2018 Jersey Flegg Cup season

The 2018 Jersey Flegg Cup season was the 48th season of the under-20 competition and the first since 2007. The competition, administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, replaced the National Rugby League's National Youth Competition, and mirrored the draw and structure of its senior counterpart, the Intrust Super Premiership.[1][2]

2018 Jersey Flegg Cup
Teams12
Premiers Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1st title)
Minor premiers Newcastle Knights
Matches played129
Points scored5,692
Top points scorer(s) Kurtis Dark (204)
Player of the year Beau Fermor
Top try-scorer(s) Beau Fermor (14)

The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks defeated the Penrith Panthers in the Grand Final, winning their first Jersey Flegg Cup premiership.[3]

Teams

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The 2018 season featured 12 teams, nine based in Sydney, one in Newcastle, one in Wollongong and one in Auckland. 10 NRL clubs fielded a side in the competition, while two others, the Canberra Raiders and South Sydney Rabbitohs, fielded a side through their Intrust Super Premiership affiliated club.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL affiliated
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground Brad Henderson Morgan Harper & Samuel Radovu Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium
Henson Park
David Howlett Teig Wilton Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Lottoland
HE Laybutt Sporting Complex
Wayne Lambkin Cade Cust & Tevita Funa Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Mounties Aubrey Keech Reserve Peter Marrapodi Paul Roache Canberra Raiders
Newcastle Knights Cessnock Sportsground
McDonald Jones Stadium
Todd Lowrie Hayden Loughrey Newcastle Knights
North Sydney Bears North Sydney Oval Willie Leyshon Josh Cook South Sydney Rabbitohs
Parramatta Eels Ringrose Park Dean Feeney Tuimavave Afualo Parramatta Eels
Penrith Panthers Panthers Stadium Ben Harden Mitch Kenny Penrith Panthers
St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium
Jubilee Oval
Wayne Collins Jackson Willis St George Illawarra Dragons
Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium
Morry Breen Oval
Anthony Barnes Sean O'Sullivan & Kenese Kenese Sydney Roosters
Warriors Mt Smart Stadium
QBE Stadium
Ricky Henry Soane Hufanga & Tyler Slade Warriors
Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium
Leichhardt Oval
Craig Wilson TJ Carter Wests Tigers

Regular season

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Canterbury Bulldogs WST
20
WAR
18
MOU
6
X SYD
12
PEN
20
CRO
2
MAN
40
X X NEW
2
SYD
2
CRO
16
NOR
24
PEN
2
X MOU
22
NEW
12
WST
16
WAR
6
SGI
2
MAN
2
NOR
26
PAR
12
Cronulla Sharks SYD
24
SGI
4
MAN
2
X SGI
0
NEW
6
CBY
2
WAR
6
X X SYD
0
WST
8
CBY
16
PAR
36
MOU
10
X NEW
6
NOR
36
PAR
6
PEN
1
MAN
34
NOR
26
WAR
12
WST
32
Manly Sea Eagles NEW
48
PAR
32
CRO
2
MOU
16
PAR
8
WAR
20
SYD
24
CBY
40
X X NOR
6
WAR
22
NOR
26
WST
5
SGI
20
X WST
38
SYD
2
MOU
10
X CRO
34
CBY
2
SGI
2
PEN
10
Mounties SGI
8
SYD
6
CBY
6
MAN
16
PEN
16
PAR
2
NOR
14
SYD
30
X X PAR
8
PEN
20
NEW
6
WAR
20
CRO
10
X CBY
22
WST
6
MAN
10
NOR
28
NEW
36
WST
20
X SGI
4
Newcastle Knights MAN
48
WST
22
PAR
8
SGI
20
NOR
22
CRO
6
WST
14
NOR
10
X X CBY
2
SGI
4
MOU
6
SYD
10
WAR
48
X CRO
6
CBY
12
PEN
14
PAR
14
MOU
36
WAR
48
PEN
2
X
North Sydney Bears WAR
8
PEN
10
SGI
26
PEN
7
NEW
22
WST
22
MOU
14
NEW
10
X X MAN
6
PAR
32
MAN
26
CBY
24
WST
26
X SYD
16
CRO
36
SGI
30
MOU
28
X CRO
26
CBY
26
WAR
24
Parramatta Eels PEN
8
MAN
32
NEW
8
WST
14
MAN
8
MOU
2
PEN
4
WST
12
X X MOU
8
NOR
32
WAR
16
CRO
36
SYD
26
X WAR
8
SGI
32
CRO
6
NEW
14
SYD
18
SGI
18
X CBY
12
Penrith Panthers PAR
8
NOR
10
WAR
1
NOR
7
MOU
22
CBY
20
PAR
4
SGI
20
X X WST
26
MOU
20
SYD
32
X CBY
2
X SGI
18
WAR
2
NEW
14
CRO
1
WST
20
SYD
4
NEW
2
MAN
10
St George Illawarra Dragons MOU
8
CRO
4
NOR
26
NEW
20
CRO
0
SYD
20
WAR
8
PEN
20
X X WAR
4
NEW
4
WST
12
X MAN
20
X PEN
18
PAR
32
NOR
30
SYD
8
CBY
2
PAR
18
MAN
2
MOU
4
Sydney Roosters CRO
24
MOU
6
WST
22
WAR
22
CBY
12
SGI
20
MAN
24
MOU
30
X X CRO
0
CBY
2
PEN
32
NEW
10
PAR
26
X NOR
16
MAN
2
WAR
8
SGI
8
PAR
18
PEN
4
WST
26
X
Warriors NOR
8
CBY
18
PEN
1
SYD
22
WST
16
MAN
20
SGI
8
CRO
6
X X SGI
4
MAN
22
PAR
16
MOU
20
NEW
48
X PAR
8
PEN
2
SYD
8
CBY
6
X NEW
48
CRO
12
NOR
24
Wests Tigers CBY
20
NEW
22
SYD
22
PAR
14
WAR
16
NOR
22
NEW
14
PAR
12
X X PEN
26
CRO
8
SGI
12
MAN
5
NOR
26
X MAN
38
MOU
6
CBY
16
X PEN
20
MOU
20
SYD
26
CRO
32
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

