The 1967 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 60th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. The introduction of the Cronulla-Sutherland and Penrith clubs saw a total of twelve teams from across the Sydney area compete for the J.J. Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between South Sydney and Canterbury-Bankstown. This was also the first live televised broadcast of a football grand final of any code in Australia.[1]
The 1967 season was the first played under the limited tackle rule, replacing the unlimited tackle rule previously used since the code’s 1908 inception.[2] The number of tackles was four and would remain at that number for only four years before being increased to six in 1971.
Also this season Lidcombe Oval became the Western Suburbs club’s homeground.
The twelve sides met each other twice in twenty-two regular premiership rounds before the top four teams battled out four finals. For the sixth consecutive season St. George finished as minor premiers. The two newcomers to the premiership, Penrith and Cronulla-Sutherland, finished the season second last and last respectively.
In 1967 the Nine Network reached agreement with the NSWRFL for a fee of $5,000 for TV broadcasting rights for the grand final.
South Sydney won their seventeenth premiership, defeating Canterbury-Bankstown in their first grand final since 1947. This finally spelled the end for St. George’s monopoly on Grand Final wins which lasted over a decade, and commenced a new period of South Sydney dominance, during which they would win four premierships in a five-year period.
1967 saw the NSWRFL expand to twelve teams with the introduction of the Penrith and Cronulla-Sutherland clubs.[3] This was the first time the number of clubs had increased since 1947 and the first time ever the number of clubs competing totalled more than ten.
Live television broadcast coverage of grand finals commenced in 1967 with the match being shown on all four Sydney channels. As a result, the crowd of 56,358 was the lowest seen at a grand final since the rainy 1962 St George and Wests decider.[4]
South Sydney, led by new skipper John Sattler, began their period of dominance by downing Canterbury in a torrid 80 minutes played in bleak conditions with a light rain throughout. Taylforth and Eric Simms opened accounts with early goals, before John O'Neill barged over for a close-range try from dummy half. Canterbury's Ron Raper responded with a field-goal kicked from halfway and then Taylforth punished Souths with two successful penalty goals after firstly a clash between Kevin Ryan and O'Neill and then a scrum infringement. Canterbury led 8–5.
A turning point came just before half-time when Rabbitohs second rower Bob McCarthy swooped on a lofted pass from Canterbury’s Col Brown intended for Johnny Greaves and ran the length of the field to take Souths into the break with a 10–8 lead.
Taylforth kicked his fourth goal to take the scores level nine minutes into the second-half but from that point on the match became a tight arm wrestle. With five minutes remaining Canterbury’s Ross Kidd was penalised for an incorrect scrum feed and Simms kicked the Rabbitohs to a two-point lead which they held to give them their 17th premiership title.[5]
It marked the beginning of a new golden period for Souths and Ron Coote, Mike Cleary, Bob McCarthy, O'Neill, Sattler and Simms would win four premierships in the next five seasons and figure prominently in representative squads of that period.
