title: Tooheys New Cup
text: The Tooheys New Cup, or TNC, was a rugby union competition established by the New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) in 2002. Played in the second half of the rugby season after the Super 12 competition was completed, it was intended as a stepping stone between the existing grade rugby (see Shute Shield) and Super Rugby competitions. The Tooheys New Cup ran for five seasons before it ceased to exist, with the short-lived Australian Rugby Championship taking its place in the second half of the rugby season of 2007. From 2008 onwards, an extended Shute Shield covered the entire season.
  
  Open to the existing twelve grade clubs, the TNC featured Super Rugby players not on international duty and the occasional Wallaby. In seasons 2004-2005 the Canberra Vikings competed in the Tooheys New Cup, in the 2005-2006 & 2007 the Central Coast Waves & Illawarra Warriors took part in addition to the Sydney-based sides.
  
  Tooheys New Cup Grand Finals
  2002 - Eastwood 19 Sydney University 15
  2003 - Eastwood 29 Randwick 14
  2004 - Randwick 35 Eastwood 22
  2005 - Sydney University 41 Eastwood 5
  2006 - Sydney University 16 Randwick 10
  
  Tooheys New Cup Teams
  Eastern Suburbs RUFC
  Eastwood Rugby Club
  Gordon RFC
  Manly RUFC
  Northern Suburbs Rugby Club
  Parramatta Two Blues
  Penrith Emus Rugby
  Randwick Rugby Club
  Southern Districts Rugby Club
  Sydney University Football Club
  Warringah Rugby Club
  West Harbour RFC
  
  See also
  New South Wales Rugby Union
  Shute Shield
  
  External links
   Cup history from NSWRugby.com
  
  Rugby union competitions in New South Wales
  2002 establishments in Australia
  Sports leagues established in 2002