ARL 1997 Optus Cup

Grand Final

Newcastle Knights 22 def. Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 16

ARL 1997 Optus Cup
Grand Final
Newcastle
Knights		 22
–
16 Manly Warringah
Sea Eagles
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/994
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 28th September, 1997
Referee David Manson
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:
Prelim Final vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Leo Dynevor (bench)
In:
Lee Jackson (bench)

Manly

Previous Game:
Prelim Final 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: Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)

See also: