Grand Final
Newcastle Knights 22 def. Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 16
| 1997 ARL Optus Cup Grand Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/994 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 28th September, 1997 | |||||||
| Referee | David Manson | |||||||
| Touch Judges | Phil Cooley, Colin White | |||||||
| Venue | SFS (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 42,482 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 16 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 3 | |||||
| Penalties | 4 | – | 7 | |||||
| Newcastle | Scoresheet | Manly | ||||||
| Robbie O'DAVIS | 2 | T | John HOPOATE | |||||
| Darren ALBERT | Craig INNES | |||||||
| Shannon NEVIN | ||||||||
| Andrew JOHNS | 5/6 | G | 2/4 | Shannon NEVIN | ||||
| Newcastle | Teams | Manly | ||||||
| Robbie O'DAVIS | 1 | FB | 1 | Shannon NEVIN | ||||
| Darren ALBERT | 2 | W | 2 | Danny MOORE | ||||
| Adam MacDOUGALL | 3 | C | 3 | Craig INNES | ||||
| Owen CRAIGIE | 4 | C | 4 | Terry HILL | ||||
| Mark HUGHES | 5 | W | 5 | John HOPOATE | ||||
| Matthew JOHNS | 6 | FE | 6 | Geoff TOOVEY (c) | ||||
| Andrew JOHNS | 7 | HB | 7 | Craig FIELD | ||||
| Tony BUTTERFIELD | 8 | FR | 17 | David GILLESPIE | ||||
| Bill PEDEN | 9 | HK | 15 | Anthony COLELLA | ||||
| Paul HARRAGON (c) | 10 | FR | 10 | Mark CARROLL | ||||
| Wayne RICHARDS | 11 | 2R | 11 | Steve MENZIES | ||||
| Adam MUIR | 12 | 2R | 12 | Daniel GARTNER | ||||
| Marc GLANVILLE | 13 | L | 13 | Nik KOSEF | ||||
| Troy FLETCHER | 15 | B | 14 | Scott FULTON | ||||
| Scott CONLEY | 16 | B | 8 | Neil TIERNEY | ||||
| Steve CROWE | 19 | B | 16 | Andrew HUNTER | ||||
| Lee JACKSON | 18 | B | 9 | Cliff LYONS | ||||
| Malcolm REILLY | HC | Bob FULTON | ||||||
Team Info
Newcastle
- Previous Game:
- Round pf vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- n/a
- Out:
- Leo Dynevor (bench)
- In:
- Lee Jackson (bench)
Manly
- Previous Game:
- Round pf vs. Sydney City
- Next Game:
- n/a
- Out:
- Jim Serdaris (hooker)
- In:
- Nik Kosef (lock), Scott Fulton (bench), Andrew Hunter (bench)
- Changes:
- Anthony Colella (lock to hooker)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson
Sources:David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
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