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1972 NSWRFL

See also

1972 BRL

Stats

Premiers: Manly
Runners Up: Eastern Suburbs
Minor Premiers: Manly
Wooden Spoon: Parramatta
Top Tryscorer: Bob Fulton (19)
Top Pointscorer: Allan McKean (220)

No. Of Teams: 12
No. Of Games: 136
No. Of Players: 369
No. Of Tries: 888
No. Of Goals: 988
No. Of F.Goals: 30

Total Attendance: 1,470,899
Average Crowd: 10,815
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 54,357
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
Lowest Crowd: 1,914

Mean Scoreline: 23-11
Median Scoreline: 23-12
Highest Scoreline: 22-41
Lowest Scoreline: 2-2
Highest Team Score: Western Suburbs (52-10)
Average PPG: 35.11

Ladder

		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	FPG	APG
1.	Manly	11	10	-	1	280	127	153	11	8	3	-	180	128	52	22	18	3	1	460	255	37	+205	20.91	11.59
2.	Eastern Suburbs	11	9	1	1	262	147	115	11	8	3	-	252	150	102	22	17	4	1	514	297	35	+217	23.36	13.50
3.	St George	11	9	2	-	215	108	107	11	7	2	2	183	113	70	22	16	4	2	398	221	34	+177	18.09	10.05
4.	Souths	11	7	4	-	244	149	95	11	7	4	-	212	182	30	22	14	8	-	456	331	28	+125	20.73	15.05
5.	Canterbury	11	7	4	-	197	160	37	11	5	6	-	185	213	-28	22	12	10	-	382	373	24	+9	17.36	16.95
	Newtown	11	4	6	1	176	206	-30	11	7	3	1	226	165	61	22	11	9	2	402	371	24	+31	18.27	16.86
7.	Western Suburbs	11	6	5	-	218	206	12	11	2	8	1	149	192	-43	22	8	13	1	367	398	17	-31	16.68	18.09
8.	Cronulla	11	4	7	-	157	157	0	11	4	7	-	175	221	-46	22	8	14	-	332	378	16	-46	15.09	17.18
9.	North Sydney	11	5	6	-	180	166	14	11	2	8	1	140	239	-99	22	7	14	1	320	405	15	-85	14.55	18.41
10.	Balmain	11	4	6	1	178	220	-42	11	2	9	-	155	235	-80	22	6	15	1	333	455	13	-122	15.14	20.68
11.	Penrith	11	2	8	1	158	257	-99	11	3	8	-	120	233	-113	22	5	16	1	278	490	11	-212	12.64	22.27
12.	Parramatta	11	3	7	1	165	226	-61	11	1	9	1	152	359	-207	22	4	16	2	317	585	10	-268	14.41	26.59

Playoffs/Finals

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Minor Semi

Aug 26

14

10

47,945

Major Semi

Sep 2

32

Eastern Suburbs

8

43,695

Prelim Final

9

Eastern Suburbs

8

6

41,313

Grand Final

16

19

Eastern Suburbs

14

54,357

Team Stats

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Balmain Tigers	10th	6	15	1	333	455	Nosworthy	Spencer, Leo, Fryer	15	-	Capelin	69	-	Preston	Sports Ground	7,277
Canterbury Bankstown	5th	12	10	0	382	373	Hagan	Greaves, Hornery	13	-	Greaves	93	-	Greaves	Belmore	9,385
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	8th	8	14	0	332	378	Bishop	Watson, Pierce, Maddison	13	-	Corcoran	151	-	Andrews	Endeavour	6,162
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	2nd	17	4	1	514	297	Furner	Coote, Morgan, Moscatt	17	-	Mullins	220	-	McKean	Sports Ground	9,904	Runners Up
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	1st	18	3	1	460	255	Willey	Reilly, Jones	19	-	Fulton	73	-	Fulton	Brookvale	13,605	Premiers
Newtown	5th	11	9	2	402	371	Bath	Briggs, Williamson	18	-	Bradstock	97	-	Wilson	Henson	5,797
North Sydney Bears	9th	7	14	1	320	405	Hicks	Hicks, McDonell, Outten, Pickup	14	-	Ambrum	134	-	Inskip	North Sydney	5,977
Parramatta Eels	12th	4	16	2	317	585	Walsh	O'Reilly, Wilson, McMartin, Lye, Fitzgerald	7	-	Vincent, O'Reilly	76	-	Campbell	Cumberland	6,415	Wooden Spoon
Penrith Panthers	11th	5	16	1	278	490	Boland	Lynch	7	-	Sing	43	-	Gilligan	Penrith Park	4,959
St George Dragons	3rd	16	4	2	398	221	Langlands, Smith	Langlands, Branson	11	-	Beath	149	-	Langlands	Kogarah	10,349	Prelim Final
South Sydney Rabbitohs	4th	14	8	0	456	331	Churchill	Sattler, Walters	12	-	Pittard	170	-	Simms	Redfern	9,293	Minor Semi, Wills Cup
Western Suburbs Magpies	7th	8	13	1	367	398	Parish	Raudonikis, Baker	10	-	Rogers	131	-	Ford	Lidcombe	5,625