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2018 Jersey Flegg Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Newcastle Knights 20 17 0 3 4 648 348 +300 42
2   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 15 2 3 4 526 369 +157 40
3   Penrith Panthers 20 14 0 6 4 426 313 +113 36
4   Mounties 20 14 0 6 4 448 386 +62 36
5   Sydney Roosters 20 11 1 8 4 536 476 +60 31
6   Parramatta Eels 20 11 0 9 4 536 414 +122 30
7   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20 10 0 10 4 454 348 +106 28
8   St George Illawarra Dragons 20 7 1 12 4 441 465 −24 23
9   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 20 7 0 13 4 381 520 −139 22
10   Warriors 20 6 0 14 4 326 489 −163 20
11   North Sydney Bears 20 4 0 16 4 332 611 −279 16
12   Wests Tigers 20 2 0 18 4 240 555 −315 12

Final series

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Qualifying & Elimination finals
  Parramatta Eels 18 – 22   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1 September 2018, 11:00am Panthers Stadium
  Newcastle Knights 24 – 25   Mounties 1 September 2018, 12:40pm McDonald Jones Stadium
  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10 – 18   Penrith Panthers 1 September 2018, 3:15pm Panthers Stadium
  Sydney Roosters 40 – 28   St George Illawarra Dragons 2 September 2018, 3:45pm Panthers Stadium
Semi-finals
  Newcastle Knights 27 – 8   Sydney Roosters 8 September 2018, 5:15pm Jubilee Oval
  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30 – 10   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 9 September 2018, 5:30pm Jubilee Oval
Preliminary finals
  Penrith Panthers 30 – 26   Newcastle Knights 15 September 2018, 3:15pm Leichhardt Oval
  Mounties 22 – 26   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16 September 2018, 3:00pm Leichhardt Oval
Grand Final
  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22 – 12   Penrith Panthers 23 September 2018, 12:45pm Leichhardt Oval

Grand Final

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Sunday, September 23
12:45pm (local time)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks   22 – 12   Penrith Panthers
Tries:
Harry Smith (27') 1
Isaac Lumelume (31') 1
Bronson Xerri (54') 1
Braydon Trindall (62') 1
Goals:
Braydon Trindall 3
(32', 56', 63')
1st: 12 – 6
2nd: 10 – 6
Report
Tries:
1 (17') Daine Laurie
1 (39') John Trimboli
Goals:
2 Brendan Hands
(19', 40')
Leichhardt Stadium
Referee: Cameron Paddy
Player of the Match: Braydon Trindall (Cronulla)
Team lists:
FB 1 Luke Polselli
WG 2 Chris Tupou
CE 3 Jackson Ferris
CE 4 Bronson Xerri
WG 5 Isaac Lumelume
FE 6 Jayden Millard
HB 7 Braydon Trindall
PR 8 Cruz Topai-Aveai
HK 9 Harry Smith
PR 16 Blake Manowski
SR 11 Teig Wilton (c)
SR 12 Josh Carr
LK 13 James Roumanos
Substitutes:
IC 10 Monty Raper
IC 14 Luke Jurd
IC 15 Fine Kula
IC 17 Tom Caughlan
Coach: David Howlett
FB 1 Daine Laurie
WG 2 Thomas Lofts
CE 3 Marlon Ritchie
CE 4 Stephen Crichton
WG 19 Brian Too
FE 6 Dean Blore
HB 7 Brendan Hands
PR 8 Spencer Leniu
HK 9 Meni Luke
PR 10 Mitch Revell
SR 11 Alexander Myles
SR 12 Shawn Blore
LK 13 Mitch Kenny (c)
Substitutes:
IC 14 Adam Fearnley
IC 15 John Trimboli
IC 16 Brad Gaut
IC 17 J'maine Hopgood
Coach: Ben Harden

Player statistics

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The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 24.

References

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  1. ^ "Reintroducing Jersey Flegg". NSWRL. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. ^ "NRL replaces Holden Cup under 20s with new NSW, Qld competitions in 2018". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  3. ^ "Sharks Outclass Panthers to win Jersey Flegg Cup". NSWRL. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-23.