2022 NSW Cup season

2022 New South Wales Cup
Teams	12
Premiers	Penrith Panthers (4th title)
Minor premiers	Newtown Jets
Matches played	132
Points scored	6,226
Top points scorer(s)	Adam Keighran (161)
Player of the year	Kayal Iro
Top try-scorer(s)	Tom Carr (22)
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The 2022 season of the Knock on Effect New South Wales Cup was the 115th season of the premier state rugby league competition in New South Wales.

Season Summary

The 2022 season of the Knock-On Effect New South Wales Cup commenced on the weekend of 12–13 March 2022.^[1]^[2] Teams played 24 regular competition rounds, with the top five teams qualifying for the final series in September.

Penrith Panthers won the 2022 NSW Cup Grand Final, defeating Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 29–22 at CommBank Stadium to take their fourth premiership.

Teams

There are 12 teams competing in the 2022 NSW Cup.

Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	4 Pines Park; HE Laybutt Field	Nathan Hogan^[3]
Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Raiders Belconnen	Joel Carbone^[4]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore Oval, Stadium Australia	David Tangata-Toa
Mount Pritchard Mounties	Aubrey Keech Reserve	~~Michael Potter~~ Brock Sheppard
Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	Mark O'Meley
Newtown Jets	Henson Park	Greg Matterson
North Sydney Bears	North Sydney Oval	Jason Taylor
Parramatta Eels	Kellyville Oval; CommBank Stadium	~~Ryan Carr~~ Jordan Rankin^[5]
Penrith Panthers	BlueBet Stadium	Peter Wallace^[6]
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Ironmark High Performance Centre, Stadium Australia	Dane Dorahy^[7]
St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Russell Aitken
Western Suburbs Magpies	Lidcombe Oval	Wayne Lambkin

Regular Season

Ladder

The New South Rugby League website maintains a competition ladder and Fixtures List (draw) for the New South Wales Cup.
The website, League Unlimited, also maintain a Ladder for the NSW Cup.

2022 NSW Cup
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Newtown Jets	22	16	2	4	2	651	397	+254	38
2	Penrith Panthers (P)	22	16	1	5	2	655	352	+313	37
3	North Sydney Bears	22	14	1	7	2	631	447	+184	33
4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	22	14	1	7	2	574	398	+176	33
5	Parramatta Eels	22	13	0	9	2	538	388	+150	30
6	Canberra Raiders	22	12	1	9	2	567	513	+54	29
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	22	11	1	10	2	513	453	+60	27
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	22	9	2	11	2	529	621	-92	24
9	Mount Pritchard Mounties	22	8	0	14	2	412	648	-236	20
10	Newcastle Knights	22	7	0	15	2	439	571	-132	18
11	Western Suburbs Magpies	22	5	1	16	2	417	722	-305	15
12	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	22	2	0	20	2	290	718	-428	8

Finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee(s)
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINAL
Penrith Panthers	22 – 14	North Sydney Bears	Saturday 3 September (3:10 pm)	St Mary's Leagues Stadium	Cameron Paddy
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	18 – 6	Parramatta Eels	Saturday 3 September (5:15 pm)	St Mary's Leagues Stadium	Darian Furner
SEMI-FINALS
Newtown Jets	18 – 26	Penrith Panthers	Saturday 10 September (1:00 pm)	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Darian Furner
North Sydney Bears	10 – 22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Saturday 10 September (5:00 pm)	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Cameron Paddy
PRELIMINARY FINAL
Newtown Jets	26 – 28	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Saturday 17 September (3:10 pm)	Leichhardt Oval	Darian Furner
GRAND FINAL
Penrith Panthers	29 – 22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sunday 25 September (3:00 pm)	CommBank Stadium	Darian Furner


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	Newtown	18			Penrith	29

				Penrith	28			Canterbury-Bankstown	22

2	Penrith	22				Newtown	26

3	North Sydney	14				Canterbury-Bankstown	28

			North Sydney		10

			Canterbury-Bankstown		22

4	Canterbury-Bankstown	18

5	Parramatta	6

Grand Final

2022 The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Grand Final

Sunday, 25 September
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Penrith Panthers	29 – 22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries: 5 Turuva 7', 74' Falls 18' Cole 36' Luke 60' Goals: 4 Falls 19', 38', 61', 75' (4/5) Field goals: 1 O'Sullivan 39'	1st: 17–6 2nd: 12–14 Report Stats	Tries: 4 Okunbor 13', 56' Casey 46' Topine 66' Goals: 3 Wakeham 14', 48', 67' (3/4)

CommBank Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 6,210
Referee: Darian Furner
Touch judges: Liam Nicholls, Nick Beashel
Player of the Match: Soni Luke

Team details

Penrith Panthers

FB	1	Isaiah Iongi
WG	2	Christian Crichton
CE	3	Robert Jennings
CE	4	Jack Cole
WG	5	Sunia Turuva
FE	6	Kurt Falls
HB	7	Sean O'Sullivan
PR	8	Lindsay Smith
HK	9	Soni Luke
PR	10	Matt Eisenhuth
SR	11	Preston Riki
SR	12	Chris Smith
LK	13	J'maine Hopgood (c)
Interchange:
BE	14	John Faiumu
BE	15	Eddie Blacker
BE	16	Liam Henry
BE	17	Alec Susino
Reserve:
RE	18	Luke Sommerton
Coach:
Peter Wallace

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

FB	1	Creedance Toia
WG	2	Jayden Okunbor
CE	3	Paul Alamoti
CE	4	Declan Casey
WG	5	Isaac Lumelume
FE	6	Khaled Rajab
HB	7	Brandon Wakeham (c)
PR	8	Jayden Tanner
HK	9	Ryan Gray
PR	10	Josh Stuckey
SR	11	Reece Hoffman
SR	12	Jackson Topine
LK	13	Harrison Edwards
Interchange:
BE	14	Bailey Haywood
BE	15	Matt Doorey
BE	16	Kurtis Morrin
BE	17	Phil Makatoa
Reserve:
RE	22	Lipoi Hopoi
Coach:
David Tangata-Toa

NRL State Championship

As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Penrith Panthers faced Queensland Cup premiers Norths Devils in the NRL State Championship match.

Sunday, 2 October
1:35pm (AEDT)

Penrith Panthers	44 – 10	Norths Devils
Tries: J'maine Hopgood 7', 71' Soni Luke 28' Eddie Blacker 32' John Faiumu 45' Robert Jennings 47' Luke Sommerton 62' Sunia Turuva 79' Goals: Kurt Falls 9', 29', 34', 63', 72' (5/7) John Faiumu 80' (1/1)	1st: 18 – 0 2nd: 26 – 10 scorecard	Tries: Tony Tumusa 64' Rashaun Denny 73' Goals: Connor Broadhurst 75' (1/2)

Penrith Panthers

44 – 10

Norths Devils

Tries:
J'maine Hopgood

7', 71'

Soni Luke 28'
Eddie Blacker 32'
John Faiumu 45'
Robert Jennings 47'
Luke Sommerton 62'
Sunia Turuva 79'

Goals:
Kurt Falls 9', 29', 34', 63', 72'
(5/7) John Faiumu 80' (1/1)

1st: 18 – 0
2nd: 26 – 10
scorecard

Tries:

Tony Tumusa 64'
Rashaun Denny 73'

Goals:
Connor Broadhurst 75' (1/2)

Accor Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 11,115

Awards

Player of the Year: Kayal Iro ( Newtown Jets)^[8]^[9]

Team of the Year

Position	Winner	Club
Fullback	Sunia Turuva	Penrith Panthers
Wing	Izaac Thompson	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Centre	Tom Jenkins	Penrith Panthers
Centre	Kayal Iro	Newtown Jets
Wing	Tom Carr	North Sydney Bears
Five-eighth	Kade Dykes	Newtown Jets
Halfback	Dean Hawkins	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Prop	Ata Mariota	Canberra Raiders
Hooker	Soni Luke	Penrith Panthers
Prop	Lindsay Smith	Penrith Panthers
Second-row	Jack Gosiewski	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Second-row	Jackson Topine	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Lock	J'maine Hopgood	Penrith Panthers

^[10]

References

^ "Teams: NSWRL KOE NSW Cup - 2022 Round 1". League Unlimited. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ "Results: 2022 NSWRL KOE NSW Cup round 1". League Unlimited. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ "2022 NSW Cup Head Coach". Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ "Canberra Raiders – Staff". Canberra Raiders. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ McDonald, Margie (11 August 2022). "Eels teammates in awe of Rankin as captain-coach". nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ Miles, Jessica (13 August 2022). "Panthers run riot over Mounties". penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ "Rabbitohs finalise coaching staff for 2022". rabbitohs.com.au. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ Gibbs, Tom (15 September 2022). "Iro reveals simple formula behind Jets' superb season". nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ "Tedesco scoops the pool at Brad Fittler Medal". nswrl.com.au. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ Gibbs, Tom (25 September 2022). "Six Grand Finalists named in NSW Cup Team of the Year". nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

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