1998 NRL Premiership

Stats

Premiers: Brisbane
Runners Up: Canterbury
Minor Premiers: Brisbane
Wooden Spoon: Western Suburbs
Top Tryscorer: Darren Smith (23)
Top Pointscorer: Ivan Cleary (284)

No. Of Teams: 20
No. Of Games: 253
No. Of Players: 600
No. Of Tries: 1,763
No. Of Goals: 1,522 / 2,216 (68.68%)
No. Of F.Goals: 42

Total Attendance: 2,937,831
Average Crowd: 11,612
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 40,857
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
Lowest Crowd: 3,733

Mean Scoreline: 28-12
Median Scoreline: 25-12
Highest Scoreline: 30-45
Lowest Scoreline: 2-6
Highest Team Score: Melbourne (62-6)
Average PPG: 51.2

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG
1.	Brisbane	12	10	2	-	430	138	292	12	8	3	1	258	172	86	24	18	5	1	688	310	37	+378	28.67	12.92
2.	Newcastle	12	10	2	-	288	182	106	12	8	3	1	274	199	75	24	18	5	1	562	381	37	+181	23.42	15.88
3.	Melbourne	12	9	2	1	325	162	163	12	8	4	-	221	210	11	24	17	6	1	546	372	35	+174	22.75	15.50
4.	Parramatta	12	9	3	-	256	152	104	12	8	3	1	212	197	15	24	17	6	1	468	349	35	+119	19.50	14.54
5.	North Sydney	12	11	1	-	412	158	254	12	6	6	-	251	209	42	24	17	7	-	663	367	34	+296	27.63	15.29
6.	Sydney City	12	9	3	-	362	186	176	12	7	5	-	318	197	121	24	16	8	-	680	383	32	+297	28.33	15.96
7.	Canberra	12	10	2	-	342	202	140	12	5	7	-	222	227	-5	24	15	9	-	564	429	30	+135	23.50	17.88
8.	St George	12	8	3	1	267	207	60	12	5	7	-	219	283	-64	24	13	10	1	486	490	27	-4	20.25	20.42
9.	Canterbury	12	7	5	-	258	163	95	12	6	6	-	231	248	-17	24	13	11	-	489	411	26	+78	20.38	17.13
10.	Manly	12	9	3	-	268	206	62	12	4	8	-	235	267	-32	24	13	11	-	503	473	26	+30	20.96	19.71
11.	Cronulla	12	6	5	1	242	193	49	12	6	6	-	196	194	2	24	12	11	1	438	387	25	+51	18.25	16.13
12.	Illawarra	12	4	8	-	214	293	-79	12	7	4	1	262	246	16	24	11	12	1	476	539	23	-63	19.83	22.46
13.	Balmain	12	5	6	1	212	200	12	12	4	8	-	169	263	-94	24	9	14	1	381	463	19	-82	15.88	19.29
14.	Penrith	12	7	4	1	321	265	56	12	1	10	1	204	315	-111	24	8	14	2	525	580	18	-55	21.88	24.17
15.	Auckland	12	7	5	-	233	243	-10	12	2	10	-	184	275	-91	24	9	15	-	417	518	18	-101	17.38	21.58
16.	North Qld	12	6	6	-	205	199	6	12	3	9	-	156	357	-201	24	9	15	-	361	556	18	-195	15.04	23.17
17.	Adelaide	12	5	7	-	213	265	-52	12	2	10	-	180	350	-170	24	7	17	-	393	615	14	-222	16.38	25.63
18.	Souths	12	2	10	-	161	238	-77	12	3	9	-	178	322	-144	24	5	19	-	339	560	10	-221	14.13	23.33
19.	Gold Coast	12	2	10	-	179	297	-118	12	2	10	-	110	357	-247	24	4	20	-	289	654	8	-365	12.04	27.25
20.	Western Suburbs	12	4	8	-	223	279	-56	12	-	12	-	148	523	-375	24	4	20	-	371	802	8	-431	15.46	33.42

