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New South Wales Rugby League premiership

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This article is about the NSWRL Premierships run from 1908 until 1994. For the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales, see New South Wales Rugby League.
Further information: 2024 NSWRL Premiership Division

The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New South Wales Rugby Football League) from 1908 until 1994, the premiership was the state's elite rugby league competition, parallel to Queensland's first-class league, the Brisbane Rugby League.

NSWRL Premiership
SportRugby league
Inaugural season1908
Ceased1994
Replaced byARL Premiership
Holders Canberra Raiders (3rd title)
Most titles South Sydney Rabbitohs (20 titles)
Related competitionWinfield Cup

For most of the premiership's history it was contested by clubs from the state of New South Wales only, but later attempted to grow into a nationwide competition, eventually leading to the competition being played under the auspices of the Australian Rugby League in 1995. Despite this name, the 1995 and 1996 Australian Rugby League Premierships competitions were still administered by the Board and staff of the New South Wales Rugby League.

History

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1908: Rugby league premiership in Sydney

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The inaugural New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) premiership began in 1908, and was made up of eight Sydney-based teams and one team from Newcastle. Cumberland joined the competition after the first round, meaning that they played one game fewer than the rest of the field for the season. Still known as the "foundation clubs" today, these nine teams battled against one another during the 1908 season, with Souths taking the first premiership honours after beating Easts in the Final.

Club Nickname Years Contested Matches[1] Seasons
Played Won Drew Lost Win–loss Played Premiers Minor Premiers Runners-up
  Balmain Tigers 1908–1994 1705 871 68 766 53.08% 92 11 7 9
  Cumberland Fruitpickers 1908 8 1 0 7 12.50% 1 0 0 0
  Easts Roosters 1908–1994 1880 995 67 818 54.71% 92 11 15 11
  Glebe Dirty Reds 1908–1929 297 163 6 128 55.89% 22 0 1 4
  Newcastle Rebels 1908–1909 20 9 0 11 45.00% 2 0 0 0
  Newtown Jets 1908–1983 1305 583 59 663 46.93% 76 3 6 7
  Norths Bears 1908–1994 1665 678 71 916 42.85% 92 2 2 1
  Souths Rabbitohs 1908–1994 1813 940 45 828 53.09% 92 20 17 13
  Wests Magpies 1908–1994 1691 734 49 908 44.86% 92 4 5 8

1909–1994: Expansion of the premiership

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Between 1912 and 1925 the premiers were decided by first past the post. As a result of South Sydney's dominant 1925 season, the NSWRFL introduced a finals system in order to maintain interest in the competition.[2]

Over the decades since the NSWRFL competition started, Sydney suburban teams came and went throughout its history but it was not until 1982 that the competition saw significant expansion outside of the Sydney area. The two new inclusions were from the Australian Capital Territory – the Canberra Raiders – as well as a team from the southern New South Wales region – the Illawarra Steelers. This corresponded with the adoption of commercial sponsorship of the competition for the first time, seeing it become the Winfield Cup (named after the popular cigarette brand).

The NSWRFL had also commenced a very popular and successful mid-week competition in 1973, originally known as the Amco Cup, but also as the Tooth Cup and the National Panasonic Cup. The success of this competition, which included teams from both Brisbane and New Zealand ultimately created pressure for further expansion of the NSWRL competition. In 1984, the New South Wales Rugby Football League changed its name to New South Wales Rugby League.

In 1988, for the very first time, two Queensland teams joined the competition, with the inclusions of the Brisbane Broncos and the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants. This saw the premiership competition move beyond the outer borders of New South Wales. At the same time, as a result of mounting pressure from the central coast of New South Wales, Newcastle returned to the competition with a new franchise. Their return saw the end of an 86-year wait in the wilderness and this time around the team was badged the Newcastle Knights.

