Harold Matthews Cup
| Sport | Rugby league |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 1970 |
| Inaugural season | 1970 |
| Number of teams | 17 |
| Country | Australia (16 teams) New Zealand 1 team |
| Premiers | New Zealand Warriors (2025) |
| Most titles | Parramatta Eels (20 titles) |
| Website | Harold Matthews Cup |
| Broadcast partner | NSWRL channel on facebook |
| Related competition | Andrew Johns Cup S. G. Ball Cup |
The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 17. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up of NSW-based clubs and includes both junior representative teams of the elite National Rugby League (NRL) and clubs that do not field teams in the NRL competition.
The competition is named after Harold Matthews, a Balmain Tigers secretary who later was appointed as manager of the Australian Test squad and later went on to become secretary of the NSWRL and ARL.
The competition was run as a knock-out tournament until 1991. From the 1992 onwards, the format has been a number of home-and-away rounds in which all teams compete, followed by a finals series.