Playoffs/Finals

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Minor Prelim Semi

Aug 28

15,953

Major Prelim Semi

16,033

Minor Prelim Semi

16,833

Major Prelim Semi

18,274

Minor Semi

Sep 4

18,718

Minor Semi

12,592

Major Semi

26,482

Major Semi

21,172

Elim Prelim Final

24,449

Elim Prelim Final

20,354

Prelim Final

28,374

Prelim Final

36,841

Grand Final

40,857

Team Stats

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Adelaide Rams	17th	7	17	0	393	615	Reddy, Lance	Goldthorpe, Walters	12	-	Appo	116	-	Appo	Adelaide (7), Hindmarsh (4)	7,808
Auckland Warriors	15th	9	15	0	417	518	Endacott	Kearney, Pongia, Ridge	13	-	Vagana	110	-	Ridge	Ericsson	10,040
Balmain Tigers	13th	9	14	1	381	463	Pearce	Stimson, Sironen	11	-	Milford	103	-	Nevin	Leichhardt	10,576
Brisbane Broncos	1st	18	5	1	688	310	Bennett	Langer	23	-	Smith	272	-	Lockyer	ANZ	20,073	Premiers
Canberra Raiders	7th	15	9	0	564	429	Meninga	Clyde, Furner, Daley, Stuart	12	-	McLinden	168	-	Furner	Bruce	10,170	Minor Semi
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	9th	13	11	0	489	411	Folkes	Hetherington, Gillies, Britt	11	-	Silva	256	-	Halligan	Belmore	8,363	Runners Up
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	11th	12	11	1	438	387	Lang	Ettingshausen, Healey, Peachey	13	-	Howland	148	-	Rogers	Shark Park	11,370
Gold Coast Chargers	19th	4	20	0	289	654	Economidis	Mackay, Goddard	6	-	Mackay	78	-	Mackay	Carrara	6,599
Illawarra Steelers	12th	11	12	1	476	539	Farrar	McGregor, Smith, Callaway	18	-	Barrett	84	-	Fitzgibbon	WIN	9,248
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	10th	13	11	0	503	473	Fulton	Toovey	20	-	Menzies	125	-	Phillips	Brookvale	10,513	Minor Prelim Semi
Melbourne Storm	3rd	17	6	1	546	372	Anderson	Nikau, Lazarus	14	-	Hill, Bai	110	-	Smith	Olympic Park	12,724	Elimination Preliminary Final
Newcastle Knights	2nd	18	5	1	562	381	Reilly	Harragon, Johns, Johns	15	-	Craigie	181	-	Johns	Marathon	20,293	Elimination Preliminary Final
North Queensland Cowboys	16th	9	15	0	361	556	Sheens	Roberts, Lomax, Cunningham, Walters	15	-	Hannay	118	-	Hannay	Malanda	17,082
North Sydney Bears	5th	17	7	0	663	367	Louis	Taylor	21	-	Buettner	237	-	Taylor	North Sydney	11,093	Minor Semi
Parramatta Eels	4th	17	6	1	468	349	Smith	McCracken, Pay	13	-	Kelly	176	-	Schifcofske	Parramatta	11,709	Prelim Final
Penrith Panthers	14th	8	14	2	525	580	Simmons	Alexander, Carter, Girdler, Cross	12	-	Beckett	134	-	Girdler	Penrith	9,258
St George Dragons	8th	13	10	1	486	490	Waite	Coyne, Brown, Pearson	20	-	Blacklock	124	-	Bartrim	Kogarah	10,394	Minor Prelim Semi
South Sydney Rabbitohs	18th	5	19	0	339	560	Martin, Coleman	Garlick, Trindall, Brasher	9	-	Brasher	102	-	O'Neill	SFS	6,085
Sydney City Roosters	6th	16	8	0	680	383	Gould	Fittler, Lam	17	-	Fittler	284	-	Cleary	SFS	10,817	Prelim Final
Western Suburbs Magpies	20th	4	20	0	371	802	Raudonikis	Leeds, Georgallis, Mescia, Langmack	10	-	Hodgson	67	-	Hodgson	Campbelltown	7,301	Wooden Spoon

1998 NRL Premiership

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