Tarsha Gale Cup
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Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 2017 |
Inaugural season | 2017 |
Number of teams | 13 |
Country | ![]() |
Premiers | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() ![]() |
Website | Tarsha Gale Cup |
Related competition | NRL Women's Premiership NSWRL Women's Premiership |
The Tarsha Gale Cup is an elite under-19s Women's rugby league competition in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The competition was named after former captain of Australia and current NRLW commentator, Tarsha Gale, in honour of her impact on Women's rugby league as a pioneer of the sport.
In 2017, the New South Wales Rugby League announced the creation of a nine-a-side under-18s women's league, named the Tarsha Gale Nines after the former Australian Jillaroos and New South Wales captain of the 1990s.[1][2][3]
The tournament changed to eleven-a-side in the 2019.[4]
Since 2020, the tournament has been played as a full 13-a-side game.[5][6]
In the 2021 season, the age group changed from under under-18s to under-19s. The equivalent competition for males, the S.G. Ball Cup, was also changed from under-18s to under-19s at this time.
The Tarsha Gale Cup is the main bridge between juniors and the NSWRL Women's Premiership in the state of New South Wales.
History
Clubs
The 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
Venues
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
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
Premiership tally
No. | Club | Seasons |
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1 | ![]() | 2 (2022, 2023) |
1 | ![]() | 2 (2019, 2024) |
3 | ![]() | 1 (2021) |
3 | ![]() | 1 (2018) |
3 | ![]() | 1 (2017) |
Bold means the team still currently plays in the competition.
Awards
The following major individual awards and accolades are presented each season
Player of the Series
Year | Player | Club | Ref |
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2018 | Madison Higgins-Ashby | ![]() | [15] |
2019 | Maddison Weatherall | ![]() | [16] |
2020 | Not Awarded | ||
2021 | Fatafehi Hanisi | ![]() | [17] |
2022 | Otesa Pule | ![]() | [18] |
2023 | Alexis Tauaneai | ![]() | [19] |
2024 | Kasey Reh | ![]() | [20] |
Grand Final Player of the Match
Year | Player | Club | Ref |
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2017 | Ashlee Harrison | ![]() | [21] |
2018 | Madison Higgins-Ashby | ![]() | [15] |
2019 | Teagan Berry | ![]() | |
2020 | Not Awarded | ||
2021 | Rayven-Jodeci Boyce | ![]() | [17] |
2022 | Otesa Pule | ![]() | [18] |
2023 | Tavarna Papalii | ![]() | |
2024 | Indie Bostock | ![]() | [20] |
Top scorers
Tries
Year | Excluding Finals | Including Finals | ||||||
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Player | Club | Matches | Tries | Player | Club | Matches | Tries | |
2017 | Tayla Preston | ![]() | 8 | 12 | Tayla Preston | ![]() | 11 | 16 |
Page McGregor | ![]() | 4 | 12 | Lilly-Rose Bennett | ![]() | 7 | 16 | |
2018 | Maddison Weatherall | ![]() | 9 | 19 | Faith Nathan | ![]() | 7 | 26 |
2019 | Maddison Weatherall | ![]() | 8 | 13 | Maddison Weatherall | ![]() | 12 | 17 |
Mareva Swann | ![]() | 9 | 13 | |||||
2020 | Teagan Berry | ![]() | 4 | 11 | No Finals Series | |||
Bienne Terita | ![]() | 5 | 11 | |||||
2021 | Teagan Berry | ![]() | 8 | 11 | Teagan Berry | ![]() | 9 | 11 |
2022 | Otesa Pule | ![]() | 7 | 12 | Otesa Pule | ![]() | 9 | 13 |
2023 | Mia-Rose Walsh | ![]() | 8 | 9 | Mia-Rose Walsh | ![]() | 10 | 10 |
Litia Fusi | ![]() | 8 | 9 | |||||
2024 | Indie Bostock | ![]() | 7 | 13 | Indie Bostock | ![]() | 9 | 15 |
Notes:
- Players' tries and matches were tallied offline from match statistics for seasons 2018 to 2024 available on the NSWRL website and sorted to determine the top try scorers.
- For the 2017 season, tries were collated from scores published on the NSWRL and League Unlimited websites. For example: Round 2 on League Unlimited and Round 3 on NSWRL.
Points
Year | Excluding Finals | Including Finals | ||||||||||||
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Player | Club | M | T | G | FG | Points | Player | Club | M | T | G | FG | Points | |
2017 | Page McGregor | ![]() | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 80 | Page McGregor | ![]() | 5 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 88 |
2018 | Quincy Dodd | ![]() | 8 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 158 | Quincy Dodd | ![]() | 10 | 13 | 63 | 0 | 178 |
2019 | Sereana Naitokatoka | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 78 | Sereana Naitokatoka | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 98 |
2020 | Bienne Terita | ![]() | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 50 | No Finals Series | ||||||
2021 | Ruby Smith | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 44 | Ruby Smith | ![]() | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 50 |
Teagan Berry | ![]() | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||
2022 | Alysha Bell | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 56 | Alysha Bell | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 58 |
2023 | Ally Bullman | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 64 | Ally Bullman | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 64 |
2024 | Lara Cosgrove | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 64 | Chelsea Savill | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 74 |
Media coverage
Television
TBA
Online
Selected games each week via NSWRL TV.
Corporate relations
Sponsorship
Westpac is the league's current 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
- ^ "New comp a 'gamechanger' for women". 24 August 2016.
- ^ Media, NRL Digital (24 August 2016). "NSWRL Announces Tarsha Gale Nines".
- ^ "NSWRL targets elite women's competition".
- ^ "Tarsha Gale Cup GRAND FINAL Newcastle KNIGHTS v Illawarra Steelers". Our Footy Team Archives. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Teams: : NSWRL U18 Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup - 2020 Round 1". League Unlimited. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup - Raiders v Eels". NSWRL. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Shamon, John (6 May 2017). "TG Cup Panthers make history". Penrith Panthers. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Buxton, Matt (5 May 2018). "Sharks Hold off Knights to win Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup". NSWRL. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Honeysett, Stuart (4 May 2019). "Illawarra win the Tarsha Gale Cup". NSWRL. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Dragons too strong for Roosters in Tarsha Cup GF". NSWRL. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Honeysett, Stuart (30 April 2022). "Pule brilliance helps Roosters to Tarsha Gale Cup Grand Final glory". NSWRL. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Roosters make history with back-to-back Tarsha Gale Cups". NSWRL. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Beatton, Joel (27 April 2024). "Tarsha Gale Cup: Perfect Steelers march to Grand Final glory". Dragons.com.au. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Reh steers Steelers to Tarsha Gale Cup Grand Final glory". NSWRL. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b Konstantopoulos, Mary (10 May 2018). "Mary's Wonder Women: The Sharks are Tarsha Gale premiers". The Roar. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's Under-18s Origin Team Named". NSWRL. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Dragons too strong for Roosters in Tarsha Cup GF". NSWRL. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ a b Honeysett, Stuart (30 April 2022). "Pule brilliance helps Roosters to Tarsha Gale Cup Grand Final glory". NSWRL. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Tauaneai Awarded 2023 NSWRL Tarsha Gale Player of the Year". Bulldogs.com.au. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Reh steers Steelers to Tarsha Gale Cup Grand Final glory". NSWRL. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Teuma, Sean (6 May 2017). "Panthers claw their way to inaugural Tarsha Gale Cup Premiership". League Unlimited. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
External links
- Official website
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