1973 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
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| 1973 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Rank | 2nd | |||
| 1973 record | Wins: 19; draws: 0; losses: 7 | |||
| Points scored | For: 438 (87 tries, 88 goals, 1 field goal); against: 254 (44 tries, 60 goals, 2 field goals) | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Coach | Tommy Bishop | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Endeavour Field | |||
| Avg. attendance | 8,237 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Tommy Bishop (9) | |||
| Goals | Steve Rogers (49) | |||
| Points | Steve Rogers (119) | |||
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The 1973 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the seventh in the club's history. They competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1973 season.
Three Cronulla players, Ken Maddison, Greg Pierce and Steve Rogers were selected to make their international representative debuts for Australia in 1973.
Ladder
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Manly
|
22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 500 | 226 | +274 | 35 |
| 2 |  Cronulla
|
22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 389 | 219 | +170 | 34 |
| 3 |  St. George
|
22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 372 | 213 | +159 | 30 |
| 4 |  Newtown Jets
|
22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 358 | 224 | +134 | 28 |
| 5 |  Canterbury
|
22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 369 | 269 | +100 | 25 |
| 6 |  Eastern Suburbs
|
22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 415 | 314 | +101 | 24 |
| 7 |  South Sydney
|
22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 345 | 367 | -22 | 23 |
| 8 |  North Sydney
|
22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 239 | 350 | -101 | 15 |
| 9 |  Western Suburbs
|
22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 310 | 414 | -104 | 14 |
| 10 |  Balmain
|
22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 254 | 495 | -241 | 14 |
| 11 |  Parramatta
|
22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 275 | 492 | -217 | 12 |
| 12 |  Penrith
|
22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 272 | 525 | -253 | 10 |