New South Wales Competitions 1971

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Sydney - Second Division
Newcastle


Representative Games

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Caltex CRL Championship

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Round 1:

    Illawarra 16 beat Riverina 12.
    Newcastle 45 beat Monaro 25.
    Northern Division 32 beat Western Division 21.
    Southern Division 20 beat North Coast 11.

Semifinals:

    Illawarra 21 beat Southern Division 13.
    Newcastle 28 beat Northern Division 13.

Final:

    Illawarra 15 beat Newcastle 7.

Sydney

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Preseason (Wills Cup)

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 1 Cronulla Sutherland   4  3  1  0  -   77   49   28   7
 2 St George             4  3  0  1  -   83   37   46   6
 3 Newtown               4  3  0  1  -   46   41    5   6
 4 Canterbury Bankstown  4  3  0  1  -   65   68   -3   6
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 5 Manly Warringah       4  2  1  1  -   73   51   22   5
 6 Balmain               4  2  0  2  -   75   56   19   4
 7 South Sydney          4  2  0  2  -   57   41   16   4
 8 North Sydney          4  2  0  2  -   54   62   -8   4
 9 Eastern Suburbs       4  1  0  3  -   38   60  -22   2
10 Penrith               4  1  0  3  -   22   54  -32   2
11 Parramatta            4  0  1  3  -   61   87  -26   1
12 Western Suburbs       4  0  1  3  -   43   88  -45   1

Semifinals:

    St George 18 beat Canterbury Bankstown 7.
    Cronulla Sutherland 20 beat Newtown 7.

Final:

    St George 20 beat Cronulla Sutherland 7.

Playoff for 3rd:

    Newtown 10 beat Canterbury Bankstown 8.

First Grade Premiership

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 1 Manly Warringah      22 19  0  3  -  528  260  268  38
 2 South Sydney         22 17  0  5  -  499  308  191  34
 3 St George            22 15  1  6  -  392  283  109  31
 4 Parramatta           22 12  0 10  -  383  355   28  24
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 5 Balmain              22 11  0 11  -  366  398  -32  22
 6 Canterbury Bankstown 22 11  0 11  -  335  422  -87  22
 7 Cronulla Sutherland  22 10  0 12  -  352  310   42  20
 8 Penrith              22 10  0 12  -  283  372  -89  20
 9 Eastern Suburbs      22  9  1 12  -  344  339    5  19
10 Newtown              22  7  1 14  -  282  401 -119  15
11 North Sydney         22  5  1 16  -  265  446 -181  11
12 Western Suburbs      22  4  0 18  -  336  471 -135   8

Semifinals:

    St George 19 beat Parramatta 8.
    South Sydney 19 beat Manly Warringah 13.

Final:

    St George 15 beat Manly Warringah 12.

Grand Final:

    South Sydney 16 beat St George 10.

Thiess-Toyota Trophy

Played for by the eight teams who falied to qualify for the Sydney premiership finals.

Prizemoney: Cronulla Sutherland $6000, Canterbury Bankstown $2500, Western Suburbs $1500, North Sydney $1000, others $250.

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Round 1:

    North Sydney 7 beat Eastern Suburbs 5.
    Canterbury Bankstown 19 beat Newtown 15.
    Cronulla Sutherland 15 beat Penrith 3.
    Western Suburbs 22 beat Balmain 2.

Semifinals:

    Canterbury Bankstown 17 beat North Sydney 7.
    Cronulla Sutherland 20 beat Western Suburbs 19.

Final:

    Cronulla Sutherland 20 beat Canterbury Bankstown 13.

Playoff for 3rd:

    Western Suburbs 25 beat North Sydney 21.

Second Division

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First Grade Premiership

Teams (11): Arncliffe, Asquith, Bankstown, Blacktown, Liverpool,
Northern Districts, Ryde-Eastwood, St Mary's, Sydney University,
University of NSW, Wentworthville.

Grand Final:

    Wentworthville 21 beat Sydney University 15.