53-708: The Shute Shield , currently known as the Charter Hall Shute Shield , is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney , Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales . The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end of the club rugby season. Club-based rugby football began some time before 1865. The Sydney University Football Club began in 1863 (although this date
106-490: A 50% stake of Charter Hall. In the same year David Harrison joined the company and is now leading it as Group CEO. In June 2005, the company held an initial public offering to list on the Australian Securities Exchange . In 2010, the company acquired Macquarie Group's real estate platform. In November 2016, Charter Hall Long WALE REIT listed on Australian Securities Exchange which at
159-408: A breakaway movement. Key figures in the new league were James Joseph Giltinan , legendary cricketer Victor Trumper , Alex Burdon , Peter Moir , Labor politician Henry Hoyle , George Brackenreg and Jack Feneley . The first NSWRFL game was played on 17 August 1907, in which a New Zealand team defeated a NSW team 12–8. The Sydney premiership was started on 20 April 1908. Nine teams contested
212-527: A conversion was 3 points and a goal kicked from the field of play 4 points. Within a few years of the Gardiner Cup beginning, the Premiership had developed to become a more structured competition with a centralised list of fixtures and rounds. An official ladder was produced and maintained with points given for wins, draws and byes. By the 1890s a finals system was introduced to assist in determining
265-443: A front row forward in the latter team, died at a private hospital at Manly yesterday morning. The accident occurred during the latter portion of the first spell of the match. Shute secured the ball and when tackled fell heavily. He was removed to a private hospital, where it was ascertained that he was suffering from cerebral hemorrhage. Without recovering consciousness he died at 6am. A former pupil of Sydney Grammar School , Shute, who
318-451: A possible merger. In October 2019 CRL merged with NSWRL after NSWRL agreed a new constitution and the CRL voted to wind up its affairs immediately. New South Wales is home to the following National Rugby League teams: * = Top-level Country leagues; Premiers eligible for Clayton Cup as best regional team in the state. The NSWRL manages
371-402: A recommendation to establish district football in the coming season was made. Eight clubs competed in the inaugural season: Balmain, Glebe, Newtown, South Sydney, North Sydney , Western Suburbs , Eastern Suburbs and Sydney University . The first district competition was won by Glebe who were successful in all three grade competitions. It was during this period, in 1907, that the supremacy of
424-779: Is an Australian rugby league football competition operator in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission . It was registered on 21 December 1983 and succeeded the New South Wales Rugby Football League which had been formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907. The NSWRFL and then NSWRL operated Sydney's, then New South Wales' and eventually Australia's premier rugby league club competition from 1908 to 1994 . The organisation administers
477-476: Is an Australian property development and funds management company. In 2022, IREI ranked Charter Hall as the largest real estate investment manager in Australasia based on assets under management. Charter Hall was founded in 1991 by André Biet, David Southon and Cedric Fuchs. Biet left in 2005 when the company listed, Southon left in 2016 and Fuch retired in 2018. In 2004, Transfield Holdings acquired
530-655: Is played before the State of Origin series and is often referred to as a selection trial for the New South Wales Blues team. The annual State of Origin series between the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons is the most popular sporting event in NSW. Sydney has hosted many State of Origin matches since the series began in 1980. The three-game series are held in Sydney and Brisbane with
583-690: Is questioned by some historians) and is the oldest existing football club outside the British Isles. The first recorded rugby season in Australia was in 1865 with Sydney University , Sydney Football Club and the Australian Club reported as playing games. On 24 June 1874, a meeting was held between ten prominent football clubs to create a governing body to administer the game within New South Wales. The Southern Rugby Football Union
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#1732773303545636-406: Is the longest-serving governor in the history of NSW. Introduced at the beginning of the 2000 season, this trophy honours a great supporter of the game of rugby. The Shield was initially held by Eastwood (1999 premiers) and is defended at each home game by the current holder n.b. records are very incomplete (2000-2009) and will be progressively updated Charter Hall Charter Hall
689-572: The 1963 Grand Final , the trophy represented the premiership pinnacle for players in the Winfield Era. The Winfield Cup captured these and many other enduring things about League in its primary image, "The Gladiators" and the famous trophy, like the J.J. Giltinan Shield, remains an important part of the game's heritage. The League's name was changed in 1984 to the New South Wales Rugby League and Ken Arthurson became
742-684: The Australian Rugby League , a position he remained in from 1960 until his death in 1973. In 1973, Kevin Humphreys was appointed President of NSWRFL and Chairman of Australian Rugby League (ARL). Under him State of Origin was introduced. In 1983, Humphreys was succeeded in these positions by Ken Arthurson . Under Arthurson, the NSWRFL was succeeded by the New South Wales Rugby League Ltd (NSWRL) and
