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{{Infobox rugby league season
| year = 1980
| competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League
| image = NSWRFL 1983.jpg
| imagesize = 125px
| caption =
| teams = 12
| premiers = [[Image:Parramatta colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Parramatta Eels|Parramatta]]
| count = 1st
| minor premiers = [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Sydney City Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]]
| mpcount = 16th
| matches = 138
| points = 4160
| attendance = 1312977
| top points scorer = [[Image:Cronulla colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Steve Rogers (rugby league)|Steve Rogers]] (194)
| top try scorer = [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Terry Fahey]] (16)
}}
The 1981 [[New South Wales Rugby League premiership|New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership]] was the seventy-fourth season of professional [[rugby league football]] in Australia. Twelve clubs contested during the season for the premiership, including six [[Sydney]]-based foundation teams and another six from Sydney. NSWRFL teams also competed for the [[1981 Tooth Cup]].


'''Punkie Night''' is an English custom practiced on the last Thursday of [[October]], in [[Somerset]] in [[England]]. Children will march around with a [[jack o'lantern]], singing a song which goes :
==Season summary==
This was the first season in in which the [[Sin Bin]] rule was introduced to rugby league in Australia. [[Newtown Jets]] [[Rugby league positions#Hooker|hooker]] Barry Jensen became the first player to be sent from the field in this manner.


It's Punkie Night tonight<br>
The [[Parramatta Eels]] won their first premiership, thirty five years after being admitted to the top grade competition.
It's Punkie Night tonight<br>
Adam and Eve would not believe<br>
It's Punkie Night tonight


No one knows how the custom originated, although it is almost certainly linked with [[Hallowe'en]]. As Morrell (1977) explains, the word "Punkie" is an old English name for a lantern, and jack o'lanterns for Punkie Night may be made of swedes or mangel-wurzels rather than pumpkins. Morrell explains how, in earlier times, farmers would put a traditional "Punkie" on their gates to ward off evil spirits at this time of year.
===Teams===
{| align="center" class="toccolours" style="text-valign: center;" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=2
|-
!width=175|
!width=175|
!width=175|
!width=175|
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Balmain home jersey 1963.svg|75px|center]][[Balmain Tigers]]
|align="center"|[[Image:Canterbury home jersey 1966.svg|75px|center]][[Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club|Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]
|align="center"|[[Image:Cronulla home jersey 1970.svg|75px|center]][[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]]
|align="center"|[[Image:Eastern Suburbs home jersey 1953.svg|75px|center]][[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs Roosters]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Manly Sea Eagles home jersey 1965.svg|75px|center]][[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles|Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]]
|align="center"|[[Image:Newtown Jets home jersey 1972.svg|75px|center]][[Newtown Jets]]
|align="center"|[[Image:North Sydney Bears home jersey 1979.svg|75px|center]][[North Sydney Bears]]
|align="center"|[[Image:Parramatta Eels home jersey 1979.svg|75px|center]][[Parramatta Eels]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Penrith Panthers home jersey 1978.svg|75px|center]][[Penrith Panthers]]
|align="center"|[[Image:South Sydney home jersey 1908.svg|75px|center]][[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]
|align="center"|[[Image:St. George home jersey 1945.svg|75px|center]][[St. George Dragons]]
|align="center"|[[Image:Western Suburbs home jersey 1977.svg|75px|center]][[Western Suburbs Magpies]]
|}


