2019 NSWRL Player Points Index System (PPIS) and Shield

CATEGORY CRITERIA POINTS

A player who has appeared in 20 or more games (combined) in the NRL or British Super League within the last five (5) years. A 20 (A player who has not played at this level since 2013 will be assessed as a Cat B)

A player who has appeared in 4 to 19 games (combined) in the NRL or British Super League.

B (A player who has not participated in 4 to 19 games at this level since 2013 will be 15 assessed as a Cat C)

A player who has appeared in 20 or more games (combined) in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW or competitions. C 10 (A player who has not played at this level since 2013 will be assessed as a Cat D)

A player who has appeared in less than 4 games in the NRL or British Super League OR A player who has appeared in 4 to 19 games (combined) in the Intrust Super D Premiership NSW or Queensland Cup competitions. 8

(A player who has not played at this level since 2013 will be assessed as a Cat E)

A player who has appeared in less than 4 games (combined) in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW or Queensland Cup competitions. OR A player who has appeared in 40 or more games in the Ron Massey Cup E competition. 6

(A player who has not played at this level since 2013 will be assessed as a Cat F)

A player who has appeared in the Toyota Cup/ Jersey Flegg/ HDC competitions. OR A player who has appeared in a CRL senior group representative side in any CRL group or divisional side. OR F A player who has appeared 40 or more games in the . 4 OR A player who has played in 20 to 39 games in the Ron Massey Cup competition.

(A player who has not played at this level since 2013 will be assessed as a Cat G)

All other players including those who have competed in less than 20 Ron Massey G Cup games or less than 40 Sydney Shield games. 2

2019 NSWRL Player Points Index System (PPIS) Guidelines:

1. Wit consideration of a player history from the previous season, not the current, players are indexed at the highest possible category based on the criteria outlines 2. Ron Massey is capped at a total 100 points and Sydney Shield at a total 70 points per team per match. 3. A total of 17 players must be counted per match – 13 players with the 4 nominated reserves, if a team is unable to name 17 players they must advise the NSWRL accordingly. When naming fewer than 17 players a club must leave the minimum value of the number of missing players; i.e. if naming 16 players the total value for the Ron Massey team can be a maximum of 98 points 4. Points are not cumulative i.e. only one level per player 5. All points will be listed on LeagueNet on the player’s profile 6. It is the responsibility of the club to review all players points on LeagueNet. NSWRL will firstly enter the points per player and clubs are to review and raise any concerns or discrepancies. NSWRL will also issue list of teams with players and their points weekly to review 7. As of the 30th of June 2019, all players points will be locked in and cannot be altered (even in examples of errors or additional requests)

Discounts

8. One point per year discount (up to a maximum of 5 points) for players who have previously played with the same club or with their designated junior league feeder club. A player history with the club will only be assessed over the previous 10 years. Any consideration outside of the 10-year period must be submitted in writing 9. A player’s playing history will only be assessed from under 13’s and above – a player’s history under 13’s years will only be assessed if considering a loyalty/ long serving player discount 10. Category A and B players will receive a discount of 1 point per year (up to a maximum of 10 points) for each year they have been out of the NRL or British Super League 11. A player that has stayed with their club, outside of the NRL/ISP/JF/NYC (or equivalent), will receive a further 1 point discount for returning to their junior club 12. Discounts are not cumulative.

Note: Competition names change from time to time. The current competition name is listed however, if a player played in a competition of the same level under a different name i.e. Ron Massey Cup / Bundaberg Red Cup they will be assessed at the level.

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