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Australian Competitions 1997
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1996
- 1998
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Representative
Australia
- Australian Superleague
New South Wales and ACT
Queensland
Victoria:
- Melbourne
- Gippsland
- Goulburn Murray
Tasmania
South Australia:
- Adelaide
Western Australia:
- Perth
Northern Territory:
- Darwin
- Alice Springs
State of Origin:
New South Wales 8 beat Queensland 6
on Wednesday 28th May at Suncorp Stadium.
New South Wales 15 beat Queensland 14
on Wednesday 11th June at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Queensland 18 beat New South Wales 12
on Wednesday 29th June at Sydney Football Stadium.
New South Wales won series 2-1.
Brasch Bellew Shield:
Sydney Metros 26 beat Brisbane Capitals 12
prior to 16th April at Leichhardt Oval.
Residents:
Queensland 14 beat NSW 4
on Wednesday 25th June at Sydney Football Stadium.
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Ansett Super League Challenge Cup
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4 points for a win, 2 for a draw, one bonus for winning each half.
Prior to 30th April:
ACT 31 beat Northern Territory 14.
Western Australia versus South Australia (?).
Prior to 6th May:
ACT 50 beat South Australia 6.
Northern Territory 22 beat Western Australia 12.
Prior to 14th May:
Western Australia 28 beat ACT 26.
Northern Territory 52 beat South Australia 24.
Final:
ACT 40 beat Northern Territory 14
on Monday 19th May at ANZ Stadium.
A competition organised by Super League as a rival for the
State of Origin series. It consisted of a three way playoff
between teams representng New South Wales, Queensland, and
New Zealand, with a final between the two best performing teams.
After New South Wales won the opener, the order of
the second and third matches were reversed.
Some controversy arose after the third match. New Zealand only
needed to win the game to displace Queensland in the final, which
was scheduled to be played at ANZ Stadium. This would have been
a marketing disaster for Super League, faced with the prospect of
moving the final away from their biggest market or of presenting a
game to Brisbane sans Queensland. After some discussion they had
announced prior to the match that the final would be held in
Brisbane no matter what. In the final seconds of the game
New Zealand winger Sean Hoppe had a try disallowed when the
linesman called him offside, even though he was clearly onside.
If converted the try would have given New Zealand the win.
Many New Zealanders were not happy.
The final took 104 minutes to decide. At full time the match
was locked at 22-all. The teams then changed ends and played an
extra 10 minutes each way, during which no points were scored.
So they did it again, but this time under sudden death rules,
and New South Wales finally kicked a field goal. Perhaps a draw
would have been a fairer result.
SL New South Wales 38 beat SL Queensland 10
on Friday 11th April at Sydney Football Stadium.
SL Queensland 26 beat New Zealand 12
on Friday 9th May at Ericsson Stadium.
SL New South Wales 20 beat New Zealand 15
on Wednesday 14th May at Bruce Stadium.
Final:
SL New South Wales 23 beat SL Queensland 22
on Monday 19th May at ANZ Stadium.
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Other Representative Fixtures
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1996
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No details.
Other competitions:
World Sevens,
Australian Superleague.
A series of trial games played in country areas.
1 North Sydney 2 2 0 0 - 70 20 50 4
2 Parramatta 2 2 0 0 - 40 26 14 4
3 St George 2 2 0 0 - 44 34 10 4
4 Manly Warringah 2 1 1 0 - 42 36 6 3
5 Newcastle 2 1 1 0 - 32 28 4 3
6 Sydney City 2 1 0 1 - 54 44 10 2
7 Illawarra 2 1 0 1 - 32 28 4 2
8 South Queensland 2 1 0 1 - 26 30 -4 2
9 Gold Coast 2 0 0 2 - 18 32 -14 0
10 South Sydney 2 0 0 2 - 34 58 -24 0
11 Western Suburbs 2 0 0 2 - 30 58 -28 0
12 Balmain 2 0 0 2 - 20 48 -28 0
First Grade Premiership
(Optus Cup)
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Round:
1 Manly Warringah 22 15 2 5 - 521 366 155 32
2 Newcastle 22 14 1 7 - 506 314 192 29
3 Parramatta 22 14 1 7 - 431 359 72 29
4 North Sydney 22 13 1 8 - 529 341 188 27
5 Sydney City 22 13 1 8 - 487 366 121 27
6 Illawarra 22 10 3 9 - 423 376 47 23
7 Gold Coast 22 10 1 11 - 438 466 -28 21
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8 Balmain 22 10 0 12 - 333 334 -1 20
9 Western Suburbs 22 10 0 12 - 355 424 -69 20
10 St George 22 9 1 12 - 331 392 -61 19
11 South Sydney 22 4 1 17 - 323 630 -307 9
12 South Queensland 22 4 0 18 - 321 630 -309 8
(RLW 3.9.1997)
Minor Qualifying Finals:
Gold Coast 25 beat Illawarra 14.
