saturday 12 July	5:15pm (NZ) 3:15pm SYD	30 - 6
Canterbury	Illawarra		Saturday 12 July	3:00pm	24 - 24
Penrith	Newtown		Saturday 12 July	3:00pm	36 - 20
Cronulla	Mounties		Saturday 12 July	3:00pm	22 - 20
Norths Sydney	Wests Tigers		Sunday 13 July	3:00pm	24 - 42
Newcastle	Manly	Newcastle Sports	Sunday 13 July	3:00pm	44 - 10

BYE: Wyong

Round 19

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Newtown	Penrith		Saturday 19 July	12:45pm	31-30
Wests Tigers	Canterbury		Saturday 19 July	3:00pm	18-28
Mounties	Manly	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 19 July	3:00pm	32-30
North Sydney	Illawarra		Sunday 20 July	3:00pm	12-26
Wyong	NZ Warriors	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 20 July	3:00pm	4-6
Wentworthville	Cronulla	Ringrose Park	Sunday 20 July	3:00pm	36-40

BYE: Newcastle

Round 20

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Penrith	Cronulla		Saturday 26 July	12:40pm	22-14
Wests Tigers	North Sydney		Saturday 26 July	3:00pm	30-22
Illawarra	Wentworthville		Saturday 26 July	3:00pm	44-18
Canterbury	Newtown		Saturday 26 July	7:00pm	22-38
NZ Warriors	Manly		Sunday 27 July	11:40am (NZ) 9:40am SYD	32-18
Wyong	Newcastle	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 27 July	3:00pm	12-22

BYE: Mounties

Round 21

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Mounties	NZ Warriors	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 2 August	3:00pm	42-4
Canterbury	North Sydney		Saturday 2 August	3:00pm	34-16
Newcastle	Illawarra	Newcastle Sports	Saturday 2 August	3:00pm	38-16
Penrith	Manly		Saturday 2 August	3:00pm	36-0
Newtown	Wests Tigers		Saturday 2 August	3:00pm	30-14
Wyong	Wentworthville	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 3 August	3:00pm	30-22

BYE: Cronulla

Round 22

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Wentworthville	Manly	Ringrose Park	Sunday 10 August	3:00pm	60-22
Wests Tigers	NZ Warriors	Kirkham Park	Saturday 9 August	1:00pm (NZ) 11:00am SYD	28-22
Illawarra	Mounties		Saturday 9 August	3:00pm	42-14
Penrith	North Sydney		Saturday 9 August	3:00pm	68-12
Cronulla	Newcastle		Saturday 9 August	3:00pm	12-56
Wyong	Canterbury	Morry Breen Oval	Sunday 10 August	3:00pm	40-18

BYE: Newtown

Round 23

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
North Sydney	Mounties		Saturday 16 August	12:40pm	0-40
Manly	Newtown		Saturday 16 August	3:15pm	38-18
Cronulla	Wyong		Saturday 16 August	3:00pm	6-26
Wests Tigers	Illawarra		Saturday 16 August	3:15pm	24-16
Newcastle	NZ Warriors	St Johns Oval	Sunday 17 August	3:00pm	26-12
Wentworthville	Canterbury	Ringrose Park	Sunday 17 August	3:00pm	22-19

BYE: Penrith

Round 24

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Illawarra	Wyong		Saturday 23 August	3:00pm	26-40
NZ Warriors	Newtown		Saturday 23 August	1:00pm (NZ) 11:00am SYD	28-30
North Sydney	Cronulla		Saturday 23 August	3:00pm	10-32
Manly	Newcastle		Saturday 23 August	3:00pm	18-42
Mounties	Penrith	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Sunday 24 August	3:00pm	12-18
Wentworthville	Wests Tigers	Ringrose Park	Sunday 24 August	3:00pm	44-6

BYE: Cantebury

Round 25

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
NZ Warriors	North Sydney		Saturday 30 August	1:00pm (NZ) 11:00am SYD	48-12
Manly	Canterbury		Saturday 30 August	3:00pm	30-24
Wests Tigers	Wyong		Saturday 30 August	3:00pm	16-26
Penrith	Wentworthville		Saturday 30 August	3:00pm	44-12
Mounties	Cronulla	Aubrey Keech Reserve	Saturday 30 August	3:00pm	38-24
Newcastle	Newtown	Newcastle Sports	Sunday 31 August	3:00pm	26-24

BYE: Illawarra

Final Series Chart

Qualifying/Elimination Finals

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Penrith Panthers	Illawarra Cutters		Sunday 7 September	noon	42-6
Newcastle Knights	Wentworthville Magpies		Saturday 6 September	12:40pm	24-12
Mounties	NZ Warriors		Sunday 7 September	2:00pm	28-36
Wests Tigers	Wyong Roos		Sunday 7 September	4:00pm	8-26

Semi-finals

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Illawarra Cutters	NZ Warriors		Sunday 14 September	4:00pm	29-12
Wentworthville Magpies	Wyong Roos		Sunday 14 September	6:10pm	29-16

Preliminary-Finals

Home	Away	Ground	Date	Time	Result
Penrith Panthers	Wentworthville Magpies		Sunday 21 September	1:10pm	31-12
Newcastle Knights	Illawarra Cutters		Sunday 21 September	3:10pm	34-10

Grand Final

2014 NRL State Championship match

See main article: 2014 NRL State Championship.
From 2014 New South Wales Cup Premiers will play against the Queensland Cup Premiers with the winner to be crowned the Inaugural NRL State Champions.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 19 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220144558/http://staticnrl.sportalhosting.com/site/_content/document/00004746-source.pdf . 20 December 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: State Championship preview: Panthers v Pride. October 2014.
3. Web site: The greatest game never played. October 2014.
4. Web site: Pride storm home to clinch State Championship. 5 October 2014.