Affiliated States Championship

Affiliated States Championship
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1994
Number of teams	6 (current)
Country	Australia
Champions	Victoria (2019)
Most titles	Western Australia (16 titles)

The Affiliated States Championship is an annual rugby league competition run by the Australian Rugby League involving the five affiliated states (Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia) plus the Australian Federal Police and Australian Defence Force.

Following the Championship, a Combined Affiliated States (CAS) representative side is selected from the teams to tour the Pacific islands.

History

The initial Championship had Australian Capital Territory and Newcastle in it because they were the two strongest competitions outside of the Queensland Rugby League and New South Wales Rugby League.

The Championship resumed in 2003 with just the four Affiliated states. The PRLA Australian team joined the competition in 2005.

The Affiliated Championships have over the past few years (2010–2014) been held at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide, however in 2015 they were held in Darwin Northern Territory.

2016 saw the championships return to Adelaide, and were played at Thebarton Oval in Torrensville, with Western Australia winning their seventh consecutive title.

Representative/State/Territory Teams Currently Or Formerly Competing

South Australia and Tasmania field a joint team as the least developed rugby league states.

CAS Championship Teams
Rep./State/Territory Team	Titles	Years Of Titles Won	Current Status
Aust. Cap. Territory	1	1997	Currently Competing
Newcastle (Firsts)	1	1995	Formerly Competing
Northern Territory	1	2004	Currently Competing
South Australia	0	None	Currently Competing
Tasmania	0	None	Currently Competing
Victoria	4	2009, 2019, 2023, 2024	Currently Competing
Western Australia	16	1994, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	Currently Competing

Combined Affiliated States

On 20 October 2017, a Combined Affiliated States team played the English national team as a warm-up for the 2017 World Cup.^[1] England won 74–12 at Perth Oval.^[2]

Combined Affiliated States
Starting line-up						Interchange		Coaching staff
1 Stephen Widders – Rockingham Coastal Sharks (WA) 2 Jordan Jacob – South Perth Lions (WA) 3 Tusiga Losi – Waverley Oakleigh Panthers (Vic) 4 Ben Taylor – North Beach Sea Eagles (WA) 5 Arana Masoe – Northern Thunder (Vic) 6 Delane Edwards (c) – Fremantle Roosters (WA) 7 Brandon Purcell – Central Districts Roosters (SA)		8 Benjamin Bolth – Rockingham Coastal Sharks (WA) 9 Andrew Jeffrey – Rockingham Coastal Sharks (WA) 10 Paul Jennings – Katherine Cowboys (NT) 11 Brandon Taua'a – Casey Warriors (Vic) 12 Bradley Gibson – Fremantle Roosers (WA) 13 Jarrod Thompson – Fremantle Roosters (WA)				14 Terry Constantinou – Sunbury Tigers (Vic) 15 Scott Jones – South Perth Lions (WA) 16 Gillespie Fai – Joondalup Giants (WA) 17 Tere Kaue – Western Districts Warriors (SA) 18 Jerome Edwards – Palmerston Raiders (NT) 19 Tiaan Wilkins – Sunbury Tigers (Vic) 20 Jake Busby – Central Districts Roosters (SA)		Head coach Merg Mikaelian Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Men's Open Winners

Year	Colours	Champions
1994		Western Australia
1995		Newcastle (Firsts)
1996		Western Australia
1997		Australian Capital Territory
2003		Western Australia
2004		Northern Territory
2005		Western Australia
2006		Western Australia
2007		Western Australia
2008		Western Australia
2009		Victoria
2010		Western Australia
2011		Western Australia
2012		Western Australia
2013		Western Australia
2014		Western Australia
2015		Western Australia
2016		Western Australia^[3]
2017		Western Australia
2018		Western Australia
2019		Victoria
2020		Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022		Western Australia
2023		Victoria
2024		Victoria

Women's Winners

Year	Colours	Champions
2015		Western Australia^[4]
2016		Western Australia^[5]
2017		Western Australia
2018		Victoria
2019		Victoria
2020		Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Western Australia^[6]
2022
2023

Under 18's Winners

Year	Colours	Champions
2009		Victoria
2010		Victoria
2011		Victoria
2012		Victoria
2013		Victoria^[7]
2014		Victoria
2015		Victoria
2016		Victoria^[8]
2017		Victoria
2018		Victoria
2019		Victoria
2020		Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022		Victoria
2023		Victoria
2024		Victoria

Results

2019

Under-18's

Day 1: Northern Territory U18 34 def Presidents XIII 8, Victoria U18 68 def Western Australia U18 0

Day 2: Presidents XIII 8 lost to Western Australia U18 26, Northern Territory U18 10 lost to Victoria U18 44

Day 3: Presidents XIII 6 lost to Victoria U18 44, Northern Territory U18 10 lost to Western Australia U18 20

Men's Open

Day 1: Western Australia 46 def South Australia 6, Northern Territory 12 lost to Victoria 26

Day 2: Victoria 40 def South Australia 10, Northern Territory 4 lost to Western Australia 40

Day 3: Northern Territory 32 def South Australia 0, Western Australia 14 lost to Victoria 16

References

^ "England fully fit for Affiliated States clash". NRL.com. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ "England prepare for World Cup with romp". NRL.com. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ "Australian Affiliate States Championship results". 12 June 2016.
^ "RESULTS – 2015 Affiliated States Championships". 7 June 2015.
^ "Australian Affiliate States Championship results". 12 June 2016.
^ "Debutantes WA claim national women's title in golden-point thriller". 23 May 2021.
^ http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2121-0-0-0&sID=195322&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=25276805 ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Australian Affiliate States Championship results". 12 June 2016.

External links

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[1] "England fully fit for Affiliated States clash". NRL.com. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[2] "England prepare for World Cup with romp". NRL.com. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[3] "Australian Affiliate States Championship results". 12 June 2016.

[4] "RESULTS – 2015 Affiliated States Championships". 7 June 2015.

[5] "Australian Affiliate States Championship results". 12 June 2016.

[6] "Debutantes WA claim national women's title in golden-point thriller". 23 May 2021.

[7] ttp://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2121-0-0-0&sID=195322&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=25276805 ^{[dead link‍]}

[8] "Australian Affiliate States Championship results". 12 June 2016.

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