1969 NSWRFL Season — Final Regular-Season Ladder
12 teams, 22 rounds, 2 points/win, 1/draw. Wikipedia's page could not be reliably parsed for the full ladder table and was discarded per protocol (though its grand-final prose — Balmain 11 d. South Sydney 2 — is consistent with this ladder's top two). Data is from rugbyleagueproject.org, arithmetically verified: total wins=130=total losses; total points-for=4160=total points-against. Two ties: Manly-Warringah and St. George both finished on 28 points (St. George ranked 4th ahead on points difference despite equal wins/losses); Parramatta and Western Suburbs both finished on 22 points (Parramatta ranked 5th per source order despite a worse points difference than Western Suburbs — an apparent tie-break anomaly in the source, noted here rather than silently 'corrected').
Ladder
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sydney | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 489 | 222 | +267 | 36 |
| 2 | Balmain | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 410 | 304 | +106 | 34 |
| 3 | Manly-Warringah | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 355 | 298 | +57 | 28 |
| 4 | St. George | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 411 | 323 | +88 | 28 |
| 5 | Parramatta | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 323 | 338 | -15 | 22 |
| 6 | Western Suburbs | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 315 | 288 | +27 | 22 |
| 7 | North Sydney | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 343 | 362 | -19 | 21 |
| 8 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 316 | 349 | -33 | 20 |
| 9 | Eastern Suburbs | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 307 | 409 | -102 | 17 |
| 10 | Newtown | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 279 | 421 | -142 | 13 |
| 11 | Penrith | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 311 | 398 | -87 | 13 |
| 12 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 301 | 448 | -147 | 10 |
Qualified for the finals series — top 4 that season.
Finals series
Minor Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 1969 | Manly-Warringah 19–10 St. George | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 40,977 |
Major Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 1969 | South Sydney Rabbitohs 14–13 Balmain Tigers | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 44,159 |
Preliminary Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 1969 | Balmain Tigers 15–14 Manly-Warringah | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 41,410 |
Grand Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 1969 | Balmain Tigers 11–2 South Sydney Rabbitohs | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW |
Full Grand Final page (Clive Churchill Medal, match context, sources) →
Sources
Sources
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