Sydney City 33 beat North Sydney 21.
Newcastle 28 beat Parramatta 20.
Major Qualifying Finals:
Sydney City 32 beat Gold Coast 10.
North Sydney 24 beat Parramatta 14.
Manly Warringah 27 beat Newcastle 12.
Semifinals:
Newcastle 17 beat North Sydney 12.
Manly Warringah 17 beat Sydney City 16.
Grand Final:
Newcastle 22 beat Manly Warringah 16.
1 Parramatta 22 15 0 7 - 468 317 151 30
2 Balmain 22 14 0 8 - 485 330 155 28
3 St George 22 13 0 9 - 395 351 44 26
4 South Queensland 22 12 1 9 - 401 389 12 25
5 Illawarra 22 11 1 10 - 393 413 -20 23
6 Manly Warringah 22 11 0 11 - 439 356 83 22
7 Sydney City 22 11 0 11 - 413 437 -24 22
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8 Gold Coast 22 11 0 11 - 311 421 -110 22
9 North Sydney 22 9 2 11 - 436 430 6 20
10 South Sydney 22 9 1 12 - 336 441 -105 19
11 Newcastle 22 9 0 13 - 345 326 19 18
12 Western Suburbs 22 4 1 17 - 292 503 -211 9
(RLW 3.9.1997)
Minor Qualifying Finals:
Manly Warringah 24 beat Sydney City 22.
South Queensland 16 beat Illawarra 10.
Balmain 22 beat St George 18.
Major Qualifying Finals:
South Queensland 32 beat Manly Warringah 16.
St George 24 beat Illawarra 10.
Balmain 22 beat Parramatta 17.
Semifinals:
Parramatta 24 beat St George 16.
Balmain 12 beat South Queensland 8.
Grand Final:
Parramatta 26 beat Balmain 16.
1 Balmain 22 13 3 6 - 441 362 79 29
2 South Sydney 22 13 1 8 - 434 411 23 27
3 Manly Warringah 22 13 0 9 - 492 361 131 26
4 Sydney City 22 12 0 10 - 476 375 101 24
5 Parramatta 22 12 0 10 - 451 375 76 24
6 Illawarra 22 11 1 10 - 417 346 71 23
7 North Sydney 22 11 1 10 - 350 359 -9 23
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8 St George 22 11 0 11 - 354 399 -45 22
9 Western Suburbs 22 9 2 11 - 391 473 -82 20
10 South Queensland 22 8 1 13 - 417 428 -11 17
11 Gold Coast 22 7 2 13 - 381 574 -193 16
12 Newcastle 22 6 1 15 - 391 532 -141 13
(RLW 3.9.1997)
Minor Qualifying Finals:
North Sydney 28 beat Illawarra 12.
Parramatta 22 beat Sydney City 14.
South Sydney 21 beat Manly Warringah 20 in extra time.
Major Qualifying Finals:
Parramatta 26 beat North Sydney 16.
Sydney City 18 beat Manly Warringah 16.
Balmain 34 beat South Sydney 14.
Semifinals:
Sydney City 42 beat South Sydney 10.
Balmain 16 beat Parramatta 14.
Grand Final:
Balmain 13 beat Sydney City 12.
Club Championship
(Flowers Memorial Pennant)
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1st x4 2nd x3 U-20 x2 Total
1 Parramatta 116 90 48 254
2 Manly Warringah 128 66 52 246
3 Sydney City 108 66 48 222
=3 Balmain 80 84 58 222
5 North Sydney 108 60 46 214
6 Illawarra 92 69 46 207
7 St George 76 78 44 198
8 Newcastle 116 54 26 196
9 Gold Coast 84 66 32 182
10 South Sydney 36 57 54 147
=10 Western Suburbs 80 27 40 147
12 South Queensland 32 75 34 141
1 Newcastle 11 9 0 2 - 258 130 128 18
2 Sydney City 11 9 0 2 - 248 132 116 18
3 Western Suburbs 11 8 0 3 - 226 138 88 16
4 Parramatta 11 8 0 3 - 193 161 32 16
5 Illawarra 11 6 1 4 - 209 172 37 13
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6 South Sydney 11 6 0 5 - 195 190 5 12
7 Manly Warringah 11 5 1 5 - 206 197 9 11
8 North Sydney 11 4 0 7 - 177 186 -9 8
9 Penrith Juniors 11 4 0 7 - 202 252 -50 6
10 Cronulla Juniors 11 2 1 8 - 128 258 -130 5
11 St George 11 2 0 9 - 140 232 -92 4
12 Balmain 11 1 1 9 - 134 268 -134 3
(ARL website)
Preliminary semifinals:
Illawarra 16 beat Parramatta 14.
Sydney City 26 beat Western Suburbs 4.
Semifinals:
Illawarra 22 beat Western Suburbs 10.
Sydney City 22 beat Newcastle 18.
Preliminary final:
Newcastle 12 beat Illawarra 10.
Grand final:
Sydney City 11 beat Newcastle 10.
1 Parramatta 11 11 0 0 - 283 128 155 22
2 North Sydney 11 10 0 1 - 281 80 201 20
3 Manly Warringah 11 8 0 3 - 242 161 81 16
4 Newcastle 11 7 0 4 - 250 168 82 14
5 South Sydney 11 6 0 5 - 190 215 -25 12
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6 Western Suburbs 11 4 2 5 - 214 196 18 10
7 Cronulla Juniors 11 4 1 6 - 142 202 -60 9
8 Sydney City 11 4 0 7 - 209 233 -24 8
9 Illawarra 11 4 0 7 - 220 229 -9 8
10 Penrith Juniors 11 3 1 7 - 184 221 -37 7
11 St George 11 2 1 8 - 158 262 -104 5
12 Balmain 11 0 1 10 - 86 364 -278 1
(ARL website)
Preliminary Semifinals:
South Sydney 24 beat Newcastle 16.
Manly Warringah 15 beat North Sydney 14.
Semifinals:
North Sydney 18 beat South Sydney 16.
Parramatta 15 beat Manly Warringah 14.
Preliminary Final:
North Sydney 28 beat Manly Warringah 6.
Grand final:
Parramatta 28 beat North Sydney 10.
Mathews Ball Total
1 Parramatta 22 16 38
2 Newcastle 14 18 32
3 North Sydney 20 8 28
4 Manly Warringah 16 11 27
=5 Sydney City 8 18 26
=5 Western Suburbs 10 16 26
7 South Sydney 12 12 24
8 Illawarra 8 13 21
9 Cronulla Juniors 9 5 14
10 Penrith Juniors 7 6 13
11 St George 5 4 9
12 Balmain 1 3 4
Other competitions:
World Club Challenge,
World Nines.
First Grade Premiership
(Telstra Cup)
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Round:
1 Brisbane 18 14 1 3 - 481 283 198 29
2 Cronulla 18 12 0 6 - 403 230 173 24
3 Canberra 18 11 0 7 - 436 337 99 22
4 Canterbury 18 10 0 8 - 453 447 6 20
5 Penrith 18 9 0 9 - 431 462 -29 18
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6 Hunter Mariners 18 7 0 11 - 350 363 -13 14
7 Auckland 18 7 0 11 - 332 406 -74 14
8 Perth 18 7 0 11 - 321 456 -135 14
9 Adelaide Rams 18 6 1 11 - 303 402 -99 13
10 North Queensland 18 5 2 11 - 328 452 -124 12
(RLW)
Preliminary Semifinals:
Cronulla 22 beat Canberra 18.
Penrith 15 beat Canterbury 14.
Semifinals:
Brisbane 34 beat Cronulla 2.
Canberra 32 beat Penrith 12.
Preliminary Final:
Cronulla 10 beat Canberra 4.
Grand Final:
Brisbane 26 beat Cronulla 8.
Adelaide Rams did not field a reserve grade team.
1 Canterbury 16 12 1 3 2 419 278 141 29
2 Perth 16 10 0 6 2 389 287 102 24
3 North Queensland 16 10 0 6 2 313 274 39 24
4 Auckland 16 8 2 6 2 303 335 -32 22
5 Cronulla 16 8 0 8 2 276 284 -8 20
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6 Brisbane 16 7 0 9 2 333 313 20 18
7 Canberra 16 6 2 8 2 283 399 -116 18
8 Hunter Mariners 16 5 1 10 2 282 315 -33 15
9 Penrith 16 3 0 13 2 294 407 -113 10
Preliminary Semifinals:
North Queensland 12 beat Perth 8.
