1984 NSWRL season
1984 New South Wales Rugby League | |
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Teams | 13 |
Premiers | Canterbury-Bankstown (4th title) |
Matches played | 163 |
Points scored | 5226 |
Attendance | 1379655 |
Top points scorer(s) | Steve Gearin (190) |
Player of the year | Terry Lamb (Rothmans Medal) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Steve Morris (17) Terry Lamb (17) |
The 1984
Season summary
The
The 1984 season's
Teams
At the close of the previous season
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 435 | 237 | +198 | 42 |
2 | St. George Dragons | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 445 | 289 | +156 | 38 |
3 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 412 | 260 | +152 | 38 |
4 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 512 | 338 | +174 | 32 |
5 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 333 | 307 | +26 | 30 |
6 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 379 | 394 | -15 | 30 |
7 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 409 | 401 | +8 | 29 |
8 | Illawarra Steelers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 368 | 388 | -20 | 28 |
9 | Balmain Tigers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 380 | 405 | -25 | 28 |
10 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 446 | 478 | -32 | 25 |
11 | North Sydney Bears | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 371 | 447 | -76 | 23 |
12 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters
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24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 308 | 478 | -170 | 15 |
13 | Western Suburbs Magpies | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 244 | 620 | -376 | 6 |
Finals
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Playoff | ||||||||
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 23-4 | Canberra Raiders | 28 August 1984 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Greg McCallum | 10,101 | ||
Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
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18-22 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 1 September 1984 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Chris Ward | 15,801 | ||
St. George Dragons | 16-22 | Parramatta Eels | 2 September 1984 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Kevin Roberts | 25,675 | ||
Semi-finals | ||||||||
St. George Dragons | 24-6 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 8 September 1984 | Sydney Cricket Ground | B. Barnes | 32,162 | ||
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 16-8 | Parramatta Eels | 9 September 1984 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Greg McCallum | 30,044 | ||
Preliminary final | ||||||||
Parramatta Eels | 8-7 | St. George Dragons | 16 September 1984 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Kevin Roberts | 37,004 |
Chart
Grand final
The 1984 grand final was contested by minor premiers Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels. As competition leaders, the Bulldogs needed to win only one finals game to qualify for the grand final, and did so against the third-placed Eels, who had to play three finals games to qualify. Played at the Sydney Cricket Ground before a crowd of 47,076, the game was refereed by Kevin Roberts.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Position | Parramatta Eels |
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|
FB | |
2. Peter Mortimer |
WG | 2. Neil Hunt |
3. Andrew Farrar | CE | 3. Mick Cronin |
4. Chris Mortimer | CE | 4. Steve Ella |
5. Steve O’Brien | WG | 5. Eric Grothe |
6. Terry Lamb | FE | 6. Brett Kenny |
7. Steve Mortimer (c) | HB | 7. Peter Sterling
|
8. Paul Langmack | LK | 8. Ray Price |
9. Steve Folkes | SR | 9. Chris Phelan |
16. Brian Battese | SR | 10. John Muggleton |
11. Peter Kelly | PR | 11. Paul Mares |
12. Mark Bugden | HK | 12. Steve Edge (c) |
13. Peter Tunks | PR | 13. Stan Jurd |
10. Darryl Brohman | Res. | 15. David Liddiard |
20. Greg Mullane | Res. | 17. Glenn Mansfield |
22. Geoff Robinson | Res. | 20. Ron Quinn |
Res. | 22. Steve Sharp | |
Warren Ryan | Coach | John Monie |
The ruthless game plan of coach Warren Ryan saw Canterbury trump Parramatta in a grueling encounter. The Bulldogs mastered the art of the "gang-tackle" under Ryan and it was executed superbly by Peter Tunks, Peter Kelly, Mark Bugden and Brian Battese. Parramatta had a 4-0 half-time lead after Mick Cronin scored from a neat Peter Sterling pass.
An ingenious moment from Canterbury hooker Bugden won the day - seeing an injured Ray Price on the ground, he ran from dummy-half at the place where Price would have been defending to crash over and score the winning try.
Cronin later missed a close range penalty goal attempt which would have levelled the scores close to full-time.
Canterbury-Bankstown 6
Tries: Bugden
Goals: Chris Mortimer
Parramatta 4
Tries: Cronin
Man-of-the-match: Peter Kelly[2]
Player statistics
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26.
Top 5 point scorers
Top 5 try scorers
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Top 5 goal scorers
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References
- Australian Rugby League. Archived from the originalon 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ D'Souza, Miguel. "Grand final History". wwos.ninemsn.com.au. AAP. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2013.