Australian Competitions 1996 1995 - 1997

Representative
Australia
New South Wales and ACT
Queensland
Victoria
Tasmania
South Australia
Western Australia
Northern Territory

Representative Games 1995 - 1997

New South Wales v Queensland Match Results - 1995 - 1997 
State of Origin:

    New South Wales 14 beat Queensland 6
    on Monday 20th May at Suncorp Stadium.

    New South Wales 18 beat Queensland 6
    on Monday 3rd June at Sydney Football Stadium.

    New South Wales 15 beat Queensland 14
    on Monday 17th June at Suncorp Stadium.

New South Wales won the series 3-0.
Australia Challenge Cup 1995 - 1997

4 points for a win, 2 for a draw, one bonus for winning each half.

Round 1:

    Victoria 52 beat Tasmania 10
    on 1st June at Hobart.

    Western Australia 36 beat Northern Territory 6
    on 14th June at Darwin.

Round 2:

    Victoria 54 beat Port Moresby 16
    on 15th June.

    South West Queensland 70 beat Tasmania 0
    on 22nd June at Toowoomba.

    Western Division 22 drew with Port Moresby 22
    on 1st July. HT: 22-8.

Final:

    Western Division beat Victoria
    on 5th August at Shark Park Cronulla.
Northern Territory Championships 1994

Teams: Alice Springs, Darwin, Gove, Katherine, Tennant Creek.

Winners: Darwin.

Player of the tournament: Steve Kelly (Katherine).
Tasmanian Civil Wars  

Inaugural year. Possibly also only year.

    South Tasmania 46 beat North Tasmania 8
    on 6th April at Australian Maritime College Launceston.

    South Tasmania 70 beat North Tasmania 26
    on 4th May at Domain Athletic Centre Hobart.
Other Representative Fixtures 1995 1997 
    Melbourne City 58 beat Kennedy Shield Representatives 4
    on Saturday 23rd March at Albury.

    North Adelaide 30 beat South Adelaide 18
    on ?24th March. # Second annual clash.

    Darwin City 14 beat Northern Territory Country 12
    on 31st March.

    Gippsland 26 beat Goulburn Murray 12
    on ?13th April.

    Northern Districts Veterans 36 beat Glenelg Veterans 32
    on ?19th May.
Australia 1995 - 1997

Other competitions: World Sevens.

First Grade Premiership 1995 - 1997

The start of the season was repeatedly delayed due to the continuing refusal of the Super League aligned clubs to take part in the ARL's competition. As a result the ARL had to abandon its proposed draw, and instead reused the 1995 draw, with home and away games reversed. You can view the original ARL or Super League draws for 1996.

All of the Super League clubs except Auckland forfeited their first round matches, the first A Grade Premiership forfeits since 1909.

Round:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 Finals 

 1 Manly Warringah      22 18  0  4  549  191  358 36
 2 Brisbane             21 17  0  4  607  263  344 34
 3 North Sydney         22 15  2  5  598  325  273 32
 4 Sydney City          22 15  1  6  521  321  200 31
 5 Cronulla Sutherland  21 14  2  5  399  268  131 30
 6 Canberra             21 13  1  7  538  384  154 27
 7 St George            21 12  1  8  443  360   83 27
 8 Western Suburbs      22 12  1  9  394  434  -40 25
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 9 Newcastle            21 10  1 10  416  388   28 23
10 Canterbury Bankstown 21 11  0 10  375  378   -3 22
11 Auckland             21 10  0 11  412  427  -15 22
12 Sydney Tigers        22 11  0 11  319  459 -140 22
13 Parramatta           21  9  1 11  404  415  -11 21
14 Illawarra            22  8  0 14  403  444  -41 16
15 Penrith              21  7  1 13  363  464 -101 15
16 Western Reds         21  6  1 14  313  420 -107 13
17 North Queensland     21  6  0 15  288  643 -355 12
18 Gold Coast           22  5  1 16  359  521 -162 11
19 South Sydney         22  5  1 16  314  634 -320 11
20 South Queensland     21  3  0 18  220  496 -276  8

Quarterfinals:

    Cronulla Sutherland 20 beat Western Suburbs 12.
    St George 16 beat Canberra 14.
    North Sydney 21 beat Brisbane 16.
    Manly Warringah 16 beat Sydney City 14.

Preliminary Semifinals:

    Cronulla Sutherland 22 beat Brisbane 16.
    St George 36 beat Sydney City 16.

Semifinals:

    St George 29 beat North Sydney 12.
    Manly Warringah 24 beat Cronulla Sutherland 0.

Grand Final:

    Manly Warringah 20 beat St George 8.

