NSWRL 1971

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The NSWRL 1971 was the 64th 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 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles . They lost in the semifinals 12:15 to the St. George Dragons , who in turn lost in the final 10:16 to the South Sydney Rabbitohs . The Rabbitohs won the NSWRL for the 20th time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22nd 19th 0 3 528: 260 + 268 38
    02. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 22nd 17th 0 5 499: 308 + 191 34
    03. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 22nd 15th 1 6th 392: 283 + 109 31
    04th Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 22nd 12 0 10 383: 355 + 28 24
    05. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 22nd 11 0 11 366: 398 - 32 22nd
    06th Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22nd 11 0 11 355: 422 - 87 22nd
    07th Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22nd 10 0 12 352: 310 + 42 20th
    08th. Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 22nd 10 0 12 283: 372 - 89 20th
    09. Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters 22nd 9 1 12 344: 339 + 5 19th
    010. Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 22nd 7th 1 14th 282: 401 - 119 15th
    011. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 22nd 5 1 16 265: 446 - 181 11
    012. Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 22nd 4th 0 18th 336: 471 - 135 8th

    Playoffs

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    August 28th
    		 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 19: 8 Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 38,157
    Referee: Keith Page
    report
    September 4th
    		 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 19: 13 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 50,261
    Referee: Keith Holman
    (6: 7)
    Report

    Semifinals

    September 11
    		 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 15:12 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 45,883
    Referee: Keith Page
    (4: 7)
    Report

    Grand Final

    September 18
    		 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 16:10 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 62,838
    Referee: Keith Holman
    Tries : Branighan , Coote , McCarthy
    Increases: Simms (3/3)
    Dropgoals: Simms (1)     		(1: 0)
    report     		Tries : Beath , Walton
    Elevations: Langlands (2/2)
    1 Eric Simms
    2 Keith Edwards
    3 Paul Sait
    4th Robert Honan
    5 Ray Branighan
    6th Denis Pittard
    7th Bob Grant
    8th John Sattler (C)Captain of the crew
    9 George Piggins
    10 John O'Neill
    11 Robert McCarthy
    12 Gary Stevens
    13 Ron Coote
    1 Graeme Langlands (C)Captain of the crew
    2 Ken Batty
    3 Ken Maddison
    4th Bob Clapham
    5 Geoff Carr
    6th Tony Branson
    7th Billy Smith
    8th Grahame Bowen
    9 Col Rasmussen
    10 Harry Eden
    11 Peter Fitzgerald
    12 Barry Beath
    13 Ted Walton
    Substitute:
    17th Russell Cox
    45 Mick Dryden

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