===Ladder===
==References==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=20 abbr="Position×" |
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF
!width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA
!width=20 abbr="Points difference" |PD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|1||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Sydney City Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]]
|22||16||0||6||385||225||+160||'''32'''
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|2||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:Newtown colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Newtown Jets|Newtown]]
|22||14||2||6||326||268||+58||'''30'''
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|3||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:Parramatta colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Parramatta Eels|Parramatta]]
|22||14||1||7||398||246||+152||'''29'''
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|4||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:Cronulla colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Cronulla Sharks|Cronulla-Sutherland]]
|22||13||1||8||339||337||+2||'''27'''
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|5||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:Manly colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles|Manly-Warringah]]
|22||12||2||8||350||317||+33||'''26'''
|-
|6||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Western Suburbs Magpies|Western Suburbs]]
|22||11||1||10||311||352||-41||'''23'''
|-
|7||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:North Sydney colours.svg|16x16px]] [[North Sydney Bears|North Sydney]]
|22||9||0||13||322||355||-33||'''18'''
|-
|8||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:St. George colours.svg|16x16px]] [[St. George Dragons|St. George]]
|22||8||1||13||320||399||-79||'''17'''
|-
|9||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg|16x16px]] [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney]]
|22||8||1||13||322||423||-101||'''17'''
|-
|10||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:Canterbury colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Canterbury Bulldogs|Canterbury-Bankstown]]
|22||8||0||14||340||344||-4||'''16'''
|-
|11||style="text-align:left;"| {{leagueicon|Penrith|size=16}} [[Penrith Panthers|Penrith]]
|22||8||0||14||305||350||-45||'''16'''
|-
|12||style="text-align:left;"| [[Image:Balmain colours.svg|16x16px]] [[Balmain Tigers|Balmain]]
|22||6||1||15||293||395||-102||'''13'''
|-
|}


Morrell, P. (1977). Festivals and Customs. London: Pan
==Finals==
ISBN 0330252151
The elimination semi-final between Newtown and Manly-Warringah will always be remembered for the notorius all-in brawl, with the main combatants Newtown's [[Steve Bowden]] and Manly hardman [[Mark Broadhurst (rugby league)|Mark Broadhurst]]. Bowden was marched for the incident and was unable to take part in the Preliminary Final against Eastern Suburbs and the Grand Final against Parramatta.


==External links==
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center;" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100%
* http://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.986941.mostviewed.its_punkie_night_tonight.php

* http://www.england-in-particular.info/gazetteer/gz-somer.html
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF
* http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0015-587X(197223)83%3A3%3C240%3AP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N
!rowspan=2 width=21%|Home
!rowspan=2 width=6%|Score
!rowspan=2 width=21%|Away
!colspan=6|Match Information
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF
!width=17%|Date and Time
!width=17%|Venue
!width=11%|Referee
!width=7%|Crowd

|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan=7 | '''Qualifying Finals'''

|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Newtown Jets|Newtown]]
|8-10
|align=left | [[Image:Parramatta colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Parramatta Eels|Parramatta]]
|5 September 1981
|[[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|John Gocher
|17,265

|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left | [[Image:Cronulla colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Cronulla Sharks|Cronulla-Sutherland]]
|11-14
|align=left | [[Image:Manly colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles|Manly-Warringah]]
|6 September 1981
|[[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|Greg Hartley
|21,635

|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan=7 | '''Semi Finals'''

|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Sydney City Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]]
|8-12
|align=left | [[Image:Parramatta colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Parramatta Eels|Parramatta]]
|12 September 1981
|[[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|Greg Hartley
|27,600

|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Newtown Jets|Newtown]]
|20-15
|align=left | [[Image:Manly colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles|Manly-Warringah]]
|13 September 1981
|[[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|John Gocher
|22,440

|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan=7 | '''Preliminary Final'''

|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Sydney City Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]]
|5-15
|align=left | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Newtown Jets|Newtown]]
|19 September 1981
|[[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|Greg Hartley
|25,243

|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan=7 | '''Grand Final'''

|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left | [[Image:Parramatta colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Parramatta Eels|Parramatta]]
|20-11
|align=left | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg|23x23px]] [[Newtown Jets|Newtown]]
|27 September 1981
|[[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|Greg Hartley
|57,333
|}

