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1997 ARL Optus Cup

See also

1997 Super League Telstra Cup

Stats

Premiers: Newcastle
Runners Up: Manly
Minor Premiers: Manly
Wooden Spoon: South Queensland
Top Tryscorer: Terry Hill (22)
Top Pointscorer: Jason Taylor (242)

No. Of Teams: 12
No. Of Games: 141
No. Of Players: 367
No. Of Tries: 959
No. Of Goals: 750 / 1,230 (60.98%)
No. Of F.Goals: 34

Total Attendance: 1,496,040
Average Crowd: 10,610
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 42,482
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
Lowest Crowd: 2,364

Mean Scoreline: 25-13
Median Scoreline: 25-12
Highest Scoreline: 54-14
Lowest Scoreline: 2-6
Highest Team Score: North Sydney (54-14)
Average PPG: 44.38

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.	Manly	11	8	2	1	302	159	143	11	7	3	1	219	207	12	22	15	5	2	521	366	32	+155	23.68	16.64
2.	Newcastle	11	8	2	1	286	120	166	11	6	5	-	226	200	26	22	14	7	1	512	320	29	+192	23.27	14.55
3.	Parramatta	11	7	3	1	245	166	79	11	7	4	-	186	193	-7	22	14	7	1	431	359	29	+72	19.59	16.32
4.	North Sydney	11	9	1	1	332	173	159	11	4	7	-	197	168	29	22	13	8	1	529	341	27	+188	24.05	15.50
5.	Sydney City	11	7	4	-	245	159	86	11	6	4	1	242	207	35	22	13	8	1	487	366	27	+121	22.14	16.64
6.	Illawarra	11	4	6	1	197	187	10	11	6	3	2	226	189	37	22	10	9	3	423	376	23	+47	19.23	17.09
7.	Gold Coast	11	7	4	-	242	184	58	11	3	7	1	196	282	-86	22	10	11	1	438	466	21	-28	19.91	21.18
8.	Balmain	11	6	5	-	199	145	54	11	4	7	-	140	195	-55	22	10	12	-	339	340	20	-1	15.41	15.45
9.	Western Suburbs	11	7	4	-	211	172	39	11	3	8	-	144	252	-108	22	10	12	-	355	424	20	-69	16.14	19.27
10.	St George	11	6	5	-	195	195	0	11	3	7	1	136	197	-61	22	9	12	1	331	392	19	-61	15.05	17.82
11.	Souths	11	3	7	1	179	290	-111	11	1	10	-	144	340	-196	22	4	17	1	323	630	9	-307	14.68	28.64
12.	South Queensland	11	4	7	-	189	238	-49	11	-	11	-	132	392	-260	22	4	18	-	321	630	8	-309	14.59	28.64

Playoffs/Finals

Minor Qualif	Sep 5	Gold Coast	25	Illawarra	14	D. Manson	Parramatta	8,197	>
Minor Qualif	6	Sydney City	33	North Sydney	21	K. Jeffes	SFS	11,332	>
Minor Qualif	7	Newcastle	28	Parramatta	20	P. McBlane	SFS	17,849	>
Major Qualif	12	Sydney City	32	Gold Coast	10	P. McBlane	Parramatta	10,466	>
Major Qualif	13	North Sydney	24	Parramatta	14	D. Manson	SFS	17,025	>
Major Qualif	14	Manly	27	Newcastle	12	K. Jeffes	SFS	26,531	>
Prelim Final	20	Newcastle	17	North Sydney	12	K. Jeffes	SFS	22,540	>
Prelim Final	21	Manly	17	Sydney City	16	D. Manson	SFS	30,794	>
Grand Final	28	Newcastle	22	Manly	16	D. Manson	SFS	42,482	>

Team Stats

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Balmain Tigers	8th	10	12	0	339	340	Wayne PEARCE	12	-	William KENNEDY	102	-	Michael WITHERS	Leichhardt	10,355
Gold Coast Chargers	7th	10	11	1	438	466	Phil ECONOMIDIS	11	-	Wes PATTEN	88	-	Brendan HURST	Carrara	8,958	Major Qualif
Illawarra Steelers	6th	10	9	3	423	376	Andrew FARRAR	14	-	Wayne CLIFFORD	56	-	Wayne CLIFFORD	WIN	8,695	Minor Qualif
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	1st	15	5	2	521	366	Bob FULTON	22	-	Terry HILL	88	-	Terry HILL	Brookvale	11,816	Runners Up
Newcastle Knights	2nd	14	7	1	512	320	Malcolm REILLY	18	-	Darren ALBERT	104	-	Leo DYNEVOR	Marathon	14,257	Premiers
North Sydney Bears	4th	13	8	1	529	341	Peter LOUIS	12	-	Brett DALLAS	242	-	Jason TAYLOR	North Sydney	11,713	Prelim Final
Parramatta Eels	3rd	14	7	1	431	359	Brian SMITH	11	-	Shane WHEREAT	81	-	John SIMON	Parramatta	15,647	Major Qualif
St George Dragons	10th	9	12	1	331	392	David WAITE	11	-	Adrian BRUNKER	106	-	Wayne BARTRIM	Kogarah	7,222
South Queensland Crushers	12th	4	18	0	321	630	Steve BLEAKLEY	9	-	Jason HUDSON	94	-	Clinton SCHIFCOFSKE	Suncorp	7,003	Wooden Spoon
South Sydney Rabbitohs	11th	4	17	1	323	630	Ken SHINE	6	-	Darrell TRINDALL David PENNA Don McLEOD	42	-	Julian O'NEILL	SFS	5,287
Sydney City Roosters	5th	13	8	1	487	366	Phil GOULD	15	-	Andrew WALKER	194	-	Ivan CLEARY	SFS	9,430	Prelim Final
Western Suburbs Magpies	9th	10	12	0	355	424	Tom RAUDONIKIS	11	-	Ken McGUINNESS	109	-	Andrew LEEDS	Campbelltown	8,602