1925 South Sydney season

The 1925 South Sydney DRLFC season was the 18th in the club's history. They competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1925 Premiership, completing what's been described as the greatest season in South Sydney's history. During the year, the Rabbitohs won the first grade premiership, the City Cup knockout tournament, and the reserve grade and third grade premierships.

Coached by Howard Hallett and captained by Alf Blair, Souths' firat grade side went through the premiership competition undefeated, winning all 12 games and leaving a 10-point gap between first and second. This was to be the first of five consecutive premierships won by the club.

Souths' winger Benny Wearing was the premiership's top try scorer (12) and top point scorer (80).

Results:^[1]

Round 1: Saturday, 2 May - Souths 16 def Balmain 10
Round 2: Saturday, 9 May - Souths 13 def University 0
Round 3: Saturday, 16 May - Souths 14 def Eastern Suburbs 0
Round 4: Saturday, 23 May - St George 10 lost to Souths 11
Round 5: Saturday, 6 June - Newtown 12 lost to Souths 14
Round 6: Saturday, 13 June - Souths 31 def Glebe 8
Round 7: Bye
Round 8: Saturday, 27 June - Souths 23 def Western Suburbs 20
Round 9: Saturday, 4 July - Souths 15 def North Sydney 10
Round 10: Saturday, 18 July - Souths 8 def University 2
Round 11: Saturday, 25 July - Souths 12 def Glebe 2
Round 12: Saturday, 1 August - Souths 25 def St George 8
Round 13: Saturday, 8 August - Souths 8 def Eastern Suburbs 5

Ladder:

	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	130	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	107	171	-53	12
7	University	11	3	1	7	2	168	142	-24	11
8	Eastern Suburbs	12	4	0	8	1	161	120	-31	10
9	Newtown	11	3	0	8	2	120	136	-42	10

As a result of Souths' dominance, the League introduced a finals series for the following season in order to maintain interest in the competition.^[2]

References

↑ "Rabbitohs Results 1921 to 1931". rabbitohs.com.au. South Sydney Rabbitohs. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
↑ Middleton, David (30 September 2013). "Ten of the most dominant seasons in rugby league history from historian David Middleton". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Est. 1908 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales

The club	History Honours Players Coaches Records Representatives Results

Home grounds	Current ANZ Stadium Past Sydney Sports Ground Redfern Oval Sydney Football Stadium

Culture	Charity Shield South Side Story Book of Feuds Ron Coote Cup Rivalries Return to Redfern South Sydney Leagues Club Red and Green Ball George Piggins Medal Souths Cares Rabbitohs Hall Of Fame

Important figures	Arthur Hennessy Benny Wearing George Treweek Jack Rayner Clive Churchill John Sattler Bob McCarthy George Piggins Russell Crowe

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 21 1908 1909 1914 1918 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1967 1968 1970 1971 2014

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Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League North Sydney Bears

Related articles	The Burrow Reggie the Rabbit South Sydney Central

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