2021 NSW Cup season

The 2021 season of the Knock on Effect New South Wales Cup was curtailed due to lockdowns introduced to combat the Delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales. Fifteen of a scheduled 24 rounds were played, with the last completed round of matches occurring on the weekend of 19–20 June 2021.

Knock on Effect New South Wales Cup

Teams

There were 11 teams in 2021.

Colours	Club	Home ground	Head coach
	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	Lottoland, HE Laybutt Field	Matt Ballin
	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Raiders Belconnen	N/A
	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Aubrey Keech Reserve, Stadium Australia	Michael Potter
	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	Andrew Ryan
	Newtown Jets	Henson Park	Greg Matterson
	North Sydney Bears	North Sydney Oval	Jason Taylor
	Parramatta Eels	Bankwest Stadium	Ryan Carr
	Penrith Panthers	Panthers Stadium	Peter Wallace
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Metricon High Performance Centre, Stadium Australia	N/A
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	N/A
	Western Suburbs Magpies	Lidcombe Oval	Ben Gardiner

Ladder

The table below reflects the competition ladder at the completion of Round 15. This was the last completed round played, and occurred on the weekend of 19–20 June 2021. During July and early August 2021, when there was a hope that the competition could be resumed in late August and September, scheduled matches were cancelled, with the result recorded as a nil-all draw. A Round 2 match between Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles and South Sydney Rabbitohs was postponed due to wet weather. As the rescheduled date was 28 July 2021 this match was not played.

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1	Penrith Panthers	2	4	6	8	10	12
2	Western Suburbs Magpies	0	0	2	4	6	8
3	North Sydney Bears	0	2	4	6	7	7
4	Canberra Raiders	2		2	4	4	6
5	Mount Pritchard Mounties	2	2	4	4	4	6
6	Parramatta Eels	2		4	4	6	6
7	Newcastle Knights	0		0	2	4	6
8	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	2		2	2	2	4
9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	0		0	2	4	4
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	2	4	4	4	4
11	Newtown Jets	2		2	2	3	3