2023 Shute Shield season

The 2023 Shute Shield season, also known as the Charter Hall Shute Shield,[lower-alpha 1] or the NSWRU Shute Shield, is the 149th and current season of the semi-professional premier-grade rugby union club competition in the Australian state of New South Wales. With all but one club playing outside of the Sydney area, the competition holds the same number of teams from the previous season, twelve, following difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the axing of Western Sydney club, Penrith Emus.[1][2]

2023 Shute Shield season
Number of teams12
Matches played117
Official website
shuteshield.rugby

The regular season begins on 1 April and will conclude following eighteen rounds, with one bye round, on 5 August. The finals series will kick-off following round eighteen and will hold a total of eight teams: the top four will qualify for the qualifying finals (second chance), with the teams from fifth to eighth advancing to the elimination finals. The Grand Final will be played in early September.[3] The defending champions are Sydney University.[4][5]

Stadia and personnel
Shute Shield team stadia, 2023 (Sydney)
Club Colour Jersey Stadium/Base Coach
Eastern Suburbs Woollahra Oval, Rose Bay Simon Kneebone[6]
Eastwood TG Millner Field, Marsfield Ben Batger[7]
Gordon Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Brian Melrose[8]
Hunter Wildfires Newcastle No.2 Sportsground, Newcastle West Scott Coleman[9]
Manly Manly Oval, Manly Phil Blake[10]
Northern Suburbs North Sydney Oval, North Sydney Zak Beer[11]
Randwick Coogee Oval, Coogee Morgan Turinui[12]
Southern Districts Forshaw Park, Sylvania Waters Jayson Brewer[13]
Sydney University Sydney University Football Ground (No.2 Oval), Camperdown Damien Hill[14]
Warringah Pittwater Park, Warriewood Mike Ruthven[15]
West Harbour Concord Oval, Concord Cameron Treloar[16]
Western Sydney Two Blues Granville Park, Merrylands Sailosi Tagicakibau[17]

Matches
Home \ Away E'Sub E'Wood Gordon Hunter Manly Norths R'Wick Souths Uni WAR W. Harbour Two Blues
Eastern Suburbs — 30–24 8 July 29 July 15 July 17 June 47–35 24 June 27–20 27 May
Eastwood — 1 July 17 June 40–44 22 July 30–16 3 June 20 May 31–18 24–22
Gordon 40–15 45–28 — 27 May 3 June 24 June 5 August 49–29 15 July 29 July
Hunter Wildfires 3 June 22 July — 27–19 29–5 31–24 20 May 15 July 1 July 34–21
Manly 31–28 5 August 24 June — 29–24 1 July 27 May 43–26 22 July 15 July
Northern Suburbs 20 May 36–46 23–17 5 August — 8 July 35–24 1 July 15 July 17 June
Randwick 43–24 27 May 17 June 34–27 23–28 — 29 July 24 June 5 August 36–29
Southern Districts 5 August 15 July 16–7 8 July 3 June — 28–45 21–17 24 June 25–42
Sydney University 22 July 29 July 20 May 29–26 17 June 20–37 21–14 — 27 May 8 July
Warringah 15–13 8 July 20–52 29 July 27 May 15–22 22 July 13–15 — 17 June
West Harbour 1 July 8 July 17–22 29 July 16–14 3 June 20 May 44–16 8 April — 17–15
Western Sydney Two Blues 24 June 18–26 32–33 20 May 22 July 1 July 33–17 3 June 5 August —
First match(es) will be played on 1 April 2023. Source: Shute Shield
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ladder progression
Pos. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1Hunter Wildfires4392112162211261311
2Gordon01155105153163203252
3Manly01056106154164184233
4Randwick445469115127175224
5Eastwood1831088811128177225
6Northern Suburbs51101141161202212216
7Sydney University0124997981361410197
8Eastern Suburbs4593113116129176178
9Western Sydney Two Blues171123118101010159159
10West Harbour46571041071451581510
11Warringah19211312412812812911
12Southern Districts424841089811811812

Legend: Gold = minor premiers (top ladder position); Green = top four position; Blue = fifth–eighth position; White = non-finals position (ninth–eleventh); Red = wooden spooners (lowest ladder position).

Ladder
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Hunter Wildfires 7 6 0 1 232 150 +82 6 1 31 Advance to the Qualifying finals
2 Gordon 7 5 0 2 206 146 +60 4 1 25
3 Manly 7 4 0 3 207 195 +12 5 2 23
4 Randwick 7 4 0 3 196 175 +21 3 3 22
5 Eastwood 7 4 0 3 223 211 +12 4 2 22 Advance to the Elimination finals
6 Northern Suburbs 7 4 0 3 188 188 0 4 1 21
7 Sydney University 7 4 0 3 182 198 –16 3 0 19
8 Eastern Suburbs 7 3 0 4 184 208 -24 3 2 17
9 Western Sydney Two Blues 7 2 0 5 191 178 +13 5 4 17
10 West Harbour 7 3 0 4 153 159 –6 1 2 15
11 Warringah 7 1 0 6 135 215 –80 2 3 9
12 Southern Districts 7 2 0 5 146 220 –74 0 0 8
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2023. Source: Shute Shield

Finals series

Bracket
Qualifying/Elimination FinalsSemi FinalsPreliminary FinalsGrand Final
1
4
5
8
6
7
2
3

Notes
  1. For naming rights.

References
  1. Phillips, Sam (13 August 2021). "Shute Shield season abandoned, Penrith booted out of 2022 competition". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. "Penrith booted from Shute Shield from 2022". ESPN Australia. 13 August 2021.
  3. "SRU release fixtures for the 2023 Charter Hall Shute Shield season". shuteshield.rugby. New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU). 13 October 2022.
  4. Helmers, Caden; Decent, Tom (3 September 2022). "Rugby as it happened: Shute Shield grand final plus All Blacks v Argentina, Wallabies v South Africa". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. Decent, Tom (4 September 2022). "'It feels unreal': Sydney University topple Gordon in Shute Shield decider". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. "Easts – Our People". eastsrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  7. "Eastwood Rugby – Coaching Staff". eastwoodrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  8. "Gordon – Coaching & Management". gordonrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. "Wilfires – Club Leadership". wildfiresrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  10. "Manly Marlins – Coaching Staff". manlyrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  11. "Northern Suburbs – Grade Coaches & Management". northsrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  12. "Randwick – Grade Coaches & Management". randwickrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  13. "New Souths coach Jayson Brewer confident of Rebels' rebuild". rugbynews.net.au. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  14. "Damien Hill appointed Head Coach for 2023". sydneyunirugby.com.au. 30 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  15. "The Team Behind The Rats". warringahrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  16. "New coach Cam Treloar looking to ride wave of optimism at West Harbour". rugbynews.net.au. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  17. ""This year more important than last" for Two Blues as they prepare for Tahs' trial". rugbynews.net.au. 15 February 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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