New South Wales Under-20's rugby league team
# New South Wales Under-20's rugby league team

The New South Wales Under-20's rugby league team, also known as New South Wales Under-20s or New South Wales U20, represents New South Wales in the sport of rugby league at an under-20 age level. Since 2012, the team has played an annual fixture against the Queensland Under-20s team for the Darren Lockyer Shield. The team features players selected from the National Rugby League (NRL), Holden Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup and Intrust Super Premiership competitions. They are administered by the New South Wales Rugby League.

## History

Prior to the advent of the National Youth Competition, junior interstate matches were contested at under-17 and under-19 levels. In 2008, the age levels switched to an under-16 and under-18 format but no under-20 game was held until 2012. In March 2012, the first under-20 Origin match was announced by the National Rugby League. The NRL had been looking into running the match for more than 18 months.

From 2012 to 2014, the under-20 Origin fixture was held in April, on the Representative Weekend. In 2015, the game was moved to July as a curtain-raiser to State of Origin. As of 2017, the New South Wales under-20 team have for every fixture, winning six consecutive games since 2012. In 2018, they recorded their first lose, losing to Queensland 30–12 at Suncorp Stadium.

## Players

Players selected for the New South Wales under-20 team are under contract with a National Rugby League (NRL) side and play in either the NRL, Holden Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup or Intrust Super Premiership competitions. Since 2013, the NSWRL's selected a pre-season under-20 squad featuring players in contention for the mid-season fixture.

## Results

### 2012

* 21 April 2012

| New South Wales U20 | 18 – 14 | Queensland U20 |
| - | - | - |
| Tries Kane Evans 1 Chanel Mata'utia 1 Harry Siejka 1 Goals Harry Siejka 3 | Report | Tries 2 Edrick Lee 1 Aaron Whitchurch Goals 1 Mitchell Frei |

* Centerbet Stadium, Penrith Player of the Match: Harry Siejka (NSW)

### 2013

Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Tonga Pacific Rugby League test match.

* 20 April 2013

| New South Wales U20 | 36 – 12 | Queensland U20 |
| - | - | - |
| Tries Mitchell Cornish 2 George Jennings 2 Charly Runciman 2 Michael Lichaa 1 ' Goals Dylan Walker 4 | Report | Tries 1 Anthony Milford 1 Brandon Tago Goals 2 Anthony Milford |

* Centerbet Stadium, Sydney Player of the Match: Mitchell Cornish (NSW)

### 2014

Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Fiji Pacific Rugby League test match.

* 3 May 2014

| New South Wales U20 | 30 – 8 | Queensland U20 |
| - | - | - |
| Tries Jake Mamo 3 Sione Mata'utia 1 Tyrone Phillips 1 Goals Clinton Gutherson 5 | Report | Tries 1 Luke Bateman 1 John Folau |

* Sportingbet Stadium, Penrith Player of the Match: Jake Mamo (NSW)

### 2015

Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2015 State of Origin series.

* 8 July 2015

| Queensland U20 | 16 – 32 | New South Wales U20 |
| - | - | - |
| Tries Alex Barr 1 Luke Bateman 1 Gideon Gela-Mosby 1 Goals Ashley Taylor 2 | Report | Tries 4 Brian Kelly 1 Jackson Hastings 1 Latrell Mitchell Goals 3 Jackson Hastings 1 Addison Demetriou |

* Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Referee: Matt Noyen Player of the Match: Drew Hutchison (NSW)

### 2016

Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2016 State of Origin series.

* 13 July 2016

| Queensland U20 | 22 – 36 | New South Wales U20 |
| - | - | - |
| Tries Bernard Lewis 3 Gideon Gela-Mosby 1 Bacho Salam 1 Goals Brodie Croft 1 | Report | Tries 1 Jack Cogger 1 Lachlan Croker 1 Matthew Dufty 1 Reuben Garrick 1 Bayley Sironen 1 Zac Woolford Goals 6 Brian Kelly |

* ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referee: Peter Gough Player of the Match: Curtis Scott (NSW)

### 2017

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2017 State of Origin series.

* 31 May 2017

| Queensland U20 | 16 – 30 | New South Wales U20 |
| - | - | - |
| Tries Brodie Croft 1 Corey Horsburgh 1 Tristan Sailor 1 Goals Tristan Sailor 2 | Report | Tries 1 Nat Butcher 1 Jai Field 1 Reuben Garrick 1 Blake Lawrie 1 Jack Murchie Goals 5 Jai Field |

* Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Referee: Jarrod Cole, Adam Cassidy Player of the Match: Jack Murchie (NSW)

### 2018

Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2018 State of Origin series.

* 11 July 2018

| Queensland U20 | 30 – 12 | New South Wales U20 |
| - | - | - |
| Tries Jake Clifford 2 Corey Horsburgh 1 Tristan Sailor 1 Kurt Wiltshire 1 Goals Jake Clifford 5 | Report | Tries 1 Billy Smith 1 Brian Too Goals 2 Kyle Flanagan |

* Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Referee: Ben Watts Player of the Match: Jake Clifford (QLD)
