S. G. Ball Cup | |
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Current season or competition:: 2016 S. G. Ball Cup season |
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Sport | Rugby league |
Instituted | 1965 |
Inaugural season | 1965 |
Number of teams | 19 |
Country | Australia |
Premiers | Penrith Panthers ({{{season}}}) |
Most titles | Parramatta Eels (11 titles) |
Website | S. G. Ball Cup website |
Related competition | Harold Matthews Cup |
The S. G. Ball Cup is a junior rugby league football competition played in New South Wales, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. The competition includes both junior representative teams of NRL and NSW Cup clubs that do not field a team in the NRL competition. In 2009 the Melbourne Storm from Victoria, was admitted to the competition. In 2010 the competition continued its national growth with the introduction of the WA Reds / West Coast Pirates from Perth.
The S. G. Ball Cup is named after S. G. "George" Ball, one of the five people responsible for the formation of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and who was club secretary for over fifty years.
In 2016, seventeen clubs fielded teams in the NSWRL S G Ball Cup.