NSWRL 1966

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The NSWRL 1966 was the 59th 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 St. George Dragons . They won in the final 23: 4 against the Balmain Tigers and thus won the NSWRL for the eleventh time in a row and for the thirteenth time overall.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 18th 13 1 4th 331: 156 + 175 27
    02. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 18th 12 0 6th 279: 203 + 76 24
    03. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18th 11 0 7th 348: 256 + 92 22nd
    04th Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 18th 10 0 8th 261: 249 + 12 20th
    05. Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 18th 10 0 8th 228: 241 - 13 20th
    06th South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 18th 9 0 9 263: 228 + 35 18th
    07th Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 18th 8th 2 8th 236: 232 + 4 18th
    08th. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18th 8th 0 10 244: 295 - 51 16
    09. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 18th 7th 1 10 282: 313 - 31 15th
    010. Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 18th 0 0 18th 147: 446 - 299 0

    Playoffs

    Elimination playoff

    August 23
    		 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 20: 5 Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Sydney Sports Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 10,724
    Referee: Bill Kelly
    report
    • The game took place with Western Suburbs and Newtown tied.

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    August 27
    		 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 10: 9 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 31,803
    Referee: Col Pearce
    report
    September 3
    		 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 10: 2 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 46,531
    Referee: Col Pearce
    report

    Semifinals

    September 1
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 8: 5 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 39,461
    Referee: Col Pearce
    report

    Grand Final

    17th of September
    		 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 23: 4 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 61,129
    Umpire: Col Pearce
    Attempts: Huddart , Pollard , Ryan
    Elevations: Langlands (3/3)
    Penalties: Langlands (4)
    		 (14: 4)
    Report     		Penalty Kicks: Barnes (2)
    1 Graeme Langlands
    2 Eddie Lumsden
    3 Bruce Pollard
    4th Ken Maddison
    5 Johnny King
    6th Brian Clay
    7th Billy Smith
    8th Kevin Ryan
    9 Ian Walsh (C)Captain of the crew
    10 Robin Gourley
    11 Elton Rasmussen
    12 Dick Huddart
    13 Johnny Raper
    Substitute:
    14th Trevor Levin
    1 Keith Barnes (C)Captain of the crew
    2 Paul Cross
    3 Kevin Yow Yeh
    4th Laurie Moraschi
    5 Bob Mara
    6th Peter Jones
    7th Dave Bolton
    8th Brian Sullivan
    9 Bob Boland
    10 Garry Leo
    11 Dennis Tutty
    12 Arthur Beetson
    13 Peter Provan
    Substitute:
    14th Sid Williams
    15th Dave Cooper

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