New South Wales Rugby League premiership

This article is about the NSWRL Premierships run from 1908 until 1994. For the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales, see New South Wales Rugby League.

Further information: 2024 NSWRL Premiership Division

The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New South Wales Rugby Football League) from 1908 until 1994, the premiership was the state's elite rugby league competition, parallel to Queensland's first-class league, the Brisbane Rugby League.

NSWRL Premiership

Sport	Rugby league
Inaugural season	1908
Ceased	1994
Replaced by	ARL Premiership
Holders	Canberra Raiders (3rd title)
Most titles	South Sydney Rabbitohs (20 titles)
Related competition	Winfield Cup

For most of the premiership's history it was contested by clubs from the state of New South Wales only, but later attempted to grow into a nationwide competition, eventually leading to the competition being played under the auspices of the Australian Rugby League in 1995. Despite this name, the 1995 and 1996 Australian Rugby League Premierships competitions were still administered by the Board and staff of the New South Wales Rugby League.

History

1908: Rugby league premiership in Sydney

The inaugural New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) premiership began in 1908, and was made up of eight Sydney-based teams and one team from Newcastle. Cumberland joined the competition after the first round, meaning that they played one game fewer than the rest of the field for the season. Still known as the "foundation clubs" today, these nine teams battled against one another during the 1908 season, with Souths taking the first premiership honours after beating Easts in the Final.

Club	Nickname	Years Contested		Matches[1]						Seasons
				Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Win–loss		Played	Premiers	Minor Premiers	Runners-up
Balmain	Tigers	1908–1994		1705	871	68	766	53.08%		92	11	7	9
Cumberland	Fruitpickers	1908		8	1	0	7	12.50%		1	0	0	0
Easts	Roosters	1908–1994		1880	995	67	818	54.71%		92	11	15	11
Glebe	Dirty Reds	1908–1929		297	163	6	128	55.89%		22	0	1	4
Newcastle	Rebels	1908–1909		20	9	0	11	45.00%		2	0	0	0
Newtown	Jets	1908–1983		1305	583	59	663	46.93%		76	3	6	7
Norths	Bears	1908–1994		1665	678	71	916	42.85%		92	2	2	1
Souths	Rabbitohs	1908–1994		1813	940	45	828	53.09%		92	20	17	13
Wests	Magpies	1908–1994		1691	734	49	908	44.86%		92	4	5	8

1909–1994: Expansion of the premiership

Between 1912 and 1925 the premiers were decided by first past the post. As a result of South Sydney's dominant 1925 season, the NSWRFL introduced a finals system in order to maintain interest in the competition.^[2]

Over the decades since the NSWRFL competition started, Sydney suburban teams came and went throughout its history but it was not until 1982 that the competition saw significant expansion outside of the Sydney area. The two new inclusions were from the Australian Capital Territory – the Canberra Raiders – as well as a team from the southern New South Wales region – the Illawarra Steelers. This corresponded with the adoption of commercial sponsorship of the competition for the first time, seeing it become the Winfield Cup (named after the popular cigarette brand).

The NSWRFL had also commenced a very popular and successful mid-week competition in 1973, originally known as the Amco Cup, but also as the Tooth Cup and the National Panasonic Cup. The success of this competition, which included teams from both Brisbane and New Zealand ultimately created pressure for further expansion of the NSWRL competition. In 1984, the New South Wales Rugby Football League changed its name to New South Wales Rugby League.

In 1988, for the very first time, two Queensland teams joined the competition, with the inclusions of the Brisbane Broncos and the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants. This saw the premiership competition move beyond the outer borders of New South Wales. At the same time, as a result of mounting pressure from the central coast of New South Wales, Newcastle returned to the competition with a new franchise. Their return saw the end of an 86-year wait in the wilderness and this time around the team was badged the Newcastle Knights.

Club	Traditional colours	Years contested		Matches[1]						Seasons
				Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Win–loss		Played	Premiers	Minor premiers	Runners-up
Annandale		1910–1920		153	25	6	122	18.30%		11	0	0	0
University		1920–1937		242	47	5	190	20.45%		18	0	0	1
St. George		1921–1998		1545	910	56	579	60.71%		78	15	15	12
Canterbury-Bankstown		1935–1994		1502	778	53	671	53.56%		71	8	6	8
Manly-Warringah		1947–1999		1261	719	35	507	58.41%		56	7	9	10
Parramatta		1947–1994		1321	608	38	675	47.46%		59	4	5	4
Cronulla-Sutherland		1967–1994		932	456	22	454	50.11%		39	0	2	3
Penrith		1967–1994		917	379	26	512	42.75%		39	2	2	1
Illawarra		1982–1998		396	153	13	230	40.28%		17	0	0	0
Canberra		1982–1994		606	323	9	274	54.04%		24	3	1	2
Brisbane		1988–1994		457	299	11	147	66.63%		18	5	4	0
Newcastle		1988–1994		446	234	14	198	54.04%		18	2	0	0
Gold Coast		1988–1998		246	53	9	184	23.37%		11	0	0	0

After mostly solid results were obtained by the expansion teams in 1988, there was increasing pressure for new inclusions into the competition. Having decided in May 1992 that a team from Auckland would join the premiership in 1995, the League announced in November that three more new clubs — a second team from Brisbane, and also a team each from Perth and Townsville — will also be invited.

In 1995, some seven years later, the competition expanded further into Queensland, with the inception of the South Queensland Crushers and the North Queensland Cowboys. 1995 also saw a new team in Western Australia, the 'Western Reds', later called the Perth Reds, as well as a New Zealand-based team – the Auckland Warriors. The total number of teams in the competition was now twenty – the largest-scale rugby league competition ever in Australia. The premiership's new national outlook was further reflected in the governing body's name, with the New South Wales Rugby League transferring control of the competition to the Australian Rugby League (ARL).

Senior grade premiers

For all time list of premiers, see Australian rugby league premiers.

Between 1912 and 1925 there was no semi-final system and a final was only played if two clubs finished level at the conclusion of the minor premiership. Souths won the 1909 premiership when Balmain forfeited in protest against the final being played as a preliminary match before a promotional game between the national Rugby League and Rugby Union sides. The 1937 season also featured no finals as the year was disrupted by the Kangaroos tour. Between 1926 and 1953 first played third and second played fourth and winners played off. If the minor premiers were defeated they had a right of challenge, but if they were not defeated there was no true "grand final."

From 1954 a mandatory grand final was introduced in which there was a knockout minor semi-final between third and fourth and a second-chance major semi between first and second. The winner of the major semi went to the grand final and a preliminary final was played between the winner of the minor semi and the loser of the major semi to decide who would meet the winner of the major semi.

In 1973 a final five was devised with the top team going straight into the major semi, the second and third teams playing a major preliminary semi, and the fourth and fifth playing a sudden-death minor preliminary semi. The top team played the winner of the major preliminary semi-final, whilst the winner of the minor preliminary semi played the loser of the major preliminary semi in the minor semi-final (which was played as before under the final four system.

Season	Grand finals			Minor premiers
	Premiers	Score	Runners-up
1908	Souths	14–12	Easts	Souths
1909	Souths	forfeit	Balmain	Souths
1910	Newtown	4–4	Souths	Newtown
1911	Easts	11–8	Glebe	Glebe
1912	Easts	N/A	Glebe	N/A
1913	Easts		Newtown
1914	Souths		Newtown
1915	Balmain		Glebe
1916	Balmain	5–3	Souths	Balmain
1917	Balmain	N/A	Souths	N/A
1918	Souths		Wests
1919	Balmain		Easts
1920	Balmain		Souths
1921	Norths		Easts
1922	Norths	35–3	Glebe	Norths
1923	Easts	15–12	Souths	Easts
1924	Balmain	3–0	Souths	Balmain
1925	Souths	N/A	Wests	N/A
1926	Souths	11–5	University	Souths
1927	Souths	20–11	St. George	Souths
1928	Souths	26–5	Easts	St. George
1929	Souths	30–10	Newtown	Souths
1930	Wests	27–2	St. George	Wests
1931	Souths	12–7	Easts	Easts
1932	Souths	19–12	Wests	Souths
1933	Newtown	18–5	St. George	Newtown
1934	Wests	15–2	Easts	Easts
1935	Easts	19–3	Souths	Easts
1936	Easts	32–12	Balmain	Easts
1937	Easts	N/A	Souths	N/A
1938	Canterbury	19–6	Easts	Canterbury
1939	Balmain	33–4	Souths	Balmain
1940	Easts	24–14	Canterbury	Easts
1941	St. George	31–14	Easts	Easts
1942	Canterbury	11–9	St. George	Canterbury
1943	Newtown	34–7	Norths	Newtown
1944	Balmain	12–8	Newtown	Newtown
1945	Easts	22–18	Balmain	Easts
1946	Balmain	13–12	St. George	St. George
1947	Balmain	13–9	Canterbury	Canterbury
1948	Wests	8–5	Balmain	Wests
1949	St. George	19–12	Souths	Souths
1950	Souths	21–15	Wests	Souths
1951	Souths	42–14	Manly	Souths
1952	Wests	22–12	Souths	Wests
1953	Souths	31–12	St. George	Souths
1954	Souths	23–15	Newtown	Newtown
1955	Souths	12–11	Newtown	Newtown
1956	St. George	18–12	Balmain	St. George
1957	St. George	31–9	Manly	St. George
1958	St. George	20–9	Wests	St. George
1959	St. George	20–0	Manly	St. George
1960	St. George	31–6	Easts	St. George
1961	St. George	22–0	Wests	Wests
1962	St. George	9–6	Wests	St. George
1963	St. George	8–3	Wests	St. George
1964	St. George	11–6	Balmain Tigers	St. George
1965	St. George	12–8	Souths	St. George
1966	St. George	23–4	Balmain Tigers	St. George
1967	Souths	12–10	Canterbury	St. George
1968	Souths	13–9	Manly	Souths
1969	Balmain Tigers	11–2	Souths	Souths
1970	Souths	23–12	Manly	Souths
1971	Souths	16–10	St. George	Manly
1972	Manly	19–14	Easts	Manly
1973	Manly	10–7	Cronulla	Manly
1974	Easts	19–4	Canterbury	Easts
1975	Easts	38–0	St. George	Easts
1976	Manly	13–10	Parramatta	Manly
1977	St. George	9–9 22–0	Parramatta	Parramatta
1978	Manly	11–11 16–0	Cronulla	Wests
1979	St. George	17–13	Canterbury	St. George
1980	Canterbury	18–4	Easts	Easts
1981	Parramatta	20–11	Newtown	Easts
1982	Parramatta	21–8	Manly	Parramatta
1983	Parramatta	18–6	Manly	Manly
1984	Canterbury	6–4	Parramatta	Canterbury
1985	Canterbury	7–6	St George	St George
1986	Parramatta	4–2	Canterbury	Parramatta
1987	Manly	18–8	Canberra	Manly
1988	Canterbury	24–12	Balmain	Cronulla
1989	Canberra	19–14	Balmain	Souths
1990	Canberra	18–14	Penrith	Canberra
1991	Penrith	19–12	Canberra	Penrith
1992	Brisbane	28–8	St George	Brisbane
1993	Brisbane	14–6	St George	Canterbury
1994	Canberra	36–12	Canterbury	Canterbury

• 1909: Balmain refused to play the final in protest to the game being held as a curtain-raiser to a Kangaroos v Wallabies match. Souths played, kicked off, scored and were declared premiers. Many contend though that a 'gentlemans agreement' was reached to postpone the game to the following weekend – and the action undertaken by Souths in starting the match sparked a fierce and bitter rivalry between the clubs that continued for many decades.
• 1910: Top two played off for the title. In the event of a drawn match, the superior record during the season secured the title, Newtown had compiled 23 competition points, Souths 22.
• 1977–78: Drawn games requiring a replay.
• 1989: The score was tied 14 all at normal full-time – extra time was played to decide the winner.

Results (senior grade)

Team	Wins	Losses	Years won	Years lost
Souths	20	13	1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971	1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1969
St George	15	12	1941, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979	1927, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1971, 1975, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996
Easts	11	11	1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975	1908, 1919, 1921, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972, 1980
Balmain	11	9	1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1969	1909, 1936, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1989
Manly	5	7	1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987	1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983
Canterbury	6	7	1938, 1942, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988	1940, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1994
Brisbane	2	0	1992, 1993
Wests	4	8	1930, 1934, 1948, 1952	1918, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963
Parramatta	4	3	1981, 1982, 1983, 1986	1976, 1977, 1984
Newtown	3	7	1910, 1933, 1943	1913, 1914, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1981
Canberra	3	2	1989, 1990, 1994	1987, 1991
Norths	2	1	1921, 1922	1943
Penrith	1	1	1991	1990
Cronulla	0	2	–	1973, 1978
Glebe	0	4	–	1911, 1912, 1915, 1922
Sydney University	0	1	–	1926

Reserve grade premiers

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Decider	Report	Winning captain(s)	Winning coach	Referee
1908	Easts		Souths	No
1909	Easts	11–7	Glebe	Final	TSS[3]			W.P. Finegan
1910	Easts	5–2	Newtown	Final	EN[4]			L. Kearney
1911	Easts	12–0	Glebe	Final	ST[5]			A. Ballerum
1912	Glebe	30–0	Redfern United	Final	SMH[6]			A. Finegan
1913	Souths	10–3	Grosvenor	Final	Sun[7]			T. McMahon
1914	Souths	6–5	Easts	Final	Sun[8]			J. Buchanan
1915	Balmain	9–3	Glebe	Final	Sun[9]
1916	Balmain	6–4	Easts	Final	Sun[10]
1917	Souths		Balmain	No
1918	Glebe		Souths	No
1919	Glebe		Wests	No
1920	Glebe		Souths	No	SMH[11]
1921	Glebe		Norths	No
1922	Newtown	10–2	Glebe	Final	Sun[12]	E. Gallagher		W. Neill
1923	Souths	13–6	Balmain	Final	SMH[13]			A. Thornton
1924	Souths		Wests	No
1925	Souths	14–2	Balmain	Final	TR[14]			E. Kerr
1926	Souths	25–13	Norths	Final	Sun[15]			L. Dolan
1927	Souths	16–5	St. George	Final	SGC[16]	James Breen		Lal Deane
1928	Balmain	7–5	Easts	Final	Sun[17]	Arthur Tennant		B. Wales
1929	Souths	26–3	Wests	Final	Sun[18]	Tom Craigie		W. Fry
1930	Balmain	5–0	Souths	GF	Truth[19]	S. Lever		W. Fry
1931	Souths	24–5	St. George	Final	Sun[20]			W. Neill
1932	Souths	5–2	Newtown	GF	Sun[21]	Jackie Jones		W. Fry
1933	Balmain	15–12	Souths	GF	Sun[22]	George Frankland		W. Fry
1934	Souths	13–10	Balmain	GF	Sun[23]	Jim Tait		J. Murphy
1935	Easts	16–2	Balmain	GF	Sun[24]			T. McMahon
1936	Wests	15–5	Norths	Final	Truth[25]	Jim Parsons	Jerry Brien	T. McMahon
1937	Easts		Newtown	No
1938	St. George	9–4	Balmain	GF	Sun[26]	Jack Kenyon		A. Davis
1939	Canterbury	13–0	Norths	GF	Sun[27]	Jim Duncombe		J. McGaulay
1940	Norths	10–5	St. George	GF	SGC[28]			Jack O'Brien
1941	Balmain	13–4	St. George	GF	Sun[29]	John Rees		P. Lee
1942	Norths	15–5	St. George	GF	Sun[30]			Aub Oxford
1943	Souths	15–9	Balmain	GF	Sun[31]	George Kilham		G. Bishop
1944	Balmain	11–9	Norths	Final	Sun[32]	(Jack Danzey Snr)		Jack O'Brien
1945	Souths	11–7	Canterbury	GF	Sun[33]	Ken Brogan		Aub Oxford
1946	Balmain	8–5	Easts	GF	Sun[34]	Gil Bo		XJack O'Brien
1947	Newtown	6–2	Balmain	GF	Sun[35]	Fred Fayers	Keith Ellis	L. Williams
1948	Newtown	7–4	Wests	GF	Sun[36]		Keith Ellis	Col Pearce
1949	Easts	30–7	Newtown	GF	DT[37]	Jim Hunt		Aub Oxford
1950	Balmain	10–6	St. George	Final	DT[38]	George Williams		G. Bishop
1951	Newtown	10–6	St. George	GF	SMH[39]	George Debnam		Aub Oxford
1952	Souths	19–0	Canterbury	GF	Sun[40]	Ray Mason		Jack O'Brien
1953	Souths	17–11	Manly	GF	Sun[41]	Norm Nilson		Aub Oxford
1954	Manly	9–4	Souths	GF	SH[42]			Darcy Lawler
1955	Norths	9–2	St. George	GF		Robert Gorman		Jack O'Brien
1956	Souths	10–6	Manly	GF		Ray Mason		Col Pearce
1957	Balmain	16–7	Norths	GF		Ron Clifford		Col Pearce
1958	Balmain	20–10	St. George	GF	RLN[43]	Ron Proudfoot		Col Pearce
1959	Norths	19–10	St. George	GF	RLN[44]	Robert Sullivan	Robert Sullivan	Col Pearce
1960	Manly	17–6	Balmain	GF	RLN[45]	Robert Lenon	Neville Pierce	Col Pearce
1961	Wests	9–3	Manly	GF	RLN[46]	Roger Buttenshaw	Dudley Beger	Darcy Lawler
1962	St. George	19–0	Wests	GF	RLN[47]	Peter Armstrong	Sid Ryan	Arthur Neville
1963	St. George	5–4	Souths	GF		Peter Armstrong	Sid Ryan	Col Pearce
1964	St. George	7–2	Souths	GF	RLN[48]	Johnny Riley	Sid Ryan	F. Erickson
1965	Balmain	9–7	St. George	GF	RLN[49]	Jack Danzey	Leo Nosworthy	J. Harris
1966	Souths	12–4	Balmain	GF	RLN[50]	Colin Dunn	"Chick" Cowie	J. Bradley
1967	Balmain	11–7	Souths	GF		Robert Boland	Leo Nosworthy	Laurie Bruyeres
1968	Souths	17–7	Manly	GF		Dennis Lee	Fred Nelson	Les Samuelson
1969	Manly	10–6	Balmain	GF		George McTaggart	Ron Willey	Keith Holman
1970	Newtown	6–0	Easts	GF		Robert Green	Clarrie Jeffreys	Keith Holman
1971	Canterbury	11–5	St. George	GF		Barry Phillis	Malcolm Clift	Keith Page
1972	Canterbury	14–3	St. George	GF		Barry Phillis	Malcolm Clift	Laurie Bruyeres
1973	Manly	22–14	St. George	GF		Max Krilich	Frank Stanton	Laurie Bruyeres
1974	Newtown	6–5	Easts	GF		Des O'Connor	Charlie Renilson	Keith Page
1975	Parramatta	21–13	Cronulla	GF		John Baker	Terry Fearnley	Keith Page
1976	St. George	17–12	Cronulla	GF		Billy Smith	Peter Dickerson	Greg Hartley
1977	Parramatta	11–9	Manly	GF		Graham Murray	Len Stacker	Jack Danzey
1978	Balmain	10–5	St. George	GF		William Hillard	Dennis Tutty	Jack Danzey
1979	Parramatta	22–2	Canterbury	GF		John Kolc	Mick Alchin	Jack Danzey
1980	Canterbury	18–16	Parramatta	GF		Mal Creavey	Geoff Connell	Jack Danzey
1981	Wests	19–2	Parramatta	GF	CT[51]	Ian Schubert	Laurie Freier
1982	Balmain	17–12	Easts	GF	CT[52]	Bill Hilliard	Laurie Freier
1983	Souths	12–6	Manly	GF	CT[53]	Nathan Gibbs	Wally Watsford	B. Barnes
1984	Balmain	10–8	St. George	GF		Mike Marketo	Peter Duffy	C. Ward
1985	St. George	22–16	Canberra	GF	CT[54]	George Moroko	John Bailey	Mick Stone
1986	Easts	10–2	Parramatta	GF		Dave Brown	Jim Morgan	Kevin Roberts
1987	Penrith	11–0	Manly	GF		Craig Izzard	Graham Murray	Greg McCallum
1988	Manly	22–2	Easts	GF		Peter Cullum	Alan Thompson	Graham Annesley
1989	Norths	11–6	Parramatta	GF	CT[55]	Gary Maguire	Steve Martin	Mick Stone
1990	Brisbane	14–6	Canberra	GF	CT,[56] VH[57]	Ray Herring	Bill Gardner	Greg McCallum
1991	Norths	12–6	Canberra	GF	CT[58]	Gary Smith	Peter Louis	Eddie Ward
1992	Norths	28–14	Balmain	GF	CT[59]	Gary Smith	Peter Louis	Graham Annesley
1993	Norths	5–4	Newcastle	GF	CT[60]	Alan Wilson	Peter Mulholland	Bill Harrigan
1994	Cronulla	14–4	Newcastle	GF		Alan Wilson	John Dykes	Bill Harrigan

Third Grade

In addition to Reserve Grade, there was a Third Grade competition contested from 1908 until the 1980s.

Third Grade
Season	Premiers
1908	Sydney
1909	South Sydney Federal
1910	Sydney
1911	Leichhardt
1912	South Sydney
1913	South Sydney Federal
1914	Eastern Suburbs
1915	Balmain
1916	Balmain
1917
1918	South Sydney
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925	South Sydney
1926
1927	Glebe
1928	South Sydney
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933	South Sydney
1934
1935
1936	Western Suburbs
1937	North Sydney
1938	Western Suburbs
1939	Western Suburbs
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944	Western Suburbs
1945	North Sydney
1946	Manly-Warringah
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952	Manly-Warringah
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958	Western Suburbs
1959	North Sydney
1960
1961	Western Suburbs
1962	South Sydney
1963	St. George
1964
1965
1966
1967	Western Suburbs
1968
1969	South Sydney
1970	Manly-Warringah
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978	Penrith
1979
1980
1981	South Sydney
1982
1983
1984
1985	St George
1986	South Sydney
1987	Eastern Suburbs
Merged with Presidents Cup in 1988

See also

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• New South Wales portal

Past winners of the NSWRL Premiership

See also

• Sports portal
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• Winfield Cup
• History of rugby league
• Rugby league in Australia
• National Rugby League
• Amco Cup
• New South Wales Cup

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