1984 NSWRL season

The 1984 New South Wales Rugby League season was the 77th season of competition between the top professional rugby league football clubs within New South Wales. With the departure from the first grade competition of Sydney foundation club the Newtown Jets at the close of the previous season, 1984 saw thirteen teams compete for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Canterbury-Bankstown and Parramatta clubs. NSWRL teams also competed for the 1984 National Panasonic Cup.

1984 New South Wales Rugby League
Teams13
Premiers Canterbury-Bankstown (4th title)
Minor premiers Canterbury-Bankstown (4th title)
Matches played163
Points scored5226
Attendance1379655
Top points scorer(s) Steve Gearin (190)
Player of the year Terry Lamb (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Steve Morris (17)
Terry Lamb (17)

Season summary

The New South Wales Rugby Football League dropped the "football" from its name this year. Twenty-six regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Canterbury, St. George, Parramatta and Manly, with Souths taking fifth spot after winning a play-off against Canberra

The 1984 season's Rothmans Medallist was Canterbury-Bankstown's five-eighth, Terry Lamb, who was also the season's top try-scorer. The Dally M Award was given to Canterbury's fullback, Michael Potter, while Rugby League Week gave their player of the year award to Parramatta's halfback, Peter Sterling.

Teams

At the close of the previous season Newtown became the first club since University in 1937 to exit the League, reducing the number of clubs this season from fourteen to thirteen.[1] This included five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, one from greater New South Wales and one from the Australian Capital Territory.

Balmain Tigers

77th season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Frank Stanton
Captain: Wayne Pearce

 Canberra Raiders

3rd season
Ground: Seiffert Oval
Coach: Don Furner
Captain: Ron Giteau

 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

50th season
Ground: Belmore Oval
Coach: Warren Ryan
Captain: Steve Mortimer

 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

18th season
Ground: Ronson Field
Coach: Terry Fearnley
Captain: David Hatch

 Eastern Suburbs Roosters

77th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Laurie Freier
Captain: Ron Gibbs

 Illawarra Steelers

3rd season
Ground: Wollongong Showground
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Michael Bolt

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

38th season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Bob Fulton
Captain: Alan Thompson

North Sydney Bears

77th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Greg Hawick
Captain: →Fred Teasdell→Mark Graham

 Parramatta Eels

38th season
Ground: Belmore Oval
Coach: John Monie
Captain: Ray Price

 Penrith Panthers

18th season
Ground: Penrith Park
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Royce Simmons

 South Sydney Rabbitohs

77th season
Ground: Redfern Oval
Coach: Ron Willey
Captain: Ziggy Niszczot

St. George Dragons

64th season
Ground: Kogarah Oval
Coach: Roy Masters
Captain: Craig Young

 Western Suburbs Magpies

77th season
Ground: Lidcombe Oval
Coach: Ken Gentle
Captain: Lee Crooks

Ladder
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2419052435237+19842
2 St. George Dragons 2417072445289+15638
3 Parramatta Eels 2417072412260+15238
4 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24140102512338+17432
5 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24130112333307+2630
6 Canberra Raiders 24130112379394-1530
7 Penrith Panthers 24121112409401+829
8 Illawarra Steelers 24120122368388-2028
9 Balmain Tigers 24120122380405-2528
10 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24101132446478-3225
11 North Sydney Bears 2491142371447-7623
12 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 2451182308478-17015
13 Western Suburbs Magpies 2410232244620-3766

Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Playoff
South Sydney Rabbitohs 23-4 Canberra Raiders 28 August 1984 Sydney Cricket Ground Greg McCallum 10,101
Qualifying Finals
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18-22 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 September 1984 Sydney Cricket Ground Chris Ward 15,801
St. George Dragons 16-22 Parramatta Eels 2 September 1984 Sydney Cricket Ground Kevin Roberts 25,675
Semi-finals
St. George Dragons 24-6 South Sydney Rabbitohs 8 September 1984 Sydney Cricket Ground B. Barnes 32,162
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-8 Parramatta Eels 9 September 1984 Sydney Cricket Ground Greg McCallum 30,044
Preliminary final
Parramatta Eels 8-7 St. George Dragons 16 September 1984 Sydney Cricket Ground Kevin Roberts 37,004

Chart
Qualifying finalMajor semi-finalPreliminary finalGrand final
1 Canterbury16 Canterbury6
Parramatta8 Parramatta4
2 St. George16 Parramatta8
3 Parramatta22Minor semi-final St. George7
St. George24
4 Manly18 South Sydney6
5 South Sydney22

Grand final

The 1984 grand final was contested by minor premiers Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels. As competition leaders, the Bulldogs needed to win only one finals game to qualify for the grand final, and did so against the third-placed Eels, who had to play three finals games to qualify. Played at the Sydney Cricket Ground before a crowd of 47,076, the game was refereed by Kevin Roberts.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Position Parramatta Eels
  1. Mick Potter
 FB
  1. Paul Taylor
2. Peter MortimerWG2. Neil Hunt
3. Andrew FarrarCE3. Mick Cronin
4. Chris MortimerCE4. Steve Ella
5. Steve O’BrienWG5. Eric Grothe
6. Terry LambFE6. Brett Kenny
7. Steve Mortimer (c)HB7. Peter Sterling
8. Paul LangmackLK8. Ray Price
9. Steve FolkesSR9. Chris Phelan
16. Brian BatteseSR10. John Muggleton
11. Peter KellyPR11. Paul Mares
12. Mark BugdenHK12. Steve Edge (c)
13. Peter TunksPR13. Stan Jurd
10. Darryl BrohmanRes.15. David Liddiard
20. Greg MullaneRes.17. Glenn Mansfield
22. Geoff RobinsonRes.20. Ron Quinn
Res.22. Steve Sharp
Warren RyanCoachJohn Monie

The ruthless game plan of coach Warren Ryan saw Canterbury trump Parramatta in a grueling encounter. The Bulldogs mastered the art of the "gang-tackle" under Ryan and it was executed superbly by Peter Tunks, Peter Kelly, Mark Bugden and Brian Battese. Parramatta had a 4-0 half-time lead after Mick Cronin scored from a neat Peter Sterling pass.

An ingenious moment from Canterbury hooker Bugden won the day - seeing an injured Ray Price on the ground, he ran from dummy-half at the place where Price would have been defending to crash over and score the winning try.

Cronin later missed a close range penalty goal attempt which would have levelled the scores close to full-time.

Canterbury-Bankstown 6
Tries: Bugden
Goals: Chris Mortimer

Parramatta 4
Tries: Cronin

Man-of-the-match: Peter Kelly[2]

Player statistics

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26.

References
  1. "History of the Premiership". centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au. Australian Rugby League. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. D'Souza, Miguel. "Grand final History". wwos.ninemsn.com.au. AAP. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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