NSWRFL 1968

Stats

Premiers: South Sydney
Minor Premiers: South Sydney
No. Of Teams: 12
No. Of Games: 140
No. Of Players: 329
Top Tryscorer: Stan Gorton (24)
Top Pointscorer: Eric Simms (240)

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
1.	South Sydney	11	7	4	-	168	143	+25	11	9	2	-	226	128	+98	22	16	6	-	394	271	32	+123
2.	Manly	11	8	2	1	198	147	+51	11	7	4	-	181	135	+46	22	15	6	1	379	282	31	+97
3.	Eastern Suburbs	11	10	1	-	198	114	+84	11	4	6	1	164	160	+4	22	14	7	1	362	274	29	+88
	St George	11	7	2	2	244	164	+80	11	6	4	1	172	156	+16	22	13	6	3	416	320	29	+96
5.	Balmain	11	8	3	-	216	119	+97	11	6	5	-	177	165	+12	22	14	8	-	393	284	28	+109
6.	Parramatta	11	8	3	-	176	124	+52	11	4	6	1	132	160	-28	22	12	9	1	308	284	25	+24
7.	Western Suburbs	11	7	4	-	166	109	+57	11	5	6	-	162	170	-8	22	12	10	-	328	279	24	+49
8.	Penrith	11	7	4	-	195	175	+20	11	4	7	-	103	177	-74	22	11	11	-	298	352	22	-54
9.	Canterbury	11	5	6	-	120	122	-2	11	4	6	1	139	179	-40	22	9	12	1	259	301	19	-42
10.	Cronulla	11	4	7	-	141	219	-78	11	2	9	-	118	186	-68	22	6	16	-	259	405	12	-146
11.	North Sydney	11	2	9	-	118	189	-71	11	2	9	-	141	199	-58	22	4	18	-	259	388	8	-129
12.	Newtown	11	1	9	1	140	207	-67	11	1	10	-	117	265	-148	22	2	19	1	257	472	5	-215
Total games played: 132 Total points scored: 3,912 Average points per game: 29.64 Best attack: St George Dragons (18.91 ppg - 127.60%) Best defense: South Sydney Rabbitohs (12.32 ppg - 83.13%) Worst attack: Newtown (11.68 ppg - 78.81%) Worst defense: Newtown (21.45 ppg - 144.74%)

Finals Results

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Minor Semi

Aug 31st

17

Eastern Suburbs

10

49,747

Major Semi

Sep 7th

23

15

49,128

Prelim Final

Sep 14th

20

8

44,803

Grand Final

Sep 21st

13

9

54,255

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Balmain Tigers	5th	14	8	0	393	284	Keith BARNES	11	-	George RUEBNER	152	-	Len KILLEEN	Leichhardt	10,086
Canterbury Bankstown	9th	9	12	1	259	301	Kevin RYAN	9	-	Johnny RHODES	77	-	Terry BAWDEN	Belmore	14,453
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	10th	6	16	0	259	405	Ken KEARNEY	7	-	Terry HUGHES	167	-	Terry HUGHES	Endeavour (6) Sutherland (5)	7,568
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	3rd	14	8	1	372	291	Jack GIBSON	8	-	Kevin JUNEE	152	-	Allan McKEAN	Sports Ground	14,569	Minor Semi
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2nd	16	7	1	411	310	George HUNTER	15	-	Les HANIGAN	158	-	Bob BATTY	Brookvale	9,987
Newtown	12th	2	19	1	257	472	Dick POOLE	8	-	Dave COTTER Tom MELVILLE	80	-	Bob LANIGAN	Henson	4,571	Wooden Spoon
North Sydney Bears	11th	4	18	0	259	388	Colin GREENWOOD	5	-	Dave WOOD	66	-	Noel CAVANAGH	North Sydney	5,881
Parramatta Eels	6th	12	9	1	308	284	Ian JOHNSTON	8	-	Arch BROWN	124	-	Arch BROWN	Cumberland	13,260
Penrith Panthers	8th	11	11	0	298	352	Bob BOLAND	9	-	Bob MARA	90	-	Bob LANDERS	Penrith Park	9,244
St George Dragons	4th	14	7	3	441	350	Norm PROVAN	24	-	Stan GORTON	193	-	Dennis PRESTON	Kogarah	11,901	Prelim Final
South Sydney Rabbitohs	1st	18	7	0	442	311	Clive CHURCHILL	11	-	Michael CLEARY	240	-	Eric SIMMS	Redfern	11,710	Premiers
Western Suburbs Magpies	7th	12	10	0	328	279	Noel KELLY	12	-	Mick ALCHIN	96	-	Tony FORD	Lidcombe	10,051