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1998 NRL Premiership

Round 20

Melbourne Storm 32 def. Newcastle Knights 16

1998 NRL Premiership
Round 20
Melbourne
Storm
32
16Newcastle
Knights
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/1166
StatusCompleted
DateFriday, 24th July, 1998
Kick Off7:30pm (local time)
RefereeBill Harrigan
Touch JudgesColin Jones, John McCormack
Video RefJohn Yard
VenueOlympic Park (Melbourne)
Crowd14,214
Match Stats
Halftime Score148
Scrums45
Penalties37
MelbourneScoresheetNewcastle
Marcus BAI3TDarren ALBERT
Scott HILL Owen CRAIGIE
Brett KIMMORLEY Matthew GIDLEY
Richard SWAIN   
 
Brett KIMMORLEY4/7G2/3Andrew JOHNS
   0/1Owen CRAIGIE
MelbourneTeamsNewcastle
Robbie ROSS1FB1Mark HUGHES
John CARLAW2W2Jason MOODIE
Paul BELL3C3Matthew GIDLEY
Tony MARTIN4C4Owen CRAIGIE
Marcus BAI5W5Brett GROGAN
 
Scott HILL6FE6Matthew JOHNS (c)
Brett KIMMORLEY7HB7Andrew JOHNS
 
Glenn LAZARUS (c)8FR8Tony BUTTERFIELD
Richard SWAIN9HK9Brett CLEMENTS
Robbie KEARNS10FR10David LOMAX
Paul MARQUET112R11Neil PICCINELLI
Russell BAWDEN122R12Peter SHIELS
Tawera NIKAU13L13Bill PEDEN
 
Daniel FRAME14B14Danny BUDERUS
Wayne EVANS15B15Darren ALBERT
Danny WILLIAMS16B16Jarrod O'DOHERTY
Tristan BRADY-SMITH17B17Daniel SMAILES
 
Chris ANDERSON HC Malcolm REILLY
   
 

Team Info

Melbourne

Previous Game:
Round 19 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Round 21 vs. Sydney City
Out:
Matt Rua (bench), Ben Anderson (bench), Wade Fenton (bench)
In:
Glenn Lazarus (front row), Danny Williams (bench), Tristan Brady-Smith (bench)
Changes:
Wayne Evans (front row to bench)

Newcastle

Previous Game:
Round 19 vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 21 vs. Illawarra
Out:
Troy Fletcher (front row), Glenn Grief (bench), Evan Cochrane (bench)
In:
Darren Albert (bench), Jarrod O'Doherty (bench), Daniel Smailes (bench)
Changes:
David Lomax (bench to front row)

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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