1967 New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | South Sydney (17th title) |
Minor premiers | St. George (13th title) |
Matches played | 136 |
Points scored | 3827 |
Attendance | 1769881 |
Top points scorer(s) | Eric Simms (233) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Les Hanigan (16) |
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]