New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1980
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| New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1980 | |
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| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers |  Canterbury-Bankstown (3rd title) |
| Minor premiers |  Eastern Suburbs (15th title) |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Points scored | 4415 (average 31.993 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,498,634 (average 10,860 per match) |
| Top points scorer(s) | Steve Gearin (220 points) |
| Top try scorer(s) |  John Ribot (16 tries) Wayne Wigham (16 tries) |
The 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the seventy-third season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Twelve clubs contested during the season for the premiership, including six Sydney-based foundation teams and another six from Sydney. NSWRFL teams also competed in the 1980 Tooth Cup.
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[edit] Teams
 Balmain Tigers |
 Canterbury Bulldogs |
 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
 Eastern Suburbs Roosters |
 Manly Sea Eagles |
 Newtown Jets |
 North Sydney Bears |
 Parramatta Eels |
 Penrith Panthers |
 South Sydney Rabbitohs |
 St. George Dragons |
 Western Suburbs Magpies |
[edit] Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Suburbs |
22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 339 | 249 | +90 | 30 |
| 2 | Canterbury-Bankstown |
22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 361 | 334 | +27 | 30 |
| 3 | Western Suburbs |
22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 429 | 308 | +121 | 28 |
| 4 |  St. George |
22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 367 | 321 | +46 | 28 |
| 5 |  South Sydney |
22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 392 | 318 | +74 | 25 |
| 6 |  Parramatta |
22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 420 | 317 | +103 | 24 |
| 7 |  Manly-Warringah |
22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 335 | 354 | -19 | 24 |
| 8 |  Newtown |
22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 348 | 357 | -9 | 23 |
| 9 |  Cronulla-Sutherland |
22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 350 | 346 | +4 | 20 |
| 10 | Balmain |
22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 330 | 382 | -52 | 14 |
| 11 |  North Sydney |
22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 282 | 405 | -123 | 13 |
| 12 |  Penrith |
22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 294 | 556 | -262 | 5 |
[edit] Finals
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
| Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
 Canterbury-Bankstown |
22-17 |  Western Suburbs |
6 September 1980 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Greg Hartley | 21,948 | ||
 St. George |
16-5 |  South Sydney |
7 September 1980 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Jack Danzey | 33,552 | ||
| Semi Finals | ||||||||
 Eastern Suburbs |
7-13 | Canterbury-Bankstown |
13 September 1980 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Greg Hartley | 28,883 | ||
| Western Suburbs |
13-7 | St. George |
14 September 1980 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Jack Danzey | 28,451 | ||
| Preliminary Final | ||||||||
| Eastern Suburbs |
41-5 | Western Suburbs |
20 September 1980 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Greg Hartley | 28,596 | ||
| Grand Final | ||||||||
| Canterbury-Bankstown |
18-4 | Eastern Suburbs |
27 September 1980 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Greg Hartley | 52,881 | ||
[edit] Grand final
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Position | Eastern Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Brentnall | FB | Marty Gurr |
| Chris Anderson | WG | David Michael |
| Chris Mortimer | CE | Kerry Boustead |
| Peter Mortimer | CE | Noel Cleal |
| Steve Gearin | WG | Steve McFarlane |
| Garry Hughes | FE | Ken Wright |
| Steve Mortimer | HB | Kevin Hastings |
| Mark Hughes | PR | Gary Warnecke |
| Steve Folkes | HK | Des O'Reilly |
| Graeme Hughes | PR | John Tobin |
| Geoff Robinson | SR | Royce Ayliffe (c) |
| George Peponis (c) | SR | John Lang |
| John Coveney | LK | John Harvey |
| Ted Glossop | Coach | Bob Fulton |
Canterbury's loss of long serving fullback Stan Cutler with a broken leg suffered in the major semi-final, and the Roosters' form in the preliminary final resulted in Easts being warm favourites. But the Bulldogs, boasting two sets of brothers in the Hughes and Mortimers came ready to play expansive football. Canterbury's Chris Anderson scored the first try of the match after a questionable pass in the lead up, so the Bullogs led 7-4 at half time.
After the break Steve Gearin edged the Bulldogs clear with three successive penalaty goals. The final Canterbury try by Gearin has been ranked amongst the best of all-time. Five minutes from full-time Greg Brentnall raced downfield and put up a high kick. Gearin followed through at speed and amzingly caught the ball on the full to secure a Bulldogs victory.
It was the last Grand Final to be played on a Saturday afternoon with the deciders since then being played on a Sunday.
Canterbury-Bankstown 18 (Tries: Anderson, Gearin. Goals: Gearin 6)
Eastern Suburbs 4 (Goals: Wright 2)
[edit] References
- Rugby League Tables - Season 1980 The World of Rugby League