===Grand Final===
{| align="right" class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; margin-left:1em"
|- bgcolor="#FF0033"
! width="130"| Newtown
! width="40"|Position
! width="130"|Parramatta
|-
| [[Phil Sigsworth]]|| [[Rugby League positions#Fullback|FB]] || [[Steve McKenzie]]
|-
| [[John Ferguson (rugby league)|John Ferguson]] || [[Rugby League positions#Wing|WG]]|| [[Graeme Atkins]]
|-
| [[Mick Ryan (rugby league)|Mick Ryan]] || [[Rugby League positions#Centre|CE]] || [[Mick Cronin (rugby league)|Mick Cronin]]
|-
| [[Brian Hetherington]] || [[Rugby League positions#Centre|CE]]|| [[Steve Ella]]
|-
| [[Ray Blacklock]] || [[Rugby League positions#Wing|WG]] || [[Eric Grothe, Sr.|Eric Grothe]]
|-
| [[Paul Morris (rugby league)|Paul Morris]] ||[[Rugby League positions#Stand-off|FE]] || [[Brett Kenny]]
|-
| [[Tommy Raudonikis]] (c) || [[Rugby League positions#Scrum-half|HB]]|| [[Peter Sterling]]
|-
| [[Steve Blythe]] || [[Rugby League positions#Prop forward|PR]] || [[Ron Hilditch]]
|-
| [[Barry Jensen]] || [[Rugby League positions#Hooker|HK]] || [[Steve Edge (rugby league)|Steve Edge]] (c)
|-
| [[Craig Ellis (rugby league)|Craig Ellis]] || [[Rugby League positions#Prop forward|PR]] || [[Bob O'Reilly]]
|-
| [[Michael Pitman]] || [[Rugby League positions#Second-row forward|SR]]|| [[John Muggleton]]
|-
| [[Phil Gould]] ||[[Rugby League positions#Second-row forward|SR]] || [[Kevin Stevens (rugby league)|Kevin Stevens]]
|-
| [[Graeme O'Grady]] || [[Rugby League positions#Loose forward|LK]] || [[Ray Price (rugby footballer)|Ray Price]]
|-
| [[Ken Wilson (rugby league)|Ken Wilson]] || [[Reserve]] || [[Steve Sharp (rugby league)|Steve Sharp]]
|-
| [[Jim Walters]] || [[Reserve]] || [[Paul Taylor (rugby league)|Paul Taylor]]
|-
| [[Shane McKellar]] || [[Reserve]] ||
|-
| [[Geoff Bugden]] || [[Reserve]] ||
|-
| [[Warren Ryan]] || Coach || [[Jack Gibson (rugby league)|Jack Gibson]]
|-
|}
Parramatta lead Newtown 7-6 at half-time, but the Jets looked set to spring a major upset when tough [[Rugby League positions#Scrum-half|half back]] Tommy Raudonikis crashed over to score early in the second-half. Then the Eels' brilliant backline then exploded into action. The combination of Brett Kenny, Mick Cronin, Peter Sterling, Eric Grothe and Steve Ella dominated and would go on to feature in five grand finals and four premierships by the end of 1986.

Steve Edge became the first player to ever captain two different sides to premiership victory having captained the [[St George Dragons]] to a win over Parramatta in [[New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1977#Grand Final|season 1977]].

Master coach Jack Gibson had just six words for a packed Parramatta Leagues Club auditorium, who had just witnessed the Eels' first ever premiership since their 1947 entry to the competition. "Ding, dong, the witch is dead," he said before the thunderous chants of the success-starved blue and gold army of fans.

'''Parramatta 20''' (Tries: Kenny 2, Atkins, Ella. Goals: Cronin 4.)

'''Newtown 11''' (Tries: Hetherington, Raudonikis, O'Grady. Goal: Morris.)
<br style="clear:both;" />

==References==
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1981.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1981] ''The World of Rugby League''
* [http://www.eraofthebiff.com/mm24.html 1981 Grand Final at eraofthebiff.com]


==Categories==
{{National Rugby League}}


[[Category:1981 in Australia]]
[[Category:October observances]]
[[Category:1981 in rugby league]]
[[Category:Festivals in England|Somerset]]
[[Category:Festivals in Somerset]]

Revision as of 04:47, 11 October 2008

Punkie Night is an English custom practiced on the last Thursday of October, in Somerset in England. Children will march around with a jack o'lantern, singing a song which goes :

It's Punkie Night tonight
It's Punkie Night tonight
Adam and Eve would not believe
It's Punkie Night tonight

No one knows how the custom originated, although it is almost certainly linked with Hallowe'en. As Morrell (1977) explains, the word "Punkie" is an old English name for a lantern, and jack o'lanterns for Punkie Night may be made of swedes or mangel-wurzels rather than pumpkins. Morrell explains how, in earlier times, farmers would put a traditional "Punkie" on their gates to ward off evil spirits at this time of year.

References

Morrell, P. (1977). Festivals and Customs. London: Pan ISBN 0330252151

External links

Categories

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