title: 1972 Eastern Suburbs season
text: # 1972 Eastern Suburbs season
  
  The 1972 Eastern Suburbs season was the 65th in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1972 premiership, winning 18 of their 25 matches and finishing runners-up, defeated by Manly-Warringah.
  
  ## Team
  
  * Coach- Don Furner
  * Captain- Ron Coote
  * Lineup-
  * FB Allan McKean
  * WG Jim Porter
  * CE Harry Cameron
  * CE Mark Harris
  * WG Bill Mullins
  * FE John Ballesty
  * HB Kevin Junee
  * PR John Armstrong
  * HK Peter Moscatt
  * PR Arthur Beetson
  * SR Greg Bandiera
  * John Quayle
  * LK Ron Coote (c)
  * SR Laurie Freier
  * Mick Alchin
  * Johnny Mayes
  * Kel Jones
  * Dick Thornett
  * Phil Hawthorne
  * C. Boyd
  * C. Renilson
  * P. Flanders
  
  ## Ladder
  
  | | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Manly-Warringah | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 460 | 255 | +205 | 37 |
  | 2 | Eastern Suburbs | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 514 | 297 | +217 | 35 |
  | 3 | St. George | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 398 | 221 | +177 | 34 |
  | 4 | South Sydney | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 456 | 331 | +125 | 28 |
  | 5 | Newtown | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 402 | 371 | +31 | 24 |
  | 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 382 | 373 | +9 | 24 |
  | 7 | Western Suburbs | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 367 | 398 | -31 | 17 |
  | 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 332 | 378 | -46 | 16 |
  | 9 | North Sydney | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 320 | 405 | -85 | 15 |
  | 10 | Balmain | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 333 | 455 | -122 | 13 |
  | 11 | Penrith | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 278 | 490 | -212 | 11 |
  | 12 | Parramatta | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 317 | 585 | -268 | 10 |
  
  ## Season summary
  
  * Eastern Suburbs finished the season as runners-up, beaten by Manly Warringah 19-14in the grand final.
  * Allan McKean was the highest point scorer for the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) in the 1972 season.
  