Reserve Grade Premiership

First Grade Premiership Match Results - 1995 - 1997 
 1 Cronulla Sutherland  21 18  0  3  496  202  294 36
 2 Sydney City          22 17  1  4  528  354  174 35
 3 Auckland             21 16  0  5  471  243  228 34
 4 Brisbane             21 16  1  4  452  220  232 33
 5 Newcastle            21 14  0  7  426  244  182 30
 6 South Queensland     21 14  0  7  473  302  171 30
 7 St George            21 12  1  8  377  336   41 27
 8 Illawarra            22 12  1  9  387  394   -7 25
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 9 Canberra             21 11  1  9  480  415   65 23
10 Manly Warringah      22 10  0 12  362  406  -44 20
11 Western Suburbs      22 10  0 12  324  384  -60 20
12 Western Reds         21  8  3 10  325  349  -24 19
13 Penrith              21  8  1 12  330  420  -90 17
14 Gold Coast           22  7  1 14  294  490 -196 15
15 North Sydney         22  6  2 14  334  408  -74 14
16 Canterbury Bankstown 21  7  0 14  356  438  -82 14
17 North Queensland     21  6  0 15  298  425  -27 12
18 Sydney Tigers        22  5  2 15  365  502 -137 12
19 Parramatta           21  5  0 16  296  530 -234 12
20 South Sydney         22  5  0 17  241  553 -312 10

Quarterfinals:

    Illawarra 20 beat Newcastle 10 after extra time.
    South Queensland 22 beat St George 14.
    Auckland 19 beat Sydney City 18.
    Cronulla Sutherland 14 beat Brisbane 8.

Preliminary Semifinals:

    Illawarra 22 beat Sydney City 18.
    Brisbane 19 beat South Queensland 16.

Semifinals:

    Auckland 18 beat Brisbane 12.
    Cronulla Sutherland 24 beat Illawarra 8.

Grand Final:

    Cronulla Sutherland 14 beat Auckland 12.
Club Championship 1995 - 1997 
 1 Brisbane             34 x4 + 33 x3         = 235
 2 Sydney City          31 x4 + 35 x3         = 229
 3 Cronulla Sutherland  30 x4 + 36 x3         = 228
 4 Manly Warringah      36 x4 + 20 x3         = 204
 5 Auckland             22 x4 + 34 x3         = 190
 6 St George            27 x4 + 27 x3         = 189
 7 Newcastle            23 x4 + 30 x3         = 182
 8 Canberra             27 x4 + 23 x3         = 177
 9 North Sydney         32 x4 + 14 x3         = 170
10 Western Suburbs      25 x4 + 20 x3         = 160
11 Illawarra            16 x4 + 25 x3         = 139
12 Canterbury Bankstown 22 x4 + 14 x3         = 130
13 Sydney Tigers        22 x4 + 12 x3         = 124
14 South Queensland      8 x4 + 30 x3         = 122
15 Parramatta           21 x4 + 12 x3         = 120
16 Penrith              15 x4 + 17 x3         = 111
17 Western Reds         13 x4 + 19 x3         = 109
18 Gold Coast           11 x4 + 15 x3         =  89
19 North Queensland     12 x4 + 12 x3         =  84
20 South Sydney         11 x4 + 10 x3         =  74
Under-21s Premiership
(President's Cup) 		Match Results - 1995 - 1997 
 1 Parramatta           22 18  0  4  552  308  244 36
 2 Sydney City          22 14  1  7  508  300  208 29
 3 Illawarra            22 13  2  7  431  324  107 28
 4 South Queensland     22 13  2  7  438  372   66 28
 5 North Sydney         22 13  1  8  392  283  109 27
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 6 St George            22 12  1  9  418  387   31 25
 7 Newcastle            22 10  2 10  372  366    6 22
 8 Western Suburbs      22  9  1 12  393  526 -133 19
 9 Manly Warringah      22  7  0 15  355  436  -81 14
10 Penrith              22  7  0 15  316  408  -92 14
11 South Sydney         22  6  1 15  339  466 -127 13
12 Sydney Tigers        22  4  1 17  288  626 -338  8

Preliminary Semifinals:

    South Queensland 34 beat North Sydney 14.
    Illawarra 26 beat Sydney City 4.

Semifinals:

    South Queensland 16 beat Sydney City 14.
    Parramatta 25 beat Illawarra 12.

Preliminary Final:

    South Queensland 20 beat Illawarra 10.

