Newport Rugby Club have taken out 3 of the 5 Grades in Division Two of Suburban Rugby (Subbies) and won all three of the Grand Finals Games they played in on Saturday August 29.
Newport Rugby Club won the 2026 Richardson Cup on the bell in a thriller against St Patricks, 22-20 in the Grand Final at Concord Oval.
2026 Richardson Cup winners
Soon after Newport was happy again, for taking out the Blunt Cup in a 20-19 victory over Forest.
2026 Blunt Cup winners
After an extraordinary game of footy, running in excess of 100 minutes, Newport snatched the First Grade Barraclough Cup from UNSW in the last seconds of extra time with a final score of 46-44. If we hadn’t seen it, we wouldn’t have believed it! Suggest you watch the replay on NSW Rugby TV. Congratulations Newport. You’ll be talking about this one for a while.
2026 Barraclough Cup winners
Newport Rugby Club (The Breakers) played in Division Two in the 2026 Season with clubs competing for the Barraclough, Stockdale, Robertson (U21 Colts), Blunt and Richardson Cups.
Newport Rugby Club remains among the 'best of the best' in suburban rugby union, having won the Barraclough Cup and Blunt Cup in 2024, and were also Division 2 Club Champions for 2024. The year before, Newport were Robertson Cup winners in 2023.
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".
Photos: NSW Suburban Rugby Union (Subbies)