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Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 7.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	Manly	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	15	16	18	18	20	20	22	24	24	26	28	30	30	32
2	Newcastle	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	121	14	14	14	16	17	19	21	21	23	25	27	29
3	Parramatta	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	26	28	28	29
4	North Sydney	0	2	2	3	5	7	7	9	11	13	15	15	17	19	19	21	23	25	25	25	27	27
5	Sydney City	2	4	6	6	6	6	8	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	17	19	21	23	25	27
6	Illawarra	2	4	4	5	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	13	15	17	17	19	19	19	21	23
7	Gold Coast	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	8	9	11	11	13	15	17	17	19	19	19	19	21	21
8	Balmain	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	12	12	14	14	16	16	18	18	20	20
9	Western Suburbs	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	18	20	20	20
10	St. George	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	19
11	South Sydney	0	2	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	61	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
12	South Queensland	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	8

¹ The round 10 match between Newcastle Knights and South Sydney Rabbitohs was postponed due to rain. This match was played during round 16.