National youth competition

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

National youth competition

Sport	Rugby League
Founded	2008
No. of teams	16
Country	Australia New Zealand
Current champions	N/A
Official website	NRL.com

The National Youth Competition is the official second tier competition for the National Rugby League. Commencing in 2008, it will consist of the 16 NRL clubs fielding teams made up of players under the age of 20. The draw and structure will mirror the National Rugby League and games will be played as a lead-in to the first grade NRL match. Fox Sports has expressed interest in televising two games per round however no agreement has been met.

The current NSWRL Harold Matthews (Under 16's) and SG Ball (Under 18's) competitions will also be restructured to include all 16 NRL clubs fielding teams of the respective age requirements. For the 2 latter competitions, Melbourne Storm will field a team merged with future feeder club Central Coast Rip. It is unknown at this stage whether both present competitions will keep their name after the restructure takes place in 2008.

Club	Location	Home Ground	Ladder Position
Brisbane Broncos	Brisbane, Queensland	Suncorp Stadium	-
Canterbury Bulldogs	Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales	Telstra Stadium	-
Canberra Raiders	Canberra, ACT	Canberra Stadium	-
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Cronulla, Sydney, New South Wales	Toyota Park	-
Gold Coast Titans	Gold Coast, Queensland	Carrara Stadium	-
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale, Sydney, New South Wales	Brookvale Oval	-
Melbourne Storm	Melbourne, Victoria	Olympic Park Stadium	-
New Zealand Warriors	Auckland, New Zealand	Mt Smart Stadium	-
Newcastle Knights	Newcastle, New South Wales	Energy Australia Stadium	-
North Queensland Cowboys	Thuringowa, Queensland	Dairy Farmers Stadium	-
Parramatta Eels	Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales	Parramatta Stadium	-
Penrith Panthers	Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales	Credit Union Australia Stadium	-
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales	Telstra Stadium	-
St George Illawarra Dragons	Wollongong, and Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales	Oki Jubilee Stadium WIN Stadium	-
Sydney Roosters	Bondi Junction, Sydney, New South Wales	Aussie Stadium	-
Wests Tigers	West Sydney, New South Wales	Campbelltown Stadium Leichhardt Oval Telstra Stadium	-