1994 NSWRL season

Rugby league competition 1994 New South Wales Rugby League 16 16x16px Canberra 3rd 16x16px Canterbury-Bankstown 6th 182 7416 2,732,389 15,013 16x16px Daryl Halligan (270) 16x16px Steve Renouf (23) North Sydney 16 David Fairleigh Rothmans Medal Balmain Tigers 4th 1993 NSWRL season 1993 1995 ARL season 1995 (ARL) The 1994 NSWRL season (known as the 1994 Winfield Cup Premiership due to sponsorship from Winfield) was the eighty-seventh season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen clubs, including 14 from within the borders of New South Wales plus two from Queensland, competed for the J J Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a grand final match for the Winfield Cup trophy between the Canberra Raiders and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.1994 J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20120525030443/http://www.rleague.com/ May 25, 2012 at rleague.com Season summary On the first of June, the previous season's premiers, the Broncos played in the 1994 World Club Challenge match in Brisbane against British champions Wigan. Wigan defeated the Broncos 20 to 14 at ANZ Stadium in front of 54,220 spectators. On 14 July the North Sydney Bears were fined $87,000 for breaching the salary cap.AAP Melbourne Storm salary cap quotes The Roar Australia The Roar Sports Opinion 22 April 2010 http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/04/22/melbourne-storm-salary-cap-quotes/ 22 April 2010 In total, twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Canterbury-Bankstown, North Sydney, Canberra, Manly-Warringah and Brisbane who went on to battle it out in the finals. The 1994 season's Rothmans Medallist was North Sydney forward David Fairleigh. The Dally M Award went to Manly-Warringah's five-eighth, Cliff Lyons who was also named as Rugby League Weeks player of the year. 1994 was the last premiership season to be administered by the New South Wales Rugby League. At the end of the season control of the Winfield Cup would be passed on to the Australian Rugby League and re-branded as such, as part of the move to become a more national competition. This season was also the last in the Premiership for future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee and coach, Mal Meninga. At the end of the 1994 season a squad of players from the NSWRL Premiership went on the 1994 Kangaroo tour. The grand finals: Canberra 16 Canberra Raiders vs Canterbury 16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (Seniors Grade) Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs Newcastle 16 Newcastle Knights (Reserve Grade) Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs Roosters (Under-21s Grade) The winners in all grades were: Canberra 16 Canberra Raiders (Seniors Grade) Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (Reserve Grade) Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (Under-21s Grade) The test match Australia 16 Australia vs France 16 France The State of Origin Series Queensland 16 Queensland vs New South Wales 16 New South Wales Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous season, with sixteen clubs contesting the premiership, including five inner Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from greater Sydney, two from greater New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one from the Australian Capital Territory. BalmainTigers100px|center 87th seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Wayne PearceCaptain: Ben EliasBrisbaneBroncos100px|center 7th seasonGround: ANZ Stadium Coach: Wayne BennettCaptain: Allan LangerCanberraRaiders100px|center 13th seasonGround: Bruce Stadium Coach: Tim SheensCaptain: Mal MeningaCanterbury-BankstownBulldogs100px|center 60th seasonGround: Belmore Oval Coach: Chris AndersonCaptain: Terry LambCronulla-SutherlandSharks100px|center 28th seasonGround: Endeavour Park Coach: John LangCaptain: Dan StainsEastern SuburbsRoosters100px|center 87th seasonGround: Sydney Football Stadium Coach: Mark Murray → Arthur BeetsonCaptain: Craig SalvatoriGold CoastSeagulls100px|center 7th seasonGround: Seagulls Stadium Coach: John HarveyCaptain: Craig ColemanIllawarraSteelers100px|center 13th seasonGround: Wollongong Stadium Coach: Graham MurrayCaptain: John CrossManly-WarringahSea Eagles100px|center 48th seasonGround: Brookvale Oval Coach: Bob FultonCaptain: Geoff TooveyNewcastleKnights100px|center 7th seasonGround: Marathon Stadium Coach: David WaiteCaptain: Mark SargentNorth SydneyBears100px|center 87th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Peter LouisCaptain: Jason TaylorParramattaEels100px|center 48th seasonGround: Parramatta Stadium Coach: Ron HilditchCaptain: Paul DunnPenrithPanthers100px|center 28th seasonGround: Penrith Stadium Coach: Phil Gould → Royce SimmonsCaptain: John CartwrightSouth SydneyRabbitohs100px|center 87th seasonGround: Sydney Football Stadium Coach: Ken ShineCaptain: Dean SchifillitiSt. GeorgeDragons100px|center 74th seasonGround: Kogarah Oval Coach: Brian SmithCaptain: Mark CoyneWestern SuburbsMagpies100px|center 87th seasonGround: Campbelltown Stadium Coach: Wayne EllisCaptain: Paul Langmack → Jim Serdaris Advertising June 2025 In 1994, the League and its advertising agency Hertz Walpole returned to the original 1989 recording of "The Best" by Tina Turner to underscore the season launch ad. Footage had been shot of Turner's performance at the 1993 grand final and a studio bluescreen shoot also took place during that visit ensuring a store of images that could be used in flexible adaptations for the final two years of Turner's association with the competition and the Winfield Cup. The 1994 advertisement used the performance and superimposed studio footage of Turner into crowd and stadium scenes that replicated the Sydney Football Stadium. The closing scenes of the commercial made it appear that Turner was singing the song high up in the Sydney Football Stadium's stands in front of its identifiable stretched-sail roofing. Regular season Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 F1 F2 F3 GF Balmain TigersNOR−11PAR+2GCS+22STG−40EAS−30PEN−24BRI−22SOU−2NEW+4CRO−8MAN−42WES−4ILA−16CBY−16CAN−36NOR−36PAR−12GCS−26STG−2EAS+7PEN−12BRI−35 Brisbane BroncosPAR0GCS−13STG−4EAS+32PEN+31NOR−1BAL+22CRO+32MAN−10WES+30ILA−22CBY+2CAN−19SOU+30NEW−14PAR+30GCS+36STG+12EAS+18PEN−16NOR+17BAL+35MAN+12NOR−1 Canberra RaidersCRO−8SOU+30NEW+26CBY−5ILA+14WES+16MAN+24PAR+14GCS−4STG+30EAS+34PEN−14BRI+19NOR−15BAL+36CRO+44SOU+40NEW+36CBY+30ILA+11WES+18MAN+3NOR+14CBY−1*NOR+13CBY+24 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsMAN+6CRO−1SOU+7CAN+5NEW+24ILA+10WES+6GCS+24STG+18EAS+14PEN+20BRI−2NOR−11BAL+16PAR+16MAN+16CRO+2SOU+7CAN−30NEW+12ILA+10WES+28XCAN+1*XCAN−24 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksCAN+8CBY+1ILA−14WES+26MAN+12NEW−17SOU−2BRI−32NOR+7BAL+8PAR−12GCS+46STG−14EAS+12PEN+32CAN−44CBY−2ILA−24WES+4MAN−28NEW+22SOU+42 Eastern Suburbs RoostersSTG−6NOR−18PEN−10BRI−32BAL+30PAR+10GCS+18WES0ILA−26CBY−14CAN−34SOU−6NEW−6CRO−12MAN−34STG+20NOR−20PEN+22BRI−18BAL−7PAR−28GCS+2 Gold Coast SeagullsPEN0BRI+13BAL−22PAR−2NOR−28STG−24EAS−18CBY−24CAN+4SOU−18NEW+2CRO−46MAN−4WES−34ILA−16PEN−2BRI−36BAL+26PAR+12NOR−26STG−10EAS−2 Illawarra SteelersWES−6MAN0CRO+14SOU0CAN−14CBY−10NEW−23STG+24EAS+26PEN0BRI+22NOR−8BAL+16PAR+22GCS+16WES+22MAN−15CRO+24SOU+2CAN−11CBY−10NEW+6 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesCBY−6ILA0WES+58NEW+3CRO−12SOU+15CAN−24PEN+10BRI+10NOR+3BAL+42PAR+14GCS+4STG+61EAS+34CBY−16ILA+15WES+14NEW+16CRO+28SOU+28CAN−3BRI−12 Newcastle KnightsSOU+29WES−1CAN−26MAN−3CBY−24CRO+17ILA+23NOR+4BAL−4PAR+30GCS−2STG+10EAS+6PEN+16BRI+14SOU−14WES−14CAN−36MAN−16CBY−12CRO−22ILA−6 North Sydney BearsBAL+11EAS+18PAR+2PEN+10GCS+28BRI+1STG+7NEW−4CRO−7MAN−3WES0ILA+8CBY+11CAN+15SOU+22BAL+36EAS+20PAR+6PEN+10GCS+26BRI−17STG+26CAN−14BRI+1CAN−13 Parramatta EelsBRI0BAL−2NOR−2GCS+2STG−8EAS−10PEN−24CAN−14SOU−16NEW−30CRO+12MAN−14WES+6ILA−22CBY−16BRI−30BAL+12NOR−6GCS−12STG+15EAS+28PEN+7 Penrith PanthersGCS0STG+2EAS+10NOR−10BRI−31BAL+24PAR+24MAN−10WES+14ILA0CBY−20CAN+14SOU−8NEW−16CRO−32GCS+2STG+4EAS−22NOR−10BRI+16BAL+12PAR−7 South Sydney RabbitohsNEW−29CAN−30CBY−7ILA0WES+20MAN−15CRO+2BAL+2PAR+16GCS+18STG+6EAS+6PEN+8BRI−30NOR−22NEW+14CAN−40CBY−7ILA−2WES−8MAN−28CRO−42 St. George DragonsEAS+6PEN−2BRI+4BAL+40PAR+8GCS+24NOR−7ILA−24CBY−18CAN−30SOU−6NEW−10CRO+14MAN−61WES+16EAS−20PEN−4BRI−12BAL+2PAR−15GCS+10NOR−26 Western Suburbs MagpiesILA+6NEW+1MAN−58CRO−26SOU−20CAN−16CBY−6EAS0PEN−14BRI−30NOR0BAL+4PAR−6GCS+34STG−16ILA−22NEW+14MAN−14CRO−4SOU+8CAN−18CBY−28 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 F1 F2 F3 GF Bold – Home game X – Bye * – Extra time game Opponent for round listed above margin Ladder main Custom 8 pld win draw loss pf pa diff_pf_pa pts PF Points for PA Points against PD Points difference Pts Competition points points y 2 1 0 16 230 complete RLP CBY, NOR, CAN, MAN, BRI, ILL, CRO, PEN, SOU, NEW, STG, PAR, WES, EAS, GOL, BAL 18 0 4 537 340 17 1 4 517 291 17 0 5 677 298 P 16 1 5 605 311 13 1 8 544 316 11 3 8 484 387 12 0 10 432 401 10 2 10 404 448 9 1 12 401 569 9 0 13 427 458 9 0 13 386 497 7 1 14 350 474 6 2 14 439 650 6 1 15 344 513 5 1 16 363 618 4 0 18 303 642 Balmain 16 Balmain Tigers Brisbane 16 Brisbane Broncos Canberra 16 Canberra Raiders Canterbury 16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sydney 16 Eastern Suburbs Roosters Gold Coast Seagulls 16 Gold Coast Seagulls Illawarra 16 Illawarra Steelers Manly 16 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Newcastle 16 Newcastle Knights North Sydney 16 North Sydney Bears Parramatta 16 Parramatta Eels Penrith 16 Penrith Panthers South Sydney 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George 16 St. George Dragons Western Suburbs Magpies 16 Western Suburbs Magpies J. J. Giltinan Shield winners Premiers Qualified for finals series Cannot qualify for finals Q Q Q Q Q Q green1 Advance to finals series yellow1 Advance to playoff match Ladder progression Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 5. Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. Team123456789101112131415161718192021221Canterbury 16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 30 32 34 362North Sydney 16 North Sydney Bears2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 14 15 17 19 21 23 2527 2931 33 33 353Canberra 16 Canberra Raiders 0 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 12 14 16 16 18 1820 22 24 26 28 30 32 344Manly 16 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 0 1 3 5 5 7 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 23 25 27 29 31 33 335Brisbane 16 Brisbane Broncos 1 1 1 3 5 5 7 9 9 11 11 13 13 15 15 17 19 21 23 23 25 276Illawarra 16 Illawarra Steelers 0 1 3 4 4 4 4 6 8 9 11 11 13 15 17 19 19 21 23 23 23 257Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks2 4 4 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 20 20 22 248Penrith 16 Penrith Panthers 1 3 5 5 5 7 9 9 11 12 12 14 14 14 14 16 18 18 18 20 22 229South Sydney 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs0 0 0 1 3 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 17 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 1910Newcastle 16 Newcastle Knights2 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 1811St. George 16 St. George Dragons2 2 4 6 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 14 14 14 14 16 16 18 1812Parramatta 16 Parramatta Eels 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 11 13 1513Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs Magpies 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 8 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 14 14 1414Easts 16 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 11 11 11 11 1315Gold Coast Seagulls 16 Gold Coast Seagulls 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 11 11 11 1116Balmain 16 Balmain Tigers 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Qualifying Finals 23x23px North Sydney Bears12–26 23x23px Canberra Raiders3 September 1994Sydney Football StadiumBill Harrigan33,641 23x23px Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles4–16 23x23px Brisbane Broncos4 September 1994Sydney Football StadiumGreg McCallum34,891 Semi-finals 23x23px North Sydney Bears15–14 23x23px Brisbane Broncos10 September 1994Sydney Football StadiumBill Harrigan36,011 23x23px Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs19–18 23x23px Canberra Raiders11 September 1994Sydney Football StadiumGreg McCallum41,865 Preliminary final 23x23px Canberra Raiders22–9 23x23px North Sydney Bears18 September 1994Sydney Football StadiumGreg McCallum41,941 Grand final 23x23px Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs12–36 23x23px Canberra Raiders25 September 1994Sydney Football StadiumGreg McCallum42,234 Chart Qualifying final Major semi-final Grand final Elimination final Minor semi-final Preliminary final 2 16x16px North Sydney 12 3 16x16px Canberra 26 4 16x16px Manly 4 5 16x16px Brisbane 16 1 16x16px Canterbury 19 16x16px Canberra 18 16x16px North Sydney 15 16x16px Brisbane 14 16x16px Canberra 