NSWRL 1984
The NSWRL 1984 was the 77th 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 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs . They won 6: 4 against the Parramatta Eels in the final and won the NSWRL for the fourth time.
After the 1983 season, the Newtown Jets had been excluded from the league due to financial difficulties, causing the number of teams in 1984 to drop from fourteen to thirteen.
table
team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
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1. | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 19th | 0 | 5 | 435: 237 | + 198 | 42 |
2. | St. George Dragons | 24 | 17th | 0 | 7th | 445: 289 | + 156 | 38 |
3. | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 17th | 0 | 7th | 412: 260 | + 152 | 38 |
4th | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 14th | 0 | 10 | 512: 338 | + 174 | 32 |
5. | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 333: 307 | + 26 | 30th |
6th | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 379: 394 | - 15 | 30th |
7th | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 409: 401 | + 8 | 29 |
8th. | Illawarra Steelers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 368: 388 | - 20 | 28 |
9. | Balmain Tigers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 380: 405 | - 25 | 28 |
10. | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 446: 478 | - 32 | 25th |
11. | North Sydney Bears | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14th | 371: 447 | - 76 | 23 |
12. | Eastern Suburbs Roosters | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18th | 308: 478 | - 170 | 15th |
13. | Western Suburbs Magpies | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 244: 620 | - 376 | 6th |
- Since each team had two byes this season, only 4 points were added to the normal number of points after the season.
Playoffs
Elimination playoff
August 28th |
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 23: 4 | Canberra Raiders |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 10,101 Umpire: Greg McCallum |
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report |
- The game took place with South Sydney and Canberra tied.
Elimination / qualification playoffs
September 1 |
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 22:18 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 15,801 Referee: Chris Ward |
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(14:14) Report |
September 2nd |
Parramatta Eels | 22:16 | St. George Dragons |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 25,675 Umpire: Kevin Roberts |
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report |
September 8th |
St. George Dragons | 24: 6 | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 32,162 Umpire: Barry Barnes |
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report |
the 9th of September |
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 16: 8 | Parramatta Eels |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 30,044 Referee: Greg McCallum |
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(12: 6) Report |
Semifinals
16th September |
Parramatta Eels | 8: 7 | St. George Dragons |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 37,004 Referee: Kevin Roberts |
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(4: 0) report |
Grand Final
September 23rd |
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 6: 4 | Parramatta Eels |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 47,076 Referee: Kevin Roberts |
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Attempts: Bugden increases: Mortimer (1/1) |
(0: 4) report |
Try: cronin |
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