Clayton Cup

The Clayton Cup is a trophy that was awarded by the Country Rugby League to the NSW country rugby league team with the best overall record for that season. To be eligible, the team must win the highest level of competition in its region. Usually the winner of the Clayton Cup goes through the season undefeated. In late 2019, the Country Rugby League was absorbed by the New South Wales Rugby League.

The Cup was donated by Reub Clayton, an early rugby league administrator in country NSW.^[1] The cup was first awarded in 1937 to West Tamworth. Since then, the Tweed Heads Seagulls, Grafton Ghosts, North Tamworth Bears and Cobar Roosters have been the most successful clubs, each winning the trophy three times.

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Year	Club	Group	P	W	L	D	For	Agst	Pct	Coach	Report
1937	West Tamworth	4	22	22	0	0					MG^[2]
1938	Nimmitabel	19 (Original)								George King	DL^[3]
1939	Wagga Magpies	13	21	17	2	1	314	60	83.96%	Eric Weissel	DA^[4]
1940	Henty	13	13	12	0	1	234	72	76.47%	Brian Bourke	DA^[5]
No cup awarded for 1941-1945 seasons due to World War II
1946	Port Kembla	Illawarra	18	16	0	2	412	196	67.76%	Harry Nolan	RLN^[6]
1947	Bombala	19 (Original)
1948	Cootamundra	9	30	27	3	0	469	252	65.05%	Bob Hobbs	CH^[7]
1949	Tumut	9	24	15	7	2	225	225	50.00%	Jim Jeffrey	TAT^[8]
1950	Bathurst Railway	10	19	16	3	0	284	109	72.26%	W 'Snow' Garlick	NA^[9]
1951	North Tamworth Bears	4	16	15	1	0				Vic Williams	NMH^[10]
1952	Gundagai	9	44	35	9	0	1074	501	68.19%	Nev. Hand	DA^[11]
1953	Young	9	25	21	4	0	777	230	77.16%	Ian Johnston	NA^[12]
1954	Orange CYMS	10	18	16	2	0	300	119	71.60%	Mick Newland	LM^[13]
1955	Young (2)	9	33	30	3	0	1056	297	78.05%	Leo Trevena	YTC^[14]
1956	Maitland	Newcastle									RLN^[15]
1957	Temora	9	25	19	4	2	455	183	71.32%	Tom Kirk
1958	Coonamble	14	20	19	0	1	311	81	79.34%	Ray Hyde	RLN^[16]
1959	Dubbo Macquarie	11	18	17	1	0	472	118	80.00%	Leo Nosworthy
1960	Goulburn Workers	8								Phil Jackson	CT^[17]
1961	Ballina	1								John Gillard	RLN^[18]
1962	Warialda	5	18	17	1	0	511	165	75.59%	Jim Payne
1963	Tweed Heads Seagulls	18
1964	Oberon	10	18	16	2	0	427	66	86.61%	Rolf Trudgett
1965	Tullibigeal	17
1966	Picton Magpies	6	14	12	1	1	172	63	73.19%	Billy Peel
1967	Casino RSM	1	18	18	0	0	480	126	79.21%	Terry O'Brien	RLN^[19]
1968	Darlington Point	17	21	20	1	0	864	79	91.62%	Bill Watson	RLN^[20]
1969	Tarcutta	13	14	12	2	0	362	84	81.17%	A. Hills	CT^[21]
1970	Delegate	19 (Original)	14	14	0	0	388	118	76.68%	Paul Clear	BT^[22]
1971	Cobar	15	16	13	1	2	521	218	70.50%	Brian Lawrence
1972	Cobar (2)	15	17	16	1	0	567	239	70.35%	Brian Lawrence	RLN^[23]
1973	Gunnedah	4	16	15	1	0	427	122	77.78%	Roger Buttenshaw
1974	Queanbeyan United	8	17	17	0	0	499	116	81.14%	Don Furner	CT^[24]
1975	Albury Blues	13	18	17	1	0	680	219	75.64%		CT^[25]
1976	Bombala (2)	16	22	21	1	0	653	179	78.49%	B. Laurence	CT^[26]
1977	Belconnen United	19 (Canberra)	17	16	1	0	406	106	79.30%	Bob Belford	CT^[27]
1978	Sawtell	2	20	20	0	0	461	152	75.20%	Les Cleal	CT^[28]
1979	Scone	21	14	14	0	0	428	152	73.79%	Les Cleal
1980	Narwan	19	16	16	0	0	563			Eric Kelly	CT^[29]
