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Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup
Current season or competition:
2021 Tarsha Gale Cup
SportRugby league
Instituted2017
Inaugural season2017
Number of teams10
Country Australia
Premiers Illawarra Steelers (2019)
Most titles Penrith Panthers
Cronulla Sharks
Illawarra Steelers
(1 title each)
WebsiteTarsha Gale Cup
Related competitionNRL Women's Premiership
NSWRL Women's Premiership

The Tarsha Gale Cup is one of the main Women's rugby league elite aged group competitions in Australia.

The New South Wales Rugby League announced the creation of a nine-a-side under-18s women's league for 2017 Named the Tarsha Gale Nines after the former Australian Jillaroos and NSW captain of the 1990s.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

However, since 2018, the tournament has been played as a full 13-a-side game, and is the main bridge between juniors and the [NSWRL Women's Premiership] in the state of [New South Wales].

History

Clubs

Tarsha Gale Cup operates on a single table system, with no divisions, conferences nor promotion and relegation from other leagues. In 2018, the St. George Dragons and the Newcastle Knights entered teams into the competition for the first time.

Current clubs

Club Established City Stadium Capacity**
Canberra Raiders 1981 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Raiders Club 25,000
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1934 Belmore, New South Wales Belmore Sports Ground 19,000
84,000
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 1967 Woolooware Southern Cross Group Stadium
Cronulla High School 		19,500
Illawarra Steelers 1981 Wollongong, New South Wales WIN Stadium
Ron Costello Oval 		27,400
Newcastle Knights 1987 Newcastle, New South Wales Maitland Sports Ground
Cessnock Sports Ground 		7,000
Parramatta Eels 1947 Parramatta New Era Stadium 21,487
84,000
Penrith Panthers 1967 Penrith St Marys Leagues Stadium
Windsor Sporting Complex 		22,500
St George Dragons 1921 Kogarah, New South Wales Jubilee Oval
Norford Park 		23,000
Indigenous Academy 1908 Marrickville Henson Park 23,750
18,000
84,000
Wests Tigers 1999* Concord, New South Wales Leichhardt Oval
Campbelltown Sports Stadium
Hillier Oval 		20,000
20,000
84,000
** capacity for rugby league games may differ from official stadium capacity.
* denotes that the club was formed as a joint-venture of former existing clubs.

Venues

Main article: List of Australian rugby league stadiums

Players

Season structure

Pre-season

Prior to the commencement of the home-and-away season teams are paired off to play an exhibition trial match. In 2017 these matches took place during varying weeks of January.

Premiership season

Grand Final

Main article: Grand Final

The two highest place teams at the conclusion of the home-and-away season will qualify for the Grand final. The winner of this match is determined the competition's premier.

Results By Year

Year Age Premiers Score Runners-up Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon
2017 U18/s Penrith Panthers 26 – 18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Wests Tigers
2018 U18/s Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 36 – 22 Newcastle Knights Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2019 U18/s Illawarra Steelers 24 – 12 Newcastle Knights Illawarra Steelers Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2020 Season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 U19/s

Premiership Tally

No. Club Seasons
1 Illawarra Steelers 1 (2019)
1 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 1 (2018)
1 Penrith Panthers 1 (2017)

Bold means the team still currently plays in the competition.

Awards

The following major individual awards and accolades are presented each season

Media coverage

Television

TBA

Online

Selected games each week via NSWRL TV.

Corporate relations

Sponsorship

The Harvey Norman is the league's current and inaugural naming rights partner.

Merchandising

Official match day attire together with other club merchandise is sold through the NRL's stores and website as well through the clubs and through some retailers.

See also

References

  1. ^ "New comp a 'gamechanger' for women". 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ Media, NRL Digital. "NSWRL Announces Tarsha Gale Nines".
  3. ^ "NSWRL targets elite women's competition".
  4. ^ Proszenko, Adrian (24 August 2016). "Elite female rugby league players could be earning wage within three years".
  5. ^ "NSWRL targets elite women's comp".
  6. ^ "Revolutionary Nines move to seed long-term NSW success".
  7. ^ "Blues mates turn rivals in breakout game".
  8. ^ http://www.nswrl.com.au/content/dam/nswrl/documents/20161215%20Tarsha%20Gale%20Cup%202017%20Version%201.2.pdf
  9. ^ http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/11/02/sharks_trials_for_ta.html
  10. ^ http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2017/01/10/player_information_f.html
  11. ^ http://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2017/01/24/_2017_draw_tarsha_ga.html
  12. ^ http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news/2016/12/20/tarsha_gale_cup_squa.html
  13. ^ http://www.raiders.com.au/news/2017/01/24/_2017_tarsha_gale_cu.html
  14. ^ http://live.nswrl.com.au/comp/c751fb82fec6872c7?r=adcd6e049c6522528
  15. ^ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/draw-results/tarsha_cup.html
  16. ^ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2017/02/10/south_sydney_tarsha_.html
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