Stats
- Premiers
- South Sydney
- Runners Up
- St George
- Minor Premiers
- Manly
- Wooden Spoon
- Western Suburbs
- Top Tryscorer
- Paul Cross (18)
- Top Pointscorer
- Graeme Langlands (196)
- No. Of Teams
- 12
- No. Of Games
- 136
- No. Of Players
- 365
- No. Of Tries
- 837
- No. Of Goals
- 972
- No. Of F.Goals
- 22
- Total Attendance
- 1,589,354
- Average Crowd
- 11,773
- Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
- Highest Crowd
- 62,838
- Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
- Lowest Crowd
- 2,050
- Mean Scoreline
- 22-11
- Median Scoreline
- 21-11
- Highest Scoreline
- 55-12
- Lowest Scoreline
- 7-0
- Highest Team Score
- Western Suburbs (55-12)
- Average PPG
- 35.82
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. | Manly | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | 266 | 138 | 128 | 11 | 10 | 1 | - | 262 | 122 | 140 | 22 | 19 | 3 | - | 528 | 260 | 38 | +268 | 24.00 | 11.82 |
| 2. | Souths | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | 239 | 157 | 82 | 11 | 8 | 3 | - | 260 | 151 | 109 | 22 | 17 | 5 | - | 499 | 308 | 34 | +191 | 22.68 | 14.00 |
| 3. | St George | 11 | 6 | 5 | - | 196 | 158 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 196 | 125 | 71 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 392 | 283 | 31 | +109 | 17.82 | 12.86 |
| 4. | Parramatta | 11 | 7 | 4 | - | 221 | 159 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 6 | - | 162 | 196 | -34 | 22 | 12 | 10 | - | 383 | 355 | 24 | +28 | 17.41 | 16.14 |
| 5. | Balmain | 11 | 7 | 4 | - | 218 | 170 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 7 | - | 148 | 228 | -80 | 22 | 11 | 11 | - | 366 | 398 | 22 | -32 | 16.64 | 18.09 |
| Canterbury | 11 | 7 | 4 | - | 189 | 170 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 7 | - | 146 | 252 | -106 | 22 | 11 | 11 | - | 335 | 422 | 22 | -87 | 15.23 | 19.18 | |
| 7. | Cronulla | 11 | 7 | 4 | - | 206 | 103 | 103 | 11 | 3 | 8 | - | 146 | 207 | -61 | 22 | 10 | 12 | - | 352 | 310 | 20 | +42 | 16.00 | 14.09 |
| Penrith | 11 | 7 | 4 | - | 162 | 157 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 8 | - | 121 | 215 | -94 | 22 | 10 | 12 | - | 283 | 372 | 20 | -89 | 12.86 | 16.91 | |
| 9. | Eastern Suburbs | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 205 | 168 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 8 | - | 139 | 171 | -32 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 344 | 339 | 19 | +5 | 15.64 | 15.41 |
| 10. | Newtown | 11 | 6 | 5 | - | 163 | 177 | -14 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 119 | 224 | -105 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 282 | 401 | 15 | -119 | 12.82 | 18.23 |
| 11. | North Sydney | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 137 | 176 | -39 | 11 | 1 | 10 | - | 128 | 270 | -142 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 265 | 446 | 11 | -181 | 12.05 | 20.27 |
| 12. | Western Suburbs | 11 | 4 | 7 | - | 203 | 227 | -24 | 11 | - | 11 | - | 133 | 244 | -111 | 22 | 4 | 18 | - | 336 | 471 | 8 | -135 | 15.27 | 21.41 |
Playoffs/Finals
| Minor Semi | Aug 28 | St George | 19 | Parramatta | 8 | K. Page | SCG | 38,157 |
| Major Semi | Sep 4 | Souths | 19 | Manly | 13 | K. Holman | SCG | 50,261 |
| Prelim Final | 11 | St George | 15 | Manly | 12 | K. Page | SCG | 45,883 |
| Grand Final | 18 | Souths | 16 | St George | 10 | K. Holman | SCG | 62,838 |