The NRL Schoolboy Cup is the premier secondary schools rugby league competition in Australia, held annually since 1975.

The most recent champions are Palm Beach Currumbin State High School, who won their fourth title in 2024.

The match was played at Leichhardt Oval as a curtain raiser to the 1975 Amco Cup final between Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta.

[2] Originally, the televised matches of the competition were played and recorded as the curtain raisers to mid week Amco Cup games.

After the midweek competitions died out, the televised matches were played prior to Friday Night Football and were shown on Channel 9 in the weeks leading up to the NRL Grand Final.

[3] In 2022, after a three year absence, the national final returned, with Ipswich State High School defeating Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield to win their first title.

The Southern Conference, known as the Peter Mulholland Cup, includes schools from New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.

Sterling, one of rugby league's most decorated players, won the award in 1978 while attending Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield.