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The 1926 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the nineteenth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season, which culminated in South Sydney's victory over Sydney University in the premiership final.〔(Premiership Roll of Honour ) at ''rl1908.com''〕 ==Season summary== Rugby league had been going through a period of declining popularity. The "first past the post" method had resulted in a number of seasons where the premiership was decided before the end of scheduled matches, killing interest in the final rounds. Falling crowd numbers led to the NSWRFL making a substantial loss in 1925, forcing changes to be made. For the 1926 season a finals series was introduced to maintain interest in the competition. The Premiership would therefore be determined amongst the leading four teams. The rules concerning the play-the-ball were also changed. Only two players could play at the ball, with one player from each side being allowed to stand immediately behind, and all other players having to stay behind that second man until the ball was heeled. Previously any number of players could play at the ball, and by 1925 play-the-balls had become a real mess. The rules were changed so that when a ball was forced in goal by the defending side play restarted with a line drop-out rather than a scrum. These changes combined with the use of multiple reserve balls made league a faster and much more attractive game to watch, and the fans returned. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1926 NSWRFL season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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