Club Traditional colours Years contested Matches[1] Seasons
Played Won Drew Lost Win–loss Played Premiers Minor premiers Runners-up
Annandale   1910–1920 153 25 6 122 18.30% 11 0 0 0
University   1920–1937 242 47 5 190 20.45% 18 0 0 1
St. George   1921–1998 1545 910 56 579 60.71% 78 15 15 12
Canterbury-Bankstown   1935–1994 1502 778 53 671 53.56% 71 8 6 8
Manly-Warringah   1947–1999 1261 719 35 507 58.41% 56 7 9 10
Parramatta   1947–1994 1321 608 38 675 47.46% 59 4 5 4
Cronulla-Sutherland   1967–1994 932 456 22 454 50.11% 39 0 2 3
Penrith   1967–1994 917 379 26 512 42.75% 39 2 2 1
Illawarra   1982–1998 396 153 13 230 40.28% 17 0 0 0
Canberra   1982–1994 606 323 9 274 54.04% 24 3 1 2
Brisbane   1988–1994 457 299 11 147 66.63% 18 5 4 0
Newcastle   1988–1994 446 234 14 198 54.04% 18 2 0 0
Gold Coast   1988–1998 246 53 9 184 23.37% 11 0 0 0

After mostly solid results were obtained by the expansion teams in 1988, there was increasing pressure for new inclusions into the competition. Having decided in May 1992 that a team from Auckland would join the premiership in 1995, the League announced in November that three more new clubs — a second team from Brisbane, and also a team each from Perth and Townsville — will also be invited.

In 1995, some seven years later, the competition expanded further into Queensland, with the inception of the South Queensland Crushers and the North Queensland Cowboys. 1995 also saw a new team in Western Australia, the 'Western Reds', later called the Perth Reds, as well as a New Zealand-based team – the Auckland Warriors. The total number of teams in the competition was now twenty – the largest-scale rugby league competition ever in Australia. The premiership's new national outlook was further reflected in the governing body's name, with the New South Wales Rugby League transferring control of the competition to the Australian Rugby League (ARL).

Senior grade premiers

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For all time list of premiers, see Australian rugby league premiers.

Between 1912 and 1925 there was no semi-final system and a final was only played if two clubs finished level at the conclusion of the minor premiership. Souths won the 1909 premiership when Balmain forfeited in protest against the final being played as a preliminary match before a promotional game between the national Rugby League and Rugby Union sides. The 1937 season also featured no finals as the year was disrupted by the Kangaroos tour. Between 1926 and 1953 first played third and second played fourth and winners played off. If the minor premiers were defeated they had a right of challenge, but if they were not defeated there was no true "grand final."

From 1954 a mandatory grand final was introduced in which there was a knockout minor semi-final between third and fourth and a second-chance major semi between first and second. The winner of the major semi went to the grand final and a preliminary final was played between the winner of the minor semi and the loser of the major semi to decide who would meet the winner of the major semi.

In 1973 a final five was devised with the top team going straight into the major semi, the second and third teams playing a major preliminary semi, and the fourth and fifth playing a sudden-death minor preliminary semi. The top team played the winner of the major preliminary semi-final, whilst the winner of the minor preliminary semi played the loser of the major preliminary semi in the minor semi-final (which was played as before under the final four system.

Season Grand finals Minor premiers
Premiers Score Runners-up
1908   Souths
14–12
   Easts   Souths
1909   Souths forfeit   Balmain   Souths
1910   Newtown 4–4   Souths   Newtown
1911   Easts 11–8   Glebe   Glebe
1912   Easts N/A   Glebe N/A
1913   Easts   Newtown
1914   Souths   Newtown
1915   Balmain   Glebe
1916   Balmain 5–3   Souths   Balmain
1917   Balmain N/A   Souths N/A
1918   Souths   Wests
1919   Balmain   Easts
1920   Balmain   Souths
1921   Norths   Easts
1922   Norths 35–3   Glebe   Norths
1923   Easts 15–12   Souths   Easts
1924   Balmain 3–0   Souths   Balmain
1925   Souths N/A   Wests N/A
1926   Souths 11–5   University   Souths
1927   Souths 20–11   St. George   Souths
1928   Souths 26–5   Easts   St. George
1929   Souths 30–10   Newtown   Souths
1930   Wests 27–2   St. George   Wests
1931   Souths 12–7   Easts   Easts
1932   Souths 19–12   Wests   Souths
1933   Newtown 18–5   St. George   Newtown
1934   Wests 15–2   Easts   Easts
1935   Easts 19–3   Souths   Easts
1936   Easts 32–12   Balmain   Easts
1937   Easts N/A   Souths N/A
1938   Canterbury 19–6   Easts   Canterbury
1939   Balmain 33–4   Souths   Balmain
1940   Easts 24–14   Canterbury   Easts
1941   St. George 31–14   Easts   Easts
1942   Canterbury 11–9   St. George   Canterbury
1943   Newtown 34–7   Norths   Newtown
1944   Balmain 12–8   Newtown   Newtown
1945   Easts 22–18   Balmain   Easts
1946   Balmain 13–12   St. George   St. George
1947   Balmain 13–9   Canterbury   Canterbury
1948   Wests 8–5   Balmain   Wests
1949   St. George 19–12   Souths   Souths
1950   Souths 21–15   Wests   Souths
1951   Souths 42–14   Manly   Souths
1952   Wests 22–12   Souths   Wests
1953   Souths 31–12   St. George   Souths
1954   Souths 23–15   Newtown   Newtown
1955   Souths 12–11   Newtown   Newtown
1956   St. George 18–12   Balmain   St. George
1957   St. George 31–9   Manly   St. George
1958   St. George 20–9   Wests   St. George
1959   St. George 20–0   Manly   St. George
1960   St. George 31–6   Easts   St. George
1961   St. George 22–0   Wests   Wests
1962   St. George 9–6   Wests   St. George
1963   St. George 8–3   Wests   St. George
1964   St. George 11–6   Balmain Tigers   St. George
1965   St. George 12–8   Souths   St. George
1966   St. George 23–4   Balmain Tigers   St. George
1967   Souths 12–10   Canterbury   St. George
1968   Souths 13–9   Manly   Souths
1969   Balmain Tigers 11–2   Souths   Souths
1970   Souths 23–12   Manly   Souths
1971   Souths 16–10   St. George   Manly
1972   Manly 19–14   Easts   Manly
1973   Manly 10–7   Cronulla   Manly
1974   Easts 19–4   Canterbury   Easts
1975   Easts 38–0   St. George   Easts
1976   Manly 13–10   Parramatta   Manly
1977   St. George 9–9
22–0 		  Parramatta   Parramatta
1978   Manly 11–11
16–0 		  Cronulla   Wests
1979   St. George 17–13   Canterbury   St. George
1980   Canterbury 18–4   Easts   Easts
1981   Parramatta 20–11   Newtown   Easts
1982   Parramatta 21–8   Manly   Parramatta
1983   Parramatta 18–6   Manly   Manly
1984   Canterbury 6–4   Parramatta   Canterbury
1985   Canterbury 7–6   St George   St George
1986   Parramatta 4–2   Canterbury   Parramatta
1987   Manly 18–8   Canberra   Manly
1988   Canterbury 24–12   Balmain   Cronulla
1989   Canberra 19–14   Balmain   Souths
1990   Canberra 18–14   Penrith   Canberra
1991   Penrith 19–12   Canberra   Penrith
1992   Brisbane 28–8   St George   Brisbane
1993   Brisbane 14–6   St George   Canterbury
1994   Canberra 36–12   Canterbury   Canterbury
  • 1909: Balmain refused to play the final in protest to the game being held as a curtain-raiser to a Kangaroos v Wallabies match. Souths played, kicked off, scored and were declared premiers. Many contend though that a 'gentlemans agreement' was reached to postpone the game to the following weekend – and the action undertaken by Souths in starting the match sparked a fierce and bitter rivalry between the clubs that continued for many decades.
  • 1910: Top two played off for the title. In the event of a drawn match, the superior record during the season secured the title, Newtown had compiled 23 competition points, Souths 22.
  • 1977–78: Drawn games requiring a replay.
  • 1989: The score was tied 14 all at normal full-time – extra time was played to decide the winner.

Results (senior grade)

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Team Wins Losses Years won Years lost
  Souths 20 13 1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931,

1932, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971

1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924,

1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1969

  St George 15 12 1941, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963,

1964, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979

1927, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1946, 1953,

1971, 1975, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996

  Easts 11 11 1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975 1908, 1919, 1921, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972, 1980
  Balmain 11 9 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1969 1909, 1936, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1989
  Manly 5 7 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987 1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983
  Canterbury 6 7 1938, 1942, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988 1940, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1994
  Brisbane 2 0 1992, 1993
  Wests 4 8 1930, 1934, 1948, 1952 1918, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963
  Parramatta 4 3 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 1976, 1977, 1984
  Newtown 3 7 1910, 1933, 1943 1913, 1914, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1981
  Canberra 3 2 1989, 1990, 1994 1987, 1991
  Norths 2 1 1921, 1922 1943
  Penrith 1 1 1991 1990
  Cronulla 0 2 – 1973, 1978
  Glebe 0 4 – 1911, 1912, 1915, 1922
  Sydney University 0 1 – 1926