22 16x16px North Sydney 9 16x16px Canterbury 12 16x16px Canberra 36 Grand final Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsPositionCanberra Raiders Scott Wilson FB Brett Mullins 2. Jason Williams WG 2. Ken Nagas 3. Steven Hughes CE 3. Mal Meninga (c) 4. Jarrod McCracken CE 4. Ruben Wiki 5. Daryl Halligan WG 5. Noa Nadruku 6. Terry Lamb (c) FE 6. Laurie Daley 7. Craig Polla-Mounter HB 7. Ricky Stuart 8. Darren Britt PR 8. Quentin Pongia 9. Jason Hetherington HK 9. Steve Walters 10. Martin Bella PR 46. Paul Osborne 11. Dean Pay SR 11. Jason Croker 12. Jason Smith SR 12. David Furner 13. Jim Dymock LK 13. Bradley Clyde 17. Matthew Ryan Reserve 42. Brett Hetherington 21. Steve Price Reserve 43. David Westley 40. Simon Gillies Reserve 41. Mark Brokenshire Reserve Chris Anderson Coach Tim Sheens The Canberra Raiders were confident in the lead up, despite their one-point loss to the Bulldogs in the major semi-final, and everything played into their hands from the whistle. Canterbury veteran prop Martin Bella dropped the ball from the kick-off and before too long Canberra had posted two tries. Canberra legend Mal Meninga was given a champion's farewell as his "Green Machine" swamped the Bulldogs.NRL Finals in the 1990s http://www.sportal.com.au/league-ford-ute-display/nrl-finals-in-the-1990s-97342 https://archive.today/20121206023313/http://www.sportal.com.au/league-ford-ute-display/nrl-finals-in-the-1990s-97342 dead 6 December 2012 30 June 2012 sportal.com.au Canberra's Paul Osborne also enjoyed a fairytale day. On the outer for most of the year, Osborne won a reprieve, playing at PR after team-mate John Lomax was suspended for a high tackle in the preliminary final against North Sydney. Osborne, playing in his 135th and last career game before retirement, rose to the occasion by setting up the first two Raiders tries in the opening sixteen minutes.June 2025 Meninga's 166th and final match for the Raiders ended perfectly when he scored the last try of the day after intercepting a pass from Jason Smith. Meninga then outlasted the cover defence, running almost 40 metres and palming off his opposite CE Jarrod McCracken to score the try beside the posts, sending the 42,234 strong crowd at the Sydney Football Stadium into raptures.June 2025 Despite being a goal kicker for most of his career, Meninga declined to take what would have been an easy conversion of his own try, instead leaving the kick to regular team kicker, Clive Churchill Medallist David Furner.June 2025 The Canberra Raiders had claimed their third premiership, amassing the highest score in a grand final since Eastern Suburbs defeated St. George 38-0 in 1975.June 2025 It was the highest-scoring grand final since 1951 when South Sydney defeated Manly 42-14 (though tries then were worth only three points).June 2025Canberra Raiders 36Tries: Nagas 2, Furner, Daley, Nadruku, Croker, MeningaGoals: Furner 4/7Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12Tries: Williams, HetheringtonGoals: Halligan 2/2 Clive Churchill Medallist: David Furner Referee: Greg McCallum Attendance: 42,234 at the Sydney Football StadiumD'Souza Miguel Grand Final History http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/league/2009-grand-final/grandFinal_History.swf https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082626/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/league/2009-grand-final/grandFinal_History.swf dead 19 August 2014 wwos.ninemsn.com.au AAP 8 September 2013 Player statistics The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 22.Top 5 point scorersPointsPlayerTriesGoalsField goals259Canterbury Daryl Halligan121051234Manly Matthew Ridge51062205North Sydney Jason Taylor6885170Canberra David Furner5750162Newcastle Andrew Johns7654Top 5 try scorersTriesPlayer22Brisbane Steve Renouf20Canberra Brett Mullins19Canberra Jason Croker18Cronulla Andrew Ettingshausen18Western Suburbs Paul SmithTop 5 goal scorers''' GoalsPlayer106Manly Matthew Ridge105Canterbury Daryl Halligan88North Sydney Jason Taylor75Canberra David Furner65Newcastle Andrew Johns See also 1994 State of Origin series References External links Rugby League Tables - Season 1994 The World of Rugby League'' NSWRL season 1994 at rugbyleagueproject.com Results: 1991-2000 at rabbitohs.com.au NSWRL season Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership