Stats
- Premiers
- Canterbury
- Runners Up
- Eastern Suburbs
- Wooden Spoon
- Penrith
- Top Tryscorer
- Wayne Wigham, John Ribot (16)
- Top Pointscorer
- Steve Gearin (220)
- No. Of Teams
- 12
- No. Of Games
- 138
- No. Of Players
- 339
- No. Of Tries
- 774
- No. Of Goals
- 1,039
- No. Of F.Goals
- 15
- Total Attendance
- 1,498,634
- Average Crowd
- 10,860
- Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
- Highest Crowd
- 52,881
- Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
- Lowest Crowd
- 2,179
- Mean Scoreline
- 21-11
- Median Scoreline
- 19-10
- Highest Scoreline
- 59-5
- Lowest Scoreline
- 6-3
- Highest Team Score
- South Sydney (59-5)
- Average PPG
- 37.1
Ladder
| Home | Away | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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. | Canterbury | 11 | 8 | 3 | - | 161 | 146 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | - | 200 | 188 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 7 | - | 361 | 334 | 30 | +27 | 16.41 | 15.18 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 11 | 8 | 3 | - | 187 | 110 | 77 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 152 | 139 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 339 | 249 | 30 | +90 | 15.41 | 11.32 | |
| 3. | St George | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 173 | 168 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | - | 194 | 153 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 367 | 321 | 28 | +46 | 16.68 | 14.59 |
| Western Suburbs | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | 233 | 145 | 88 | 11 | 5 | 6 | - | 196 | 163 | 33 | 22 | 14 | 8 | - | 429 | 308 | 28 | +121 | 19.50 | 14.00 | |
| 5. | Souths | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 229 | 134 | 95 | 11 | 6 | 5 | - | 163 | 184 | -21 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 392 | 318 | 25 | +74 | 17.82 | 14.45 |
| 6. | Manly | 11 | 7 | 4 | - | 176 | 157 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 159 | 197 | -38 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 335 | 354 | 24 | -19 | 15.23 | 16.09 |
| Parramatta | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 211 | 147 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 209 | 170 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 420 | 317 | 24 | +103 | 19.09 | 14.41 | |
| 8. | Newtown | 11 | 5 | 6 | - | 190 | 192 | -2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 158 | 165 | -7 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 348 | 357 | 23 | -9 | 15.82 | 16.23 |
| 9. | Cronulla | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 209 | 167 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 141 | 179 | -38 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 350 | 346 | 20 | +4 | 15.91 | 15.73 |
| 10. | Balmain | 11 | 5 | 6 | - | 185 | 190 | -5 | 11 | 2 | 9 | - | 145 | 192 | -47 | 22 | 7 | 15 | - | 330 | 382 | 14 | -52 | 15.00 | 17.36 |
| 11. | North Sydney | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 141 | 155 | -14 | 11 | 2 | 9 | - | 141 | 250 | -109 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 282 | 405 | 13 | -123 | 12.82 | 18.41 |
| 12. | Penrith | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 155 | 286 | -131 | 11 | 1 | 10 | - | 139 | 270 | -131 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 294 | 556 | 5 | -262 | 13.36 | 25.27 |
Playoffs/Finals
| Major Prelim Semi | Sep 6 | Canterbury | 22 | Western Suburbs | 17 | G. Hartley | SCG | 21,948 |
| Minor Prelim Semi | 7 | St George | 16 | Souths | 5 | J. Danzey Jnr | SCG | 33,552 |
| Major Semi | 13 | Canterbury | 13 | Eastern Suburbs | 7 | G. Hartley | SCG | 28,883 |
| Minor Semi | 14 | Western Suburbs | 13 | St George | 7 | J. Danzey Jnr | SCG | 28,451 |
| Prelim Final | 20 | Eastern Suburbs | 41 | Western Suburbs | 5 | G. Hartley | SCG | 28,596 |
| Grand Final | 27 | Canterbury | 18 | Eastern Suburbs | 4 | G. Hartley | SCG | 52,881 |