795-674: The New South Wales rugby league team in State of Origin series, as well as day-to-day management of the state-based New South Wales Cup second-tier premiership, as well as junior representative competitions and divisional leagues throughout NSW and the ACT. It did so in conjunction with the NSW Country Rugby League before their merger in 2019. In a similar way, the rival Queensland Rugby League retained responsibility for that state's Origin team and lower tier competitions. The Royal Agricultural Society Shield , or RAS Shield
848-595: The New South Wales rugby league team . The following clubs are the direct full member clubs of the NSWRL. Rugby league was first played in New South Wales in 1907. The New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) was formed in August 1907, when player discontent with the administration of the New South Wales Rugby Union , over rejection of compensation payments for injuries and lost wages, led to
901-568: The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales in its first year of competition. Leading journalist Claude Corbett wrote in Sydney, Sun, newspaper on, 1 May 1914, "The Royal Agricultural Society Shield, which was presented at the inception of the League's first grade competition has been won outright by Eastern Suburbs, who upset all calculations by winning the premiership three years in succession. The club has presented
954-706: The University of Sydney and joined the Sydney University rugby club as a front row forward in the first XV. Of Shute's death from a fractured skull and cerebral haemorrhage, the Sydney Morning Herald , Wednesday 7 June 1922 reported: As a result of injuries received while playing at Manly in the Rugby football match between the team which toured New Zealand and the Next 15, Robert Elliott Shute,
1007-726: The 1987 and 1988 seasons. For the 1989 season, the NSW Championship clubs returned to the SRU and the Shute Shield. In 1992, the NSW Rugby Union again took over the administration of the Shute Shield competition. In 2011, the SRU was reformed to take control of the competition once again. From 2002 through 2006 the Toohey's New Cup was run to fill the void between Grade Rugby and Super Rugby in Australia. This became
1060-762: The Australian Capital Territory – the Canberra Raiders – as well as a team from the southern New South Wales region – the Illawarra Steelers . The Winfield Cup trophy remains a permanent symbol of one of the game's most successful eras. Cast in bronze by Alan Ingham, it was the game's ultimate prize for the duration of the Winfield sponsorship from 1982 to 1995. Based on John O'Gready's world famous photograph of Norm Provan (St George) and Arthur Summons (Wests) after
1113-639: The Day from the Shute Shield competition in NSW/ACT every Saturday afternoon and replayed nationally on Tuesday mornings. The ABC ended its 57-year partnership with the competition at the completion of the 2014 season, following the Australian Government's decision to cut funding to the national broadcaster. On 17 March 2015, Sydney Rugby formally announced that the Seven Network would become
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#17327733035451166-546: The NSWRFL competition, being named after one of the founding fathers of the NSWRFL and rugby league in Australia. The trophy remains today, being awarded to the minor premiers of the National Rugby League competition. Following Jersey Flegg's death in 1960, Bill Buckley was made the NSWRFL's new president. In 1967, the NSWRFL grand final became the first football grand final of any code to be televised live in Australia. The Nine Network had paid $ 5,000 for
1219-544: The NSWRFL competition. In 1980, the NSWRFL President Kevin Humphries , who had been chairman of the League since 1973, was instrumental in the establishment of the State of Origin series between teams representing the NSWRFL and Queensland Rugby League (QRL). The immediate success of this series, which remains the premier representative competition in Australia, and the overriding success of
1272-615: The New South Wales State of Origin team as well the NSW Residents, Jim Beam Cup, under-19s, under-17s and under-16s and Indigenous rugby league teams. These teams traditionally play against teams from the Queensland Rugby League . City vs Country is an annual match that takes place between a City side selected by the NSWRL and a Country side selected by New South Wales Country Rugby League. It
1325-556: The Queensland team further pressured the NSWRFL to expand the club competition outside the boundaries of the state. Sydney suburban teams came and went throughout the NSWRFL's history but it was not until 1982 that the competition included expansion outside of the Sydney area. This corresponded with the adoption of commercial sponsorship of the competition for the first time, the Winfield Cup . The two new inclusions were from
1378-486: The Shute Shield. The Shute Shield marked its 100th year in 2022. In late 1986, the Sydney Rugby Union (SRU) approved a new competition structure for the Shute Shield. The SRU were concerned about the falling number of clubs involved in the lower divisions. The new structure involved distributing all teams in the three competitions evenly across three new divisions with some teams earning the right to play for
1431-777: The Sydney Premiership competition, with the Shute Shield becoming the First Grade pre-season competition. However, in 2004 the Shute Shield was awarded to the Second Grade competition. In 2007 the Toohey's New Cup was merged into the Shute Shield to become the Toohey's New Shute Shield when an attempt at an Australian wide domestic rugby competition, the Australian Rugby Championship , was started. The Australian Rugby Championship only lasted
1484-583: The Sydney Rugby Premiership was threatened. The imminent arrival of a professional football team from New Zealand sparked heated discussion about professionalism and compensation pay for lost time at work. In August of that year, the New South Wales Rugby Football League was formed. During the following season, a professional league competition was begun. Over the next few years, players switched across to
1537-635: The accreditation process for coaches, trainers, first aid and match officials. Radio coverage is presented by Steele Sports who call two games of the Intrust Super Premiership each weekend. Steele Sports includes a large team from across Sydney: Alby Talarico (founder), Curtis Woodward (lead caller), Daniel Pettigrew (lead caller), Jack Clifton, Keith 'The chairman' Payne, Tony Dosen, Lewis Shepperd, Luke Potter and Matt French. Hawkesbury Radio call Penrith Panthers matches while Alive FM call selected Wentworthville games. Each year, they host
1590-765: The broadcasting rights. In 1973, NSWRFL boss Kevin Humphreys negotiated rugby league's first television deal with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . The NSWRFL had commenced a very popular and successful mid-week competition in 1974, originally known as the Amco Cup , but later as the Tooth Cup and the National Panasonic Cup. The success of this competition, which included teams from both Brisbane and New Zealand, ultimately created pressure for further expansion in
1643-461: The clubs in the league expanded outside the borders of the state and even the country until, in 1994, after the 87th consecutive premiership season, the Australian Rugby League (ARL) replaced the NSWRL in the operation of the premier competition. Notwithstanding the handover of control of the game at the elite level across Australia to the ARL, NSWRL retained responsibility for both the administration of
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1696-483: The competition and rugby league in general. The Knock On Effect NSW Cup (formerly known as NSW Cup, VB NSW Cup, Intrust Super Premiership and Canterbury Cup NSW) is the States's top-tier competition and clubs run as direct feeders to NRL sides. Canterbury of New Zealand have naming rights from Season 2019 to Season 2020. On 24 August 2018, the NSWRL and CRL entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in relation to
1749-630: The control of the NSW Rugby Football Union , only six clubs competed: Cambridge, Eastern Suburbs , Glebe-Balmain , Manly , Sydney University and YMCA. The Shute Memorial Shield was struck in honour of the late Robert Elliott Stewart Shute, who died on 6 June 1922, aged 23, following a match at Manly Oval . Shute enlisted in April 1917 and served as a gunner in 30th Battery, Field Artillery A.I.F. during World War One. On his return to Australia, Shute took up his engineering studies at
1802-618: The first and third games in one city and the second in the other. These rotate every year, so if two games are played in Sydney one year, then those games are played in Brisbane the next. The NSWRL conducts a development academy from the NSW Institute of Sport facility at Narrabeen. This facility is actively involved in the conduct of competitions and carnivals involving junior league and schools based teams. The academy also conducts several camps, focusing on development as well as running
1855-548: The franchise was badged the Newcastle Knights . In 1990, the NSWRL introduced a salary cap system to even the playing field of teams in the Winfield Cup. The Winfield Cup competition was handed over to the control of the Australian Rugby League for the 1995 season , with the inclusion of teams from North Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand. This period of expansion created tremendous success for
1908-556: The initial season. These were the nine teams: The NSWRFL premiership was continued on the basis of the first competition in 1908 . In 1929, Jersey Flegg was appointed to the position of president of the NSWRFL and in 1941 he became chairman of the Australian Rugby League Board of Control . At the time of his death in 1960, aged 82, he was still serving in these roles. When NSWRFL president Flegg died in 1960, Bill Buckley replaced him and also became boss of
1961-619: The new chairman. In 1988, two Queensland teams joined the competition, with the inclusions of the Brisbane Broncos and the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants seeing the game move beyond the outer borders of New South Wales. At the same time, a team from the Hunter region of New South Wales was included, with the return of a Newcastle franchise. Their return was the end of an 81-year wait in the wilderness and this time around
2014-420: The new free-to-air Match of the Day broadcasters of the Shute Shield in NSW, commencing on 21 March on 7TWO showing a match between Eastern Suburbs and Gordon. The Prime Network broadcasts to regional areas of NSW. This agreement has since been renewed, with the current contract running through the 2024 season. On November 9, 2020, Nine Network confirmed their broadcast deal with Rugby Australia , giving them
2067-458: The one season. Below is a list of some of the clubs that have once competed in the Sydney rugby premiership. The following clubs also played in the Sydney premiership in the period after 1900: Note: The Sydney premiership became the 1st division when a 2nd division was added for 31 seasons from 1962-1992. From 1957 until 2014, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had broadcast the Match of
2120-520: The premiership in the first division. The clubs that made up first division were opposed to the new structure and sought the opportunity to form a breakaway competition affiliated directly with the NSWRFU . This resulted in the formation of a 10 club competition called the NSW Championship, while the remaining lower division clubs remained with the SRU Championship. Both competitions ran during
