1941 NSWRFL season
rugby league competition
The 1941 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-fourth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, which lasted from April until August, culminating in Eastern Suburbs’ loss to St. George in the grand final.
Teams
Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall
Canterbury-Bankstown
Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall
Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
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
Ladder
As three clubs were equal on points at the end of the home-and-away season, no club had the right of challenge in the finals.
Finals
Eastern Suburbs and St. George won their respective semi finals, allowing them to meet in the final.
Premiership final
In a tough encounter the Dragons won their first ever premiership in their twenty-first season in the competition. St. George captain-coach Neville Smith was knocked out after a heavy tackle early in the match.
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