Grand Final:

    South Queensland 24 beat Parramatta 12.
Under-19s Premiership
(H. 'Jersey' Flegg Memorial Trophy) 		1995 - 1997 
Final Points: St George 32, Manly Warringah 27, Canberra 26,
  Penrith 25, Illawarra 22, Sydney City 22, Canterbury Bankstown 22,
  Cronulla Sutherland 20, Parramatta 20, Newcastle 17, South Sydney 14,
  Western Suburbs 14, North Sydney 11, Sydney Tigers 8.

Preliminary Semifinals:

    Manly Warringah 20 beat Canberra 10.
    Illawarra 16 beat Penrith 12.

Semifinals:

    Illawarra 26 beat Canberra 6.
    St George 26 beat Manly Warringah 6.

Preliminary Final:

    Manly Warringah 16 beat Illawarra 6.

Grand Final:

    St George 22 beat Manly Warringah 10.
Under-17s Premiership
(S. G. Ball Cup) 		1995 - 1997 
Final Points: Illawarra 37, South Sydney 30, Canberra 29, Penrith 28,
  Parramatta 25, Newcastle 23, Western Suburbs 23,
  Cronulla Sutherland 22, Sydney Tigers 18, St George 12,
  North Sydney 12, Manly Warringah 10, Sydney City 9,
  Canterbury Bankstown 2.

Preliminary Semifinals:

    Parramatta 20 beat Penrith 14.
    South Sydney 46 beat Canberra 12.

Semifinals:

    Parramatta 26 beat Canberra 8.
    Illawarra 34 beat South Sydney 10.

Preliminary Final:

    Parramatta 18 beat South Sydney 8.

Grand Final:

    Illawarra 8 beat Parramatta 0.
Under-15s Premiership
(Harold Matthews Shield) 		1995 - 1997 
[Final table unavailable.]

Quarterfinals:

    Parramatta 32 beat South Sydney 4.
    Illawarra 40 beat Penrith 6.
    Central Coast 17 beat Western Suburbs 14.
    Newcastle 39 beat Sydney Tigers 30.

Semifinals:

    Illawarra 26 beat Central Coast 20.
    Newcastle 12 beat Parramatta 8.

Final:

    Illawarra 36 beat Newcastle 20.

South Australia

South Australia 1994 - 1997

Adelaide Preseason 1994

Teams: Adelaide Jets, Central Districts, Northern Districts, Parra Districts, South Adelaide.

Final:

    Northern Districts 18 beat Adelaide Jets 14.
Adelaide First Grade Premiership
(West End Cup) 		Match Results - 1994 - 1997

Teams: Adelaide Jets, Central Districts, Northern Districts, Parra Districts, South Adelaide, Western Districts. Western Districts withdrew mid season.

Minor Premiers: Adelaide Jets.

Semifinals:

    Adelaide Jets 20 beat Northern Districts 6.
    Parra Districts 42 beat Central Districts 18.

Preliminary Final:

    Northern Districts 40 beat Parra Districts 22.

Grand Final:

    Northern Districts 28 beat Adelaide Jets 26.
Adelaide Reserve Grade Premiership   
Grand Final:

    Central Districts 34 beat Adelaide Jets 12.
Adelaide First Grade Premiership
(West End Cup) 		  
Grand Final:

    South Adelaide 20 beat Parra Districts 10.
Tasmania 1994 - 1997

First winter competition.

First Grade Premiership 1994 - 1997 
Final points: Northern Suburbs 28, Hobart City 22, Launceston 16,
  North-West 9, Eastern Suburbs 5, Smithton 4.

Semifinals:

    Launceston 48 beat North-West 12.
    Northern Suburbs 44 beat Hobart City 22.

Preliminary Final:

    Hobart City 34 beat Launceston 16.

Grand Final:

    Northern Suburbs 28 beat Hobart City 20.
Victoria 1994 - 1997
Melbourne First Grade Premiership  

Teams: Altona, Berwick, Coburg, Dandenong, Moorabbin, Sunbury, St Kilda, Waverley-Oakleigh, Western City.

Final:

    St Kilda 20 beat Moorabbin 6.
Melbourne First Grade Premiership 1994 - 1997

Teams: Altona, Berwick, Coburg, Dandenong, Moorabbin, Sunbury, St Kilda, Waverley-Oakleigh, Western City.

Semifinals:

    Altona 42 beat Western City 12.
    Waverley-Oakleigh 11 beat St Kilda 10.

Preliminary Final:

    St Kilda 16 beat Altona 12.

Grand Final:

    St Kilda 38 beat Waverley-Oakleigh 18.
Melbourne First Grade Premiership 1994 - 1997 
Grand Final:

    Waverley-Oakleigh 18 beat St Kilda 6.
Goulburn Murray First Grade Premiership 1994 - 1997

Teams: Albury Roos, Border Tigers, Corowa, Deniliquin, Shepparton, Tocumwal, Wangaratta, Wodonga.

