Sydney Shield

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Sydney Shield
Current season or competition:
SportRugby league
Instituted2012
Inaugural season2012
Number of teams9
Region Australia
PremiersWestern Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (2020)
Most titlesWigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles (3 titles)
WebsiteSydney Shield
Related competitionCanterbury Cup NSW
Ron Massey Cup
Presidents Cup
NSW Challenge Cup

The Sydney Shield is a rugby league football competition played in Sydney, New South Wales. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League.

Clubs[]

2021[]

Eleven teams are competing in the 2021 Sydney Shield. The season is to commence on March 14, 2021. The last round is scheduled for Augst 22, 2021, with a final series to follow.

Colour Club Years Contested
Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles 2013-21
New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues 2020-21[a]
Western Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks 2020-21
Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 2014-21
Bullscolours.svg Hills District Bulls 2012/3 to 2021
Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams 2017-21
Canterbury colours.svg Penrith Brothers 2018-21[a]
St. George colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 2019-21
Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints 2016-21[a]
Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville Magpies 2012-21
Australian colours.svg Windsor Wolves 2015-16, 2020-21[a]
  1. ^ a b c d Played in one Sydney Shield match in 2020, prior to the suspension of the competition due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia. Did not enter a team when the competition recommenced in July 2020.

2020[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia the Sydney Shield competition was postponed after the first round on March 14 & 15.[1] The competition was subsequently reconfigured. Nominations from the following clubs were accepted.[2] Results from the matches in March were disregarded as the competition restarted on July 18.

The teams that contested the revised competition were: Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles, Western Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (Premiers), Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles, Balmain colours.svg Helensburgh Tigers, Bullscolours.svg Hills District Bulls, Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams, St. George colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks, University colours.svg Sydney University and Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville Magpies.

Cronulla-Caringbah and Helensburgh were not in the first version of the 2020 Sydney Shield. The following teams had competeted in the single, first round in March.

Previous Seasons[]

In 2019, twelve clubs fielded teams in the Sydney Shield:[3]

Three clubs that competed in the 2016 season did not enter teams in 2017: The Auburn Warriors, Peninsula Seagulls and Windsor Wolves. For the first time, the Moorebank Rams Rugby League club entered a team in the Sydney Shield. In 2018, Brothers Penrith were introduced into the Sydney Shield competition. In 2019, former New South Wales Rugby League premiership side University entered the Sydney Shield.[4]

The competition began on the weekend on March 4 & 5, 2017. The regular season concluded with Round 25 on the weekend of August 25, 26 & 27 (Friday to Sunday). A four-week finals series followed in September 2017.

Sydney Shield Premiers[]

Year Premiers Score Runners-Up Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon Winning Coach Winning Captain Referee Reports
2012 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United 32 – 26 New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United David Nugent James Boustani Liam Nicholls FC[5]
2013 Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles 30 – 26 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles James Mortimer James Mortimer Scot Murray MD[6]
2014 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 27 – 20 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Gary Potts Chris Treneman NSWRL[7]
2015 Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United 26 – 22 Bullscolours.svg Hills District Bulls Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Alex Chan Simon Greaves Damian Briscoe NSWRL[8]
2016 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 32 – 24 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Western Suburbs colours.svg Asquith Magpies Richard Barnes John Da Silva Damian Briscoe LU[9] WA[10]
2017 Ireland colours.svg St Marys Saints 34 – 20 Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Wellington colours.svg Mount Pritchard Mounties Canterbury colours.svg Moorebank Rams Luke Swain Damian Briscoe NSWRL[11]
2018 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 32 – 22 Giantscolours.svg Guildford Owls Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles Oxfordcolours.png Penrith Brothers Richard Barnes Mason Talolua Keiren Irons MA[12] SWV[13]
2019 Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 22 – 12 New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues New South Wales colours.svg Cabramatta Two Blues Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles Walter Wilson Angelo Panambalana Damian Briscoe LU[14] FC[15]
2020 Western Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks 32 – 30 Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Illawarra colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Hullcolours.svg Wentworthville United Stephen Kelly Tokerau Raru
2021

Premiership Tally[]

No. Club Premierships
1 Wigancolours.svg East Campbelltown Eagles 3 (2014, 2016, 2018)
2 Western Suburbs colours.svg Wentworthville Magpies 2 (2012, 2015)
3 Catalanscolours.svg Belrose Eagles 1 (2013)
3 Ireland colours.svg St Mary's Saints 1 (2017)
3 St. George colours.svg Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 1 (2019)
3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks 1 (2020)

Bold means the team still currently plays in the competition.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". NSWRL. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Regional and Metro teams to meet in unique 2020 Presidents Cup". NSWRL. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ "NSWRL Live - powered by Statedge". live.nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Sydney Uni Plots Return To Top Flight". www.nswrl.com.au.
  5. ^ "Black end for Blues". Fairfield Champion. Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. 26 September 2012.
  6. ^ Geddes, John (1 October 2013). "Comeback king James". Manly Daily. News Limited.
  7. ^ Anderson, Jamie (29 September 2014). "Sydney Shield Grand Final - Highlights and Report". NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Sydney Shield Grand Final". NSWRL. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. ^ Buxton, Matt (25 September 2016). "East Campbelltown claim second Sydney Shield title". League Unlimited. NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. ^ Draper, Daniel (26 September 2016). "East Campbelltown secures Sydney Shield victory". Wollondilly Advertiser. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ^ Cupido, Andre (24 September 2017). "St Marys Claim 2017 Sydney Shield". NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ^ Draper, Daniel (24 September 2018). "East Campbelltown Eagles win 2018 Sydney Shield premiership: pictures". Macarthur Advertiser. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  13. ^ Kontos, Eric (24 September 2018). "Eagles crowned champions after blitzing Owls in grand final". South West Voice. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  14. ^ Buxton, Matt (29 September 2019). "Hawks win first Sydney Shield Premiership". League Unlimited. NSWRL. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Hawks win first Sydney Shield". Fairfield City Champion. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

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