NRL 2002
The NRL 2002 was the fifth season of the National Rugby League , the Australian-New Zealand rugby league championship. In the fifth season, the number of teams rose from 14 to 15, as the South Sydney Rabbitohs were able to prevail in court against their expulsion from the year 2000 and so participated in the game again. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the New Zealand Warriors . They lost in the final 8:30 against the Sydney Roosters , who won the NRL for the first time.
table
- See NRL 2002 / Results for a full list of all regular season results.
team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
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1. | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 17th | 0 | 7th | 688: 454 | + 234 | 38 |
2. | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 17th | 0 | 7th | 724: 498 | + 226 | 38 |
3. | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7th | 672: 425 | + 247 | 37 |
4th | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 15th | 1 | 8th | 621: 405 | + 216 | 35 |
5. | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 15th | 0 | 9 | 653: 597 | + 56 | 34 |
6th | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 531: 440 | + 91 | 26th |
7th | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 632: 546 | + 86 | 25th |
8th. | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 471: 641 | - 170 | 25th |
9. | Northern Eagles | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14th | 503: 740 | - 237 | 24 |
10. | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14th | 556: 586 | - 30 | 23 |
11. | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 8th | 0 | 16 | 496: 803 | - 307 | 20th |
12. | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 7th | 0 | 17th | 546: 654 | - 108 | 18th |
13. | West Tigers | 24 | 7th | 0 | 17th | 498: 642 | - 144 | 18th |
14th | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19th | 385: 817 | - 432 | 14th |
15th | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 20th | 1 | 3 | 707: 435 | + 272 | 8th* |
- Since each team had two byes this season, 4 points were added to the normal number of points after the season.
* Canterbury-Bankstown 37 points were deducted for violating the salary cap.
Playoffs
Qualification / elimination playoffs
September 13th 7:30 pm |
Sydney Roosters | 32:20 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 25,366 Referee: Paul Simpkins |
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(12: 8) Report |
September 14, 5:30 p.m. |
Brisbane Broncos | 24:14 | Parramatta Eels |
ANZ Stadium , Brisbane Spectators: 19,115 Referee: Sean Hampstead |
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(6: 8) Report |
September 14, 7:30 p.m. |
Newcastle Knights | 22:26 | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Energy Australia Stadium , Newcastle Spectators: 21,051 Referee: Bill Harrigan |
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(12:14) report |
September 15, 16:00 |
New Zealand Warriors | 36:20 | Canberra Raiders |
Ericsson Stadium , Auckland Spectators: 25,800 Referee: Tim Mander |
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(14:10) Report |
Quarter finals
September 21, 7:30 p.m. |
St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24:40 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 31,783 Referee: Bill Harrigan |
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(18:12) Report |
September 22nd 3pm |
Sydney Roosters | 38: 12 | Newcastle Knights |
Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 23,816 Referee: Sean Hampstead |
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(6: 6) Report |
Semifinals
September 28, 7:30 p.m. |
Sydney Roosters | 16:12 | Brisbane Broncos |
Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 28,251 Referee: Bill Harrigan |
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(8:12) report |
September 29th 3pm |
New Zealand Warriors | 16:10 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
Telstra Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 45,782 Referee: Tim Mander |
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(6: 0) report |
Grand Final
October 6, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Sydney Roosters | 30: 8 | New Zealand Warriors |
Telstra Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 80,130 Referee: Bill Harrigan |
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Attempts: Hegarty 23rd raised wing 58th raised Fitzgibbon 65th raised Flannery 71st raised Fletcher 75th raised elevations: Fitzgibbon (5/5) |
(6: 2) Report |
Attempts: Jones 46th increments: Cleary (1/1) Penalty kicks: Cleary (1/1) 29. |
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