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| | History of the NRL |
 | | The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) commences with eight teams: Balmain Tigers, Eastern Suburbs Tricolours, Glebe Dirty Reds, Newcastle Rebels, Newtown Bluebags, North Sydney Shoremen, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Western Suburbs Magpies. |
 | | Hunter Mariners, Perth Western Reds and South Queensland Crushers all leave the NRL, as the NRL begins a quest to cut the number of teams to 14. |
 | | SOUTH SYDNEY: 1908-9 (2), 1914, 1918, 1925-9 (5), 1931-2 (2), 1950-1 (2), 1953-5 (3), 1967-8 (2), 1970-1 (2). |
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