1987 New South Wales Rugby League
Teams13
Premiers Manly-Warringah (5th title)
Minor premiers Manly-Warringah (6th title)
Matches played162
Points scored5294
Attendance1658354
Top points scorer(s) Ross Conlon (196)
Player of the year Peter Sterling (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Terry Lamb (16)

The 1987 NSWRL season was the 80th season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen clubs competed for the New South Wales Rugby League premiership's J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in the grand final between the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Canberra Raiders who were the first club ever from outside Sydney to appear in a premiership decider. This season, NSWRL teams also competed for the 1987 National Panasonic Cup.

Season summary

This was to be the last season that the moniker "New South Wales Rugby League" would be actually correct, as the following season two teams from Queensland would be introduced, heralding a new era of interstate club participation in the Winfield Cup premiership (although the name would not be changed to the Australian Rugby League until 1995). This would also ultimately lead to the decline of the historic Brisbane Rugby League premiership of Queensland.

Twenty-six regular season rounds were played from February through to August, resulting in a top five of Manly, Easts, Canberra, Balmain and Souths who battled it out in the finals.

Parramatta's captain and halfback Peter Sterling made a clean sweep of the 1987 season's major awards, winning the Rothmans Medal and Dally M Award as well as being named Rugby League Week's player of the year.[1]

Western Suburbs moved their homeground to Campbelltown's Orana Park for the season, moving away from their home at Lidcombe Oval.[2]

1987 would be the last year in which the NSWRL used the Sydney Cricket Ground for regular weekly matches, including all finals and the grand final. From 1988 league headquarters would move next door to the SCG to the new 40,000 seat, A$68 million Sydney Football Stadium.

Teams

The lineup of clubs remained unchanged from the previous year, with thirteen contesting the premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, one from greater New South Wales and one from the Australian Capital Territory, though technically the ACT club, while known as the Canberra Raiders, actually played their home games at the Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan which is located on the NSW side of the ACT/NSW state border to the south of the city.

Balmain
Tigers

80th season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Bill Anderson
Captain: Wayne Pearce

Canberra
Raiders

6th season
Ground: Seiffert Oval
Coach: Don Furner & Wayne Bennett
Captain: Dean Lance

Canterbury-Bankstown
Bulldogs

53rd season
Ground: Belmore Oval
Coach: Warren Ryan
Captain: Steve Mortimer

Cronulla-Sutherland
Sharks

21st season
Ground: Caltex Field
Coach: Jack Gibson
Captain: David Hatch

Eastern Suburbs
Roosters

80th season
Ground: Henson Park
Coach: Arthur Beetson
Captain: Hugh McGahan

Illawarra
Steelers

6th season
Ground: Wollongong Stadium
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Perry Haddock

Manly-Warringah
Sea Eagles

41st season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Bob Fulton
Captain: Paul Vautin

North Sydney
Bears

80th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Frank Stanton
Captain: Mark Graham

Parramatta
Eels

41st season
Ground: Parramatta Stadium
Coach: John Monie
Captain: Peter Sterling

Penrith
Panthers

21st season
Ground: Penrith Stadium
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Royce Simmons

South Sydney
Rabbitohs

80th season
Ground: Redfern Oval
Coach: George Piggins
Captain: Mario Fenech

St. George
Dragons

67th season
Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground
Coach: Roy Masters
Captain: Craig Young

