		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD
1.	Manly Warringah	11	10	-	1	280	127	+153	11	8	3	-	180	128	+52	22	18	3	1	460	255	37	+205
2.	Eastern Suburbs	11	9	1	1	262	147	+115	11	8	3	-	252	150	+102	22	17	4	1	514	297	35	+217
3.	St George	11	8	3	-	213	113	+100	11	8	1	2	185	108	+77	22	16	4	2	398	221	34	+177
4.	South Sydney	11	7	4	-	244	149	+95	11	7	4	-	212	182	+30	22	14	8	-	456	331	28	+125
5.	Canterbury	11	6	5	-	192	162	+30	11	6	5	-	190	211	-21	22	12	10	-	382	373	24	+9
	Newtown	11	4	6	1	176	206	-30	11	7	3	1	226	165	+61	22	11	9	2	402	371	24	+31
7.	Western Suburbs	11	6	5	-	218	206	+12	11	2	8	1	149	192	-43	22	8	13	1	367	398	17	-31
8.	Cronulla	11	4	7	-	157	157	+0	11	4	7	-	175	221	-46	22	8	14	-	332	378	16	-46
9.	North Sydney	11	5	6	-	180	166	+14	11	2	8	1	140	239	-99	22	7	14	1	320	405	15	-85
10.	Balmain	11	4	6	1	178	220	-42	11	2	9	-	155	235	-80	22	6	15	1	333	455	13	-122
11.	Penrith	11	2	8	1	158	257	-99	11	3	8	-	120	233	-113	22	5	16	1	278	490	11	-212
12.	Parramatta	11	3	7	1	165	226	-61	11	1	9	1	152	359	-207	22	4	16	2	317	585	10	-268
Total games played: 132 Total points scored: 4,559 Average points per game: 34.54 Best attack: Eastern Suburbs Roosters (23.36 ppg - 135.26%) Best defense: St George Dragons (10.05 ppg - 58.19%) Worst attack: Penrith Panthers (12.64 ppg - 73.19%) Worst defense: Parramatta Eels (26.59 ppg - 153.97%)

Team Name	Position	Extra Info	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg
Balmain Tigers	10th		6	15	1	333	455	Leo NOSWORTHY	15	-	Glen CAPELIN	69	-	Dennis PRESTON	Sports Ground	7,277
Canterbury Bankstown	5th		12	10	0	382	373	Bob HAGAN	13	-	Johnny GREAVES	93	-	Johnny GREAVES	Belmore	8,657
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	8th		8	14	0	332	378	Tommy BISHOP	13	-	Ray CORCORAN	151	-	Barry ANDREWS	Endeavour	6,162
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	2nd	Runners Up	18	6	1	544	354	Don FURNER	17	-	Bill MULLINS	220	-	Allan McKEAN	Sports Ground	9,904
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	1st	Premiers	20	3	1	511	277	Ron WILLEY	19	-	Bob FULTON	73	-	Bob FULTON	Brookvale	13,605
Newtown Jets	6th		11	9	2	402	371	-	18	-	John BRADSTOCK	97	-	Ken WILSON	Henson	5,697
North Sydney Bears	9th		7	14	1	320	405	Merv HICKS	14	-	George AMBRUM	134	-	Peter INSKIP	North Sydney	5,977
Parramatta Eels	12th	Wooden Spoon	4	16	2	317	585	Ian WALSH	7	-	John VINCENT, Robert O'REILLY	76	-	Keith CAMPBELL	Cumberland	6,415
Penrith Panthers	11th		5	16	1	278	490	Bob BOLAND	7	-	Noel SING	43	-	Norm GILLIGAN	Penrith Park	4,959
St George Dragons	3rd	Prelim Final	17	5	2	418	239	Graeme LANGLANDS	11	-	Barry BEATH	149	-	Graeme LANGLANDS	Kogarah	10,971
South Sydney Rabbitohs	4th	Minor Semi	14	9	0	466	345	Clive CHURCHILL	12	-	Denis PITTARD	170	-	Eric SIMMS	Redfern	9,293
Western Suburbs Magpies	7th		8	13	1	367	398	Don PARISH	10	-	Don ROGERS	131	-	Tony FORD	Lidcombe, Pratten	5,684

NSWRFL 1972