Jersey Flegg Cup

The Jersey Flegg Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales, contested among teams made up of players aged 20 or under. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), and is named for Eastern Suburbs foundation player and prominent administrator of the game, Harry "Jersey" Flegg.

Jersey Flegg Cup
Upcoming season or competition:
2021 Jersey Flegg Cup
SportRugby league
Inaugural season1961
Owner(s)NSWRL
CEODavid Trodden
No. of teams14
CountriesAustralia, New Zealand
Most recent
champion(s)		 South Sydney Rabbitohs (2019)
Most titles Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
South Sydney Rabbitohs (9 titles)
Related
competitions		National Youth Competition
Hastings Deering Colts
Official websiteJersey Flegg

History

The Jersey Flegg Cup began in 1961 as an under-19 age group competition and was originally played over 9–12 weeks early in the season, alongside the SG Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup during the NSWRL's junior representative season. In 1998, with the advent of the National Rugby League (NRL), the competition switched to the current under-20 age limit and was played over a full season, running alongside the senior NRL competition and culminating with the Grand Final held on the same day as the NRL Grand Final.[1]

The competition ceased at the end of the 2007 season to make way for the NRL-administered under-20 competition, the National Youth Competition, which commenced in 2008.

In 2016, the NRL announced that the National Youth Competition would be discontinued after the 2017 season, in favour of state-based under-20 competitions, administered by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).[2]

On 1 February 2018, the NSWRL officially announced the reintroduction of the Jersey Flegg Cup for the 2018 season after a 10-year absence.[3]

Teams

The Jersey Flegg Cup consists of fourteen teams, twelve based in New South Wales, one in Auckland, New Zealand and one in Victoria. In 2019, the Canberra Raiders and South Sydney Rabbitohs will return to the competition after using their New South Wales Cup affiliates in 2018, while the Victoria Thunderbolts join after spending the last four seasons in QRL-based competitions.[4][5][6]

Jersey Flegg Cup
Club Location Primary Stadium(s)[7] Coaches Founded Tiles Last NRL affiliate
Canberra Raiders Canberra GIO Stadium Ash Barnes 1982 2 1993 Canberra Raiders
Canterbury Bulldogs Belmore Belmore Sports Ground David Penna 1934 9 2003 Canterbury Bulldogs
Cronulla Sharks Woolooware Cronulla Stadium Daniel Holdsworth 1967 1 2018 Cronulla Sharks
Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Lottoland Shane Sultana 1947 3 1987 Manly Sea Eagles
Newcastle Knights Newcastle Newcastle Stadium Scott Dureau 1988 2 1992 Newcastle Knights
New Zealand Warriors Auckland Mt Smart Stadium Greg Boulous 1995 0 - New Zealand Warriors
Parramatta Eels Wentworthville Ringrose Park Dean Feeney 1947 3 1990 Parramatta Eels
Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers Stadium Ben Harden 1967 4 2007 Penrith Panthers
North Sydney Bears North Sydney North Sydney Oval Peter Palmer 1908 1 1998 –
South Sydney Rabbitohs Redfern Redfern Oval Ben Rogers 1908 9 2019 South Sydney Rabbitohs
St George Illawarra Dragons Wollongong WIN Stadium Willie Talau 1998* 1^ 2005 St George Illawarra Dragons
Sydney Roosters Sydney Allianz Stadium Anthony Barnes 1908 3 2004 Sydney Roosters
Victoria Thunderbolts Melbourne Casey Fields Ben Jack 2015 0 - Melbourne Storm
Wests Tigers Campbelltown Campbelltown Stadium Wayne Lambkin 1999* 0^ - Wests Tigers
* denotes that the club was formed as a joint-venture of former existing clubs.
^ denotes that previous clubs making up the joint venture had won premierships prior to merging, which are not included in this tally.

Season Structure

Regular season

The Jersey Flegg Cup follows the same regular season format as the Intrust Super Premiership, with games usually played as curtain-raisers to the senior fixtures. Beginning in early March, a round of regular season games is then played almost every weekend for twenty-one weeks, ending in late August. Unlike the Intrust Super Premiership, the Jersey Flegg Cup features three full rounds where every team receives a bye. These rounds are scheduled in to accommodate university exam periods.[8]

Teams receive two competition points for a win, and one point for a draw. The bye also receives two points; a loss, no points. Teams on the ladder are ranked by competition points, then match points differential (for and against) and points percentage are used to separate teams with equal competition points. At the end of the regular season, the club which is ranked highest on the ladder is declared minor premiers.

Finals series

The eight highest placed teams at the end of the regular season compete in the finals series. The Jersey Flegg follows the same finals format as the NRL and the Intrust Super Premiership. The system consists of a number of games between the top eight teams over four weeks in September, until only two teams remain.

These two teams then contest the Grand Final, which is played in late September at a suburban Sydney stadium (for example, Leichhardt Oval[9]), as a curtain-raiser to the Intrust Super Premiership Grand Final.

Premiership Winners
Year Age Premiers Score Runner-up Minor Premiers Wooden Spooners Reference
1961 U19/s Manly Sea Eagles
1962 U19/s South Sydney Rabbitohs
1963 U19/s Canterbury Bulldogs
1964 U19/s South Sydney Rabbitohs
1965 U19/s Western Suburbs Magpies
1966 U19/s South Sydney Rabbitohs
1967 U19/s South Sydney Rabbitohs
1968 U19/s South Sydney Rabbitohs
1969 U19/s South Sydney Rabbitohs
1970 U20/s Parramatta Eels
1971 U20/s Canterbury Bulldogs
1972 U20/s South Sydney Rabbitohs
1973 U20/s Balmain Tigers
1974 U20/s Manly Sea Eagles
1975 U20/s St George Dragons
1976 U20/s Canterbury Bulldogs
1977 U20/s Penrith Panthers
1978 U20/s South Sydney Rabbitohs
1979 U20/s Canterbury Bulldogs
1980 U20/s Balmain Tigers
1981 U20/s Balmain Tigers
1982 U20/s Balmain Tigers
1983 U20/s Canterbury Bulldogs
1984 U20/s Balmain Tigers
1985 U20/s Parramatta Eels
1986 U20/s Penrith Panthers
1987 U20/s Manly Sea Eagles
1988 U20/s Balmain Tigers
1989 U20/s Canberra Raiders
1990 U20/s Parramatta Eels
1991 U20/s Newcastle Knights
1992 U20/s Newcastle Knights
1993 U20/s Canberra Raiders
1994 U20/s Balmain Tigers
1995 U20/s Sydney City Roosters
1996 U20/s St George Dragons
1997 U20/s Balmain Tigers
1998 U20/s North Sydney Bears
1999 U20/s Canterbury Bulldogs
2000 U20/s Canterbury Bulldogs
2001 U20/s Canterbury Bulldogs
2002 U20/s Sydney Roosters
2003 U20/s Canterbury Bulldogs
2004 U20/s Sydney Roosters
2005 U20/s St George Illawarra Dragons
2006 U20/s Penrith Panthers
2007 U20/s Penrith Panthers
2018 U20/s Cronulla Sharks 22 – 12 Penrith Panthers Newcastle Knights Wests Tigers [10]
2019 U20/s South Sydney Rabbitohs 16 – 14 Canberra Raiders Cronulla Sharks Manly Sea Eagles [11]
2020 Season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
2021 U21/s
  • NOTE = Not held between 2008 and 2017

Premiership Tally
No.ClubSeasons
1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs9 (1963, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
1 South Sydney Rabbitohs9 (1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1978, 2019)
3 Balmain Tigers8 (1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1994, 1997)
4 Penrith Panthers4 (1977, 1986, 2006, 2007)
5 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles3 (1961, 1974, 1987)
5 Parramatta Eels3 (1970, 1985, 1990)
5 Sydney Roosters3 (1995, 2002, 2004)
8 St George Dragons2 (1975, 1996)
8 Canberra Raiders2 (1989, 1993)
8 Newcastle Knights2 (1991, 1992)
11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks1 (2018)
11 St George Illawarra Dragons1 (2005)
11 North Sydney Bears1 (1998)
11 Western Suburbs Magpies1 (1965)

See also
  • Rugby League Competitions in Australia

References
  1. https://www.nswrl.com.au/about/competitions/Jersey-Flegg/
  2. https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-announces-state-based-competitions-to-replace-holden-cup-under-20s-from-2018/news-story/cab42c6edb1a7df1e2bc4d87c0d0fcd3
  3. Buxton, Matt (1 February 2018). "Reintroducing Jersey Flegg". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2018/09/05/rabbitohs-lead-the-way-with-exciting-new-pathways/
  5. https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2018/10/09/raiders-under-20s-to-return-in-2019-as-club-announces-new-coach/
  6. https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/10/09/victoria-to-make-welcome-return-to-nswrl/
  7. "2018 DRAW | Jersey Flegg Cup". NSWRL.com.au. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  8. https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/02/01/reintroducing-jersey-flegg/
  9. https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2017/09/15/family-fun-at-2017-grand-finals/
  10. "Sharks Outclass Panthers to win Jersey Flegg Cup". New South Wales Rugby League. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  11. "South Sydney crowned 2019 Jersey Flegg Cup champions". New South Wales Rugby League. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. "NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season". New South Wales Rugby League. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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