1982 NSWRL Season — Final Regular-Season Ladder
First season with 14 teams (Canberra and Illawarra Steelers joined), 26 regular-season rounds (double round-robin). Competition points: 2 for a win, 1 for a draw. Minor premiers Parramatta also won the Grand Final (21-8 over Manly-Warringah, 26 Sep 1982), so minor premier = premier this year. This season's ladder was independently cross-verified: a Wikipedia fetch and a Rugby League Project fetch returned identical W-D-L-Pts figures for all 14 teams.
Ladder
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parramatta | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 619 | 242 | +377 | 42 |
| 2 | Manly-Warringah | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 530 | 411 | +119 | 34 |
| 3 | North Sydney | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 399 | 360 | +39 | 33 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 437 | 304 | +133 | 32 |
| 5 | Western Suburbs | 26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 412 | 349 | +63 | 32 |
| 6 | South Sydney | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 395 | 400 | -5 | 29 |
| 7 | Newtown | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 406 | 309 | +97 | 28 |
| 8 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 399 | 361 | +38 | 27 |
| 9 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 400 | 336 | +64 | 27 |
| 10 | St. George | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 408 | 402 | +6 | 24 |
| 11 | Balmain | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 383 | 427 | -44 | 21 |
| 12 | Penrith | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 375 | 441 | -66 | 15 |
| 13 | Illawarra Steelers | 26 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 344 | 572 | -228 | 12 |
| 14 | Canberra | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 269 | 862 | -593 | 8 |
Qualified for the finals series — top 5 (“final five”) that season.
Finals series
Minor Preliminary Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep 1982 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters 11–7 Western Suburbs Magpies | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 21,167 |
Major Preliminary Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 1982 | Manly-Warringah 26–3 North Sydney Bears | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 24,690 |
Minor Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 1982 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters 12–10 North Sydney Bears | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 19,566 |
Major Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 1982 | Manly-Warringah 20–0 Parramatta Eels | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 31,604 |
Preliminary Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 1982 | Parramatta Eels 33–0 Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 24,637 |
Grand Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep 1982 | Parramatta Eels 21–8 Manly-Warringah | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW |
Full Grand Final page (Clive Churchill Medal, match context, sources) →
Sources
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