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Newport Rugby Club are 2024 Barraclough and Blunt Cup Winners - Congratulations Breakers!

Grand Final - 24 August 2024 for Barraclough Cup
Briars 29 v 31 Newport 

First Grade Barraclough Cup winners 2024 - Newport!

Grand Final - 24 August 2024 for Blunt Cup
Newport 22 v 13 Petersham

Grand Final - 24 August 2024 for Richardson Cup
Newport 3 v 6 Epping

Newport are also Division 2 Club Champions for 2024.

With 3 out of 5 Newport teams making the Grand Final, the strength, skill and sportsmanship at Newport continues to consistently be a part of Rugby at the pointy end of the Season.

2023 Inaugural Joy Johnson cup winners, the Newport Breakers Women's X, may not have had the Season end they worked for, but they had a great time throughout the rounds and will come back better in 2025.

Newport's Colts and 2s were defeated in the Preliminary Finals, with both games coming down to nail biting finishes. However - they all made the finals to begin with.

See: Newport Breakers Rugby Club's Fantastic 2024 Season: Club Champions in Division 2, Semi Final berths booked (post- Round 14 report)

Throughout the Season the club has hosted Womens matches, Family Day, Ladies Day, kept a focus on Mental Wellbeing and upheld its education against domestic violence across all age groups.

To cap off another brilliant Season for the Breakers, up and coming youngsters have been named for the NSW Waratahs U16's, U15's and U14's teams, details below, while Newport's Tim Anstey captained the Deaf Rugby Australia Team on their very successful tour of South Africa.

See: Newport Breakers Player Captain of Australia's Deaf Rugby team now on tour in South Africa 

Newport Breakers Rugby Club remains at the heart of the Newport community - continuing throughout its 2024 Season to be a family focused rock solid base for what is great in sport and greater for including everyone, all year round.

Newport Grand Final Teams

Suburban Rugby Cups: "What are you playing for?"

Barraclough Presented 1969. John Barraclough (Colleagues) Union Patron, John Barraclough, AM (1926 - 2005) and his father, H.H Barraclough, presented this cup to the MSDRU in 1969 for a new one team competition that arose with the rapid increase of clubs at the time. In 1971, following a restructuring of sub-district rugby competitions, the Barraclough Cup headed the new sub-district second division, and continues to this day.

Stockdale Presented 1971. Ted Stockdale (Briars) Presented to the MSDRU by Ted Stockdale, a previous Secretary of the Union, in 1971, this cup was first won by AMP.

Blunt Presented 1971. Charles Blunt (ARU President) Donated in 1971 by ARU President Charles Blunt, who was patron of the MSDRU from 1965 to 1989. The cup was first won by Manly.

Richardson Presented 1971. Eric Richardson (Newington Old Boys) Also introduced in 1971 by Eric Richardson of Newington Old Boys. Eric had a long involvement with Newington Old Boys, particularly as  a coach. At the time this cup provided an extra competition for those second division clubs with extra teams, with the remainder of teams in the comp being one team clubs. By 1981, the Richardson Cup and second division was only available to four team sub-district clubs.

Robertson Presented 1981. Brian Robertson (Hunters Hill). Named after former Suburban Chairman (1978-80), Brian Robertson, this cup was first won by Port Hacking. After not being contested between 1988-93, the Robertson Cup was revived to become the Colts trophy for second division.

Reliance Shield Presented 1983. Reliance Club.  "The Reliance Club Shield" was presented to the the SSDRU in 1983 for the Division Two Club Champions, by surviving members of the Reliance Club of Ashfield.

*Cup histories courtesy of "The Game for the Game Itself - The History of Sub-District Rugby in Sydney".