Kentwell Cup

Kentwell Cup
Organising bodyNSWSRU
Founded1923; 101 years ago (1923)
RegionNew South Wales
Number of teams8
Most successful club(s)Colleagues
(16 titles)

The Kentwell Cup is the major trophy for the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union (NSWSRU), colloquially known as the "Subbies" competition.[1] It is awarded to the first grade premiers of the first division competition.

The Kentwell Cup was originally presented by W.H. Kentwell, president of the Mosman Rugby Club in 1923 and is still presented to the first grade premiers in first division. The first winners of the Kentwell Cup out of a field of eight was Mosman.[2]

Teams that have played in the competition include those linked by geographical location, such as Drummoyne DRFC, Lane Cove RUFC, and Petersham RUFC; some are linked by connections to schools, such as Old Ignatians, Newington Old Boys (NOBs), St Patrick's Rugby Club and Knox Old Boys; while others have been linked by occupation, like Fire Brigades, Royal Australian Artillery, CBC Bank and Bondi Life Savers.

Premiers

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List of Kentwell Cup Premiers since 1923:[3]

Year Premiers
2023 Blue Mountains
2022 Colleagues
2021 Season cancelled[4]
2020 Drummoyne
2019 Mosman
2018 Petersham
2017 Petersham
2016 Mosman
2015 Balmain
2014 St Patrick's
2013 St Patrick's & Balmain[a]
2012 Drummoyne
2011 Colleagues
2010 Drummoyne
2009 Knox Old Boys
2008 Drummoyne
2007 Drummoyne
2006 Drummoyne
2005 Knox Old Boys
2004 Drummoyne
2003 Dundas Valley
2002 Old Ignatians
2001 St Ives
2000 Drummoyne
1999 Newport
1998 University NSW
1997 Hunters Hill
1996 Colleagues
1995 Hunters Hill
1994 University NSW
1993 St Patrick's
1992 St Leos
1991 Waverley & Matraville[b]
1990 Waverley
1989 Waverley
Year Premiers
1988 Matraville
1987 Hunters Hill
1986 Matraville
1985 Matraville
1984 Colleagues
1983 Bronte
1982 Colleagues
1981 Hunters Hill
1980 Colleagues
1979 Hunters Hill
1978 Hunters Hill
1977 Hunters Hill
1976 St Ives
1975 St Patrick's
1974 Petersham
1973 Petersham
1972 Hunters Hill
1971 Bondi Savers
1970 Colleagues
1969 Newington Old Boys
1968 Lane Cove
1967 Lane Cove
1966 Colleagues
1965 Briars
1964 Briars
1963 Colleagues
1962 Colleagues
1961 University NSW
1960 Colleagues
1959 Colleagues
1958 Western Suburbs
1957 Colleagues
1956 Western Suburbs
Year Premiers
1955 Colleagues
1954 Mosman
1953 Western Suburbs
1952 Briars
1951 Moore Park
1950 Colleagues
1949 Briars
1948 Concord West
1947 Drummoyne
1946 Epping
1945 Not Contested
1944 Not Contested
1943 Not Contested
1942 Not Contested
1941 Colleagues
1940 Briars
1939 Bondi Savers & Artillery[c]
1938 Fire Brigades
1937 Bondi Savers
1936 North Steyne
1935 Roseville
1934 Petersham
1933 Coogee
1932 Waverley
1931 Coogee
1930 Fire Brigade
1929 North Steyne
1928 Manly Life Savers
1927 Mosman
1926 Coogee
1925 Coogee
1924 Manly Life Savers
1923 Mosman

Notes

  1. ^ 2013 joint winners Balmain and St Patrick's.
  2. ^ 1991 joint winners Matraville and Waverley.
  3. ^ 1939 joint winners Bondi Savers & Royal Australian Artillery

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lulham, Amanda (6 September 2023). "Kentwell Cup Subbies historic win". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023.
  2. ^ Jack Pollard, Australian Rugby Union the Game and the Players, Angus & Robertson, 1984.
  3. ^ "Premiers – Kentwell Cup". NSW Suburban Rugby. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  4. ^ "2021 Season Cancelled". NSWSRU. 16 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
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