Reserve grade premiers

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Year Premiers Score Runners-up Decider Report Winning captain(s) Winning coach Referee
1908   Easts   Souths No
1909   Easts 11–7   Glebe Final TSS[3] W.P. Finegan
1910   Easts 5–2   Newtown Final EN[4] L. Kearney
1911   Easts 12–0   Glebe Final ST[5] A. Ballerum
1912   Glebe 30–0 Redfern United Final SMH[6] A. Finegan
1913   Souths 10–3 Grosvenor Final Sun[7] T. McMahon
1914   Souths 6–5   Easts Final Sun[8] J. Buchanan
1915   Balmain 9–3   Glebe Final Sun[9]
1916   Balmain 6–4   Easts Final Sun[10]
1917   Souths   Balmain No
1918   Glebe   Souths No
1919   Glebe   Wests No
1920   Glebe   Souths No SMH[11]
1921   Glebe   Norths No
1922   Newtown 10–2   Glebe Final Sun[12] E. Gallagher W. Neill
1923   Souths 13–6   Balmain Final SMH[13] A. Thornton
1924   Souths   Wests No
1925   Souths 14–2   Balmain Final TR[14] E. Kerr
1926   Souths 25–13   Norths Final Sun[15] L. Dolan
1927   Souths 16–5   St. George Final SGC[16] James Breen Lal Deane
1928   Balmain 7–5   Easts Final Sun[17] Arthur Tennant B. Wales
1929   Souths 26–3   Wests Final Sun[18] Tom Craigie W. Fry
1930   Balmain 5–0   Souths GF Truth[19] S. Lever W. Fry
1931   Souths 24–5   St. George Final Sun[20] W. Neill
1932   Souths 5–2   Newtown GF Sun[21] Jackie Jones W. Fry
1933   Balmain 15–12   Souths GF Sun[22] George Frankland W. Fry
1934   Souths 13–10   Balmain GF Sun[23] Jim Tait J. Murphy
1935   Easts 16–2   Balmain GF Sun[24] T. McMahon
1936   Wests 15–5   Norths Final Truth[25] Jim Parsons Jerry Brien T. McMahon
1937   Easts   Newtown No
1938   St. George 9–4   Balmain GF Sun[26] Jack Kenyon A. Davis
1939   Canterbury 13–0   Norths GF Sun[27] Jim Duncombe J. McGaulay
1940   Norths 10–5   St. George GF SGC[28] Jack O'Brien
1941   Balmain 13–4   St. George GF Sun[29] John Rees P. Lee
1942   Norths 15–5   St. George GF Sun[30] Aub Oxford
1943   Souths 15–9   Balmain GF Sun[31] George Kilham G. Bishop
1944   Balmain 11–9   Norths Final Sun[32] (Jack Danzey Snr) Jack O'Brien
1945   Souths 11–7   Canterbury GF Sun[33] Ken Brogan Aub Oxford
1946   Balmain 8–5   Easts GF Sun[34] Gil Bo XJack O'Brien
1947   Newtown 6–2   Balmain GF Sun[35] Fred Fayers Keith Ellis L. Williams
1948   Newtown 7–4   Wests GF Sun[36] Keith Ellis Col Pearce
1949   Easts 30–7   Newtown GF DT[37] Jim Hunt Aub Oxford
1950   Balmain 10–6   St. George Final DT[38] George Williams G. Bishop
1951   Newtown 10–6   St. George GF SMH[39] George Debnam Aub Oxford
1952   Souths 19–0   Canterbury GF Sun[40] Ray Mason Jack O'Brien
1953   Souths 17–11   Manly GF Sun[41] Norm Nilson Aub Oxford
1954   Manly 9–4   Souths GF SH[42] Darcy Lawler
1955   Norths 9–2   St. George GF Robert Gorman Jack O'Brien
1956   Souths 10–6   Manly GF Ray Mason Col Pearce
1957   Balmain 16–7   Norths GF Ron Clifford Col Pearce
1958   Balmain 20–10   St. George GF RLN[43] Ron Proudfoot Col Pearce
1959   Norths 19–10   St. George GF RLN[44] Robert Sullivan Robert Sullivan Col Pearce
1960   Manly 17–6   Balmain GF RLN[45] Robert Lenon Neville Pierce Col Pearce
1961   Wests 9–3   Manly GF RLN[46] Roger Buttenshaw Dudley Beger Darcy Lawler
1962   St. George 19–0   Wests GF RLN[47] Peter Armstrong Sid Ryan Arthur Neville
1963   St. George 5–4   Souths GF Peter Armstrong Sid Ryan Col Pearce
1964   St. George 7–2   Souths GF RLN[48] Johnny Riley Sid Ryan F. Erickson
1965   Balmain 9–7   St. George GF RLN[49] Jack Danzey Leo Nosworthy J. Harris
1966   Souths 12–4   Balmain GF RLN[50] Colin Dunn "Chick" Cowie J. Bradley
