ARL 1996

Stats

Premiers: Manly
Minor Premiers: Manly
No. Of Teams: 20
No. Of Games: 232
No. Of Players: 620
Top Tryscorer: Noa Nadruku (21)
Top Pointscorer: Jason Taylor (238)

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
1.	Manly	11	11	-	-	361	88	+273	11	7	4	-	188	103	+85	22	18	4	-	549	191	36	+358
2.	Brisbane	10	8	2	-	330	133	+197	11	9	2	-	277	130	+147	21	17	4	-	607	263	34	+344
3.	North Sydney	11	9	1	1	346	119	+227	11	6	4	1	252	206	+46	22	15	5	2	598	325	32	+273
4.	Sydney City	11	8	2	1	276	150	+126	11	7	4	-	245	171	+74	22	15	6	1	521	321	31	+200
5.	Cronulla	11	10	1	-	212	93	+119	10	4	4	2	187	175	+12	21	14	5	2	399	268	30	+131
6.	Canberra	10	8	2	-	310	128	+182	11	5	5	1	228	256	-28	21	13	7	1	538	384	27	+154
7.	St George	10	6	3	1	229	162	+67	11	6	5	-	214	198	+16	21	12	8	1	443	360	* 27	+83
8.	Western Suburbs	11	8	2	1	225	182	+43	11	4	7	-	169	252	-83	22	12	9	1	394	434	25	-40
9.	Newcastle	10	6	3	1	227	142	+85	11	4	7	-	189	246	-57	21	10	10	1	416	388	* 23	+28
10.	Canterbury	11	7	4	-	227	184	+43	10	4	6	-	148	194	-46	21	11	10	-	375	378	22	-3
11.	Auckland	11	7	4	-	248	174	+74	10	3	7	-	164	253	-89	21	10	11	-	412	427	* 22	-15
12.	Sydney Tigers	11	6	5	-	181	238	-57	11	5	6	-	138	221	-83	22	11	11	-	319	459	22	-140
13.	Parramatta	10	6	4	-	214	161	+53	11	3	7	1	190	254	-64	21	9	11	1	404	415	* 21	-11
14.	Illawarra	11	6	5	-	239	176	+63	11	2	9	-	164	268	-104	22	8	14	-	403	444	16	-41
15.	Penrith	11	4	6	1	246	242	+4	10	3	7	-	117	222	-105	21	7	13	1	363	464	15	-101
16.	Western Reds	11	4	6	1	186	188	-2	10	2	8	-	127	232	-105	21	6	14	1	313	420	13	-107
17.	North Queensland	10	4	6	-	118	211	-93	11	2	9	-	170	432	-262	21	6	15	-	288	643	12	-355
18.	Gold Coast	11	2	9	-	172	233	-61	11	3	7	1	187	288	-101	22	5	16	1	359	521	11	-162
19.	South Sydney	11	3	8	-	204	274	-70	11	2	8	1	110	360	-250	22	5	16	1	314	634	11	-320
20.	South Queensland	11	2	9	-	118	288	-170	10	1	9	-	102	208	-106	21	3	18	-	220	496	* 8	-276
* Parramatta awarded 2 competition points for Penrith forfeiting in round 1 * Auckland awarded 2 competition points for Brisbane forfeiting in round 1 * Newcastle awarded 2 competition points for Cronulla forfeiting in round 1 * St George awarded 2 competition points for Western Reds forfeiting in round 1 * South Queensland awarded 2 competition points for Canberra forfeiting in round 1
Total games played: 214 Total points scored: 8,235 Average points per game: 38.48 Best attack: Brisbane Broncos (28.90 ppg - 150.21%) Best defense: Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (8.68 ppg - 45.11%) Worst attack: South Queensland Crushers (10.48 ppg - 54.47%) Worst defense: North Queensland Cowboys (30.62 ppg - 159.15%)

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Auckland Warriors	11th	10	11	0	412	427	John MONIE	10	-	John KIRWAN	120	-	Gene NGAMU	Ericsson	20,126
Brisbane Broncos	2nd	17	8	0	671	349	Wayne BENNETT	19	-	Steve RENOUF	146	-	Willie CARNE	ANZ	23,712	Semi Final
Canberra Raiders	6th	13	9	1	566	416	Tim SHEENS	21	-	Noa NADRUKU	144	-	David FURNER	Bruce	10,440	Qualifying Final
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	10th	11	10	0	375	378	Chris ANDERSON	9	-	Rod SILVA	146	-	Daryl HALLIGAN	Belmore	7,544
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	5th	18	7	2	483	372	John LANG	13	-	Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN	150	-	Mathew ROGERS	Shark Park	10,515	Prelim Final
Gold Coast Chargers	18th	5	16	1	359	521	Phil ECONOMIDIS	8	-	Lee OUDENRYN	107	-	Brendan HURST	Carrara	7,126
Illawarra Steelers	14th	8	14	0	403	444	Allan McMAHON	14	-	Rod WISHART	160	-	Rod WISHART	Steelers	7,434
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	1st	24	4	0	669	235	Robert FULTON	20	-	Steve MENZIES	165	-	Matthew RIDGE	Brookvale	12,519	Premiers
Newcastle Knights	9th	10	10	1	416	388	Malcolm REILLY	9	-	Brett GROGAN Keith BEAUCHAMP	142	-	Andrew JOHNS	Marathon	17,475
North Queensland Cowboys	17th	6	15	0	288	643	Graham LOWE	8	-	Kris TASSELL Justin LOOMANS	49	-	Shane HOWARTH	Stockland	19,366
North Sydney Bears	3rd	17	7	2	664	415	Peter LOUIS	15	-	Ben IKIN	238	-	Jason TAYLOR	North Sydney	10,963	Prelim Final
Parramatta Eels	13th	9	11	1	404	415	Ron HILDITCH	8	-	Chris LAWLER Scott MAHON	136	-	Chris LAWLER	Parramatta	11,113
Penrith Panthers	15th	7	13	1	363	464	Royce SIMMONS	9	-	Robbie BECKETT	162	-	Ryan GIRDLER	Penrith	5,351
St George Dragons	7th	18	10	1	621	484	David WAITE	11	-	Mark BELL Adrian BRUNKER	176	-	Wayne BARTRIM	Kogarah	11,167	Runners Up
South Queensland Crushers	20th	3	18	0	220	496	Bob LINDNER	5	-	Craig WESTON	26	-	Graham MACKAY	Suncorp	13,016	League Wooden Spoon
South Sydney Rabbitohs	19th	5	16	1	314	634	Ken SHINE	9	-	Paul MELLOR	72	-	Craig FIELD	SFS (8) Redfern (3)	5,031
Sydney City Roosters	4th	15	10	1	581	425	Philip GOULD	15	-	Darren JUNEE	182	-	Ivan CLEARY	SFS	17,060	Semi Final
Sydney Tigers	12th	11	11	0	319	459	Wayne PEARCE	8	-	William KENNEDY	82	-	Ian HERRON	Parramatta	5,703
Western Reds	16th	6	14	1	313	420	Peter MULHOLLAND	9	-	Matthew RODWELL	125	-	Julian O'NEILL	WACA	8,262
Western Suburbs Magpies	8th	12	11	1	418	474	Tom RAUDONIKIS	9	-	Darren WILLIS	129	-	Andrew LEEDS	Campbelltown	6,964	Qualifying Final