National Rugby League reserves affiliations

The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league clubs in Australasia. Run by the Australian Rugby League Commission, however, since the late 1980s, when the former New South Wales Rugby League expanded interstate to make the first attempt at a national competition, there has not been a league-wide reserves competition; and, since 2002, there has been no dedicated reserves competition of any kind. As a result, NRL-listed players who are not selected in their senior teams are made eligible to play in one of the second-tier state leagues: the New South Wales Cup or the Queensland Cup. The system used to accommodate NRL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.

Current affiliations[]

In the 2022 season, the sixteen National Rugby League clubs will have the following reserves arrangements.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

NRL club	Reserves arrangement	Affiliated club	Affiliated league	Affiliated location
Brisbane Broncos	Club affiliation (split)	Central Queensland Capras	Queensland Cup	Rockhampton, QLD
	Club affiliation (split)	Norths Devils	Queensland Cup	Nundah (Brisbane), QLD
	Club affiliation (split)	Souths Logan Magpies	Queensland Cup	West End (Brisbane), QLD
	Club affiliation (split)	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Queensland Cup	Manly West (Brisbane), QLD
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Club affiliation	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	New South Wales Cup	Mount Pritchard (Sydney), NSW
Canberra Raiders	Stand-alone reserves team	Canberra Raiders[7]	New South Wales Cup	Canberra, ACT
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Club affiliation	Newtown Jets	New South Wales Cup	Marrickville (Sydney), NSW
Gold Coast Titans	Club affiliation (split)	Burleigh Bears	Queensland Cup	Miami (Gold Coast), QLD
	Club affiliation (split)	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Queensland Cup	Tweed Heads, NSW
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Club affiliation	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	New South Wales Cup	Arndell Park (Sydney), NSW
Melbourne Storm	Club affiliation (split)	Brisbane Tigers	Queensland Cup	Coorparoo (Brisbane), QLD
	Club affiliation (split)	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Queensland Cup	Kawana Waters (Sunshine Coast), QLD
New Zealand Warriors	Club affiliation	Redcliffe Dolphins	Queensland Cup	Kippa-Ring (Brisbane), QLD
Newcastle Knights	Stand-alone reserves team	Newcastle Knights	New South Wales Cup	Newcastle, NSW
	Club affiliation	Ipswich Jets[note 1]	Queensland Cup	Ipswich, QLD
North Queensland Cowboys	Club affiliation (split)	Mackay Cutters	Queensland Cup	Mackay, QLD
	Club affiliation (split)	Northern Pride	Queensland Cup	Cairns, QLD
	Club affiliation (split)	Townsville Blackhawks	Queensland Cup	Townsville, QLD
Parramatta Eels	Stand-alone reserves team	Parramatta Eels	New South Wales Cup	Parramatta (Sydney), NSW
Penrith Panthers	Stand-alone reserves team	Penrith Panthers	New South Wales Cup	Penrith (Sydney), NSW
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Stand-alone reserves team	South Sydney Rabbitohs	New South Wales Cup	Redfern (Sydney), NSW
St George Illawarra Dragons	Stand-alone reserves team	St George Illawarra Dragons	New South Wales Cup	Wollongong, NSW & Carlton (Sydney), NSW
Sydney Roosters	Club affiliation	North Sydney Bears	New South Wales Cup	North Sydney Oval
Wests Tigers	Stand-alone reserves team	Western Suburbs Magpies	New South Wales Cup	Leumeah (Sydney), NSW & Leichhardt (Sydney), NSW

• Currently the only NSW Cup & QLD Cup team not affiliated with an NRL club is Queensland Cup team PNG Hunters, based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea & Mounties in the NSW Cup

See also[]

• NSWRL Reserve Grade (1908 - 2002)

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