Western Suburbs
Magpies

80th season
Ground: Orana Park
Coach Steve Ghosn
Captain: Ian Schubert

Regular season

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 F1 F2 F3 GF
Balmain Tigers PAR
+24
CBY
+3
SOU
+32
CRO
+7
EAS
−13
CAN
+8
ILA
+21
NOR
+20
STG
+14
X PEN
−6
WES
+4
MAN
−34
PAR
+19
CBY
−3
SOU
−4
CRO
−6
EAS
0
CAN
+28
ILA
+2
NOR
+14
STG
−4
X PEN
+16
WES
−4
MAN
−18
SOU
−3
Canberra Raiders CRO
+17
X ILA
+13
NOR
−2
STG
+8
BAL
−8
PEN
+7
WES
+35
PAR
−8
MAN
−8
CBY
−19
SOU
+4
EAS
−15
CRO
+26
X ILA
+7
NOR
+6
STG
+17
BAL
−28
PEN
+18
WES
+18
PAR
−16
MAN
−2
CBY
+18
SOU
+24
EAS
+4
EAS
−9
SOU
+34
EAS
+8
MAN
−10
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NOR
+20
BAL
−3
PEN
+6
WES
+10
PAR
−12
MAN
+12
X SOU
−4
CRO
+16
EAS
−2
CAN
+19
ILA
−13
STG
−25
NOR
−6
BAL
+3
PEN
+10
WES
+16
PAR
+16
MAN
−30
X SOU
+2
CRO
+12
EAS
−2
CAN
−18
ILA
+12
STG
−2
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks CAN
−17
NOR
+6
STG
+8
BAL
−7
PEN
+2
WES
+12
PAR
+2
MAN
+5
CBY
−16
SOU
+10
X EAS
−2
ILA
+20
CAN
−26
NOR
−10
STG
−4
BAL
+6
PEN
+20
WES
0
PAR
+12
MAN
−22
CBY
−12
SOU
−6
X EAS
−4
ILA
−20
Eastern Suburbs Roosters X ILA
+6
NOR
+1
STG
+42
BAL
+13
PEN
−11
WES
−13
PAR
+12
MAN
−8
CBY
+2
SOU
−10
CRO
+2
CAN
+15
X ILA
+14
NOR
+1
STG
−7
BAL
0
PEN
+1
WES
+9
PAR
−30
MAN
+10
CBY
+2
SOU
−14
CRO
+4
CAN
−4
CAN
+9
MAN
−4
CAN
−8
Illawarra Steelers SOU
+23
EAS
−6
CAN
−13
X NOR
−14
STG
+4
BAL
−21
PEN
−10
WES
+20
PAR
+8
MAN
−10
CBY
+13
CRO
−20
SOU
−15
EAS
−14
CAN
−7
X NOR
+2
STG
−17
BAL
−2
PEN
−2
WES
+10
PAR
−3
MAN
−11
CBY
−12
CRO
+20
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles STG
0
PEN
+24
WES
+11
PAR
+22
X CBY
−12
SOU
−10
CRO
−5
EAS
+8
CAN
+8
ILA
+10
NOR
+8
BAL
+34
STG
+14
PEN
+2
WES
+1
PAR
+8
X CBY
+30
SOU
+3
CRO
+22
EAS
−10
CAN
+2
ILA
+11
NOR
−2
BAL
+18
X EAS
+4
X CAN
+10
North Sydney Bears CBY
−20
CRO
−6
EAS
−1
CAN
+2
ILA
+14
X STG
+2
BAL
−20
PEN
−9
WES
−4
PAR
−7
MAN
−8
SOU
−4
CBY
+6
CRO
+10
EAS
−1
CAN
−6
ILA
−2
X STG
+3
BAL
−14
PEN
+3
WES
+2
PAR
+17
MAN
+2
SOU
+8
Parramatta Eels BAL
−24
WES
−16
X MAN
−22
CBY
+12
SOU
+13
CRO
−2
EAS
−12
CAN
+8
ILA
−8
NOR
+7
STG
+1
PEN
+13
BAL
−19
WES
+19
X MAN
−8
CBY
−16
SOU
−4
CRO
−12
EAS
+30
CAN
+16
ILA
+3
NOR
−17
STG
+18
PEN
+26
Penrith Panthers WES
+10
MAN
−24
CBY
−6
SOU
−7
CRO
−2
EAS
+11
CAN
−7
ILA
+10
NOR
+9
STG
−8
BAL
+6
X PAR
−13
WES
−8
MAN
−2
CBY
−10
SOU
−2
CRO
−20
EAS
−1
CAN
−18
ILA
+2
NOR
−3
STG
0
BAL
−16
X PAR
−26
South Sydney Rabbitohs ILA
−23
STG
−5
BAL
−32
PEN
+7
WES
+3
PAR
−13
MAN
+10
CBY
+4
X CRO
−10
EAS
+10
CAN
−4
NOR
+4
ILA
+15
STG
+9
BAL
+4
PEN
+2
WES
0
PAR
+4
MAN
−3
CBY
−2
X CRO
+6
EAS
+14
CAN
−24
NOR
−8
BAL
+3
CAN
−34
St. George Dragons MAN
0
SOU
+5
CRO
−8
EAS
−42
CAN
−8
ILA
−4
NOR
−2
X BAL
−14
PEN
+8
WES
+34
PAR
−1
CBY
+25
MAN
−14
SOU
−9
CRO
+4
EAS
+7
CAN
−17
ILA
+17
NOR
−3
X BAL
+4
PEN
0
WES
+19
PAR
−18
CBY
+2
Western Suburbs Magpies PEN
−10
PAR
+16
MAN
−11
CBY
−10
SOU
−3
CRO
−12
EAS
+13
CAN
−35
ILA
−20
NOR
+4
STG
−34
BAL
−4
X PEN
+8
PAR
−19
MAN
−1
CBY
−16
SOU
0
CRO
0
EAS
−9
CAN
−18
ILA
−10
NOR
−2
STG
−19
BAL
+4
X
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 F1 F2 F3 GF
Bold – Home game     X – Bye     Opponent for round listed above margin

References:[2][3]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 2418152553356+19741
2 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 2415182390353+3735
3 Canberra Raiders 2415092441325+11634
4 Balmain Tigers 2414192469349+12033
5 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24131102310342-3231
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112353316+3730
7 Parramatta Eels 24120122417411+628
8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24111122390433-4327
9 St. George Dragons 24102122394409-1526
10 North Sydney Bears 24110132368401-3326
11 Illawarra Steelers 2480162372449-7720
12 Penrith Panthers 2461172274399-12517
13 Western Suburbs Magpies 2452172339527-18816

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 5.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
  • Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
1 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles13579999111315171921232527293133353537393941
2 Eastern Suburbs Roosters246810101012121414161820222424252729293133333535
3 Canberra Raiders2466881012121212141416182022242426282828303234
4 Balmain Tigers24688101214161818202022222222232527292931333333
5 South Sydney Rabbitohs00024468101012121416182022232525252729313131
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs2246681010121214141414161820222224262828283030
7 Parramatta Eels002246668810121414161818181818202224242628
8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks0244681012121416161818181820222325252525272727
9 St. George Dragons1333333557991111111315151717192122242426
10 North Sydney Bears000246888888810121212121416161820222426
11 Illawarra Steelers2224466681010121212121214161616161818181820
12 Penrith Panthers222224468810121212121212121212141415151717
13 Western Suburbs Magpies022222444666810101010111212121212121416

Finals

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Qualifying Finals
Balmain Tigers 12–15 South Sydney Rabbitohs 5 September 1987 Sydney Cricket Ground Greg McCallum 22,134
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 25–16 Canberra Raiders 6 September 1987 Sydney Cricket Ground Mick Stone 15,852
Semi-finals
Canberra Raiders 46–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 September 1987 Sydney Cricket Ground Mick Stone 24,744
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 10–6 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 13 September 1987 Sydney Cricket Ground Greg McCallum 36,399
Preliminary final
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 24–32 Canberra Raiders 20 September 1987 Sydney Cricket Ground Mick Stone 26,790
Grand final
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18–8 Canberra Raiders 27 September 1987 Sydney Cricket Ground Mick Stone 50,201

References:[2][3]

Chart

Qualifying finalMajor semi-finalPreliminary finalGrand final
1 Manly10 Manly18
Eastern Suburbs6 Canberra8
2 Eastern Suburbs25 Eastern Suburbs24
3 Canberra16Minor semi-final Canberra32
Canberra46
4 Balmain12 South Sydney12
5 South Sydney15

Grand final

1987 (1987) NSWRL Grand Final  ()
12 Total
MAN 612 18
CAN 08 8
Date27 September 1987
StadiumSydney Cricket Ground
LocationMoore Park, New South Wales
Clive Churchill MedalCliff Lyons (MAN)
National anthemJulie Anthony
RefereeMick Stone
Attendance50,201
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters
Commentators

Background

Manly dominated the 1987 season with a 12-match winning sequence between May and July and Bob Fulton's elusive goal of coaching a side to grand final victory began to look a possibility. The path to glory had been four years in the making. In 1983, Bob Fulton had returned to the club as coach, the second year running that they lost to Parramatta and he set about pursuing a stable of players needed to win a premiership.

50,201 fans were on hand on an unseasonably warm day, with the temperature peaking at 31.1°C[2][4] to watch the last rugby league grand final played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and the first to involve a club from outside the Sydney area.

Network 10 televised a memorable pre-match entertainment themed to commence celebrations of New South Wales' 200th birthday. The ceremony involving a symbolic building of a huge model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by representatives of the Navy's apprentices, while singer John Williamson performed his song "True Blue". There were repeated playing of the Bicentennial jingle "making this State great."[4] Australian soprano Julie Anthony sang Advance Australia Fair before kickoff.[4]

Ten's commentary team for the game was Rex Mossop and Graeme Hughes with David Fordham the sideline reporter and special comments from Australian and New South Wales representatives Peter Sterling and Wayne Pearce.[5]

Teams

The sole survivors of the Manly's 1983 loss to Parramatta were Noel Cleal and club captain, Paul Vautin. Vautin had been largely overlooked by the Australian selectors (including being surprisingly overlooked for the 1982 Kangaroo tour after representing both Australia and Queensland earlier that year). Vautin's leadership of the Sea-Eagles was an integral factor in the club's success, though there was allegedly tension between Vautin and Cleal in 1987. Despite still recovering from broken arm suffered on the successful 1986 Kangaroo tour, the Manly club board had wanted Fulton to make Cleal the captain to replace Vautin. Fulton however retained Vautin as captain with Cleal as his deputy. In 1984 young halfback Des Hasler, who had spent several seasons warming the bench at Penrith trialed with the club and became a mainstay of the Manly side having achieved Test selection against New Zealand in 1985 as well as being a 1986 Kangaroo Tourist. 1986 Rothmans medallist, winger-turned-hooker, Mal Cochrane, a reliable goalkicker and a deceptive open runner was also an asset to the side. The forwards were Vautin, "Crusher" Cleal, "Rambo" Ron Gibbs, Kangaroo Tour prop Phil Daley and Great Britain international, Castleford's Kevin Ward, who was flown back out to Australia specifically for the grand final.[2] Manly's masterstroke was the signing of former rugby union international centre Michael O'Connor from St. George who was the current NSW Origin and Australian test goal kicker.

Their opponents were to be the Canberra Raiders who, after 5 years of competition, had reached their first grand final. The Raiders were co-coached by Kangaroos coach Don Furner and Queensland coach Wayne Bennett who had jointly won the Dally M Coach of the Year award for their efforts in lifting the Raiders from easy beats to premiership contenders. The team included players such as captain Dean Lance, Queensland and Kangaroo Tour fullback Gary Belcher, centres Mal Meninga (himself a test veteran who had returned after breaking his arm against Manly earlier in the year) and Peter Jackson, hooker Steve Walters and front rowers Sam Backo and New Zealand test player (and former NZ Water Polo international) Brent Todd with a young Kevin Walters also on the bench. Also sitting on the Raiders bench for the game as emergencies were young Glenn Lazarus and Laurie Daley, though neither would be used in the grand final.

Team details
Manly Warringah Sea EaglesPositionCanberra Raiders
NameNumberNumberName
Dale Shearer1Fullback1Gary Belcher
David Ronson2Wing2Chris Kinna
Darrell Williams3Centre3Mal Meninga
Michael O'Connor4Centre4Peter Jackson
Stuart Davis5Wing5Matthew Corkery
Cliff Lyons6Five eighth6Chris O'Sullivan
Des Hasler7Half back7Ivan Henjak
Phil Daley13Prop forward13Brent Todd
Mal Cochrane12Hooker12Steve Walters
Kevin Ward11Prop forward11Sam Backo
Ron Gibbs10Second row10Gary Coyne
Noel Cleal9Second row9Ashley Gilbert
Paul Vautin (c)8Lock forward8Dean Lance (c)
Paul Shaw20Replacement20Kevin Walters
Mark Pocock24Replacement16Terry Regan
Bob FultonCoachDon Furner and
Wayne Bennett
RLP[2]

Match summary

First half

From the outset Manly's Cliff Lyons attempted to find gaps out wide in Canberra's defence and kept the Raiders hemmed in on their own side of half-way with his astute kicking. Lyons stepped inside the Raiders' defence and after a seventy-metre burst found Noel Cleal stampeding on to the ball but Cleal's final pass to Des Hasler was ruled forward. Another promising Manly raid broke down when Lyons' reverse pass to O'Connor was put to ground.

