High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the seventy-third season of Sydney`s professional rugby league football competition, Australia`s first. Twelve clubs, including six of 1908`s foundation teams and another six from around Sydney competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Canterbury-Bankstown and Eastern Suburbs clubs. NSWRFL clubs also competed in the 1980 Tooth Cup and players from NSWRFL clubs were selected to represent the New South Wales team.