Sydney Shield

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.

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

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
Belrose Eagles2013-21
Cabramatta Two Blues2020-21[lower-alpha 1]
Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks2020-21
East Campbelltown Eagles2014-21
Hills District Bulls2012/3 to 2021
Moorebank Rams2017-21
Penrith Brothers2018-21[lower-alpha 1]
Ryde-Eastwood Hawks2019-21
St Marys Saints2016-21[lower-alpha 1]
Wentworthville Magpies2012-21
Windsor Wolves2015-16, 2020-21[lower-alpha 1]
  1. 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: Belrose Eagles, Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (Premiers), East Campbelltown Eagles, Helensburgh Tigers, Hills District Bulls, Moorebank Rams, Ryde-Eastwood Hawks, Sydney University and 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 Wentworthville United 32 – 26 Cabramatta Two Blues Wentworthville United David Nugent James Boustani Liam Nicholls FC[5]
2013 Belrose Eagles 30 – 26 Wentworthville United Belrose Eagles James Mortimer James Mortimer Scot Murray MD[6]
2014 East Campbelltown Eagles 27 – 20 Mount Pritchard Mounties Gary Potts Chris Treneman NSWRL[7]
2015 Wentworthville United 26 – 22 Hills District Bulls Wentworthville United Western Suburbs Magpies Alex Chan Simon Greaves Damian Briscoe NSWRL[8]
2016 East Campbelltown Eagles 32 – 24 Mount Pritchard Mounties Mount Pritchard Mounties Asquith Magpies Richard Barnes John Da Silva Damian Briscoe LU[9] WA[10]
2017 St Marys Saints 34 – 20 Mount Pritchard Mounties Mount Pritchard Mounties Moorebank Rams Luke Swain Damian Briscoe NSWRL[11]
2018 East Campbelltown Eagles 32 – 22 Guildford Owls East Campbelltown Eagles Penrith Brothers Richard Barnes Mason Talolua Keiren Irons MA[12] SWV[13]
2019 Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 22 – 12 Cabramatta Two Blues Cabramatta Two Blues Belrose Eagles Walter Wilson Angelo Panambalana Damian Briscoe LU[14] FC[15]
2020 Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks 32 – 30 Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Ryde-Eastwood Hawks Wentworthville United Stephen Kelly Tokerau Raru
2021

Premiership Tally
No. Club Premierships
1 East Campbelltown Eagles 3 (2014, 2016, 2018)
2 Wentworthville Magpies 2 (2012, 2015)
3 Belrose Eagles 1 (2013)
3 St Mary's Saints 1 (2017)
3 Ryde-Eastwood Hawks 1 (2019)
3 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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