The 2013 New South Wales Cup season is the second tier rugby league competition held in New South Wales, after the National Rugby League. The 2012 season of the New South Wales Cup commences on Saturday 19 March 2013. The Minor Premiership has ended with Cronulla sitting on top of the ladder at 43 points as the teams head into finals. The grand final will be played at ANZ Stadium at the 2013 NRL Grand Final, and will be broadcast by Fox Sports.
In 2013, 13 clubs are fielding teams in the New South Wales Cup.
*: The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup, not any other competition before this.
Windsor Wolves Bye
Newcastle Knights Bye
Illawarra Cutters Bye
Wyong Roos Bye
Mounties Bye
Wests Tigers Bye
Auckland Vulcans Bye
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Bye
Windsor Wolves Bye
Newtown Jets Bye
North Sydney Bears Bye
Cronulla Sharks Bye
Mounties Bye
Wyong Roos Bye
Manly Sea Eagles Bye
Newcastle Knights Bye
Wentworthville Magpies Bye
Auckland Vulcans Bye
North Sydney Bears Bye
Wests Tigers Bye
Manly Sea Eagles Bye
Illawarra Cutters Bye
Wentworthville Magpies Bye
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Bye
Newtown Jets Bye
Cronulla Sharks Bye
Wyong Roos hooker Mitch Williams was named NSW Cup Player of the Year.
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks defeated the Windsor Wolves in the Grand Final. The Sharks were coached by Tony Herman and captained by Chad Townsend. <section begin=scoreboard />
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The 2013 Season was included as part of Fox Sports' Saturday Afternoon of Football. At the Start of the season it would kick off with the NSW cup, followed by the Holden Cup and then the NRL, however in round 23 the Holden cup and NSW cup were swapped and continued like this for the rest of the season.
The 2013 Ron Massey Cup season was the third tier rugby league competition held in New South Wales, after the National Rugby League and New South Wales Cup.
Dean Rysko from the Western Suburbs Magpies was named the Ron Massey Cup player of the year at the 2013 Brad Fittler Medal Night.
Wentworthville Magpies 32 (D.Penese 3, J.MacKenzie, A.Takapu, B.Waters tries; A.FIuke 4 goals) beat Mounties 18 (G.Lahey, A.Tuatuaa, F.Pakutoa, N.Kassis tries; B.Lahey goal) in the Ron Massey Cup grand final at St Marys Leagues Stadium on Saturday, September 28, 2013.
The 2013 Sydney Shield season was the fourth tier rugby league competition held in New South Wales, after the National Rugby League, New South Wales Cup and Ron Massey Cup. <br> Eleven teams participated in the Sydney Shield competition.
The final series for the 2013 Sydney Shield was a top-five. This gave minor premiers, Belrose Eagles, a bye in the first week of the finals series. <br> Finals Week 1 <br> Hills District Bulls beat Cabramatta Two Blues 30âÂÂ14 at New Era Stadium on Saturday, September 7, 2013. Cabramatta were eliminated.<br> Wentworthville Magpies beat Mounties 76âÂÂ22 at Ringrose Park. <br> Finals Week 2 <br> Mounties beat Hills District Bulls 41âÂÂ40, in golden-point extra time at Lidcombe Oval on Saturday, September 14, 2013. Hills District Bulls were eliminated. <br> Belrose Eagles beat Wentworthville Magpies 38âÂÂ34. <br> Finals Week 3 <br> Wentworthville Magpies beat Mounties 56âÂÂ30 at Kogarah Jubilee Oval.
Belrose Eagles fullback and captain-coach James Mortimer was named the Sydney Shield Player of the Year.
Belrose Eagles beat Wentworthville Magpies 30âÂÂ26 at St Marys Leagues Stadium on Saturday, September 28, 2013. The Eagles were captain-coached by James Mortimer.