1966 Eastern Suburbs season
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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their 59th New South Wales Rugby League season in 1966.
Eastern Suburbs line-up
- Gwyl Barnes
- Kevin Junee
- Ron Saddler
- J. Mathews
- T. Gallagher
- Kevin Ashley
- C. Boyd
- R. Henspy
- G. Morgan
- Terry Mathews
- D. McCraig
- Ken McMullen
- T. Higham
- Ken Ashcroft
- J. Bissett
- G. Mayhew
Season summary
- This was Eastern Suburbs' worst ever season, failing to win a single match and finishing with the wooden spoon - the fourth in the club's history and its last until 2009. since 2023[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., this remains the last time any team would go through an Australian rugby league season winless,[1] and no team would finish a season on zero points again until the Melbourne Storm finished last in the 2010 NRL season as punishment for gross salary cap breaches uncovered by the NRL in April that year.[2]
References
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- ↑ Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
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- The Story Of Australian Rugby League, Gary Lester
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