South Sydney 12 (Tries: O'Neill, McCarthy. Goals: Simms 3)
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The 1967 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 60th season of Sydney s professional rugby league football competition Australia s first The introduction of the Cronulla Sutherland and Penrith clubs saw a total of twelve teams from across the Sydney area compete for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD amp HO Wills Cup during the season which culminated in a grand final between South Sydney and Canterbury Bankstown This was also the first live televised broadcast of a football grand final of any code in Australia 1 1967 New South Wales Rugby Football LeagueTeams12PremiersSouth Sydney 17th title Minor premiersSt George 13th title Matches played136Points scored3827Attendance1769881Top points scorer s Eric Simms 233 Top try scorer s Les Hanigan 16 19661968 Contents 1 Season summary 1 1 Teams 1 2 Ladder 2 Finals 2 1 Grand Final 3 Player statistics 4 References 5 External linksSeason summary editThe 1967 season was the first played under the limited tackle rule replacing the unlimited tackle rule previously used since the code s 1908 inception 2 The number of tackles was four and would remain at that number for only four years before being increased to six in 1971 Also this season Lidcombe Oval became the Western Suburbs club s homeground The twelve sides met each other twice in twenty two regular premiership rounds before the top four teams battled out four finals For the sixth consecutive season St George finished as minor premiers The two newcomers to the premiership Penrith and Cronulla Sutherland finished the season second last and last respectively In 1967 the Nine Network reached agreement with the NSWRFL for a fee of 5 000 for TV broadcasting rights for the grand final South Sydney won their seventeenth premiership defeating Canterbury Bankstown in their first grand final since 1947 This finally spelled the end for St George s monopoly on Grand Final wins which lasted over a decade and commenced a new period of South Sydney dominance during which they would win four premierships in a five year period The 1967 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee Reg Gasnier Teams edit 1967 saw the NSWRFL expand to twelve teams with the introduction of the Penrith and Cronulla Sutherland clubs 3 This was the first time the number of clubs had increased since 1947 and the first time ever the number of clubs competing totalled more than ten Balmain nbsp 60th seasonGround Leichhardt Oval Captain coach Keith Barnes Canterbury Bankstown nbsp 33rd seasonGround Belmore Sports Ground Captain coach Kevin Ryan Cronulla Sutherland nbsp 1st seasonGround Sutherland Oval Coach Ken KearneyCaptain Monty Porter Eastern Suburbs nbsp 60th seasonGround Sydney Sports Ground Coach Jack GibsonCaptain Jim MatthewsManly Warringah nbsp 21st seasonGround Brookvale Oval Coach Wally O ConnellCaptain Ken Day Fred Jones Newtown nbsp 60th seasonGround Henson Park Coach Dick PooleCaptain Brian Graham North Sydney nbsp 60th seasonGround North Sydney Oval Coach Billy WilsonCaptain Colin Greenwood Parramatta nbsp 21st seasonGround Cumberland Oval Captain coach Brian HamblyPenrith nbsp 1st seasonGround Penrith Stadium Coach Leo TrevenaCaptain Tony Brown Laurie Fagan South Sydney nbsp 60th seasonGround Redfern Oval Coach Clive ChurchillCaptain John Sattler St George nbsp 47th seasonGround Kogarah Oval Captain Coach Ian Walsh Western Suburbs nbsp 60th seasonGround Lidcombe Oval Captain Coach Noel KellyLadder edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts1 nbsp St George 22 16 1 5 437 267 170 332 nbsp South Sydney 22 16 0 6 422 271 151 323 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown 22 14 1 7 349 269 80 294 nbsp Eastern Suburbs Roosters 22 13 2 7 269 219 50 285 nbsp Manly Warringah 22 12 2 8 365 271 94 266 nbsp Balmain 22 12 2 8 344 258 86 267 nbsp Western Suburbs 22 10 2 10 269 255 14 228 nbsp North Sydney 22 8 1 13 297 370 73 179 nbsp Parramatta 22 8 0 14 309 322 13 1610 nbsp Newtown 22 7 2 13 274 406 132 1611 nbsp Penrith 22 5 2 15 203 352 149 1212 nbsp Cronulla Sutherland 22 3 1 18 208 486 278 7Finals editHome Score Away Match InformationDate and Time Venue Referee CrowdSemi finals nbsp Canterbury Bankstown 13 2 nbsp Eastern Suburbs 26 August 1967 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce 47 186 nbsp St George 8 13 nbsp South Sydney 2 September 1967 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce 51 915Preliminary Final nbsp St George 11 12 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown 9 September 1967 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce 49 941Grand Final nbsp South Sydney 12 10 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown 16 September 1967 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce 56 358Grand Final edit South Sydney Rabbitohs Position Canterbury BankstownKevin Longbottom FB Les Johns2 Michael Cleary WG 2 Barry Reynolds3 Bob Moses CE 3 Bob Hagan4 Eric Simms CE 4 Johnny Greaves5 Brian James WG 5 Clive Gartner6 Jim Lisle FE 6 Bob Doyle7 Ivan Jones HB 7 Ross Kidd13 John Sattler c PR 13 Kevin Ryan12 Elwyn Walters HK 12 Col Brown11 John O Neill PR 11 Kevin Ryan c coach 10 Bob McCarthy SR 10 Kevin Goldspink9 Alan Scott SR 9 George Taylforth8 Ron Coote LK 8 Ron RaperClive Churchill CoachLive television broadcast coverage of grand finals commenced in 1967 with the match being shown on all four Sydney channels As a result the crowd of 56 358 was the lowest seen at a grand final since the rainy 1962 St George and Wests decider 4 South Sydney led by new skipper John Sattler began their period of dominance by downing Canterbury in a torrid 80 minutes played in bleak conditions with a light rain throughout Taylforth and Eric Simms opened accounts with early goals before John O Neill barged over for a close range try from dummy half Canterbury s Ron Raper responded with a field goal kicked from halfway and then Taylforth punished Souths with two successful penalty goals after firstly a clash between Kevin Ryan and O Neill and then a scrum infringement Canterbury led 8 5 A turning point came just before half time when Rabbitohs second rower Bob McCarthy swooped on a lofted pass from Canterbury s Col Brown intended for Johnny Greaves and ran the length of the field to take Souths into the break with a 10 8 lead Taylforth kicked his fourth goal to take the scores level nine minutes into the second half but from that point on the match became a tight arm wrestle With five minutes remaining Canterbury s Ross Kidd was penalised for an incorrect scrum feed and Simms kicked the Rabbitohs to a two point lead which they held to give them their 17th premiership title 5 It marked the beginning of a new golden period for Souths and Ron Coote Mike Cleary Bob McCarthy O Neill Sattler and Simms would win four premierships in the next five seasons and figure prominently in representative squads of that period South Sydney 12 Tries O Neill McCarthy Goals Simms 3 Canterbury Bankstown 10 Goals Taylforth 4 Fld Goal Raper Player statistics editThe following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 22 Top 5 point scorers Points Player Tries Goals Field Goals219 nbsp Eric Simms 3 93 12186 nbsp George Taylforth 2 90 0151 nbsp Dennis Preston 5 68 0139 nbsp Terry Hughes 1 67 1135 nbsp Bob Batty 7 56 1Top 5 try scorers Tries Player16 nbsp Les Hanigan14 nbsp Brian James14 nbsp Ken Irvine12 nbsp Johnny King11 nbsp Bob McCarthy11 nbsp Reg Gasnier Top 5 goal scorers Goals Player93 nbsp Eric Simms90 nbsp George Taylforth68 nbsp Dennis Preston67 nbsp Terry Hughes56 nbsp Bob BattyReferences edit Masters Roy 4 October 2009 Messenger can watch a better league broadcast in the US than south of the border The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Digital Retrieved 10 May 2009 Middleton David 2008 League of Legends 100 Years of Rugby League in Australia PDF National Museum of Australia p 27 ISBN 978 1 876944 64 3 Archived from the original PDF on 17 March 2011 History of the Premiership centenaryofrugbyleague com au Australian Rugby League Archived from the original on 9 February 2008 Retrieved 21 October 2013 Big League 13 July 2006 p 7 Clarkson Alan 26 September 1986 The best Grand Finals I ve seen The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Media p 77 Retrieved 14 September 2010 External links editRugby League Tables Season 1967 The World of Rugby League Big League News Magazines for the National Rugby League 13 June 2006 Results 1961 70 at rabbitohs com au 1967 J J Giltinan Shield and WD amp HO Wills Cup at rleague com dead link NSWRFL season 1967 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1967 NSWRFL season amp oldid 1187544074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
