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 2013 Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Tonga Pacific Rugby League test match. 2014 Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Fiji Pacific Rugby League test match. 2015 Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2015 State of Origin series. 2016 Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2016 State of Origin series. 2017 Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2017 State of Origin series. 2018 Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2018 State of Origin series. See also New South Wales State team New South Wales Residents team New South Wales Women's team New South Wales Under-18 team New South Wales Under-16 team Junior Kangaroos team Jersey Flegg Cup New South Wales Rugby League Country Rugby League References New South Wales rugby league team