NSWRL 1968

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The NSWRL 1968 was the 61st 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 South Sydney Rabbitohs . They won the final 13: 9 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and won the NSWRL for the 18th time.

table

  • Playoff participation
  • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points
    Diff. Table
    points
    01. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 22nd 16 0 6th 394: 271 + 123 32
    02. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22nd 15th 1 6th 379: 282 + 97 31
    03. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 22nd 13 3 6th 416: 320 + 96 29
    04th Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters 22nd 14th 1 7th 362: 274 + 88 29
    05. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 22nd 14th 0 8th 393: 284 + 109 28
    06th Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 22nd 12 1 9 308: 284 + 24 25th
    07th Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 22nd 12 0 10 328: 279 + 49 24
    08th. Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 22nd 11 0 11 298: 352 - 54 22nd
    09. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22nd 9 1 12 259: 301 - 42 19th
    010. Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22nd 6th 0 16 259: 405 - 146 12
    011. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 22nd 4th 0 18th 259: 388 - 129 8th
    012. Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 22nd 2 1 19th 257: 472 - 215 5

    Playoffs

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    August 31
    St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 17:10 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 49,747
    Referee: Col Pearce
    report

    7th of September
    Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 23:15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 49,128
    Umpire: Col Pearce
    report

    Semifinals

    September 14th
    South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20: 8 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 44,803
    Referee: Col Pearce
    report

    Grand Final

    21st September
    South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 13: 9 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 54,255
    Referees: Col Pearce
    Attempts: Cleary
    Increases: Simms (1/1)
    Penalties: Simms (4)
    (11: 2)
    Report
    Attempts: Morgan
    Raise: Batty (1/1)
    Penalty Kicks: Batty (1)
    Dropgoals: Fulton (1)
    1 Eric Simms
    2 Michael Cleary
    3 Arthur Branighan
    4th Robert Honan
    5 Brian James
    6th Denis Pittard
    7th Bob Grant
    8th Jim Morgan
    9 Elwyn Walters
    10 John O'Neill
    11 Bob Moses
    12 John Sattler (C)Captain of the crew
    13 Ron Coote
    1 Bob Batty
    2 Michael McLean
    3 Alec Tennant
    4th Frank Stanton
    5 Les Hanigan
    6th Robert Fulton (C)Captain of the crew
    7th Dennis Ward
    8th William Hamilton
    9 Fred Jones
    10 Norm Pounder
    11 David Knox
    12 John Morgan
    13 Bill Bradstreet

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