S. G. Ball Cup

S. G. Ball Cup
Current season or competition:; [[2022 S. G. Ball Cup]]
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1965
Inaugural season	1965
Number of teams	15
Country	Australia
Premiers	Penrith Panthers (8th title) (2022)
Most titles	Parramatta Eels (12 titles)
Website	S. G. Ball Cup
Related competition	Harold Matthews Cup; Laurie Daley Cup; Mal Meninga Cup

The S. G. Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played predominantly in New South Wales, between teams made up of players aged under 19. Teams from Canberra and Melbourne also participate. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales teams from Perth and Auckland also participated. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition includes both junior representative teams of NRL and NSW Cup clubs that do not field a team in the NRL competition.

The S. G. Ball Cup is named after S. G. "George" Ball, one of the five people responsible for the formation of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and who was club secretary for over fifty years.

Clubs

In 2023, 16 clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL S G Ball Cup.

These teams play in the NRL as joint-venture teams

In 2020, 18 clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL S G Ball Cup. After the sixth round on March 14 & 15, the 2020 competition was suspended and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1] The teams from 2020 that did not return in 2021 were:

Previous teams that participated in the SG Ball Cup include:

Gold Coast Titans (2008–09)
Melbourne Storm (2009–14)*
Newtown Jets (1970s, early 1980s & 2009)
Western Sydney Academy of Sport (2007–17)

Melbourne Storm returned to the SG Ball Cup in 2023.

S. G. Ball Cup Premiers

1965 to Current

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners Up	Minor Premiers	Wooden Spoon	Notes
1965	South Sydney	5 – 4	Canterbury	Not applicable – Knock-Out Competition
1966	Parramatta	12 – 0	South Sydney	Parramatta	North Sydney
1967	Parramatta	7 – 2	South Sydney	Canterbury	Newtown Jets
1968	Parramatta	7 – 4	South Sydney	Parramatta	North Sydney	RLN[2]
1969	South Sydney	13 – 3	Penrith	South Sydney	Newtown Jets	RLN[3]
1970	St George	00 – 00	Parramatta	South Sydney	Eastern Suburbs	RLN[4]
1971	Western Suburbs	7 – 3	South Sydney	South Sydney	Newtown Jets	RLN[5]
1972	Canterbury	13 – 8	Parramatta	Parramatta	North Sydney	RLN[6]
1973	Parramatta	19 – 10	Penrith	Penrith	North Sydney	RLN[7]
1974	South Sydney	12 – 8	Balmain	Balmain	North Sydney
1975	South Sydney	13 – 2	St George	Parramatta	Newtown Jets
1976	South Sydney	28 – 3	Western Suburbs	South Sydney	North Sydney
1977	Penrith	00 – 00	Parramatta
1978	Canterbury	14 – 0	Penrith
1979	South Sydney	8 – 0	Balmain
1980	South Sydney	23 – 10	Balmain
1981	Penrith	18 – 9	Balmain
1982	Balmain	00 – 00	Newtown Jets
1983	Parramatta	00 – 00
1984	St George	18 – 16	Parramatta			CT[8]
1985	Parramatta	32 – 12	St George	South Sydney
1986	South Sydney	16 – 8	Parramatta	South Sydney
1987	Parramatta	32 – 10	Canberra			[9]
1988	Parramatta	20 – 10	Penrith			CT[10]
1989	Illawarra	32 – 22	Penrith			[11]
1990	Newcastle	23 – 10	Manly	Newcastle	Eastern Suburbs
1991	Parramatta	32 – 6	Manly	Manly	Eastern Suburbs
1992	St George	20 – 0	Canterbury
1993	Parramatta	28 – 20	St George			CT[12]
1994	South Sydney	22 – 20	Newcastle			CT[13]
1995	Canberra	36 – 6	Penrith	Canberra		CT[14]
1996	Illawarra	8 – 0	Parramatta	Illawarra	Canterbury
1997	Sydney City	11 – 10	Newcastle			[15]
1998	South Sydney	20 – 16	Manly	Illawarra	Canterbury
1999	Parramatta	38 – 6	Illawarra	Parramatta	St George	[16]
2000	Penrith	28 – 24	Illawarra	Newcastle	Western Suburbs	[17]
2001	Newcastle	34 – 26	Penrith	Parramatta	St George
2002	Western Suburbs	18 – 16	Parramatta	Illawarra	Manly
2003	Canberra	16 – 4	Parramatta	Parramatta	St George	DT[18] CT[19]
2004	Newcastle	42 – 16	South Sydney	Sydney	North Sydney
2005	Canberra	34 – 12	Illawarra	Parramatta	North Sydney
2006	Penrith	18 – 16	South Sydney	Parramatta	North Sydney
2007	Parramatta	22 – 12	Penrith	Penrith	Western Sydney Academy
2008	Sydney	38 – 20	Parramatta	Canterbury	North Sydney
2009	Canterbury	42 – 16	Melbourne	St George	Western Suburbs
2010	Sydney	28 – 24	Parramatta	Cronulla	Central Coast
2011	Newcastle	25 – 24	Canterbury	Western Suburbs	Western Sydney Academy
2012	Balmain	42 – 20	Canberra	Balmain	Western Sydney Academy
2013	Balmain	14 – 6	Penrith	Penrith	West Coast
2014	Sydney	34 – 30	Penrith	Parramatta	West Coast
2015	Cronulla	24 – 16	South Sydney	Canberra	North Sydney
2016	Penrith	25 – 10	Illawarra	Newcastle	West Coast
2017	Parramatta	30 – 22	Cronulla	Cronulla	West Coast
2018	Penrith	25 – 14	Canterbury	Sydney	West Coast
2019	Illawarra	34 – 23	Manly	Manly	West Coast
2020	Season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]
2021	Canberra	18 – 14	Illawarra	Sydney	North Sydney	NSWRL[21]
2022	Penrith	22 – 20	Sydney	Sydney	Victoria (Now Melbourne)	NSWRL[22]

U16/s from 1965 until 2005
U18/s from 2006 until 2020
U19/s from 2021 onwards

Premiership Tally

No.	Club	Number of Premierships
1	Parramatta	13
2	South Sydney	10
3	Penrith	7
4	Canberra	4
4	Newcastle	4
4	Eastern Suburbs/Sydney City/Sydney	4
7	St George	3
7	Canterbury	3
7	Balmain	3
7	Illawarra	3
11	Western Suburbs	2
12	Cronulla	1

Bold means the team still currently play in the competition.

No.	Club & Total Number of Premierships
1	Parramatta - 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2017
2	South Sydney - 1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1994, 1998
3	Penrith - 1977, 1981, 2000, 2006, 2016, 2018, 2022
4	Canberra - 1995, 2003, 2005, 2021
4	Newcastle - 1990, 2001, 2004, 2011
4	Eastern Suburbs/Sydney City/Sydney - 1997, 2008, 2010, 2014
7	St George - 1970, 1984, 1992
7	Canterbury - 1972, 1978, 2009
7	Balmain - 1982, 2012, 2013
7	Illawarra - 1989, 1996, 2019
11	Western Suburbs - 1971, 2002
12	Cronulla - 2015