2023 NSWRL Presidents Cup

The 2023 New South Wales Rugby League Presidents Cup was a competition to determine the best semi-professional Rugby League team in New South Wales. It was the fourth season of the competition. The winners of each conference will play a 2-week knockout series to determine the Presidents Cup winners.

Central Conference (Ron Massey Cup)
The Ron Massey Cup will feature 9 teams in 2023, the same number as 2022. All 8 of the 9 teams are based in Sydney in 2022, with the other team based in Fiji.

Ladder progression

 * Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 5.
 * Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
 * Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
 * Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Season Results
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Northern Conference (Denton Engineering Cup)
The Denton Engineering Cup will feature 11 teams in 2023, 1 up from 2022.

Team of the Year
On Saturday 30 September 2023, the Newcastle Rugby League announced the official Team of the Year and Joint-Player of the Year.


 * Fullback – Wyong Roos Colours.png Luke Sharpe (Wyong Roos)
 * Winger – Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Honeti Tuha (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Centre – Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Brayden Musgrove (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Five-Eighth – South Newcastle Lions Colours.png Ryan Glanville (South Newcastle Lions)
 * Halfback – Maitland Pickers Colours.png Brock Lamb (Maitland Pickers)
 * Prop – Wyong Roos Colours.png Nathan Kegg-King (Wyong Roos)
 * Hooker – Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Luke Huth (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Second Row – Lakes United Seagulls Colours.png Nick Glohe (Lakes United)
 * Lock – Western Suburbs Rosellas Colours.png Ben Stone (Western Suburbs Rosellas)
 * Coach – Maitland Pickers Colours.png Matt Lantry (Maitland Pickers)
 * Player of the Year – Maitland Pickers Colours.png Brock Lamb (Maitland Pickers) & Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Luke Huth (Cessnock Goannas)

Other category winners were also announced: LeagueCastle provides official statistics for the Newcastle Rugby League competition.
 * Rookie of the Year - The Entrance Tigers Colours.png Hayden Ritchie (The Entrance Tigers)
 * Coach of the Year - Maitland Pickers Colours.png Matt Lantry (Maitland Pickers)
 * Hit of the Year - Northern Hawks Colours.png Josh Toole (Northern Hawks)
 * Try of the Year - Western Suburbs Rosellas Colours.png Hayden Loughrey (Western Suburbs Rosellas)
 * Representative Player of the Year - Maitland Pickers Colours.png Chad O’Donnell (Maitland Pickers)
 * Leading pointscorer - Maitland Pickers Colours.png Brock Lamb (Maitland Pickers)
 * Leading tryscorer - Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Honeti Tuha (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Most try assists - Wyong Roos Colours.png Luke Sharpe 21 (Wyong Roos)
 * Most line-break assists - Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Sam Clune 22 (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Most tackles - Western Suburbs Rosellas Colours.png Ben Stone 678 (Western Suburbs Rosellas)
 * Most line breaks - Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Honeti Tuha 20 (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Most metres run - Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Brayden Musgrove 2,626 (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Most tackle breaks - Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Brayden Musgrove 97 (Cessnock Goannas)

Running a Dally-M Style voting competition based on best statistical performances (3/2/1 point votes per game), Leaguecastle announced their 2023 Newcastle Rugby League Team of the Year 1 and 2 as follows:

LeagueCastle Team of the Year

 * Player/Stat Man of the Year – South Newcastle Lions Colours.png Mitch Black (South Newcastle Lions)
 * Fullback – Wyong Roos Colours.png Luke Sharpe (Wyong Roos)
 * Wingers – Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Honeti Tuha (Cessnock Goannas) & Maitland Pickers Colours.png Matt Soper-Lawler (Maitland Pickers)
 * Centres – Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Brayden Musgrove (Cessnock Goannas) & Wyong Roos Colours.png Lathan Hutchinson-Walters (Wyong Roos)
 * Five-Eighth – Macquarie Scorpions Colours.png Bayden Searle (Macquarie Scorpions)
 * Halfback – Maitland Pickers Colours.png Brock Lamb (Maitland Pickers)
 * Props – Lakes United Seagulls Colours.png Nick Glohe (Lakes United) & Maitland Pickers Colours.png Jayden Butterfield (Maitland Pickers)
 * Hooker – South Newcastle Lions Colours.png Mitch Black (South Newcastle Lions)
 * Second Rows – South Newcastle Lions Colours.png Harry Croker (South Newcastle Lions) & South Newcastle Lions Colours.png Ryan Glanville (South Newcastle Lions)
 * Lock – Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Luke Huth (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Coach (most players to register at least 1 vote) – The Entrance Tigers Colours.png Jamy Forbes (Entrance Tigers)
 * Bench - Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Sam Clune (Cessnock Goannas), Maitland Pickers Colours.png Alex Langbridge (Maitland Pickers), Wyong Roos Colours.png Mitch Williams (Wyong Roos), The Entrance Tigers Colours.png TJ Mclean (Entrance Tigers), Macquarie Scorpions Colours.png Connor Kirkwood (Macquarie Scorpions)

LeagueCastle Team of the Year 2

 * Fullback – Cessnock Goannas Colours.png Harry O'Brien (Cessnock Goannas)
 * Wingers – Maitland Pickers Colours.png Will Niewenhuise (Maitland Pickers) & Macquarie Scorpions Colours.png Kodi Crowther (Macquarie Scorpions)
 * Centres – The Entrance Tigers Colours.png Kyle Mclean (Entrance Tigers) & Western Suburbs Rosellas Colours.png Steve Widders (Western Suburbs Rosellas)
 * Five-Eighth – Maitland Pickers Colours.png Chad O'Donnell (Maitland Pickers)
 * Halfback – Western Suburbs Rosellas Colours.png Luke Walsh (Western Suburbs Rosellas)
 * Props – Western Suburbs Rosellas Colours.png Jake Goodwin (Western Suburbs Rosellas) & Wyong Roos Colours.png Nathan Kegg-King (Wyong Roos)
 * Hooker – Lakes United Seagulls Colours.png Dylan Phythian (Lakes United)
 * Second Rows – The Entrance Tigers Colours.png Jake Woods (Entrance Tigers) & Western Suburbs Rosellas Colours.png Will Mehan (Western Suburbs Rosellas)
 * Lock – Western Suburbs Rosellas Colours.png Ben Stone (Western Suburbs Rosellas)
 * Bench - Central Newcastle Butcher Boys Colours.png Cam Anderson (Central Newcastle), The Entrance Tigers Colours.png Grant Nelson (Entrance Tigers), The Entrance Tigers Colours.png Mao Uta (Entrance Tigers), Macquarie Scorpions Colours.png Matt Cooper (Macquarie Scorpions), Northern Hawks Colours.png Timanu Alexander (Northern Hawks).

Ladder progression

 * Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 5.
 * Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
 * Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
 * Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Season Results
Source:

Southern Conference (Mojo Homes Illawarra Cup)
The 2023 Mojo Homes Illawarra Cup will feature 6 teams, down 2 from the 8 that competed in 2022.

Ladder progression

 * Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 4.
 * Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
 * Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
 * Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Western Conference (Peter McDonald Premiership)
The 2023 Peter McDonald Premiership will feature a merged competition between the former Group 10 and Group 11 competitions. The competition format will be two conferences, with the top 4 from each conference qualifying for an 8 team finals series. The winner of each conference will win the Group 10 and Group 11 Premierships.

Ladder progression

 * Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 4.
 * Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
 * Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
 * Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Ladder progression

 * Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 4.
 * Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
 * Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
 * Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.