New South Wales Competitions 1968

[1967] [1969]

Sydney - Second Division
Newcastle


Representative Games

[1967] [1969]

Caltex CRL Championship

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Round 1:

    Illawarra 20 beat Southern Division 10.
    Monaro 17 beat Riverina 16.
    Newcastle 22 beat Western Division 12.
    Northern Division 22 beat North Coast 14.

Semifinals:

    Illawarra 24 beat Monaro 10.
    Newcastle 15 beat Northern Division 14.

Final:

    Newcastle 31 beat Illawarra 8.

Sydney

[1967] [1969]

Preseason (Wills Cup)

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 1 Parramatta            4  4  0  0  -   59   49   10   8
 2 Newtown               4  3  0  1  -  100   42   58   6
 3 Penrith               4  2  2  0  -   40   29   11   6
 4 Manly Warringah       4  2  1  1  -   57   49    8   5
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 5 Balmain               4  1  2  1  -   55   43   12   4
 6 South Sydney          4  2  0  2  -   53   48    5   4
 7 St George             4  2  0  2  -   43   40    3   4
 8 Canterbury Bankstown  4  2  0  2  -   30   45  -15   4
 9 Western Suburbs       4  1  1  2  -   43   38    5   3
10 North Sydney          4  1  0  3  -   43   54  -11   2
11 Eastern Suburbs       4  1  0  3  -   36   60  -24   2
12 Cronulla Sutherland   4  0  0  4  -   30   92  -62   0

Semifinals:

    Manly Warringah 5 drew with Newtown 5.
      * after extra time, Newtown advanced on coin toss.
    Penrith 9 beat Parramatta 4.

Final:

    Penrith 28 beat Newtown 12.

Third Place Playoff:

    Parramatta 22 beat Manly Warringah 12 after extra time.

First Grade Premiership

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 1 South Sydney         22 16  0  6  -  394  271  123  32
 2 Manly Warringah      22 15  1  6  -  379  282   97  31
 3 St George            22 13  3  6  -  416  320   96  29
 4 Eastern Suburbs      22 14  1  7  -  362  274   88  29
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 5 Balmain              22 14  0  8  -  393  284  109  28
 6 Parramatta           22 12  1  9  -  308  284   24  25
 7 Western Suburbs      22 12  0 10  -  328  279   49  24
 8 Penrith              22 11  0 11  -  298  352  -54  22
 9 Canterbury Bankstown 22  9  1 12  -  259  301  -42  19
10 Cronulla Sutherland  22  6  0 16  -  259  405 -146  12
11 North Sydney         22  4  0 18  -  259  388 -129   8
12 Newtown              22  2  1 19  -  257  472 -215   5

Semifinals:

    St George 17 beat Eastern Suburbs 10.
    Manly Warringah 23 beat South Sydney 15.

Final:

    South Sydney 20 beat St George 8.

Grand Final:

    South Sydney 13 beat Manly Warringah 9.

Second Division

[1967] [1969]

University of NSW joined. Hornsby either were replaced by or changed their name to Northern Districts. Liverpool spent the second of two years in recess.

First Grade Premiership

Teams (8): Arncliffe, Bankstown, Blacktown, Northern Districts,
Ryde-Eastwood, Sydney University, University of NSW, Wentworthville.

Grand Final:

    Wentworthville beat Arncliffe.