NRL 1998

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The 1998 NRL was the first season of the National Rugby League , the Australian-New Zealand rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Brisbane Broncos , who won in the first NRL Grand Final 38:12 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs .

table

See NRL 1998 / Results for a full list of all regular season results.
  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 18th 1 5 688: 310 + 378 37
    02. Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 24 18th 1 5 562: 381 + 181 37
    03. Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 17th 1 6th 546: 372 + 174 35
    04th Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 24 17th 1 6th 468: 349 + 119 35
    05. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 24 17th 0 7th 663: 367 + 296 34
    06th Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney City Roosters 24 16 0 8th 680: 383 + 297 32
    07th Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 24 15th 0 9 564: 429 + 135 30th
    08th. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 24 13 1 10 486: 490 - 4th 27
    09. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 489: 411 + 78 26th
    010. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 13 0 11 503: 473 + 30 26th
    011. Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 1 11 438: 387 + 51 25th
    012. Illawarra colors.svg Illawarra Steelers 24 11 1 12 476: 539 - 63 23
    013. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 24 9 1 14th 381: 463 - 82 19th
    014th Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 24 8th 2 14th 525: 580 - 55 18th
    015th Auckland colors.svg Auckland Warriors 24 9 0 15th 417: 518 - 101 18th
    016. North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 9 0 15th 361: 556 - 195 18th
    017th Adelaide colors.svg Adelaide Rams 24 7th 0 17th 393: 615 - 222 14th
    018th South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 5 0 19th 339: 560 - 221 10
    019th Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Gold Coast Chargers 24 4th 0 20th 289: 654 - 365 8th
    020th Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 24 4th 0 20th 371: 802 - 431 8th

    Table history

  • Table first
  • Playoff place
  • Bottom of the table
    • 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24
    Brisbane Broncos 2 4th 6th 8th 10 10 12 14th 14th 14th 16 16 16 18th 20th 22nd 24 26th 28 29 31 33 35 37
    Newcastle Knights 2 4th 6th 8th 10 10 12 12 14th 16 18th 20th 22nd 24 24 26th 27 29 31 31 31 33 35 37
    Melbourne Storm 2 4th 6th 8th 8th 10 12 14th 14th 16 17th 19th 21st 23 25th 25th 25th 27 27 29 31 33 33 35
    Parramatta Eels 2 4th 4th 6th 8th 8th 8th 10 12 14th 16 18th 20th 22nd 24 24 24 26th 28 28 30th 32 34 35
    North Sydney Bears 0 2 4th 4th 6th 8th 8th 10 12 12 14th 14th 16 18th 18th 20th 22nd 22nd 24 26th 28 30th 32 34
    Sydney City Roosters 2 2 2 4th 6th 8th 10 12 14th 16 16 16 18th 20th 20th 22nd 24 24 26th 26th 26th 28 30th 32
    Canberra Raiders 0 0 2 2 4th 4th 6th 8th 10 12 12 14th 16 16 18th 18th 20th 20th 22nd 24 26th 28 30th 30th
    St. George Dragons 2 2 2 4th 6th 8th 10 12 14th 16 18th 20th 20th 22nd 22nd 22nd 22nd 24 24 26th 26th 26th 26th 27
    Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2 2 2 2 2 4th 6th 8th 10 10 10 12 12 12 14th 14th 16 18th 18th 18th 20th 22nd 24 26th
    Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 0 2 2 2 2 4th 6th 6th 6th 6th 8th 8th 8th 8th 10 12 14th 14th 16 18th 20th 22nd 24 26th
    Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0 2 2 2 4th 4th 6th 8th 10 10 12 14th 14th 14th 16 18th 18th 18th 19th 21st 23 23 23 25th
    Illawarra Steelers 0 2 2 2 2 4th 6th 6th 8th 8th 9 11 13 13 15th 17th 19th 19th 19th 19th 21st 21st 23 23
    Balmain Tigers 2 2 4th 6th 8th 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 14th 16 16 16 18th 18th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
    Penrith Panthers 0 2 2 4th 4th 4th 4th 6th 6th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 9 11 12 14th 14th 14th 16 18th
    Auckland Warriors 0 0 2 2 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 6th 8th 8th 10 10 12 14th 14th 14th 16 16 18th 18th 18th 18th
    North Queensland Cowboys 2 4th 6th 8th 8th 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 14th 14th 14th 14th 16 16 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th
    Adelaide Rams 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4th 4th 6th 6th 6th 8th 10 12 12 14th 14th 14th 14th 14th
    South Sydney Rabbitohs 2 2 2 2 2 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 6th 6th 6th 6th 8th 8th 10 10 10
    Gold Coast Chargers 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 6th 6th 6th 6th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th
    Western Suburbs Magpies 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4th 4th 6th 6th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th

    Playoffs

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    August 28th
    		 Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 17: 4 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Bruce Stadium , Canberra
    Spectators: 15,953
    Referee: Bill Harrigan
    report
    29th August
    		 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 12: 20 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Jubilee Oval , Sydney
    Spectators: 16,833
    Referee: Steve Clark
    report
    29th August
    		 Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 25:12 North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears Parramatta Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 16,033
    Referee: Kelvin Jeffes
    report
    August 30th
    		 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 12: 26 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney City Roosters Olympic Park Stadium , Melbourne
    Spectators: 18,247
    Referee: Paul McBlane
    report
    September 4th
    		 North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 2: 23 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs North Sydney Oval , Oval
    Spectators: 18,718
    Referee: Bill Harrigan
    report
    5th September
    		 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24:10 Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders Olympic Park Stadium , Melbourne
    Spectators: 12,592
    Referees: Steve Clark
    report
    5th September
    		 Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 15:26 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney City Roosters Marathon Stadium , Newcastle
    Spectators: 26,482
    Referee: Kelvin Jeffes
    report
    September 6th
    		 Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 10:15 Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium , Brisbane
    Spectators: 21,172
    Referee: Paul McBlane
    report

    Quarter finals

    12th September
    		 Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 16:28 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 24,449
    Referee: Steve Clark
    report
    13 August
    		 Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 30: 6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 20,354
    Referee: Bill Harrigan
    report

    Semifinals

    September 19th
    		 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney City Roosters 18:46 Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos ANZ Stadium , Brisbane
    Spectators: 28,374
    Referee: Steve Clark
    report
    September 20th
    		 Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 20:32 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 36,841
    Referee: Bill Harrigan
    report

    Grand Final

    September 27, 1998
    		 Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 38: 12 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 40,857
    Referee: Bill Harrigan
    Tries: De Vere , Campion , Carroll , Sailor , Tallis , Lee , Smith
    Elevations: Lockyer (5/7)
    		 (10:12)
    report     		Attempts: Grimaldi , Talau
    Elevations: Halligan (1/2)
    Penalty kicks: Halligan (1)
    1 Darren Lockyer
    14th Michael De Vere
    3 Steve Renouf
    4th Darren Smith
    5 Wendell Sailor
    6th Kevin Walters
    7th Allan Langer (C)Captain of the crew
    8th Shane Webcke
    9 Phillip Lee
    10 Andrew Gee
    11 Brad Thorn
    12 Gorden Tallis
    13 Tonie Carroll
    Substitute:
    16 Kevin Campion
    17th Petero Civoniceva
    15th John Plath
    2 Michael Hancock
    1 Rod Silva
    2 Gavin Lester
    3 Willie Talau
    4th Shane Marteene
    5 Daryl Halligan
    6th Craig Polla-Mounter
    7th Corey Hughes
    8th Darren Britt (C)Captain of the crew
    9 Jason Hetherington
    10 Steve Price
    11 Robert Relf
    12 Tony Grimaldi
    13 Travis Norton
    Substitute:
    16 Glen Hughes
    14th Steve Reardon
    15th Troy Stone
    17th David Thompson

    Venues

    society Venue capacity
    Adelaide colors.svg Adelaide Rams Adelaide Oval , Hindmarsh Stadium 53,538, 16,500
    Auckland colors.svg Auckland Warriors Mount Smart Stadium 30,000
    Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers Leichhardt oval 22,000
    Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos ANZ stadium 49,000
    Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders Bruce Stadium 25,011
    Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sportsground 19,000
    Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Endeavor Field 22,000
    Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Gold Coast Chargers Carrara Stadium 18,000
    Illawarra colors.svg Illawarra Steelers Wollongong Showground 23,000
    Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale oval 23,000
    Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium 18,500
    Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights Marathon Stadium 33,000
    North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Willows Sports Complex 26,500
    North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears North Sydney Oval 20,000
    Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium 24,000
    Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers Penrith Stadium 22,500
    Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney City Roosters Sydney Football Stadium 45,500
    South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Football Stadium 45,500
    St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Kogarah oval 22,000
    Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Campbelltown Stadium 21,000

    statistics

    referee

    Surname Number d.
    Games
    Steve Chiddy 012
    Steve Clark 029
    Brian Grant 025th
    Sean Hampstead 023
    Bill Harrigan 026th
    Matt Hewitt 017th
    Moghseen Jadwat 020th
    Kelvin Jeffes 013
    Rod Lawrence 01
    Tim Mander 022nd
    Paul McBlane 024
    Mark Oaten 05
    Paul Simpkins 021st
    Eddie Ward 015th

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