1974 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 October 2021 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League 12 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 10th Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 12th 138 4382 1,278,823 Manly 16 Graham Eadie (216) Manly 16 Kevin Junee (23) Eastern Suburbs 16 Bill Mullins (23) Manly 16 Graham Eadie Rothmans Medal Balmain Tigers 2nd 1973 NSWRFL season 1973 1975 NSWRFL season 1975 The 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 67th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six of 1908's foundation clubs and another six from across Sydney, competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a grand final match for the WD & HO Wills Cup between the Eastern Suburbs and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs. This season NSWRFL teams also competed for the inaugural Amco Cup. Season summary The preseason saw Eastern Suburbs defeat South Sydney 43–0 in the final of the preseason competition at the Sydney Sports Ground, while Parramatta beat Cronulla 20–8 in the playoff for third at Belmore Oval.http://www.ssralmanac.com/mobile/1974/news_19740323.htm 1974 NSWRL Pre-Season Cup Final – South Sydney v Eastern Suburbs This season the NSWRFL made the financial commitment to bring suburban football grounds up to a higher standard in order to take more games to the fans on a home-and-away basis.Form over five years https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XftjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=feYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=630,6357490 19 June 2011 The Sun-Herald 19 March 1978 Twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March until August, resulting in a top five of Eastern Suburbs, Manly-Warringah, Canterbury-Bankstown, Western Suburbs and Souths who battled it out in the finals. This season would mark the first time since 1950 where St. George failed to make the finals and the first time since 1911 that Balmain would finish last and take out the wooden spoon. The 1974 Rothmans Medal was awarded to Manly-Warringah's fullback Graham Eadie. Rugby League Week awarded their player of the year award to Eastern Suburbs' forward Arthur Beetson. Teams Balmain Tigers100px|center 67th seasonGround(s): Leichhardt Oval &Lidcombe Oval Coach: Alan MasonCaptain: John SpencerCanterbury-Bankstown100px|center 44th seasonGround: Belmore Sports Ground Coach: Malcolm CliftCaptain: Barry PhillisCronulla-Sutherland100px|center 8th seasonGround: Endeavour Field Coach: Noel ThorntonCaptain: Greg PierceEastern Suburbs100px|center 67th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Jack GibsonCaptain: Arthur Beetson Manly-Warringah100px|center 28th seasonGround: Brookvale Oval Coach: Ron WilleyCaptain: Fred JonesNewtown100px|center 67th seasonGround: Henson Park Coach: Clarrie JeffriesCaptain: Lionel WilliamsonNorth Sydney100px|center 67th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Noel KellyCaptain: Tim PickupParramatta100px|center 28th seasonGround: Cumberland Oval Coach: Dave BoltonCaptain: Denis PittardPenrith100px|center 8th seasonGround: Penrith Football Stadium Coach: Jack ClareCaptain: Mike StephensonSouth Sydney100px|center 67th seasonGround: Redfern Oval Coach: Clive ChurchillCaptain: Bob McCarthy St. George Dragons100px|center 54th seasonGround: Kogarah Oval Captain-coach: Graeme Langlands Western Suburbs100px|center 67th seasonGround(s): Lidcombe Oval &Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Don ParishCaptain: Tommy Raudonikis Regular season Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 F1 F2 F3 GF Balmain TigersWES−57NEW−32EAS−37SOU−8CBY−8PEN−15CRO−7STG−10XPAR+10MAN−21NOR0XXNEW0WES+5EAS−26SOU−5CBY−2PEN+13CRO−7STG−10NOR−4PAR+18MAN−23 Canterbury-BankstownSOU+1STG+8PEN+17CRO+9BAL+8NOR−8PAR+3MAN+2XNEW−4EAS−4WES−17XXSTG−11SOU+15PEN+3CRO+26BAL+2NOR−4PAR+14MAN−7WES+14NEW−1EAS−10MAN+6EAS+2XEAS−15 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksNEW−8EAS−31SOU+2CBY−9PEN−4STG−35BAL+7NOR+1PAR+21MAN+9WES−10XNEW+1XEAS−25XSOU−10CBY−26PEN−3STG+14BAL+7NOR+6PAR−17MAN−1WES−12 Eastern Suburbs RoostersPEN+25CRO+31BAL+37NOR−9PAR+41MAN+10WES+22NEW+2XSOU+7CBY+4XPEN−10XCRO+25STG−1BAL+26NOR+8PAR+2MAN+19WES+8NEW+11STG+32SOU+15CBY+10XCBY−2WES+23CBY+15 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesNOR−12PAR+36STG+12WES+9NEW+22EAS−10SOU+13CBY−2XCRO−9BAL+21XNOR+33PEN+16PAR+15XSTG+18WES−5NEW+27EAS−19SOU−1CBY+7PEN+15CRO+1BAL+23CBY−6WES−3 Newtown JetsCRO+8BAL+32NOR+5PAR+7MAN−22WES+13STG+25EAS−2SOU−5CBY+4PEN−4XCRO−1XBAL0XNOR−2PAR+23MAN−27WES−18STG−8EAS−11SOU0CBY+1PEN−1 North Sydney BearsMAN+12WES0NEW−5EAS+9SOU−2CBY+8PEN+5CRO−1XSTG+3PAR+34BAL0MAN−33XWES−10XNEW+2EAS−8SOU−5CBY+4PEN+6CRO−6BAL+4STG−6PAR+14 Parramatta EelsSTG−13MAN−36WES+4NEW−7EAS−41SOU+6CBY−3PEN+16CRO−21BAL−10NOR−34XSTG+15XMAN−15XWES−6NEW−23EAS−2SOU−10CBY−14PEN−8CRO+17BAL−18NOR−14 Penrith PanthersEAS−25SOU−22CBY−17STG−5CRO+4BAL+15NOR−5PAR−16XWES+6NEW+4XEAS+10MAN−16SOU−3XCBY−3STG+1CRO+3BAL+13NOR−6PAR+8MAN−15WES−18NEW+1 South Sydney RabbitohsCBY−1PEN+22CRO−2BAL+8NOR+2PAR−6MAN−13WES+1NEW+5EAS−7STG−19XXXPEN+3CBY−15CRO+10BAL+5NOR+5PAR+10MAN+1WES−8NEW0EAS−15STG+4WES−16 St. George DragonsPAR+13CBY−8MAN−12PEN+5WES−10CRO+35NEW−25BAL+10XNOR−3SOU+19XPAR−15XCBY+11EAS+1MAN−18PEN−1WES−8CRO−14NEW+8BAL+10EAS−32NOR+6SOU−4 Western Suburbs MagpiesBAL+57NOR0PAR−4MAN−9STG+10NEW−13EAS−22SOU−1XPEN−6CRO+10CBY+17XXNOR+10BAL−5PAR+6MAN+5STG+8NEW+18EAS−8SOU+8CBY−14PEN+18CRO+12SOU+16MAN+3EAS−23 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 F1 F2 F3 GF Bold – Home game X – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 16x16px Eastern Suburbs221903513198+315382 16x16px Manly-Warringah221507526316+210303 16x16px Canterbury-Bankstown221309364308+56264 16x16px Western Suburbs221219402305+97255 16x16px South Sydney221219317327-10256 16x16px North Sydney221129297272+25247 16x16px Newtown229211278261+17208 16x16px St. George2210012331363-32209 Old Penrith 16 Penrith229013353465-1121810 16x16px Cronulla-Sutherland229013314437-1231811 16x16px Parramatta225017237454-2171012 16x16px Balmain224216255481-22610 Ladder progression Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 5. Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round. Team123456789101112131415161718192021222324251Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 2 4 6 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 382Manly 16 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 0 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 22 22 22 24 26 28 303Canterbury 16 Canterbury-Bankstown 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 18 20 22 22 24 24 26 26 264Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs Magpies 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 9 9 9 11 11 13 15 17 19 19 21 21 23 255South Sydney 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 2 2 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 20 22 22 23 23 256North Sydney 16 North Sydney Bears 2 3 3 5 5 7 9 9 9 11 13 14 14 14 14 14 16 16 16 18 20 20 22 22 247Newtown 16 Newtown Jets 2 4 6 8 8 10 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 18 20 208St. George 16 St. George