Round 1
Illawarra Steelers 8 lost to Western Suburbs Magpies 17
| 1996 ARL Optus Cup Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/575 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Friday, 22nd March, 1996 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Kelvin Jeffes | |||||||
| Venue | Steelers (Wollongong) | |||||||
| Crowd | 9,744 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 6 | – | 6 | |||||
| Illawarra | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Fili SERU | 2 | T | Craig COLEMAN | |||||
| Damian KENNEDY | ||||||||
| Ciriaco MESCIA | ||||||||
| Rod WISHART | 0/2 | G | 2/3 | Andrew LEEDS | ||||
| FG | Andrew LEEDS | |||||||
| Illawarra | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Brendan O'MEARA | 1 | FB | 1 | Andrew LEEDS | ||||
| Rod WISHART | 2 | W | 2 | Darren WILLIS | ||||
| Brett RODWELL | 3 | C | 3 | Kevin McGUINNESS | ||||
| Paul McGREGOR | 4 | C | 4 | Brandon COSTIN | ||||
| Fili SERU | 5 | W | 5 | Ken McGUINNESS | ||||
| Craig SIMON | 6 | FE | 6 | Andrew WILLIS | ||||
| Josh WHITE | 7 | HB | 7 | Craig COLEMAN (c) | ||||
| Darren FRITZ | 8 | FR | 8 | Brent STUART | ||||
| Dean CALLAWAY | 9 | HK | 9 | Ciriaco MESCIA | ||||
| Scott ENGLAND | 10 | FR | 10 | Jason DUFF | ||||
| John CROSS (c) | 11 | 2R | 11 | Bill DUNN | ||||
| Wayne RICHARDS | 12 | 2R | 12 | Chad HARRIS | ||||
| Shaun TIMMINS | 13 | L | 13 | Steve GEORGALLIS | ||||
| David COX | 14 | B | 14 | Damian KENNEDY | ||||
| Brad HEPI | 15 | B | 15 | Darren BURNS | ||||
| Adam BRISTOW | 16 | B | 16 | Paul SMITH | ||||
| B | 17 | Jason AUSTIN | ||||||
| Allan McMAHON | HC | Tom RAUDONIKIS | ||||||
Team Info
Illawarra
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Auckland
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Brisbane
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables
Sources:David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)

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