1971 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

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1971 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
NSWRFL Rank7th
1971 recordWins: 10; Draws: 0; Losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 352 (66 tries, 77 goals); Against: 310 (62 tries, 62 goals)
Team information
CoachTommy Bishop
Captain
StadiumEndeavour Field
Avg. attendance7,699
Top scorers
TriesRay Corcoran (17)
Goals (27)
George Taylforth (27)
Points (78)
1970 1972 >

The 1971 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 5th in club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1971 premiership. The Sharks also won the Endeavour Cup this year. The Endeavour Cup competition was only run for two years, it was a knockout competition involving the teams that didn't make the final five for that year. The trophy was recently found at the club thanks to a request from life member Andrew Downie.[1]

Ladder[1][]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 22 19 0 3 528 260 +268 38
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 22 17 0 5 499 308 +191 34
3 St. George colours.svg St. George 22 15 1 6 392 283 +109 31
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 22 12 0 10 383 355 +28 24
5 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 22 11 0 11 366 398 -32 22
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 22 11 0 11 355 422 -87 22
7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 22 10 0 12 352 310 +42 20
8 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 22 10 0 12 283 372 -89 20
9 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 22 9 1 12 344 339 +5 19
10 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 22 7 1 14 282 401 -119 15
11 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 22 5 1 16 265 446 -181 11
12 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 22 4 0 18 336 471 -135 8

References[]

  1. ^ "The Rugby League Project".
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