2173-664: The premiership winner. The Sydney Rugby Premiership came under the control of the Metropolitan Rugby Union, a branch of the New South Wales Rugby Football Union (formerly the Southern Rugby Football Union), in 1897. As early as 1893 it had been suggested to change the current structure of the premiership to a district-based formula. In early 1900, a meeting of the Metropolitan Rugby Union was held and
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2226-412: The professional competition resulting in crowd numbers falling at Union matches. Despite this, the district competition continued to run, rebuilding its supporter base, until the outbreak of World War 1 with the last season held during 1914. With the outbreak of war, competition was suspended. At the conclusion of the war, the Sydney Rugby Premiership was recommenced. With the competition returning under
2279-399: The rights to the Shute Shield. Beginning in 2021, 4 games a season will be televised live on one of Nine's free-to-air channels. The remainder of the games will be broadcast live on streaming service Stan . The competition format currently involves an 18-week round-robin competition which is followed by a three-week play-off series culminating in a grand final. The playoffs are contested by
2332-611: The same teams or the same number of teams. A "Premier Club of the Colony" was declared by the Union at an end of year meeting. It was not necessarily given to the team that had the best results on the field. Results mattered, but other criteria may have also been used. What these were are not known. The year 1880 saw the Southern Rugby Football Union endure the first splintering of the football code in Australia. It
2385-413: The shield to their captain, Dally Messenger , 'as a token of appreciation of his captaincy'." In 1929, Jersey Flegg was appointed to the position of president of the NSWRFL. Midway through the 1909 season, Edward Larkin was appointed full-time secretary of the NSWRFL. In 1951, the NSWRFL originated the J.J. Giltinan Shield , following his death in 1950. This trophy was awarded to the premiers of
2438-610: The time was the largest ever initial public offering for a diversified property trust in the Australian market. In August 2018, Charter Hall acquired rival Folkestone in a $ 205 million cash deal. In 2021, Charter Hall acquired a 50% stake in Paradice Investment Management for $ 207 million. Virtually all investments are based in Australasia . New South Wales Rugby Football League The New South Wales Rugby League Ltd ( NSWRL )
2491-663: The top six placed teams following the round-robin. The first week of the play-offs sees 1st play 6th, 2nd play 5th and 3rd play 4th. The lowest two losers are eliminated and the three winners plus the highest ranked loser proceed to week 2 of the play-offs. The two winners from week 2 proceed to the Grand Final in week 3. Arthur Roden Cutler (1916-2002) was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in Syria in 1941 during WWII, knighted in 1965 after many diplomatic postings and
2544-580: Was 23 years of age, was a third year student at Sydney University and he played for the University first fifteen. He served in the AIF for four years. The University club had the shield made following his death and donated it in 1923 to the NSWRFU to be used as a perpetual trophy for the Sydney first grade competition. In 1966, the Sydney Rugby Union was formed to administer the running of Sydney rugby including
2597-401: Was during this season that a newspaper "war" began. Discussions centred around the merits of rugby football, British association football (soccer) and the Victorian game ( Aussie rules football ). As a result of these heated discussions, an association was formed under the Victorian rules with two strong clubs formed to play the game. No sooner than the dust had settled and another association
2650-418: Was formed under the British Association rules. Despite this new competition, rugby football held sway as the premier code in Sydney. In 1883, the Gardiner Challenge Cup was introduced with a mixture of "senior" and "junior" clubs competing. Foundation clubs included Redfern, Sydney University , Wallaroo, Newtown, Burwood, Oriental, Glebe, Balmain , St. Leonards, Parramatta, Arfoma and Paddington. The first Cup
2703-467: Was formed. The first task of the Union was to decide on a set of rules for all clubs to adhere to. Clubs were given "senior" or "junior" status which could change from season to season. Although a governing body had now been formed, there was no centrally controlled competition until many years later. Initially, a competition was loosely arranged by the Union where the clubs were in charge of organising their own matches. This would result in clubs not playing
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#17327733035452756-401: Was the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL)'s first premiership trophy. It was presented to each year's premiership winning rugby league team; the first to win three successive titles would take permanent ownership of the shield. The Eastern Suburbs club achieved this feat winning premierships in 1911, 1912 and 1913. The hand crafted silver and oak designed shield was donated to the NSWRL by
2809-399: Was won by Redfern who were undefeated. At the beginning of the season, a proposal was put to the Southern Rugby Union to change the rules determining how a game was decided. Prior to the 1883 season, a game was decided by the number of goals scored. The amendment that was successfully passed by the Union declared that games would be decided by number of points scored. A try was awarded 2 points,
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