New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1974
- New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1974
Infobox rugby league season
year = 1974
competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League
imagesize = 125px
caption =
teams = 12
premiers =
count = 10th
minor premiers =
mpcount = 13th
matches = 138
points = 4382
attendance = 1278823
top points scorer = (216)
top try scorer = (23)
1974's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixty-seventh season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Twelve clubs, including six Sydney-based foundation teams and another six from Sydney, competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Eastern Suburbs and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs. This season NSWRFL teams also competed for the inaugural Amco Cup.
eason summary
Twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March until August, resulting in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Manly-Warringah, Canterbury-Bankstown and Western Suburbs who battled it out in the finals.
The 1974 Rothmans Medal was awarded to Manly-Warringah's fullback Graham Eadie. "Rugby League Week" awarded their player of the year award to Eastern Suburbs' forward Arthur Beetson.
Teams
Grand Final
Master coach Jack Gibson's first title - and the Roosters' first for twenty-nine years - was won by one of the most talented club teams in the Australian game's history. In rugby union convert Russell Fairfax and giant wingers Mark Harris and Bill Mullins, Easts had three attacking players who dominated Canterbury with their brilliance.
Eastern Suburbs 19 (Tries: Beetson. Mullins, Harris. Goals: Peard 3, Brass 2.)
defeated
Canterbury 4 (Goals: Cutler 2.)
References
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1974.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1974] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1971-1980.html Results:1971-80 at rabbitohs.com.au]
* [http://www.rleague.com//db/year/1974/j_j_giltinan_shield_and_wd_ho_wills_cup/index.php 1974 J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup at rleague.com]
* [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/competitions/NSWRL_1974.html NSWRFL season 1974]
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