Auckland 21 beat Cronulla 14.
Semifinals:
Canterbury 27 beat North Queensland 14.
Auckland 18 beat Perth 14.
Preliminary Final:
Auckland 30 beat North Queensland 14.
Grand Final:
Canterbury 40 beat Auckland 12.
Table half way through season:
1 Auckland 13 10 0 3 - 400 270 20
2 Penrith 13 9 1 3 - 348 282 19
3 Perth 13 8 2 3 - 384 313 18
4 Canterbury 14 7 1 6 - 431 346 15
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5 Cronulla 13 7 0 6 - 242 310 14
6 North Queensland 13 6 0 7 - 312 326 12
7 Adelaide Rams 13 5 0 8 - 248 277 10
8 Canberra 15 5 0 10 - 318 374 10
9 Hunter Mariners 13 4 0 9 - 252 342 8
10 Brisbane 14 4 0 10 - 250 345 8
[Final series unavailable.]
Semifinals:
Canterbury 26 beat Cronulla 16.
Auckland 27 beat Penrith 12.
Preliminary Final:
Penrith beat Canterbury.
Grand Final:
Penrith 22 beat Auckland 18.
Auckland and Adelaide Rams did not field teams; instead the
Northern Territory entered a team.
1 Brisbane 8 7 0 1 1 202 110 16
2 Canberra 8 5 0 3 1 175 111 12
3 Perth 8 5 0 3 1 146 116 12
4 Penrith 8 5 0 3 1 133 126 12
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5 Hunter Mariners 8 4 1 3 1 131 143 11
6 North Queensland 8 3 1 4 1 148 114 9
7 Canterbury 8 3 0 5 1 128 136 8
8 Cronulla 8 2 1 5 1 88 129 7
9 Northern Territory 8 0 1 7 1 66 232 3
Semifinals:
Brisbane 22 beat Penrith 20.
Perth 20 beat Canberra 12.
Grand Final:
Brisbane 38 beat Perth 14.
Teams: Central Districts, Kilburn, Northern Districts,
Parra Districts, South Adelaide.
Semifinals:
South Adelaide 14 beat Central Districts 12.
Grand Final:
South Adelaide 18 beat Kilburn 16.
Teams: Eastern Suburbs, Hobart City, Launceston, North-West,
Smithton.
Grand Final:
Northern Suburbs 18 beat Launceston 16.
A State Cup was organised, but fell through when the country
teams were unable to be a part of it.
The President's Cup sevens competition was won by St Kilda,
who beat Altona 26-24.
Teams: Altona, Berwick, Coburg, Dandenong, Melbourne University,
Monash University, Moorabbin, St Kilda, Sunbury, Waverley-Oakleigh,
Western City.
Semifinals:
Altona 28 beat St Kilda 22.
Waverley-Oakleigh 44 beat Coburg 10.
Preliminary Final:
St Kilda beat Waverley-Oakleigh.
Grand Final:
Altona 28 beat St Kilda 12.
Teams: Churchill, Hazelwood, Morwell, Sale, Traralgon.
Moe-Newborough entered a team, but dropped out mid season.
Points at 20th July: Traralgon 20, Hazelwood 17, Churchill 12,
Sale 12, Morwell 11.
Grand Final:
Sale 29 beat Traralgon 24.
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Goulburn Murray First Grade Premiership
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1996
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Points at 20th July: Southern Riverina Jets 18, Wodonga 16,
Corowa 13, Albury Roos 11, Deniliquin 8, Border Tigers 8,
Wangaratta 2.
Teams: Canning, Fremantle, Joondalup, Mosman, North Beach,
South Perth. Armadale withdrew after round 10.
Preliminary Final:
South Perth 22 beat North Beach 12.
Grand Final:
Fremantle 12 beat South Perth 10.
Teams: Brothers, Katherine, Litchfield, Nightcliff, Palmerston,
South Darwin, University.
Grand Final:
Litchfield 28 beat University 14.
Teams: United, Central-Memorial, Wests, Rockwallabies.
Preliminary Final:
Central-Memorial 47 beat Tennant Creek 22.
Grand Final:
Central-Memorial 43 beat United 34.