NSWRL 1940

The NSWRL 1940 was the 33rd season of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership , the first Australian rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Eastern Suburbs RLFC . This won the final 24:14 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and won the NSWRL for the eighth time.

table

Playoff participation

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Table points
01.	Eastern suburbs	14th	9	1	4th	250: 136	+ 114	19th
02.	Newtown Jets	14th	9	0	5	261: 200	+ 61	18th
03.	St. George Dragons	14th	7th	2	5	263: 203	+ 60	16
04th	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	14th	8th	0	6th	204: 195	+ 9	16
05.	Balmain Tigers	14th	7th	1	6th	199: 162	+ 37	15th
06th	South Sydney Rabbitohs	14th	7th	0	7th	165: 259	- 94	14th
07th	North Sydney Bears	14th	4th	0	10	156: 243	- 87	8th
08th.	Western Suburbs Magpies	14th	3	0	11	159: 259	- 100	6th

17th August	Eastern suburbs	10: 3	St. George Dragons	Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 17,473 Umpire: Jack O'Brien
17th August		report

August 24th	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	19: 11	Newtown Jets	Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 22,061 Referee: Jack O'Brien
August 24th		report

August 31	Eastern suburbs	24:14	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 24,167 Umpire: Jack O'Brien
August 31	Tries: Pierce (2), Brew , Clarke , O'Loan , Pearce Elevations: Bartlett (2), Dunn (1)	(11: 9) Report	Attempts: Bonnyman , Denton Elevations: Johnson (2/2) Penalty Kicks: Johnson (2)