1982 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League 14 16x16px Parramatta 2nd 16x16px Parramatta 2nd 188 5,927 1,716,490 16x16px Mick Cronin (279) 16x16px Steve Ella (23) Canterbury 16 Greg Brentnall Rothmans Medal 1981 NSWRFL season 1981 1983 NSWRFL season 1983 The 1982 NSWRFL season was the 75th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and saw the New South Wales Rugby Football League’s first expansion since 1967 with the introduction of the first two clubs from outside the Sydney area in over half a century: the Canberra Raiders and the Illawarra Steelers. Thus a total of 14 clubs (including 6 Sydney-based foundation teams, another 6 from Sydney, one from greater New South Wales, and one from the Australian Capital Territory) competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield and newly-created Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Parramatta and Manly-Warringah clubs. This season, NSWRFL teams also competed for the 1982 KB Cup which was won by Manly-Warringah. Season summary The first Charity Shield match was played before the 1982 season between St. George and South Sydney. This year a bronze replica of “the Gladiators” – the 1963 photo taken by John O'Gready of Norm Provan and Arthur Summons’ post-game, mud-caked embrace – was first adopted to adorn the Winfield Cup, the new trophy to be awarded to the grand final winners. Because of the introduction of two new teams, twenty-six (rather than twenty-two) regular season rounds were played from February till August, resulting in a top five of Parramatta, Manly, Norths, Easts and Wests. The new teams, the Illawarra Steelers and the Canberra Raiders, would finish their debut seasons in second last and last place respectively. The 1982 season saw the only nil-all scoreline in competition history. Newtown and Canterbury-Bankstown drew their match at Henson Park on 28 March, with neither team scoring a point. The long-standing record for the longest suspension for a player in the League's history was broken during the season. Western Suburbs' Bob Cooper was suspended for 15 months for punching Illawarra’s Lee Pomfret. The 1982 season's Rothmans Medallist was Canterbury-Bankstown’s Greg Brentnall and the Dally M Award went to Parramatta’s lock forward, Ray Price. Rugby League Week gave their player of the year award to Eastern Suburbs’ halfback Kevin Hastings for the third consecutive season. Teams This year the number of clubs in the League reached a new high of fourteen, with the addition of two expansion clubs, the Illawarra Steelers and the Canberra Raiders.History of the Premiership http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx https://archive.today/20131021091506/http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx dead 21 October 2013 centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au Australian Rugby League 21 October 2013 This saw the first inclusion of teams based outside of the Sydney area since the foundation Newcastle club departed the League in 1909. This was the first of several expansions that would take place over the next decade and a half which would see the Sydney-wide competition grow into a New South Wales-wide competition and eventually into a national league. Also, for the first time in three quarters of a century, the League's 1908 foundation teams were outnumbered by teams introduced since the inaugural season. Balmain100px|center 75th seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Frank StantonCaptain: Neil Whittaker→Trevor RyanCanberra100px|center 1st seasonGround: Seiffert Oval Coach: Don FurnerCaptain: David GrantCanterbury-Bankstown100px|center 48th seasonGround: Belmore Sports Ground Coach: Ted GlossopCaptain: George PeponisCronulla-Sutherland100px|center 16th seasonGround: Endeavour Field Coach: Greg PierceCaptain: Steve RogersEastern Suburbs100px|center 75th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Bob FultonCaptain: Royce AyliffeIllawarra100px|center 1st seasonGround: Wollongong Showground Coach: Allan FitzgibbonCaptain: John DorahyManly-Warringah100px|center 36th seasonGround: Brookvale Oval Coach: Ray RitchieCaptain: Max KrilichNewtown100px|center 75th seasonGround: Henson Park Coach: Warren RyanCaptain: Tom Raudonikis & Ken WilsonNorth Sydney100px|center 75th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Ron WilleyCaptain: Mark GrahamParramatta100px|center 36th seasonGround: Belmore Sports Ground Coach: Jack GibsonCaptain: Steve EdgePenrith100px|center 16th seasonGround: Penrith Stadium Coach: John PeardCaptain: Darryl BrohmanSouth Sydney100px|center 75th seasonGround: Redfern Oval Coach: Bill AndersonCaptain: Mitch BrennanSt. George100px|center 62nd seasonGround: Jubilee Oval Coach: Roy MastersCaptain: Craig YoungWestern Suburbs100px|center 75th seasonGround: Lidcombe Oval Coach: Terry FearnleyCaptain: Warren Boland Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 16x16px Parramatta262105619242+377422 16x16px Manly261709530411+119343 16x16px North Sydney261619399360+39334 16x16px Eastern Suburbs261529437304+133325 16x16px Western Suburbs2616010412349+63326 16x16px South Sydney2614111395400-5297 16x16px Newtown2613211406309+97288 16x16px Cronulla2613112400336+64279 16x16px Canterbury2612311399361+382710 16x16px St. George2611213408402+62411 16x16px Balmain2610115383427-442112 Old Penrith 16 Penrith267118375441-661513 16x16px Illawarra266020344572-2281214 16x16px Canberra264022269862-5938 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeCrowd Qualifying Finals 23x23px Eastern Suburbs11–7 23x23px Western Suburbs4 September 1982Sydney Cricket GroundJack Danzey21,167 23x23px Manly-Warringah26–3 23x23px North Sydney5 September 1982Sydney Cricket GroundJohn Gocher24,690 Semi-finals 23x23px North Sydney10–12 23x23px Eastern Suburbs11 September 1982Sydney Cricket GroundJack Danzey19,566 23x23px Parramatta0–20 23x23px Manly-Warringah12 September 1982Sydney Cricket GroundJohn Gocher31,604 Preliminary final 23x23px Parramatta33–0 23x23px Eastern Suburbs19 September 1982Sydney Cricket GroundJohn Gocher24,637 Grand final 23x23px Manly-Warringah8–21 23x23px Parramatta26 September 1982Sydney Cricket GroundJohn Gocher52,186 Chart 150 Qualifying final Major semi-final Grand final Elimination final Minor semi-final Preliminary final 2 Manly 16 Manly 26 3 North Sydney 16 North Sydney 3 4 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 11 5 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs 7 1 Parramatta 16 Parramatta 0 Manly 16 Manly 20 North Sydney 16 North Sydney 10 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 12 Parramatta 16 Parramatta 33 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 0 Manly 16 Manly 8 Parramatta 16 Parramatta 21 Grand final Manly-WarringahPositionParramatta Graham Eadie FB Paul Taylor 2. John Ribot WG 2. Neil Hunt 3. Chris Close CE 3. Mick Cronin 4. Michael Blake CE 4. Steve Ella 5. Phil Carey WG 5. Eric Grothe 6. Alan Thompson (c) FE 6. Brett Kenny 7. Phil Blake HB 7. Peter Sterling 13. Geoff Gerard PR 13. Geoff Bugden 12. Ray Brown HK 12. Steve Edge (c) 11. Terry Randall PR 11. Chris Phelan 10. Paul Vautin SR 10. Steve Sharp 14. Les Boyd SR 9. John Muggleton 8. Paul McCabe LK 8. Ray Price 9. Bruce Walker Reserve 14. Peter Wynn 15. Max Krillich Reserve 17. Gary Martine 18. Ian Thomson Reserve 19. Mark Laurie Reserve 19. Steve Halliwell Ray Ritchie Coach Jack Gibson The Eels won the minor premiership with ease – eight points ahead of Manly – and breezed through the decider with the same confidence. Manly opened the scoring through Phil Blake in the opening minutes, but Parramatta replied quickly when Brett Kenny put Steve Ella over. After a quiet period, Manly collapsed in the ten minutes before half-time with Parramatta scoring three tries. The first to Eric Grothe came when Brett Kenny had shown brilliant evasive skills on the second tackle after Manly dropped the ball, the second came when a Peter Sterling bomb deflected off a Parramatta player into Kenny's arms, and the third after quick hands saw Kenny send Neil Hunt over in the corner. The Eels led 16–3 at half-time and, despite Les Boyd scoring after playing the ball forward in the 48th minute, Brett Kenny's second try in the 62nd minute sealed victory. Parramatta 21 (Tries: Kenny 2, Ella, Grothe, Hunt. Goals: Cronin 3/5.) Manly 8 (Tries: P Blake, Boyd. Goal: Eadie 1/2.) Player statistics The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26. Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerTriesGoalsField Goals255Parramatta Mick Cronin91140187Cronulla Steve Rogers9792186South Sydney Tony Melrose8794161Eastern Suburbs Ron Giteau4741159Illawarra John Dorahy6701 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayer21Parramatta Steve Ella18Manly John Ribot17Western Suburbs Steve Broughton17St. George Steve Morris15Newtown John Ferguson Top 5 goal scorers GoalsPlayer114Parramatta Mick Cronin79South Sydney Tony Melrose79Cronulla Steve Rogers74Eastern Suburbs Ron Giteau71Manly Michael Eden References External links Rugby League Tables – Season 1982 The World of Rugby League Results:1981-90 at rabbitohs.com.au 1982 J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup at rleague.com.auJanuary 2025 medicmedic NSRFL season 1982 at rugbyleagueproject.org Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership NSWRFL season