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1927 NSWRFL season

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The 1927 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twentieth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league club competition, Australia's first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season, which culminated in South Sydney's victory over St. George in the premiership final.

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Season summary

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The 1927 season saw a new record for length of a player's suspension. Balmain's Bill Maizey was suspended for twelve months for punching Easts player George Clamback. The season was also the last as a player in the NSWRFL for future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Frank Burge, who had returned as captain-coach of St. George after three seasons out of the NSWRFL.

Teams

Balmain
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20th season
Ground: Birchgrove Oval
Coach: Alf Fraser
Captain: Norm Robinson
Eastern Suburbs
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20th season
Ground: RAS Showground
Coach:
Captain: Arthur Oxford
Glebe
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20th season
Ground: Wentworth Park
Captain: Tom McGrath
Newtown
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20th season
Ground: Marrickville Oval
Coach: Albert "Ricketty" Johnston
Captain(s): Charles Kell, Tom Ellis
North Sydney
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20th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach:
Captain: Leo O'Connor
St. George
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7th season
Ground: Earl Park
Captain-Coach: Frank Burge
South Sydney
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20th season
Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground
Captain-coach: Alf Blair
University
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8th season
Coach:
Captain: Frank O'Rourke, Sammy Ogg
Western Suburbs
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20th season
Ground: Pratten Park
Coach: Clarrie Prentice
Captain: Frank McMillan

Ladder

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The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1927 premiership across Sydney.
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Finals

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All four finalists had been decided before the end of the final round and by coincidence faced each other in the penultimate round. 1926 wooden spooners St. George had a massive turnaround in 1927, with a chance to become minor premiers in the final round when they played South Sydney who were just one point ahead of them on the ladder. However looking for their third successive title, South Sydney prevailed 22-9 in front of a large crowd of 26,649 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and as a result took the minor premiership. On the same day, Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs played each other for third spot, with Western Suburbs winning 8-6.

In the semi-finals, both South Sydney and St. George overcame their opponents and were able to set up a rematch of their Round 18 game just two weeks earlier.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 September 1927 - Earl Park
 
 
St. George 26
 
17 September 1927 - Royal Agricultural Society Showground
 
Eastern Suburbs 11
 
South Sydney 20
 
10 September 1927 - Royal Agricultural Society Showground
 
St. George 11
 
South Sydney 38
 
 
Western Suburbs 6
 

Final

Playing on a quagmire at the Royal Agricultural Society Grounds in front of a modest crowd of 12,124 St. George contested their first ever premiership decider in their seventh year in the top league. They confronted the might of South Sydney who were reigning premiers in the two prior years and minor premiers at the end of the 1927 regular season.

The two teams had already met earlier in the season at the Sydney Cricket Ground when Souths defeated Saints 17–14 in front of a massive crowd of 31,500. With heavy rain falling throughout the match, refereed by former Rabbitoh and international Webby Neill Souths took a 13–6 lead to the half time break. The Rabbitohs won the decider scoring four tries to three to take their third successive premiership and becoming the third club to do so.[2]

South Sydney 20 (Tries: Carr, Root, Wearing, Finch. Goals: Blair 2, Kadwell 2)

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St George 11 (Tries: Justice, Carstairs, Saunders. Goal: Saunders )

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