		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.	Eastern Suburbs	11	9	2	-	189	113	+76	11	7	4	-	196	112	+84	22	16	6	-	385	225	32	+160
2.	Newtown	11	7	2	2	175	104	+71	11	7	4	-	151	164	-13	22	14	6	2	326	268	30	+58
3.	Parramatta	11	8	2	1	237	121	+116	11	6	5	-	161	125	+36	22	14	7	1	398	246	29	+152
4.	Cronulla	11	6	4	1	167	175	-8	11	7	4	-	172	162	+10	22	13	8	1	339	337	27	+2
5.	Manly Warringah	11	8	3	-	198	128	+70	11	4	5	2	152	189	-37	22	12	8	2	350	317	26	+33
6.	Western Suburbs	11	7	4	-	173	157	+16	11	4	6	1	138	195	-57	22	11	10	1	311	352	23	-41
7.	North Sydney	11	5	6	-	166	164	+2	11	4	7	-	156	191	-35	22	9	13	-	322	355	18	-33
8.	St George	11	6	5	-	159	165	-6	11	2	8	1	161	234	-73	22	8	13	1	320	399	17	-79
	South Sydney	11	7	4	-	181	188	-7	11	1	9	1	141	235	-94	22	8	13	1	322	423	17	-101
10.	Canterbury	11	4	7	-	161	191	-30	11	4	7	-	179	153	+26	22	8	14	-	340	344	16	-4
	Penrith	11	6	5	-	185	150	+35	11	2	9	-	120	200	-80	22	8	14	-	305	350	16	-45
12.	Balmain	11	4	6	1	157	207	-50	11	2	9	-	136	188	-52	22	6	15	1	293	395	13	-102
Total games played: 132 Total points scored: 4,011 Average points per game: 30.39 Best attack: Parramatta Eels (18.09 ppg - 119.05%) Best defense: Eastern Suburbs Roosters (10.23 ppg - 67.32%) Worst attack: Balmain Tigers (13.32 ppg - 87.66%) Worst defense: South Sydney Rabbitohs (19.23 ppg - 126.55%)

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	12th	Wooden Spoon	6	15	1	293	395	F.R. STANTON	9	-	L. COROWA, P. SCHAEFER	113	-	W. MIRANDA	Leichhardt	7,437
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	10th		8	14	0	340	344	T. GLOSSOP	13	-	S. GEARIN	183	-	S. GEARIN	Belmore	11,133
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	13	9	1	350	351	G. PIERCE	14	-	S. ROGERS	194	-	S. ROGERS	Endeavour Field	8,439
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	1st	Prelim Final	16	8	0	398	252	B. FULTON	15	-	T. FAHEY	145	-	R. GITEAU	Sports Ground	9,420
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	5th	Minor Semi	13	9	2	379	348	R. RITCHIE	14	-	J. GIBBS	86	-	G. EADIE	Brookvale	10,709
Newtown Jets	2nd	Runners Up	16	8	2	380	318	W. RYAN	11	-	R. BLACKLOCK	119	-	K. WILSON	Henson	6,044
North Sydney Bears	7th		9	13	0	322	355	R. WILLEY	10	-	S. BROCKWELL	80	-	J. GRAY	North Sydney	5,524
Parramatta Eels	3rd	Premiers	17	7	1	440	273	J.A. GIBSON	14	-	B.E. KENNY, S. ELLA	182	-	M.W. CRONIN	Cumberland	11,330
Penrith Panthers	11th		8	14	0	305	350	L. STACKER	9	-	K. DANN	89	-	K. DANN	Penrith	8,876
St George Dragons	8th		8	13	1	320	399	H. BATH	10	-	M. SORRIDIMI	56	-	B. WILSON	Kogarah	8,678
South Sydney Rabbitohs	9th		8	13	1	322	423	B. ANDERSON	8	-	P. TUNKS, M. ROSS, S. WALSH	142	-	M. ROSS	Redfern	7,086
Western Suburbs Magpies	6th		11	10	1	311	352	R. MASTERS	10	-	J. RIBOT DE BRESAC	85	-	R. CONLON	Lidcombe	7,165

NSWRFL 1981