1968 Eastern Suburbs season

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1968 Eastern Suburbs season
  1967 1969  

Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their 61st season of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1968 [1] .

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TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 221606394271+12332
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 221516379282+9731
3 St. George colours.svg St. George 221336416320+9629
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 221417362274+8829
5 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 221408393284+10928
6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 221219308284+2425
7 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 2212010328279+4924
8 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 2211011298352-5422
9 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 229112259301-4219
10 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 226016259405-14612
11 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 224018259388-1298
12 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 222119257472-2155

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References

  1. "Saints v Roosters 1968 16th June". Sydney Morning Herald. Newspapers.com. p. 54.