Minor premiers and grand finalists Parramatta lost the belt to 6th placed Cronulla in the final round Wests won the last challenger final, but lost the belt to Norths late in the season, before it finished with 6th placed Balmainīalmain’s last premiership was prededed by a costly defeat to 6th placed Wests in round 19 The only season between 1934 and ’40 Easts weren’t premiers or finalists, but they pinched the belt from St.George in round 13 An inconsistent but dangerous Newtown took it from them in round 13 Of the eventual finalists, only Wests held the belt (briefly) in ’31. Souths’ fifth consecutive premiership, but they lost the belt to 5th placed Norths in the penultimate round The belt somehow stayed near the bottom of the table, largely due to an inconsistent Easts, and finished with 7th placed Balmain Newtown again pinched it late in the season and finished 6thĮasts lost just three games en route to the premiership, including a one-point loss to Balmain in the final roundĪ dominant Souths surrendered the belt to a poor Newtown team in round 16 and it eventually ended up with 5th placed Wests Newtown pinched it the following week and finished 6thĪt no stage did Norths hold the belt in their first premiership year. Glebe took the belt from Easts in the final round, with the Tricolours having already clinched the premiershipīalmain were an incipient dynasty and pinched the belt from Newtown in round 11 during a late surge to third placeīalmain lost just one game en route to the premiership, to Easts in round 10. 1910Įasts took the belt from Souths in round 12 and narrowly missed the final. These are rugby league’s unofficial champion teams.
Twenty-two teams across the history of top-flight rugby league in Australia have held the championship belt while the actual championship was being won by somebody else. But sometimes it doesn’t work out that way.
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Given the NRL premiership and its predecessors have almost always been decided after a series of knockout rounds, the championship belt has usually been decided at the same time as the actual championship. 115 years and more than 950 usurpers later, it’s currently held by the Gold Coast Titans who pinched it from Brisbane in Round 17 of the current season. For the purposes of this exercise, Souths also won the inaugural and mythical rugby league championship belt that day.įrom that point on, the belt has been in play whenever its holder has taken the field in a premiership match. Rugby league’s unofficial championship started on 29 August 1908 when Souths beats Easts to win the inaugural NSWRL premiership Final.
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