[Final table unavailable.]

Semifinals:

    Border Tigers 28 beat Tocumwal 26.
    Wodonga 34 beat Corowa 20.

Preliminary Final:

    Tocumwal 28 beat Border Tigers 22.

Grand Final:

    Albury Roos 32 beat Tocumwal 14.
Goulburn Murray Under-18s Premiership   
Grand Final:

    Corowa beat Tocumwal on forfeit.
Goulburn Murray Under-15s Premiership   
Grand Final:

    Corowa 48 beat Wangaratta 28.
Gippsland First Grade Premiership Match Results - 1994 - 1997 
Grand Final:

    Churchill 26 beat Traralgon 10.
Gippsland Juniors Premiership   
Grand Final:

    Churchill 40 beat Sale 20.
Western Australia 1994 - 1997

Perth Preseason (Jardines Cup)

Perth First Grade Premiership Match Results - 1996 - 1998 
 1 South Perth           4  4  0  0  -  126   26  100   8
 2 Belmont               4  4  0  0  -  118   46   72   8
 3 Canning               4  3  0  1  -  106   60   46   6
 4 North Beach           4  2  0  2  -   72   48   24   4
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 5 Fremantle             4  1  0  3  -   66  102  -36   2
 6 Mosman-Cottesloe      4  1  0  3  -   56  102  -46   2
 7 Rockingham            4  1  0  3  -   62  130  -68   2
 8 Joondalup             4  0  0  4  -   36  128  -92   0

Semifinals:

    North Beach 38 beat Canning 16.
    South Perth 24 beat Belmont 16.

Preliminary Final:

    North Beach 14 beat Belmont 6.

Grand Final:

    South Perth 50 beat North Beach 16.
Perth First Grade Premiership
(Easy Street Cup) 		1994 - 1997

Teams: Belmont, Canning, Fremantle, Joondalup, Mosman-Cottesloe, North Beach, Rockingham, South Perth.

Preliminary Semifinals:

    Canning 22 beat North Beach 4.
    South Perth 32 beat Fremantle 6.

Semifinals:

    Canning 30 beat Belmont 20.
    South Perth 18 beat North Beach 16.

Preliminary Final:

    South Perth 34 beat Belmont 4.

Grand Final:

    South Perth 16 beat Canning 12.
Perth Reserve Grade Premiership   
Grand Final:

    Fremantle 14 beat South Perth 0.
Perth President's Cup Premiership   
Grand Final:

    Fremantle 22 beat Junior Reds 10.

Pilbara Premiership

Pilbara First Grade Premiership 1994 1998

Teams (7): Dampier, Hedland, Karratha, Wickham, "Hawks", "Roosters", ???. Hedland, Karratha and the seventh team are nicknamed "Broncos", "Cougars", and "Barbarians", but which is which I don't know.

Northern Territory 1994 - 1997

Darwin Sevens  

Teams: Balas, Bears, Brothers, Litchfield, Nightcliff, NT Elite, Rabbits, Palmerston Raiders, Sharks, Souths, University, Vikings.

Final:

    Balas 24 beat Nightcliff 22.
Darwin Preseason 1994

Teams: Darwin Brothers, Katherine, Litchfield, Nightcliff, Palmerston, South Darwin, University.

Grand Final:

    Nightcliff 16 beat South Darwin 12.
Darwin First Grade Premiership 1994 - 1997

Katherine rejoined after a 12 year absence.

Teams: Darwin Brothers, Katherine, Litchfield, Nightcliff, Palmerston, South Darwin, University.

Points (after 10 rounds): South Darwin 14, Litchfield 12,
  Nightcliff 11, Palmerston 10, University 6, Katherine 4,
  Darwin Brothers 3.

Semifinals:

    Nightcliff 24 beat Palmerston 14.
    South Darwin 48 beat Litchfield 16.

Preliminary Final:

    Litchfield 26 beat Nightcliff 22.

Grand Final:

    Litchfield 21 beat South Darwin 6.
Alice Springs First Grade Premiership 1994 - 1997

Teams: Alice Springs Memorial, Alice Springs United, Central Alice Springs, West Alice Springs.

Grand Final:

    Alice Springs United 42 beat West Alice Springs 20.
Tennant Creek First Grade Premiership 1994

Teams: Central Tennant Creek "Devils", East Tennant Creek "Blue", Goldfield "Colts", North Tennant Creek "Panthers", Rugby "Eagles", South Tennant Creek "Green", West Tennant Creek "Sharks".