Stats
- Premiers
- Manly
- Runners Up
- Canberra
- Minor Premiers
- Manly
- Wooden Spoon
- Western Suburbs
- Top Tryscorer
- Terry Lamb (16)
- Top Pointscorer
- Ross Conlon (196)
- No. Of Teams
- 13
- No. Of Games
- 162
- No. Of Players
- 448
- No. Of Tries
- 842
- No. Of Goals
- 929 / 1,417 (65.56%)
- No. Of F.Goals
- 68
- Total Attendance
- 1,658,407
- Average Crowd
- 10,237
- Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
- Highest Crowd
- 50,201
- Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
- Lowest Crowd
- 3,000
- Mean Scoreline
- 22-11
- Median Scoreline
- 21-10
- Highest Scoreline
- 48-14
- Lowest Scoreline
- 2-4
- Highest Team Score
- Manly (48-14)
- Average PPG
- 36.51
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 | Bye | F | A | Pts | PD | FPG | APG | | |
| 1. | Manly | 12 | 10 | 2 | - | 332 | 177 | 155 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 221 | 179 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 553 | 356 | 41 | +197 | 23.04 | 14.83 |
| 2. | Eastern Suburbs | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 157 | 145 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6 | - | 233 | 208 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 390 | 353 | 35 | +37 | 16.25 | 14.71 |
| 3. | Canberra | 12 | 7 | 5 | - | 207 | 140 | 67 | 12 | 8 | 4 | - | 234 | 185 | 49 | 24 | 15 | 9 | - | 2 | 441 | 325 | 34 | +116 | 18.38 | 13.54 |
| 4. | Balmain | 13 | 9 | 4 | - | 289 | 179 | 110 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 180 | 170 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 469 | 349 | 33 | +120 | 19.54 | 14.54 |
| 5. | Souths | 11 | 6 | 5 | - | 126 | 159 | -33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 184 | 183 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 310 | 342 | 31 | -32 | 12.92 | 14.25 |
| 6. | Canterbury | 12 | 9 | 3 | - | 229 | 142 | 87 | 12 | 4 | 8 | - | 124 | 174 | -50 | 24 | 13 | 11 | - | 2 | 353 | 316 | 30 | +37 | 14.71 | 13.17 |
| 7. | Parramatta | 13 | 8 | 5 | - | 279 | 219 | 60 | 11 | 4 | 7 | - | 138 | 192 | -54 | 24 | 12 | 12 | - | 2 | 417 | 411 | 28 | +6 | 17.38 | 17.13 |
| 8. | Cronulla | 12 | 7 | 5 | - | 210 | 178 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 180 | 255 | -75 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 390 | 433 | 27 | -43 | 16.25 | 18.04 |
| 9. | North Sydney | 13 | 8 | 5 | - | 222 | 198 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 8 | - | 146 | 203 | -57 | 24 | 11 | 13 | - | 2 | 368 | 401 | 26 | -33 | 15.33 | 16.71 |
| St George | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 192 | 203 | -11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 202 | 206 | -4 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 394 | 409 | 26 | -15 | 16.42 | 17.04 | |
| 11. | Illawarra | 11 | 6 | 5 | - | 162 | 168 | -6 | 13 | 2 | 11 | - | 210 | 281 | -71 | 24 | 8 | 16 | - | 2 | 372 | 449 | 20 | -77 | 15.50 | 18.71 |
| 12. | Penrith | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 160 | 168 | -8 | 11 | 1 | 10 | - | 114 | 231 | -117 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 274 | 399 | 17 | -125 | 11.42 | 16.63 |
| 13. | Western Suburbs | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 183 | 246 | -63 | 11 | 1 | 10 | - | 156 | 281 | -125 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 339 | 527 | 16 | -188 | 14.13 | 21.96 |
Playoffs/Finals
| Minor Prelim Semi | Sep 5 | Souths | 15 | Balmain | 12 | G. McCallum | SCG | 22,134 |
| Major Prelim Semi | 6 | Eastern Suburbs | 25 | Canberra | 16 | M. Stone | SCG | 15,852 |
| Minor Semi | 12 | Canberra | 46 | Souths | 12 | M. Stone | SCG | 24,744 |
| Major Semi | 13 | Manly | 10 | Eastern Suburbs | 6 | G. McCallum | SCG | 36,399 |
| Prelim Final | 20 | Canberra | 32 | Eastern Suburbs | 24 | M. Stone | SCG | 26,790 |
| Grand Final | 27 | Manly | 18 | Canberra | 8 | M. Stone | SCG | 50,201 |