NSWRL 1988

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The NSWRL 1988 was the 81st 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 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks . They lost in the semifinals 2: 9 against the Balmain Tigers , who lost in the final 12:24 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs . The Bulldogs won the NSWRL for the sixth time.

In 1988 three new teams were added with the Brisbane Broncos , Gold Coast-Tweed Giants and Newcastle Knights , bringing the number of teams to 16. It was also the first time in the history of the competition that teams competed outside New South Wales .

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22nd 16 2 4th 507: 330 + 177 34
    02. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22nd 16 0 6th 412: 268 + 144 32
    03. Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 22nd 15th 0 7th 596: 346 + 250 30th
    04th Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22nd 15th 0 7th 538: 347 + 191 30th
    05. Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 22nd 15th 0 7th 394: 258 + 136 30th
    06th Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 22nd 15th 0 7th 402: 341 + 61 30th
    07th Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 22nd 14th 0 8th 474: 368 + 106 28
    08th. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 22nd 12 2 8th 425: 383 + 42 24 *
    09. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 22nd 9 2 11 366: 424 - 58 20th
    010. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 22nd 9 0 13 352: 493 - 141 18th
    011. Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 22nd 8th 0 14th 359: 412 - 53 16
    012. Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters 22nd 6th 3 13 387: 443 - 56 15th
    013. Illawarra colors.svg Illawarra Steelers 22nd 6th 1 15th 353: 510 - 157 13
    014th Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 22nd 5 1 16 270: 460 - 190 11
    015th Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Gold Coast Tweed Giants 22nd 4th 2 16 238: 484 - 246 10
    016. Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 22nd 4th 1 17th 287: 493 - 206 9
    • Two points were deducted from South Sydney for breaking the substitution rules during a game.

    Playoffs

    Elimination playoff

    August 16
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 28: 8 Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers Parramatta Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 14,206
    Referee: Mick Stone
    report
    • The game took place with Balmain and North Sydney tied.

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    August 20
    3pm     		Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 19: 6 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 25,327
    Referee: Mick Stone
    (13: 0)
    report
    August 21,
    3:00 p.m.     		Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 19:18 Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 19,259
    Referee: Graham Annesley
    (16: 6)
    Report
    August 27th
    3pm     		Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 14: 6 Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 28,879
    Referee: Mick Stone
    (2: 6)
    Report
    August 28th
    3pm     		Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 26: 8 Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 31,684
    Referee: Graham Annesley
    (10: 4)
    Report

    Semifinals

    September 4th
    3pm     		Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 9: 2 Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 34,848
    Referee: Mick Stone
    (0: 2)
    report

    Grand Final

    September 11
    		 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24:12 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 40,000
    Referee: Mick Stone
    Attempts: Gillespie , Hagan , Lamb , Nissen
    Elevations: Lamb (3/4)
    Penalty Kicks: Lamb (1/2)
    		 (10: 8)
    Report     		Attempts: Elias , McGuire
    Elevations: Conlon (1/2)
    Penalty Kicks: Conlon (1/2)
    1 Jason Alchin
    2 Glen Nissen
    3 Andrew Farrar
    4th Tony Currie
    5 Robin Thorne
    6th Terry Lamb
    7th Michael Hagan
    8th Paul Langmack
    9 Steve Folkes
    10 David Gillespie
    11 Paul Dunn
    12 Joe Thomas
    13 Peter Tunks (C)Captain of the crew
    Substitute:
    15th Brandon Lee
    18th Steve Mortimer
    23 Darren McCarthy
    14th Mark Bugden
    1 Garry Jack
    2 Russel Gartner
    3 Ellery Hanley
    4th Michael Pobije
    5 Ross Conlon
    6th Michael Neil
    7th Gary Freeman
    8th Wayne Pearce (C)Captain of the crew
    9 David Brooks
    10 Paul Sironen
    11 Bruce McGuire
    12 Ben Elias
    13 Kerry Hemsley
    Substitute:
    19th Steve Edmed
    14th Scott Gale
    18th Kevin Hardwick

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