Dragons 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 16 18 18 20 209Old Penrith 16 Penrith Panthers 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 16 16 1810Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 16 18 18 18 1811Parramatta 16 Parramatta Eels 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 1012Balmain 16 Balmain Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Qualifying Finals Manly 23 Manly-Warringah14–20 Canterbury 23 Canterbury-Bankstown31 August 1974Sydney Cricket GroundKeith Page23,600 Western Suburbs 23 Western Suburbs24–8 South Sydney 23 South Sydney1 September 1974Sydney Sports GroundLaurie Bruyeres26,276 Semi-finals Eastern Suburbs 23 Eastern Suburbs17–19 Canterbury 23 Canterbury-Bankstown7 September 1974Sydney Cricket GroundKeith Page31,432 Manly 23 Manly-Warringah20–23 Western Suburbs 23 Western Suburbs8 September 1974Sydney Cricket GroundLaurie Bruyeres40,050 Preliminary final Eastern Suburbs 23 Eastern Suburbs25–2 Western Suburbs 23 Western Suburbs14 September 1974Sydney Cricket GroundLaurie Bruyeres43,072 Grand final Canterbury 23 Canterbury-Bankstown4–19 Eastern Suburbs 23 Eastern Suburbs21 September 1974Sydney Cricket GroundLaurie Bruyeres57,214 Chart 150 Qualifying final Major semi-final Grand final Elimination final Minor semi-final Preliminary final 2 Manly 16 Manly 14 3 Canterbury 16 Canterbury 20 4 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs 24 5 South Sydney 16 South Sydney 8 1 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 17 Canterbury 16 Canterbury 19 Manly 16 Manly 20 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs 23 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 25 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs 2 Canterbury 16 Canterbury 4 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 19 Grand final Canterbury-BankstownPositionEastern Suburbs Garry Dowling FB Russell Fairfax 2. Chris Anderson WG 2. Jim Porter 3. Stan Cutler CE 3. John Brass 4. Peter Winchester CE 4. Mark Harris 5. Terry Murphy WG 5. Bill Mullins 6. Mark Hughes FE 6. John Peard 7. Don Moseley HB 7. Johnny Mayes 13. Brian Lockwood PR 13. Ken Jones 12. George Peponis HK 12. Elwyn Walters 11. Bill Noonan PR 10. Ian Mackay 10. Geoff Connell SR 11. Arthur Beetson (c) 9. John McDonell (c) SR 9. Barry "Bunny" Reilly 8. John Peek LK 8. Ron Coote 18. Henry Tatana Reserve 16. Harry Cameron Reserve 24. Greg Bandiera Malcolm Clift Coach Jack Gibson Eastern Suburbs 19 (Tries: Beetson, Harris, Mullins. Goals: Peard 3, Brass 2.) defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 4 (Goals: Cutler 2.) Player statistics The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 22. Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerTriesGoalsField Goals200Manly Graham Eadie10850188Eastern Suburbs John Brass7831136South Sydney Eric Simms2650136Old Penrith Reg Walton4620135Western Suburbs John Dorahy6581 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayer21Manly Kevin Junee19Eastern Suburbs Bill Mullins14Manly Bob Fulton14Canterbury Chris Anderson14Old Penrith Glenn West Top 5 goal scorers GoalsPlayer85Manly Graham Eadie83Eastern Suburbs John Brass65South Sydney Eric Simms62Old Penrith Reg Walton60Canterbury Henry Tatana References External links Rugby League Tables – Season 1974 Results:1971-80 at rabbitohs.com.au 1974 J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup at rleague.comJanuary 2025 medicmedic NSWRFL season 1974 ‘Souths lose centre, five-eighth’; Sun-Herald, 1 September 1974, p. 48 NSWRFL season Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership