1998 NRL Grand Final

Rugby league match May 2020 April 2015 1998 NRL Grand Final 1998_NRL_Grand_Final_match_programme.jpg Cover of Big League match program 50pxCanterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 50pxBrisbaneBroncos CBY Canterbury 16 BRI Brisbane Broncos 16 12 0 12 10 28 38 27 September 1998 Sydney Football Stadium Moore Park, New South Wales Clive Churchill Medal Gorden Tallis (BRI) National anthem Julie Anthony Bill Harrigan 40,857 Nine Network Ken Sutcliffe (host) Ray Warren Peter Sterling Paul Vautin Wally LewisLaurie Daley & Steve Roach (sideline) NRL Grand Final ARL/SL 1999 The 1998 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 1998 NRL season. It was the first grand final of the re-unified National Rugby League and featured minor premiers and the previous year's Super League premiers, the Brisbane Broncos against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, who had finished the regular season ninth (out of 20) to make a top-ten play-off grouping. It was to be the first grand final under the National Rugby League partnership's administration and the last to be played at the Sydney Football Stadium. It was also the first time these two sides had met in a grand final. Brisbane scored first but by half time trailed Canterbury 10–12. However, the Brisbane side scored 28 unanswered points in the second half, winning 38–12 and equaling the second highest score for a team in grand final history. Background 1998 NRL season The 1998 NRL season was the 91st season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the inaugural season of the newly formed National Rugby League (NRL). The 1998 Grand Final's teams had played each other twice during the regular season, the Broncos winning both times. Also having won three of the past six grand finals compared with Canterbury's one meant Brisbane went into the match as unbackable favourites. Tobin Glenn Underdogs! Illawarra Mercury Australia 80 Fairfax 26 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980929_0192_5871 13 February 2011 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1998 Canterbury Bulldogs season The 1998 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season was the 64th in the club's history. Coached by Steve Folkes and captained by Darren Britt, they finished the regular season ninth (out of 20) before winning all four of their finals matches to reach the grand final. Canterbury's run through the finals was particularly impressive, coming from behind to defeat the Parramatta Eels in extra time in the grand final qualifier. Brisbane Broncos 1998 Brisbane Broncos season The 1998 Brisbane Broncos season was the eleventh in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Allan Langer, they started the season as defending Super League (Australia) premiers and posted their three biggest-ever wins in Rounds 5, 7 and 15 before finishing the regular season as minor premiers. After losing their first finals match, the Broncos won the next two to qualify for the grand final. TeamRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.5Rd.6Rd.7Rd.8Rd.9Rd.10Rd.11Rd.12Rd.13Rd.14Rd.15Rd.16Rd.17Rd.18Rd.19Rd.20Rd.21Rd.22Rd.23Rd.24MSQFSFPFBulldogsCANBRIADEBALPARGCBALADENQLAUKBRIMANNSNEWSYDCROSOUCANPARPENWSSTGMELILLSTGNSNEWPARBroncosMANCBYPENGCNQLMANNSNEWSYDCROCBYCANPARPENWSSTGMELILLGCBALADENQLAUKSOUByePARMELSYD Legend: #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Teams Brisbane forward Peter Ryan missed the match for Brisbane through suspension. Ryan had been found guilty and suspended for three matches by the NRL Judiciary for a high tackle in the Broncos' semi final victory against Melbourne.Bronco Ryan cops a 3-week holiday; Commissioner forced to defend judiciary Illawarra Mercury Illawarra Newspaper Holdings Pty Limited 16 September 1998 Wollongong, New South Wales 68 n center Canterbury Bulldogs blue white blue Brisbane Broncos gold maroon white 17 s Steve Folkes Rod Silva 1 Gavin Lester 2 Shane Marteene 3 Willie Talau 4 Daryl Halligan 5 Corey Hughes 6 Craig Polla-Mounter 7 Darren Britt (c)"GRAND FINAL – 1998" https://web.archive.org/web/20120325033112/http://thebulldogs.com.au/sportal.php?page=match_results&id=1318 25 March 2012 at thebulldogs.com.au 8 Jason Hetherington 9 Steve Price 10 Tony Grimaldi 11 Robert Relf 12 Travis Norton 13 Steve Reardon 14 Glen Hughes 15 Troy Stone 16 David Thompson 17 Wayne Bennett Darren Lockyer 1 Michael De Vere 14 Steve Renouf 3 Darren Smith 4 Wendell Sailor 5 Kevin Walters 6 Allan Langer (c) 7 Shane Webcke 8 Phillip Lee 9 Andrew Gee 10 Gorden Tallis 11 Brad Thorn 12 Tonie Carroll 13 Michael Hancock 2 John Plath 15 Kevin Campion 16 Petero Civoniceva 17 Officials Referee Bill Harrigan was appointed to referee his fifth grand final, with Steve Betts and John McCormack appointed as touch judges. The video referee was Ian Parnaby. Pre-match thumb|The Sydney Football Stadium, which hosted the match Australian musician Jimmy Barnes performed the pre-match entertainment with his son, fellow musician David Campbell. McKewen Trevor 1998 NRL Grand Final 29 September 1998 79 30 Big League Pacific Publications Pty Ltd Julie Anthony sang Advance Australia Fair as she previously did before the 1987 NSWRL Grand Final. The curtain raiser match on grand final day, saw Canterbury defeat Parramatta 26–22 in the President's Cup grand final, after falling behind 22–0 inside the opening 30 minutes of the match.1998 President's Cup remarkable Grand Final victory https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2020/12/24/1998-presidents-cup-remarkable-grand-final-victory/ bulldogs.com.au 31 March 2023 23 December 2020McKewen Trevor 1998 Big League NRL Season Review President's Cup Big League Sydney, New South Wales Pacific Publications Pty Ltd 79 31 71 Match summary With the Canterbury side having last won a premiership in 1995 and the Broncos in 1997, most players in both sides had grand final experience. Despite good weather, the attendance of 40,857 was the lowest seen at the Sydney Football Stadium for a grand final since 1989.NRL Grand Final History https://web.archive.org/web/20101010125831/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Grand-Finals.htm 10 October 2010 at rl1908.com First half The Broncos kicked off and in only the third minute of the match, a tackle on Willie Talau twenty metres out from Canterbury's line saw the ball come loose. It was kicked ahead by Brisbane winger and last-minute inclusion (due to Michael Hancock's finger injury) Hancock's sacrifice a winner Illawarra Mercury Australia 26 Fairfax 1998-09-28 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980929_0573_9145 13 February 2011 Michael De Vere, who won the chase into the left side of the in-goal where he dived on it for the game's first points. Darren Lockyer converted to give Brisbane a 6-0 lead. Tobin Glenn No fairytale ... just Broncos on a title rampage Illawarra Mercury Australia 24 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980929_0575_9074 13 February 2011 A few minutes later the Broncos were denied a try in the same corner when Renouf caught a stray Kevin Walters pass to dive over, with video re-plays showing that the ball only appeared to travel forward because it was struck by a Canterbury defender. By the eleventh minute, the Canterbury side had made it down to Brisbane's line and got a penalty in front of the goal posts. They opted to go for the kick and Daryl Halligan brought the score back to 6-2. Brisbane withstood further pressure on their line until Tony Grimaldi forced his way over under the posts in the twenty-second minute. Daryl Halligan converted Grimaldi's try to give Canterbury an 8-6 lead. Canterbury prop Troy Stone had to leave the field at this point with a broken arm, but would return ten minutes later with a guard on it to play the rest of the match. Kent Paul Dogged first-half heroes find that class wins out at the end The Sydney Morning Herald Australia 23 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980928_0313_5384 13 February 2011 Five minutes later, the Brisbane side had the ball down at the other end of the field and after moving it quickly through the hands from the left hand side of the field out to the right, Kevin Campion forced his way over in the corner. Lockyer's attempted conversion from the sideline missed but the Broncos were back in front 10-8. Canterbury struck back a few minutes later when Steve Price stepped through an opening twenty-five metres out and gave the ball to Willie Talau to dive over on the right side, regaining the lead. Halligan missed his kick so the score was 12-10 in favour of the Canterbury side. By the Clock Illawarra Mercury Australia 25 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980929_0576_5114 13 February 2011 No more points were scored before the break. Second half Less than two minutes into the second half, Fitzsimmons Peter The champs deliver the final blow in rugby league's title bout The Sydney Morning Herald Australia 23 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980928_0305_6998 13 February 2011 Brisbane's Tonie Carroll crossed under the posts for Brisbane's third try, Hadfield Dave Canterbury fairy-tale ends in defeat The Independent The Independent 1998-09-28 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-canterbury-fairytale-ends-in-defeat-1201193.html 2009-10-06 with Darren Lockyer converting to give Brisbane back the lead at 16-12. Eight minutes later Brisbane were in the centre of the field when Allan Langer threw a short pass inside to Steve Renouf who raced through into open space. He was tackled on the twenty-metre line but as the Canterbury defence scrambled to get back, the Broncos kept it moving, the ball going out to Wendell Sailor who dived over in the right corner. Masters, Roy Roy Masters (rugby league) Comeback Kings The Sydney Morning Herald Australia 21 Fairfax 1998-09-28 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980928_0306_3595 13 February 2011 Lockyer's kick from the sideline missed so Brisbane led 20-12. In the fifty-seventh minute, Allan Langer put a kick down field and Daryl Halligan picked the ball up in his own in-goal and he made it five metres into the field of play only to be forced back into goal by the Broncos chasers. Shortly after that, Brisbane seemed to have the game wrapped up when Gorden Tallis at dummy-half feigned passing and from close range forced his way over the try line under the posts. With Darren Lockyer converting, this gave Brisbane a 26-12 lead with twenty minutes of the match remaining. Keeble Brett Wendell sails in Newcastle Herald Australia 59 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980929_0394_9314 13 February 2011 The Broncos' next try came in the sixty-ninth minute after getting a penalty down close to Canterbury's line near the left corner, taking the tap and passing it quickly through the hands out to the right side where Phillip Lee, the only Brisbane player to be playing in his first Grand Final, ran through a gap to crash over. Lockyer kicked the extras so Brisbane led 32-12. Minute by minute Newcastle Herald Australia 58 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980929_0400_9761 13 February 2011 In the seventy-fifth minute Brisbane, after playing the ball on their own twenty-metre line, got the ball to Langer who put a charging Tonie Carroll through a gap and into open space. Carroll ran forty metres before passing back in for Darren Smith, bound for Canterbury the following season, to run the remaining thirty-five to the try-line. Lockyer converted so the final score was 38-12. Tobin Glenn Riding high Illawarra Mercury Australia 48 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980929_0535_5818 13 February 2011 The Clive Churchill Medal for man-of-the-match was awarded to Gorden Tallis. Mascord Steve Embarrassed, dizzy Tallis says every player should be given a medal The Sydney Morning Herald Australia 22 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980928_0317_1038 13 February 2011 The victory also kept intact Brisbane's winning record in grand finals with four from four. Keeble Brett League of their own Newcastle Herald Australia 61 Fairfax 28 September 1998 http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980929_0396_1509 13 February 2011 It was the second time that the Broncos had won back-to-back premierships, having done so in 1992-93 as well. No World Club Challenge match was played between the 1998 NRL and Super League champions. Scoreboard #f1f5fc 1998 NRL Grand Final Sunday, 27 September 15:00 AEST (UTC+10) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury 16 Brisbane 16 Brisbane Broncos 12 – 38 12–10 0–28 ReportMiddleton David Rugby League 1999 October 1998 Harper Sports Sydney 0732267773NRL Tables - 1998 NRL Grand Final https://afltables.com/rl/scorers/games/1998/199809270406.html 9 September 2022 2Grimaldi 21Talau 30 2Halligan pen 11 22 (2/3) 7De Vere 2Campion 27Carroll 41Sailor 50Tallis 59Lee 68Smith 75 5Lockyer 4 43 60 69 76 (5/7) Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 40,8571998 NRL Grand Final https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/nrl-1998/grand-final/brisbane-vs-canterbury/summary.html Rugby League Project 8 March 2023 Bill Harrigan Steve Betts, John McCormack Clive Churchill Medal Gorden Tallis (Brisbane) References External links 1998 NRL Grand Final at NRL.com Match replay at NRL.com 1998 Category:Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs matches Category:Brisbane Broncos matches Grand final Category:1998 rugby league matches