1981	Bellingen	2	18	18	0	0	504	97	83.86%	R Taylor
1982	Warilla	7	20	18	1	1	552	171	76.35%	Col O'Rourke
1983	Tweed Heads Seagulls (2)	18	16	15	1	0	432	119	78.40%	John Harvey
1984	Bourke	15	15	15	0	0	606	166	78.50%	Tony Bock
1985	Tumbarumba	13	16	16	0	0	770	111	87.40%	Les Cleal
1986	Tumbarumba (2)	13	16	16	0	0	639	91	87.53%	Les Cleal
1987	Lismore Marist Brothers	1	18	17	0	1	481	196	71.05%	Denis Meaney
1988	Bega Roosters	16	16	16	0	0	630	138	82.03%	Lloyd Martin
1989	Tweed Heads Seagulls (3)	18	17	16	1	0	558	155	78.26%	John Harvey
1990	Singleton	21	23	22	0	1	855	263	76.48%	Richard Jones
1991	Mittagong Lions	6	22	21	1	0	803	204	79.74%	Graeme Andrews	CT^[30]
1992	Western Suburbs	Newcastle	20	20	0	0	630	248	71.75%	Neil Baker
1993	Rankins Springs	17	16	15	1	0	494	190	72.22%	Stuart Vearing
1994	Forster Tuncurry Hawks	3	14	14	0	0				Dennis Tutty
1995	Forster Tuncurry Hawks (2)	3	19	19	0	0				Dennis Tutty
1996	Werris Creek	4	16		0		857	272	75.91%	Ron Dellar
1997	Eden	16	17	17	0	0				Chris Brennan
1998	Cobar (3)	11	18	18	0	1				Scott Mieni
1999	Barellan	17
2000	Taree City	3	17	16	1	0	776	293	72.59%	Terry McCartney
2001	Port Macquarie Sharks	2	20	19	0	1
2002	Barellan (2)	17	12	11	1	0	394	175	69.24%	Clint Halden
2003	Narooma	16	14	14	0	0				David Boyle
2004	Temora (2)	9	19	19	0	0	964	218	81.56%	Chris Brennan
2005	Umina Beach	Central Coast	20	19	1	0	770	242	76.09%	Nathan Johnson
2006	Hillston Bluebirds	17	12	12	0	0	450	148	75.25%	Steve Parr	TAN^[31]
2007	Albion Park-Oak Flats	7	16	16	0	0	606	270	69.18%	Jade Lucas & Shane Sainsbury
2008	The Entrance Tigers	Central Coast			0	0				Gavin Westwood
2009	Yenda	20	18	16	2	0				Andrew Lavaka	RLW^[32]
2010	Grafton Ghosts	Northern Rivers	18	18	0	0	807	206	79.66%	Col Speed	DM^[33]
2011	Grafton Ghosts (2)	Northern Rivers	18	16	1	1	566	237	70.49%	Col Speed	DE^[34]
2012	East Campbelltown Eagles	6	18	18	0	0				Richard Barnes	CA^[35]
2013	Wauchope Blues	3	14	14	0	0	552	196	73.80%	Robbie Trembath	WG^[36]
2014	North Tamworth Bears (2)	4	17	17	0	0	1061	263	80.14%	Brad McManus	NDL^[37]
2015	Port Macquarie Sharks (2)	3	14	13	1	0	484	197	71.07%	Matt Shipway
2016	Moruya Sharks	16	16	16	0	0	754	228	76.78%	Tim Weyman	TB^[38]
2017	Grafton Ghosts (3)	2	18	18	0	0	852	158	84.36%	Danny Wicks	DE^[39]
2018	Tweed Coast Raiders	Northern Rivers	21	18	2	1	604	236	71.90%	Brent Kite	TDN^[40]
2019	North Tamworth Bears (3)	4	14	14	0	0	700	164	81.02%	Scott Blanch	NDL^[41]
No cup awarded for the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Scone Thoroughbreds (2)	21	14	14	0	0	750	148	80.27%	Adam Clydsdale	NSWRL^[42]
2023	Gulgong Terriers (1)	Castlereagh League								Brad James	NSWRL^[43]
2024	Camden Rams	6									NSWRL

Years	Item	Via
1937 to 1954	Various Newspapers	Trove
1937 to 1973	Rugby League News	Trove
1960 to 1991	Canberra Times	Trove
1967–69, 1971–1996	Country Rugby League Annual Report	State Library of NSW
2003 to 2014	Rugby League Week	eResources at State Library of NSW
2010 to 2019	Various Newspaper Websites	As referenced
2015 to 2019	Group Rugby League past seasons	SportsTG websites - No longer available

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