1997 Adelaide Rams season

1997 red white Telstra Cup Telstra Cup Coach Rod Reddy Kerrod Walters Adelaide Oval 1998 The 1997 Adelaide Rams season was the Adelaide Rams' debut season as a rugby league club. They competed in the Super League's Telstra Cup and World Club Championship. The club had appointed St. George Dragons international back rower Rod Reddy to be their inaugural coach, along with two-time NSWRL premiership-winning HK Kerrod Walters from the Brisbane Broncos to be the first captain of the team. Most of the junior players were drawn from the SARL's lower grade competitions in the region.Whiticker, Alan Alan Whiticker Collis, Ian amp The History of Rugby League Clubs New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd. 2004 1-74110-075-5 First match The club played its first premiership match against the North Queensland Cowboys on 1 March 1997 and, after leading 16–4 at half time, eventually lost 24–16. This game was the first to be played of the new Super League competition. #eeeeee North Queensland Cowboys Nth Qld 16 Adelaide 16 Adelaide Rams 24 – 16 1997 SL - North Queensland vs Adelaide Tries: Steve Walters (2) Luke Phillips Tyran Smith Goals: Luke Phillips (4/5) Tries: Brett Galea Kerrod Walters Goals: Kurt Wrigley (4/4) Saturday, 1 March 1997 Stockland Stadium, Townsville 17,738 Brian Grant AUS _goldborder _NQ1997 _goldborder _top_on_white 000342 FFFFFF 000342 000342 000342 North Queensland _AdelaideRams1 _AdelaideRams1 _AdelaideRams1 _color_3_stripes_blue 0018A8 0000FF 0018A8 0018A8 FF0000 Adelaide Rams FB 22Scott MahonRW 28Luke PhillipsRC 30Ben TabuaiLC 1Kyle WarrenLW 34Ray MercyFE 6Andrew DunemannHB 7Jason FerrisPR 8John LomaxHK 49Steve WaltersPR 10Martin LockeSR 11Tyran SmithSR 31Ian Roberts (c)LK 13Owen CunninghamSubstitutions:IC 9Jason DeathIC 21Peter JonesIC 16Ian DunemannIC 17Dion CopeCoach:AUS Tim Sheens FB 3Michael MaguireRW 22Wayne SimondsRC 25Solomon KiriLC –Elias PaiyoLW 44Joe TamaniFE 33Kurt WrigleyHB 7Stuart TopperPR 11Andrew HickHK 27Kerrod Walters (c)PR –Marty McKenzieSR 13Dave BoughtonSR 12Brett GaleaLF 10Cameron BlairSubstitutions:IC 36Kevin CampionIC 6Chris QuinnIC 9Steve StoneIC –Bruce MamandoCoach:AUS Rod Reddy Results Their first home match, against the Hunter Mariners, was also the Rams' first win, and drew their record home attendance of 27,435 to the Adelaide Oval, one of only two home wins for the season. The Rams also won four away games with their first being in Round 4 against the Auckland Warriors at the Ericsson Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, but their overall record of 6 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw placed them second last on the Super League premiership ladder, one win ahead of North Queensland. The Rams first home game attendance of 27,435 was the 4th highest attendance of the entire 1997 season, behind only the Grand Final at the ANZ Stadium in Brisbane (58,912), the opening game of the season in Brisbane (42,361) and a Round 6 match at the Stockland Stadium in Townsville (30,122). The Rams average home attendance of 15,330 was also the 4th best in the league behind Brisbane (19,298), North Queensland (17,539) and Auckland (15,442). + Adelaide Rams 1997 Super League season resultshttp://afltables.com/rl/games/adelaide.html Rugby League Tables / All Games / Adelaide 2009-04-20 September 2016 medicRound Home Scoreline Away Date Venue Crowd 1 North Queensland Cowboys 24 - 16 Adelaide Rams 1 March Dairy Farmers Stadium 17,738 2 Brisbane Broncos 28 - 12 Adelaide Rams 9 March ANZ Stadium 16,279 3 Adelaide Rams 10 - 8 Hunter Mariners 14 March Adelaide Oval 27,435 4 Auckland Warriors 12 - 16 Adelaide Rams 21 March Ericsson Stadium 13,000 5 Adelaide Rams 16 - 18 Perth Reds 27 March Adelaide Oval 16,294 6 Canterbury Bulldogs 34 - 22 Adelaide Rams 6 April Belmore Sports Ground 7,234 7 Adelaide Rams 10 - 20 Brisbane Broncos 13 April Adelaide Oval 17,633 8 Cronulla Sharks 18 - 29 Adelaide Rams 19 April Shark Park 10,112 9 Penrith Panthers 16 - 22 Adelaide Rams 27 April Penrith Football Stadium 5,815 10 Adelaide Rams 14 - 14 North Queensland Cowboys 2 May Adelaide Oval 15,970 11 Adelaide Rams 22 - 42 Canterbury Bulldogs 23 May Adelaide Oval 15,022 12 Adelaide Rams 18 - 34 Canberra Raiders 1 June Adelaide Oval 13,894 13 Perth Reds 4 - 28 Adelaide Rams 29 June W.A.C.A 7,204 14 Hunter Mariners 10 - 2 Adelaide Rams 5 July Topper Stadium 2,345 15 Adelaide Rams 8 - 18 Auckland Warriors 11 July Adelaide Oval 13,278 16 Adelaide Rams 6 - 28 Cronulla Sharks 8 August Adelaide Oval 7,231 17 Canberra Raiders 58 - 16 Adelaide Rams 17 August Canberra Stadium 7,960 18 Adelaide Rams 36 - 16 Penrith Panthers 22 August Adelaide Oval 11,211 Telstra Cup ladder World Club Championship The Rams were placed in Australasia Pool B along with the Hunter Mariners, North Queensland Cowboys and Perth Reds and would be matched up against teams from Europe Pool B including the Leeds Rhinos, Oldham Bears and Salford City Reds. The competition would see the Rams play three games at home and three in England.http://rl1908.com/Clubs/Adelaide-Rams.htm Sean Fagan Rugby League History – RL1908.com – Adelaide Rams 2008-04-15 RL1908 https://web.archive.org/web/20080410094028/http://www.rl1908.com/Clubs/Adelaide-Rams.htm 2008-04-10 dead The Rams won their three home games rather easily, but only managed to win one of their games in England leaving them in third place in their pool. As only one team from Australasia Pool B would go on to the Quarter finals, this meant that the Adelaide Rams did not advance past the group stage of the tournament. + Adelaide Rams 1997 World Club Championship results1997 World Club Championship at Rugby League ProjectRound Home Scoreline Away Date Venue Crowd 1 Adelaide Rams 50 - 16 Salford City Reds 8 June Adelaide Oval 11,009 2 Adelaide Rams 34 - 8 Leeds Rhinos 13 June Adelaide Oval 14,360 3 Adelaide Rams 42 - 14 Oldham Bears 20 June Adelaide Oval 13,852 4 Leeds Rhinos 22 - 14 Adelaide Rams 18 July Headingley 11,269 5 Oldham Bears 2 - 18 Adelaide Rams 25 July Boundary Park 3,513 6 Salford City Reds 14 - 12 Adelaide Rams 6 April The Willows 6,995 Pool B Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points 16px Hunter Mariners 6 6 0 0 226 50 176 12 16px North Queensland Cowboys 6 5 1 0 228 92 136 10 16px Adelaide Rams 6 4 2 0 170 68 102 8 16px Perth Reds 6 4 2 0 148 104 44 8 Players List of Adelaide Rams players Excluding World Club Challenge matches, Goal kicking utility back Kurt Wrigley was the Rams top point scorer for the season with 81 points from 5 tries, 30 goals and 1 field goal. Wrigley and fullback Rod Maybon were the team's top try scorers with 5 each. Under Super League's rules, players were free to choose their own numbers which they would use throughout the season rather than wearing the traditional 1 through 13. Player No. Name Pos. Debut App T G FG Pts 3 Michael Maguire Michael Maguire (rugby league) FB WG 1 March 1997 7 1 0 0 4 22 Wayne Simonds WG 1 March 1997 15† 6 0 0 24 25 Solomon Kiri CE 1 March 1997 13† 5 0 0 20 – Elias Paiyo CE 1 March 1997 6 0 0 0 0 44 Joe Tamani WG 1 March 1997 15 4 0 0 16 33 Kurt Wrigley FE CE 1 March 1997 18† 6 36 1 97 – Stuart Topper HB 1 March 1997 6 1 0 0 4 11 Andrew Hick PR SR 1 March 1997 17† 1 0 0 4 49 Kerrod Walters (c) HK 1 March 1997 19 4 0 0 16 – Marty McKenzie Marty McKenzie (rugby league) PR 1 March 1997 5 1 0 0 4 13 Dave Boughton SR LK 1 March 1997 16 1 0 0 4 12 Brett Galea SR 1 March 1997 14† 3 0 0 12 10 Cameron Blair rugby league SR LK 1 March 1997 18 4 0 0 16 36 Kevin Campion Kevin Campion (rugby league) PR SR LK 1 March 1997 15 1 0 0 4 6 Chris Quinn CE FB 1 March 1997 19† 4 0 0 16 9 Steve Stone Steve Stone (rugby league) HB HK 1 March 1997 17† 8 0 0 32 – Bruce Mamando PR SR 1 March 1997 16 5 0 0 20 1 Rod Maybon FB 9 March 1997 16† 9 0 0 36 50 Andrew Pierce Andrew Pierce (rugby league) SR LK 9 March 1997 13 1 0 0 4 21 Dean Schifilliti HK FE HB 9 March 1997 17† 1 0 0 4 30 Mark Corvo PR 14 March 1997 18 0 0 0 0 51 Luke Williamson CE FE 21 March 1997 15† 5 49 0 118 8 Alan Cann PR 27 March 1997 13 0 0 0 0 29 Danny Grimley CE 19 April 1997 8† 2 0 0 8 5 Jason Donnelly WG 27 April 1997 7 0 0 0 0 52 David Kidwell CE 17 August 1997 2 0 0 0 0 53 Adam Peek PR 22 August 1997 1 0 0 0 0 †Full team list not available for WCC matches against Oldham on 20 June 1997 or 25 July 1997, or against Leeds on 18 July 1997 or Salford on 3 August 1997 but this player scored in one or more of these matches and so is awarded an appearance for that match. References 40em Category:Adelaide Rams Adelaide Rams Category:Australian rugby league club seasons