New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1948

Infobox rugby league season
year = 1948
competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League


imagesize = 125px
caption =
teams = 10
premiers =
count = 3rd
minor premiers =
mpcount = 2nd
matches = 94
points = 2829
attendance =
top points scorer = (101)
top try scorer = (27)
1948's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-first season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. The teams remained unchanged from the previous season, with ten clubs from across Sydney contesting the premiership during the season which culminated in a grand final between Western Suburbs and Balmain.

eason summary

When Balmain's young stars of 1946-47 Pat Devery and Harry Bath left for big money offers in England it seemed doubtful that the Tigers would be able to continue their run of success. However Balmain gave themselves every chance to achieve their third title in a row and made it through to the Grand Final match up against Wests.

Teams

* Balmain, formed on January 23 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
* Canterbury-Bankstown
* Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
* Manly-Warringah
* Newtown, formed on January 14 1908
* North Sydney, formed on February 7 1908
* Parramatta, formed in November 1946
* South Sydney, formed on January 17 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
* St. George, formed on November 8 1920 at Kogarah School of Arts
* Western Suburbs, formed on February 4 1908

Grand Final

The Tigers led the game until the final quarter when a 40 metre run by Wests' second rower Kevin Hansen saw him tackled right on the try line. The referee awarded the try and Wests held an 8-5 break until fulltime to record their third premiership win.

Western Suburbs Magpies 8 (Tries: Hudson, Hansen. Goals: Keato)

defeated

Balmain Tigers 5 (Tries: Bourke. Goals: Bourke)

References

* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/snotes.html Rugby League Tables - Notes] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1948.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1948] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.rl1908.com/premiership.htm Premiership History and Statistics] "RL1908"
* [http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/syd/res/syd1949a.htm#rfinals Finals lineups and results] "Hunterlink site"
* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1941-1950.html Results:1941-1950 at rabbitohs.com.au]
* [http://www.rleague.com//db/year/1948/labor_daily_cup/index.php 1948 Labor Daily Cup at rleague.com]
* [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/competitions/NSWRL_1948.html NSWRFL season 1948 at rugbyleagueproject.com]