1998 NRL Premiership

Stats

Premiers: Brisbane
Runners Up: Canterbury
Minor Premiers: Brisbane
Wooden Spoon: Western Suburbs
Top Tryscorer: Darren Smith (23)
Top Pointscorer: Ivan Cleary (284)

No. Of Teams: 20
No. Of Games: 253
No. Of Players: 600
No. Of Tries: 1,763
No. Of Goals: 1,522 / 2,216 (68.68%)
No. Of F.Goals: 42

Total Attendance: 2,937,831
Average Crowd: 11,612
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 40,857
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
Lowest Crowd: 3,733

Mean Scoreline: 28-12
Median Scoreline: 25-12
Highest Scoreline: 30-45
Lowest Scoreline: 2-6
Highest Team Score: Melbourne (62-6)
Average PPG: 51.2

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.	Brisbane	12	10	2	-	430	138	292	12	8	3	1	258	172	86	24	18	5	1	688	310	37	+378	28.67	12.92
2.	Newcastle	12	10	2	-	288	182	106	12	8	3	1	274	199	75	24	18	5	1	562	381	37	+181	23.42	15.88
3.	Melbourne	12	9	2	1	325	162	163	12	8	4	-	221	210	11	24	17	6	1	546	372	35	+174	22.75	15.50
4.	Parramatta	12	9	3	-	256	152	104	12	8	3	1	212	197	15	24	17	6	1	468	349	35	+119	19.50	14.54
5.	North Sydney	12	11	1	-	412	158	254	12	6	6	-	251	209	42	24	17	7	-	663	367	34	+296	27.63	15.29
6.	Sydney City	12	9	3	-	362	186	176	12	7	5	-	318	197	121	24	16	8	-	680	383	32	+297	28.33	15.96
7.	Canberra	12	10	2	-	342	202	140	12	5	7	-	222	227	-5	24	15	9	-	564	429	30	+135	23.50	17.88
8.	St George	12	8	3	1	267	207	60	12	5	7	-	219	283	-64	24	13	10	1	486	490	27	-4	20.25	20.42
9.	Canterbury	12	7	5	-	258	163	95	12	6	6	-	231	248	-17	24	13	11	-	489	411	26	+78	20.38	17.13
10.	Manly	12	9	3	-	268	206	62	12	4	8	-	235	267	-32	24	13	11	-	503	473	26	+30	20.96	19.71
11.	Cronulla	12	6	5	1	242	193	49	12	6	6	-	196	194	2	24	12	11	1	438	387	25	+51	18.25	16.13
12.	Illawarra	12	4	8	-	214	293	-79	12	7	4	1	262	246	16	24	11	12	1	476	539	23	-63	19.83	22.46
13.	Balmain	12	5	6	1	212	200	12	12	4	8	-	169	263	-94	24	9	14	1	381	463	19	-82	15.88	19.29
14.	Penrith	12	7	4	1	321	265	56	12	1	10	1	204	315	-111	24	8	14	2	525	580	18	-55	21.88	24.17
15.	Auckland	12	7	5	-	233	243	-10	12	2	10	-	184	275	-91	24	9	15	-	417	518	18	-101	17.38	21.58
16.	North Qld	12	6	6	-	205	199	6	12	3	9	-	156	357	-201	24	9	15	-	361	556	18	-195	15.04	23.17
17.	Adelaide	12	5	7	-	213	265	-52	12	2	10	-	180	350	-170	24	7	17	-	393	615	14	-222	16.38	25.63
18.	Souths	12	2	10	-	161	238	-77	12	3	9	-	178	322	-144	24	5	19	-	339	560	10	-221	14.13	23.33
19.	Gold Coast	12	2	10	-	179	297	-118	12	2	10	-	110	357	-247	24	4	20	-	289	654	8	-365	12.04	27.25
20.	Western Suburbs	12	4	8	-	223	279	-56	12	-	12	-	148	523	-375	24	4	20	-	371	802	8	-431	15.46	33.42

Playoffs/Finals

Minor Prelim Semi	Aug 28	Canberra	17	Manly	4	B. Harrigan	Bruce	15,953	>
Major Prelim Semi	29	Parramatta	25	North Sydney	12	K. Jeffes	Parramatta	16,033	>
Minor Prelim Semi	29	St George	12	Canterbury	20	S. Clark	Kogarah	16,833	>
Major Prelim Semi	30	Melbourne	12	Sydney City	26	P. McBlane	Olympic Park	18,274	>
Minor Semi	Sep 4	North Sydney	2	Canterbury	23	B. Harrigan	North Sydney	18,718	>
Minor Semi	5	Melbourne	24	Canberra	10	S. Clark	Olympic Park	12,592	>
Major Semi	5	Newcastle	15	Sydney City	26	K. Jeffes	Marathon	26,482	>
Major Semi	6	Brisbane	10	Parramatta	15	P. McBlane	ANZ	21,172	>
Elim Prelim Final	12	Canterbury	28	Newcastle	16	S. Clark	SFS	24,449	>
Elim Prelim Final	13	Brisbane	30	Melbourne	6	B. Harrigan	SFS	20,354	>
Prelim Final	19	Brisbane	46	Sydney City	18	S. Clark	ANZ	28,374	>
Prelim Final	20	Canterbury	32	Parramatta	20	B. Harrigan	SFS	36,841	>
Grand Final	27	Brisbane	38	Canterbury	12	B. Harrigan	SFS	40,857	>

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
Adelaide Rams	17th	7	17	0	393	615	Rod REDDY Dean LANCE	12	-	Graham APPO	116	-	Graham APPO	Adelaide (7), Hindmarsh (4)	7,808
Auckland Warriors	15th	9	15	0	417	518	Frank ENDACOTT	13	-	Nigel VAGANA	110	-	Matthew RIDGE	Ericsson	10,040
Balmain Tigers	13th	9	14	1	381	463	Wayne PEARCE	11	-	Laloa MILFORD	103	-	Shannon NEVIN	Leichhardt	10,576
Brisbane Broncos	1st	18	5	1	688	310	Wayne BENNETT	23	-	Darren SMITH	272	-	Darren LOCKYER	ANZ	20,073	Premiers
Canberra Raiders	7th	15	9	0	564	429	Mal MENINGA	12	-	Mark McLINDEN	168	-	David FURNER	Bruce	10,170	Minor Semi
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	9th	13	11	0	489	411	Steve FOLKES	11	-	Rod SILVA	256	-	Daryl HALLIGAN	Belmore	8,363	Runners Up
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	11th	12	11	1	438	387	John LANG	13	-	Brett HOWLAND	148	-	Mat ROGERS	Shark Park	11,370
Gold Coast Chargers	19th	4	20	0	289	654	Phil ECONOMIDIS	6	-	Graham MACKAY	78	-	Graham MACKAY	Carrara	6,599
Illawarra Steelers	12th	11	12	1	476	539	Andrew FARRAR	18	-	Trent BARRETT	84	-	Craig FITZGIBBON	WIN	9,248
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	10th	13	11	0	503	473	Bob FULTON	20	-	Steve MENZIES	125	-	Luke PHILLIPS	Brookvale	10,513	Minor Prelim Semi
Melbourne Storm	3rd	17	6	1	546	372	Chris ANDERSON	14	-	Scott HILL Marcus BAI	110	-	Craig SMITH	Olympic Park	12,724	Elimination Preliminary Final
Newcastle Knights	2nd	18	5	1	562	381	Malcolm REILLY	15	-	Owen CRAIGIE	181	-	Andrew JOHNS	Marathon	20,293	Elimination Preliminary Final
North Queensland Cowboys	16th	9	15	0	361	556	Tim SHEENS	15	-	Josh HANNAY	118	-	Josh HANNAY	Malanda	17,082
North Sydney Bears	5th	17	7	0	663	367	Peter LOUIS	21	-	Michael BUETTNER	237	-	Jason TAYLOR	North Sydney	11,093	Minor Semi
Parramatta Eels	4th	17	6	1	468	349	Brian SMITH	13	-	Stuart KELLY	176	-	Clinton SCHIFCOFSKE	Parramatta	11,709	Prelim Final
Penrith Panthers	14th	8	14	2	525	580	Royce SIMMONS	12	-	Robbie BECKETT	134	-	Ryan GIRDLER	Penrith	9,258
St George Dragons	8th	13	10	1	486	490	David WAITE	20	-	Nathan BLACKLOCK	124	-	Wayne BARTRIM	Kogarah	10,394	Minor Prelim Semi
South Sydney Rabbitohs	18th	5	19	0	339	560	Steve MARTIN Craig COLEMAN	9	-	Tim BRASHER	102	-	Julian O'NEILL	SFS	6,085
Sydney City Roosters	6th	16	8	0	680	383	Phil GOULD	17	-	Brad FITTLER	284	-	Ivan CLEARY	SFS	10,817	Prelim Final
Western Suburbs Magpies	20th	4	20	0	371	802	Tom RAUDONIKIS	10	-	Brett HODGSON	67	-	Brett HODGSON	Campbelltown	7,301	Wooden Spoon

1998 NRL Premiership

Stats

Ladder

Playoffs/Finals

Team Stats

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