The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and a forerunner of today's National Rugby League. It was run by the New South Wales Rugby League, first named the New South Wales Rugby Football League, from 1908 until 1994, and served as the state's elite rugby league competition alongside Queensland's Brisbane Rugby League. The inaugural 1908 season had eight Sydney-based teams and one from Newcastle, with Cumberland joining after the first round, and South Sydney took the first premiership by beating Eastern Suburbs in the Final. Between 1912 and 1925 premiers were decided by first past the post, after which a finals system was introduced. The competition expanded beyond Sydney in 1982 with the Canberra Raiders and the Illawarra Steelers, and in 1995 it was played under the Australian Rugby League.
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was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia
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Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New South Wales Rugby Football League) from 1908 until 1994
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Between 1912 and 1925 the premiers were decided by first past the post.
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the premiership was the state's elite rugby league competition
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Between 1912 and 1925 the premiers were decided by first past the post.
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was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia
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Tracing its origins back to the New South Wales Rugby League, which formed in 1908
St. George Dragons (Wikipedia)
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Entering the New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921
Johnny Raper (Wikipedia)
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played in eight consecutive NSWRFL first-grade grand final victories for the St. George Dragons club
Brett Papworth (Wikipedia)
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in the New South Wales Rugby League competition
Graham Eadie (Wikipedia)
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he played in Australia during Manly-Warringah's dominance of the NSWRFL competition during the 1970s
Steve Gearin (Wikipedia)
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in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) during the 1970s and 1980s
Rugby League Project: Bradley Clyde (Rugby League Project)
Rugby League ProjectCompetitors Include: Bradley Clyde, Competitions Won, premiershipQuote, Competitors Include: Bradley Clyde, Competitions Won, premiership
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) 1989, 1990, 1994
Rugby League Project: Ron Coote (Rugby League Project)
Rugby League ProjectCompetitors Include: Ron Coote, Competitions Won, premiershipQuote, Competitors Include: Ron Coote, Competitions Won, premiership
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975
Rugby League Project: Bob Fulton (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 1972, 1973, 1976
Rugby League Project: Ricky Stuart (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRL Premiership (NRL) 1989, 1990, 1994
Rugby League Project: Brett Kenny (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986
Rugby League Project: Peter Sterling (rugby league) (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986
Rugby League Project: Graeme Langlands (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Rugby League Project: Steve Mortimer (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988
Rugby League Project: Cliff Lyons (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) 1987, 1996
Kevin Walters (Wikipedia)
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Walters played from the bench for Canberra
Ken Irvine (Wikipedia)
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New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership
Rugby League Project: Laurie Daley (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRL Premiership (NRL) 1989, 1990, 1994
Rugby League Project: Terry Lamb (Rugby League Project)
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NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) 1984, 1985, 1988, 1995
Rugby League Project: Norm Provan (Rugby League Project)
Rugby League ProjectCompetitors Include: Norm Provan, Player summary, premiership yearsQuote, Competitors Include: Norm Provan, Player summary, premiership years
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Dally Messenger (Wikipedia)
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Messenger played with the Eastern Suburbs club of the newly formed New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL)
Newtown Jets (Wikipedia)
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They competed continuously in the NSWRFL premiership
Glebe Dirty Reds (Wikipedia)
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played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Sydney premiership
Balmain Tigers (Wikipedia)
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They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League
North Sydney Bears (Wikipedia)
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through the ARL and NRL premierships
Greg Alexander (Wikipedia)
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Alexander was the captain of Penrith's 1991 NSWRL Grand Final winning team.
Gary Belcher (Wikipedia)
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in the NSWRL Premiership for the Canberra Raiders (winning the 1989 and 1990 grand finals)
Sam Backo (Wikipedia)
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played club football in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the Canberra Raiders and Brisbane Broncos
Martin Bella (Wikipedia)
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At the end of the 1990 NSWRL season, he went on the 1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France.
Jonathan Davies (rugby, born 1962) (Wikipedia)
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playing in the 1991 NSWRL season for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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