The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league clubs in Australasia. Run by the Australian Rugby League Commission, however, there has not been a league-wide Reserve Grade competition since 1988, when the former New South Wales Rugby League expanded interstate to make the first attempt at a national competition, with the NRL Reserve Grade competition being shut down at the end of the 2002 season.
As a result, NRL-listed players who are not selected in their senior teams are made eligible to play in one of the second-tier state leagues: the New South Wales Cup or the Queensland Cup. The system used to accommodate NRL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.
In the 2024 season, the seventeen National Rugby League clubs will have the following reserves arrangements.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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NRL club |
Reserves arrangement |
Affiliated club |
Affiliated league |
Affiliated location |
Brisbane Broncos |
Club affiliation (split) |
Burleigh Bears |
Queensland Cup |
Miami (Gold Coast), Qld |
Club affiliation (split) |
Souths Logan Magpies |
Queensland Cup |
West End (Brisbane), Qld |
Club affiliation (split) |
Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
Queensland Cup |
Manly West (Brisbane), QLD |
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Stand-alone reserves team |
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
New South Wales Cup |
Belmore, NSW |
Club affiliation |
Western Clydesdales |
Queensland Cup |
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Canberra Raiders |
Stand-alone reserves team |
Canberra Raiders |
New South Wales Cup |
Canberra, ACT |
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
Club affiliation |
Newtown Jets |
New South Wales Cup |
Marrickville (Sydney), NSW |
Dolphins |
Club affiliation (split) |
Central Queensland Capras |
Queensland Cup |
Rockhampton, Qld |
Club affiliation (split) |
Norths Devils |
Queensland Cup |
Nundah (Brisbane), Qld |
Club affiliation (split) |
Redcliffe Dolphins |
Queensland Cup |
Moreton Bay, Qld |
Gold Coast Titans |
Club affiliation (split) |
Ipswich Jets |
Queensland Cup |
Ipswich, Qld |
Club affiliation (split) |
Tweed Heads Seagulls |
Queensland Cup |
Tweed Heads, NSW |
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
Club affiliation |
Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles |
New South Wales Cup |
Arndell Park (Sydney), NSW |
Melbourne Storm |
Club affiliation (split) |
Brisbane Tigers |
Queensland Cup |
Coorparoo (Brisbane), Qld |
Club affiliation (split) |
Sunshine Coast Falcons |
Queensland Cup |
Kawana Waters (Sunshine Coast), Qld |
Club affiliation (split) |
North Sydney Bears* |
New South Wales Cup |
North Sydney, NSW |
Newcastle Knights |
Stand-alone reserves team |
Newcastle Knights |
New South Wales Cup |
Newcastle, NSW |
New Zealand Warriors |
Stand-alone reserves team |
New Zealand Warriors |
New South Wales Cup |
Auckland, New Zealand |
North Queensland Cowboys |
Club affiliation (split) |
Mackay Cutters |
Queensland Cup |
Mackay, Qld |
Club affiliation (split) |
Northern Pride |
Queensland Cup |
Cairns, Qld |
Parramatta Eels |
Stand-alone reserves team |
Parramatta Eels |
New South Wales Cup |
Parramatta (Sydney), NSW |
Penrith Panthers |
Stand-alone reserves team |
Penrith Panthers |
New South Wales Cup |
Penrith (Sydney), NSW |
South Sydney Rabbitohs |
Stand-alone reserves team |
South Sydney Rabbitohs |
New South Wales Cup |
Redfern (Sydney), NSW |
Club affiliation |
Townsville Blackhawks[note 1] |
Queensland Cup |
Townsville, Qld |
St George Illawarra Dragons |
Stand-alone reserves team |
St George Illawarra Dragons |
New South Wales Cup |
Wollongong, NSW & Carlton (Sydney), NSW |
Sydney Roosters |
Stand-alone reserves team |
Sydney Roosters |
New South Wales Cup |
Sydney, NSW |
Club affiliation |
Ipswich Jets[note 2] |
Queensland Cup |
Ipswich, Qld |
Wests Tigers |
Stand-alone reserves team |
Western Suburbs Magpies |
New South Wales Cup |
Leumeah (Sydney), NSW & Leichhardt (Sydney), NSW |
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