2022 NSW Cup season

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.

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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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.

Colours	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
			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

See also: 2022 NRL Grand Final

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)

Accor Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 11,115

Awards

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

Team of the Year

Position	Nat	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]

See also

• 2022 New South Wales Rugby League