NSWRL 1946

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The NSWRL 1946 was the 39th 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 seasons occupied the St. George Dragons . They lost in the final 12:13 against the Balmain Tigers , who won the NSWRL for the ninth time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 14th 11 0 3 264: 203 + 61 22nd
    02. Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 14th 10 0 4th 294: 189 + 105 20th
    03. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 14th 9 0 5 279: 193 + 86 18th
    04th Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14th 8th 1 5 212: 196 + 16 17th
    05. Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 14th 8th 0 6th 213: 174 + 39 16
    06th North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 14th 5 0 9 248: 283 - 35 10
    07th Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 14th 4th 1 9 224: 267 - 43 9
    08th. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 14th 0 0 14th 124: 353 - 229 0

    Playoffs

    In fact, Balmain would have won the NSWRL after beating Canterbury. Since St. George had the so-called "Right of Challenge" as the winner of the Minor Premiership, the Grand Final between Newtown and North Sydney took place a week later.

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    August 24th
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 22:14 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 34,408
    Referee: George Bishop
    (9: 2)
    Report
    August 31
    		 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12:10 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 28,012
    Referee: Jack O'Brien
    (6: 5)
    Report

    Semifinals

    7th of September
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 8: 7 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 36,445
    Referee: Tom McMahon Jr.
    (3: 0)
    report

    Grand Final

    September 14th
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 13:12 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 32,296
    Umpire: George Bishop
    Tries: Jorgenson (2), Patton
    Elevations: Bourke (2/4)
    		 (3: 6)
    Report     		Attempts: J. Lindwall (2), Jones , Munn
    1 Jack McCullough
    2 Arthur Patton
    3 Pat Devery
    4th Tom Bourke (C)Captain of the crew
    5 Cecil Jorgenson
    6th George Williams
    7th Stan Ponchard
    8th Jack Hampstead
    9 Harry Bath
    10 Fred De Belin
    11 Jack Spencer
    12 Herb Gilbert Jr.
    13 Hilton Kidd
    1 Ray Lindwall
    2 Jack Lindwall
    3 Doug McRitchie
    4th Fred Brown
    5 Noel Jones
    6th Don Graham
    7th Max Hayward
    8th Clayton Donnelley
    9 Hermann Narvo (C)Captain of the crew
    10 Jim Hale
    11 Jack Munn
    12 Ken Banks
    13 Jack McPherson

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