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1984 NSWRL season

1984 New South Wales Rugby League
Teams 13
Premiers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown (4th title)
Minor premiers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown (4th title)
Matches played 163
Points scored 5226
Attendance 1379655
Top points scorer(s) St. George colours.svg Steve Gearin (190)
Player of the year Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) St. George colours.svg Steve Morris (17)
Canterbury colours.svg Terry Lamb (17)

The 1984 New South Wales Rugby League season was the 77th season of competition between the top professional rugby league football clubs within New South Wales. With the departure from the first grade competition of Sydney foundation club the Newtown Jets at the close of the previous season, 1984 saw thirteen teams compete for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Canterbury-Bankstown and Parramatta clubs. NSWRL teams also competed for the 1984 National Panasonic Cup.

The New South Wales Rugby Football League dropped the "football" from its name this year. Twenty-six regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Canterbury, St. George, Parramatta and Manly, with Souths taking fifth spot after winning a play-off against Canberra

The 1984 season's Rothmans Medallist was Canterbury-Bankstown's five-eighth, Terry Lamb, who was also the season's top try-scorer. The Dally M Award was given to Canterbury's fullback, Michael Potter, while Rugby League Week gave their player of the year award to Parramatta's halfback, Peter Sterling.

At the close of the previous season Newtown became the first club since University in 1937 to exit the League, reducing the number of clubs this season from fourteen to thirteen. This included five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, one from greater New South Wales and one from the Australian Capital Territory.


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