1988 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
1988 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season | ||||
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NSWRL Rank | 1st | |||
1988 record | Wins: 16; draws: 2; losses: 6 | |||
Points scored | For: 517 (81 tries, 95 goals, 3 field goals); against: 365 (61 tries, 59 goals, 3 field goals) | |||
Team information | ||||
Coach | Allan Fitzgibbon | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Caltex Field | |||
Avg. attendance | 9,789 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Andrew Ettingshausen (17) | |||
Goals | Alan Wilson (69) | |||
Points | Alan Wilson (167) | |||
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The 1988 minor premiers. They then came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Balmain Tigers. The Sharks also competed in the 1988 Panasonic Cup.
Three Sharks players,
Andrew Ettinghausen, Gavin Miller and Mark McGaw
were selected to make their international debuts for Australia in 1988.
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 507 | 330 | +177 | 34 |
2 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 412 | 268 | +144 | 32 |
3 | Canberra | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 596 | 346 | +250 | 30 |
4 | Manly-Warringah
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22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 538 | 347 | +191 | 30 |
5 | Penrith | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 394 | 258 | +136 | 30 |
6 | Balmain | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 402 | 341 | +61 | 30 |
7 | Brisbane | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 474 | 368 | +106 | 28 |
8 | South Sydney | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 425 | 383 | +42 | 24 |
9 | North Sydney | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 366 | 424 | -58 | 20 |
10 | St. George | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 352 | 493 | -141 | 18 |
11 | Parramatta | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 359 | 412 | -53 | 16 |
12 | Eastern Suburbs | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 387 | 443 | -56 | 15 |
13 | Illawarra | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 353 | 510 | -157 | 13 |
14 | Newcastle | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 270 | 460 | -190 | 11 |
15 | Gold Coast-Tweed | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 238 | 484 | -246 | 10 |
16 | Western Suburbs | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 287 | 493 | -206 | 9 |
- South Sydney were stripped of 2 competition points due to an illegal replacement in one game.