NSWRL 1987
The 1987 NSWRL was the 80th season of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership , the first Australian rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles . They won the final 18: 8 against the Canberra Raiders and won the NSWRL for the fifth time. It was also the first time that a team that was not from Sydney was in the final .
table
team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
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1. | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 18th | 1 | 5 | 553: 356 | + 197 | 41 |
2. | Eastern Suburbs Roosters | 24 | 15th | 1 | 8th | 390: 353 | + 37 | 35 |
3. | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 15th | 0 | 9 | 441: 325 | + 116 | 34 |
4th | Balmain Tigers | 24 | 14th | 1 | 9 | 469: 349 | + 120 | 33 |
5. | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 310: 342 | - 32 | 31 |
6th | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 353: 316 | + 37 | 30th |
7th | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 417: 411 | + 6 | 28 |
8th. | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 390: 433 | - 43 | 27 |
9. | St. George Dragons | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 394: 409 | - 15 | 26th |
10. | North Sydney Bears | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 368: 401 | - 33 | 26th |
11. | Illawarra Steelers | 24 | 8th | 0 | 16 | 372: 449 | - 77 | 20th |
12. | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 6th | 1 | 17th | 274: 399 | - 125 | 17th |
13. | Western Suburbs Magpies | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17th | 339: 527 | - 188 | 16 |
- Since each team had two byes this season, only 4 points were added to the normal number of points after the season.
Playoffs
Elimination / qualification playoffs
5th September |
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 15:12 | Balmain Tigers |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 22,134 Umpire: Greg McCallum |
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report |
September 6th |
Eastern Suburbs Roosters | 25:16 | Canberra Raiders |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 15,852 Umpire: Mick Stone |
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report |
12th September |
Canberra Raiders | 46: 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 24,744 Referee: Mick Stone |
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report |
13.september |
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 10: 6 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 36,399 Umpire: Greg McCallum |
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report |
Semifinals
September 20 3pm |
Canberra Raiders | 32:24 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 26,790 Referee: Mick Stone |
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(14:14) Report |
Grand Final
September 27th |
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 18: 8 | Canberra Raiders |
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 50,201 Referee: Mick Stone |
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Attempts: Lyons , O'Connor Increases: O'Connor (2/2) Penalty kicks: O'Connor (3/3) |
(6: 0) report |
Attempts: O'Sullivan Elevations: Belcher (1/1) Penalty Kicks: Meninga (1/1) |
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