The S. G. Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played in New South Wales, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. 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. In 2009 the Melbourne Storm from Victoria, was admitted to the competition. In 2010 the competition continued its national growth with the introduction of the WA Reds from Perth.

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

Clubs [edit]

In 2013, eighteen clubs fielded teams in the 'S. G. Ball Cup:

• Balmain Tigers
• Canberra Raiders
• Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
• Central Coast Centurions
• Cronulla Sharks
• Gold Coast Titans
• Illawarra Steelers
• Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
• Melbourne Storm
• Newcastle Knights
• North Sydney Bears
• Parramatta Eels
• Penrith Panthers
• St. George Dragons
• South Sydney Rabbitohs
• Sydney Roosters
• Western Suburbs Magpies
• Western Sydney (Academy)
• West Coast Pirates

S. G. Ball Cup premiers [edit]

Year	Premiers
1965	South Sydney
1966	Parramatta
1967	Parramatta
1968	Parramatta
1969	South Sydney
1970	St. George
1971	Western Suburbs
1972	Canterbury-Bankstown
1973	Parramatta
1974	South Sydney
1975	South Sydney
1976	South Sydney
1977	Penrith
1978	Canterbury-Bankstown
1979	South Sydney
1980	South Sydney
1981	Penrith
1982	Balmain
1983	Parramatta
1984	St. George
1985	Penrith
1986	South Sydney
1987	Parramatta
1988	Parramatta
1989	Illawarra
1990	Newcastle Knights
1991	Parramatta
1992	St. George
1993	Parramatta
1994	South Sydney
1995	Canberra
1996	Illawarra
1997	Sydney City Roosters
1998	South Sydney
1999	Parramatta
2000	Penrith
2001	Newcastle Knights
2002	Western Suburbs
2003	Penrith
2004	Newcastle Knights
2005	Canberra
2006	Penrith
2007	Parramatta
2008	Sydney Roosters
2009	Canterbury
2010	Sydney Roosters
2011	Newcastle Knights
2012	Balmain

References [edit]

• Andrews, Malcolm (1980). Rugby League – The Greatest game of All. Cammeray: Horwitz. ISBN 0-7255-0831-0 (corrected). ISBN 0-7255-0831-1 (listed invalid). 
• S. G. Ball Cup at nswrl.com.au

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