| 1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 9 |
| Premiers |  South Sydney (5th title) |
| Minor premiers | South Sydney (5th title) |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Points scored | 1197 |
| Top points scorer(s) | Benny Wearing (80) |
| Wooden spoon | Newtown (2nd spoon) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Benny Wearing (12) |
The1925New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighteenth season ofSydney’s top-levelrugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season, withSouth Sydney being crowned premiers by finishing on top of the League.[1]
For this season theSt George Dragons found a permanent homeground atEarl Park, Arncliffe. The NSWRFL introduced reserve footballs, so that a game could continue even if the ball had been booted out of the stadium.
South Sydney won all their twelve matches during the season, and remain the only clubto achieve this in the history of the competition and just one of five to go through a season undefeated. The Rabbitohs made a clean sweep of all three grades.
It was the first of seven premierships South Sydney would win in eight years through to 1932. There were no finals played. By Round 13 South Sydney was in such a dominant position (10 points ahead with five rounds to play) that the NSWRFL curtailed the competition and proceeded to theCity Cup knockout tournament, which Souths also won.
Balmain Ground:Birchgrove Oval Coach: Alf Fraser Captain:Charles Fraser | Eastern Suburbs Ground:Sydney Sports Ground Captain:Bill Ives | Glebe Ground:Wentworth Oval Captain:Bert Gray |
Newtown Ground: Marrickville Oval Coach:Albert Johnston Captain:Perce Horne | North Sydney Ground:North Sydney Oval Coach:Jim Devereux Captain:Herman Peters | St. George Ground:Earl Park Coach:Herb Gilbert Captain:Arnold Traynor |
South Sydney Ground:Royal Agricultural Society Ground &Sydney Sports Ground Coach:Howard Hallett Captain:Alf Blair, Jack Lawrence | University Captains:Hubert Finn,Frank O'Rourke | Western Suburbs Ground:Pratten Park Captain:Gordon Stettler |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sydney | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 87 | +103 | 26 |
| 2 |  Western Suburbs | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 166 | 150 | +16 | 16 |
| 3 |  Balmain | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 133 | 112 | +21 | 15 |
| 4 |  North Sydney | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 157 | 138 | +19 | 15 |
| 5 |  St. George | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 132 | 141 | -9 | 15 |
| 6 |  Glebe | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 118 | 171 | -53 | 12 |
| 7 |  Sydney University | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 118 | 142 | -24 | 11 |
| 8 |  Eastern Suburbs | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 89 | 120 | -31 | 10 |
| 9 |  Newtown | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 136 | -42 | 10 |
