 Losing only five regular season matches over both years, the Roosters were able to steamroll their way to back-to-back premierships.Gibson's second tenure at Easts started well in 1974, with the Roosters winning the pre-season Wills Cup final 43–0 against cross-town rivals Souths.The club comfortably won the minor premiership by eight points (or four extra wins), but became unstuck in the semi final against Canterbury, due to a shocking refereeing decision by ref Keith Page, who ruled the match winning try to the Berries despite the try scorer clearly being offside.