1967   Balmain 11–7   Souths GF Robert Boland Leo Nosworthy Laurie Bruyeres
1968   Souths 17–7   Manly GF Dennis Lee Fred Nelson Les Samuelson
1969   Manly 10–6   Balmain GF George McTaggart Ron Willey Keith Holman
1970   Newtown 6–0   Easts GF Robert Green Clarrie Jeffreys Keith Holman
1971   Canterbury 11–5   St. George GF Barry Phillis Malcolm Clift Keith Page
1972   Canterbury 14–3   St. George GF Barry Phillis Malcolm Clift Laurie Bruyeres
1973   Manly 22–14   St. George GF Max Krilich Frank Stanton Laurie Bruyeres
1974   Newtown 6–5   Easts GF Des O'Connor Charlie Renilson Keith Page
1975   Parramatta 21–13   Cronulla GF John Baker Terry Fearnley Keith Page
1976   St. George 17–12   Cronulla GF Billy Smith Peter Dickerson Greg Hartley
1977   Parramatta 11–9   Manly GF Graham Murray Len Stacker Jack Danzey
1978   Balmain 10–5   St. George GF William Hillard Dennis Tutty Jack Danzey
1979   Parramatta 22–2   Canterbury GF John Kolc Mick Alchin Jack Danzey
1980   Canterbury 18–16   Parramatta GF Mal Creavey Geoff Connell Jack Danzey
1981   Wests 19–2   Parramatta GF CT[51] Ian Schubert Laurie Freier
1982   Balmain 17–12   Easts GF CT[52] Bill Hilliard Laurie Freier
1983   Souths 12–6   Manly GF CT[53] Nathan Gibbs Wally Watsford B. Barnes
1984   Balmain 10–8   St. George GF Mike Marketo Peter Duffy C. Ward
1985   St. George 22–16   Canberra GF CT[54] George Moroko John Bailey Mick Stone
1986   Easts 10–2   Parramatta GF Dave Brown Jim Morgan Kevin Roberts
1987   Penrith 11–0   Manly GF Craig Izzard Graham Murray Greg McCallum
1988   Manly 22–2   Easts GF Peter Cullum Alan Thompson Graham Annesley
1989   Norths 11–6   Parramatta GF CT[55] Gary Maguire Steve Martin Mick Stone
1990   Brisbane 14–6   Canberra GF CT,[56] VH[57] Ray Herring Bill Gardner Greg McCallum
1991   Norths 12–6   Canberra GF CT[58] Gary Smith Peter Louis Eddie Ward
1992   Norths 28–14   Balmain GF CT[59] Gary Smith Peter Louis Graham Annesley
1993   Norths 5–4   Newcastle GF CT[60] Alan Wilson Peter Mulholland Bill Harrigan
1994   Cronulla 14–4   Newcastle GF Alan Wilson John Dykes Bill Harrigan

Third Grade

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In addition to Reserve Grade, there was a Third Grade competition contested from 1908 until the 1980s.

Third Grade
Season Premiers
1908 Sydney
1909 South Sydney Federal
1910 Sydney
1911 Leichhardt
1912   South Sydney
1913 South Sydney Federal
1914   Eastern Suburbs
1915   Balmain
1916   Balmain
1917
1918   South Sydney
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925   South Sydney
1926
1927   Glebe
1928   South Sydney
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933   South Sydney
1934
1935
1936   Western Suburbs
1937   North Sydney
1938   Western Suburbs
1939   Western Suburbs
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944   Western Suburbs
1945   North Sydney
1946   Manly-Warringah
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952   Manly-Warringah
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958   Western Suburbs
1959   North Sydney
1960
1961   Western Suburbs
1962   South Sydney
1963   St. George
1964
1965
1966
1967   Western Suburbs
1968
1969   South Sydney
1970   Manly-Warringah
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978   Penrith
1979
1980
1981   South Sydney
1982
1983
1984
1985   St George
1986   South Sydney
1987   Eastern Suburbs
Merged with Presidents Cup in 1988

See also

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Past winners of the NSWRL Premiership

See also

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