New South Wales Competitions 1987

[1986] [1988]

Sydney
Newcastle


Representative Games

[1986] [1988]

Midweek Cup (National Panasonic Cup)

Competing teams: (20) the 13 Sydney teams, Brisbane, NSW Country, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea).

[1986] [1988] [details]

Preliminary Round:

    Western Australia 18 beat South Australia 14.
    Western Australia 28 beat Victoria 10.
    Port Moresby 52 beat Northern Territory 5.
    Port Moresby 50 beat Western Australia 10.

Round 1:

    Canterbury Bankstown 22 beat Manly Warringah 4.
    North Sydney beat Western Suburbs.
    Parramatta 25 beat Illawarra 16.
    Cronulla Sutherland 20 beat Canberra 8.
    South Sydney beat St George.
    Penrith 14 beat Brisbane 2.
    Balmain 62 beat Port Moresby 8.
    Eastern Suburbs 54 beat NSW Country 0.

Quarterfinals:

    Parramatta 18 beat North Sydney 4.
    Balmain 11 beat South Sydney 10.
    Eastern Suburbs 12 beat Canterbury Bankstown 10.
    Penrith 14 beat Cronulla Sutherland 6.

Semifinals:

    Penrith 32 beat Parramatta 22.
    Balmain 14 beat Eastern Suburbs 12.

Final:

    Balmain 14 beat Penrith 12.

Player of the Series: Ben Elias (Balmain).

Caltex CRL Championship

The games were played over a single week at Tweed Heads. Consolation games were played to give the teams eliminated in the first round something to do.

[details]

Round 1:

    Central Coast 22 beat Southern Division 10.
    Northern Rivers 19 beat Northern Division 16.
    Riverina 22 beat Newcastle 21.
    Western Division 37 beat North Coast 14.

Semifinals:

    Northern Rivers 15 beat Riverina 10.
    Western Division 18 beat Central Coast 12.

Final:

    Northern Rivers 25 beat Western Division 12.

Consolation Semifinals:

    Northern Division 26 beat Newcastle 10.
    Southern Division beat North Coast.

Consolation Final:

    Northern Division 28 beat Southern Division 20.

Sydney

[1986] [1988]

First Grade Premiership

[details] [finals]

 1 Manly Warringah      24 18  1  5  2  553  356* 197  41
 2 Eastern Suburbs      24 15  1  8  2  390* 353   37  35
 3 Canberra             24 15  0  9  2  441  325* 116  34
 4 Balmain              24 14  1  9  2  469  349  120  33
 5 South Sydney         24 13  1 10  2  310  342  -32  31
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 6 Canterbury Bankstown 24 13  0 11  2  353  316   37  30
 7 Parramatta           24 12  0 12  2  417  411    6  28
 8 Cronulla Sutherland  24 11  1 12  2  390  433  -43  27
 9 St George            24 10  2 12  2  394  409  -15  26
10 North Sydney         24 11  0 13  2  368  401  -33  26
11 Illawarra            24  8  0 16  2  372* 449  -77  20
12 Penrith              24  6  1 17  2  274  399 -125  17
13 Western Suburbs      24  5  2 17  2  339  527 -188  16

Preliminary Semifinals:

    South Sydney 15 beat Balmain 12.
    Eastern Suburbs 25 beat Canberra 16.

Semifinals:

    Canberra 46 beat South Sydney 12.
    Manly Warringah 10 beat Eastern Suburbs 6.

Preliminary Final:

    Canberra 32 beat Eastern Suburbs 24.

Grand Final:

    Manly Warringah 18 beat Canberra 8.

Reserve Grade Premiership

 1 Manly Warringah      24 17  0  7  2  454  285  169  38
 2 Parramatta           24 16  1  7  2  503  258  245  37
 3 Penrith              24 16  1  7  2  407  292  115  37
 4 Eastern Suburbs      24 16  0  8  2  495  337  158  36
 5 Canterbury Bankstown 24 15  0  9  2  346  344    2  34
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 6 Balmain              24 14  0 10  2  380  328   52  32
 7 South Sydney         24 14  0 10  2  418  431  -13  32
 8 St George            24 12  1 12  2  412  377   35  28
 9 Illawarra            24  9  1 14  2  351  444  -93  23
10 Canberra             24  9  0 15  2  387  466  -79  22
11 North Sydney         24  6  0 18  2  300  458 -158  16
12 Cronulla Sutherland  24  6  0 18  2  359  522 -163  16
13 Western Suburbs      24  4  0 20  2  301  571 -270  12
                                 (Rugby League 1987-1988)

Under-23s Premiership

 1 St George            24 15  3  6  2  408  307  101  37
 2 Parramatta           24 14  3  7  2  432  343   89  35
 3 South Sydney         24 15  1  8  2  386  314   72  35
 4 Penrith              24 14  2  8  2  498  303  195  34
 5 Cronulla Sutherland  24 13  1 10  2  439  303  136  31
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 6 North Sydney         24 12  1 11  2  426  380   46  29
 7 Eastern Suburbs      24 12  1 11  2  346  359  -13  29
 8 Manly Warringah      24 12  0 12  2  381  331   50  28
 9 Illawarra            24 12  0 12  2  303  339  -36  28
10 Balmain              24  9  3 12  2  357  397  -40  25
11 Canberra             24  9  0 15  2  315  499 -184  22
12 Canterbury Bankstown 24  8  1 15  2  272  404 -132  21
13 Western Suburbs      24  3  0 21  2  291  575 -284  10
                                 (Rugby League 1987-1988)