Manly continued to put pressure on the Raiders defence with both speedsters Michael O'Connor and Dale Shearer trying to catch the Raiders out with long range kicks to their in-goal area in front of the SCG hill, but both were only just beaten to the ball each time by Gary Belcher and Gary Coyne respectively.

In the 27th minute Lyons eventually broke through on his third threatening attempt. Scurrying from a scrum win on the Canberra quarter-line, Lyons brushed off the tackle of Chris O'Sullivan and stepped inside Belcher to score.

Just before half time, Ron Gibbs was sent to the head bin for a brief period, replaced by Paul Shaw.[6]

The Sea Eagles led 6-0 at half-time, with a ball-and-all tackle by Belcher on Dale Shearer just two metres from the Canberra tryline preventing the lead being greater.

Second half

From the restart kick-off Belcher fielded the ball in his in-goal but was penalised for shepherding behind Chris O'Sullivan as he ran the ball out. It was a gift penalty for O'Connor to take Manly out to an 8-0 lead.

The Sea Eagles kept the pressure on Canberra by charging down two attempted clearing kicks by a tiring Mal Meninga. Only occasionally did the Raiders break through. After a run by Peter Jackson, Manly's Phil Daley was penalised for a high tackle and Meninga's goal finally put Canberra on the scoreboard.

Fatigue and the heat began to take a toll on the players, though one of the more surprising efforts was Manly's English prop Kevin Ward who ran and tackled strongly all day. Meninga, who had only played 60 minutes of football since breaking his arm in a game against Manly almost two months earlier, was replaced by Kevin Walters after 15 minutes of the second half and Manly's Gibbs, Cleal and Cochrane all went down hurt at different stages as the pace of the match slowed (for his part, Cochrane still can't remember the second half). Soon after a successful penalty goal from O'Connor, a Dale Shearer cross field kick from the Raiders 22m line was grounded over the line by O'Connor in the Paddington corner. While Manly winger David Ronson was thought to be offside (though he didn't get involved in the play, he was still within 10 metres of O'Connor), many claim that the Manly centre should have been ruled offside as he got the ball "rather quickly" (television replays would prove inconclusive as there was no footage of where O'Conner was when Shearer kicked). However, referee Mick Stone ruled that Manly's international centre was onside and O'Connor was awarded the try. He converted his own try (giving him 4/4 goals at that point) and Manly had a premiership winning 16-2 lead.

A brief hope of a fightback loomed after an ingeniously constructed "trojan horse" move by Canberra. Chris O'Sullivan went down "injured" after being tackled and then miraculously popped up in the next passage of play to take the inside pass from Ivan Henjak and score. With Meninga off the ground, Gary Belcher converted to narrow the scores to 16-8.

Ron Gibbs' return from the head-bin helped snap the Sea Eagles out of their complacency. Daley's tackle on Canberra replacement Terry Regan and Dale Shearer's try-saving tackle on Ashley Gilbert three minutes from full-time ended any chance of a Canberra fightback. Paul Vautin led the charge back up-field with Hasler being bundled into the corner post after a run-around movement with O'Connor. The Manly centre also had a try taken off him just minutes after his previous try when Mick Stone ruled a pass from Cliff Lyons had gone forward.

Right on full-time, O'Connor landed his fifth goal from five attempts after the Raiders were penalised in front of their own posts for being offside after a tap-kick restart. The 18-8 scoreline was a fair indication of Manly's supremacy on the day and a just result considering the Sea Eagles' consistency throughout the year. Manly captain Paul Vautin saying "Canberra almost produced a fairytale finish, but unfortunately the last couple of pages were ripped out... we were the best team today and we had been all year."[7]

Manly became the first team other than Canterbury-Bankstown or Parramatta to win the grand final during the 1980s (Manly had been beaten grand finalists in 1982 and 1983, losing both times to Parramatta).

For Manly coach Bob Fulton, premiership glory in a nine-year coaching career was finally achieved. For the dual Canberra coaches it marked a milestone. It was a sad ending to the long club coaching career of Don Furner, the man who brought Canberra into the competition. For his partner Wayne Bennett, the tactician behind the side, it was a disappointing exit but another door was about to open on his own stellar coaching career with the Brisbane Broncos and a continuing career as Queensland Origin coach.

Scoreboard

1987 NSWRL Winfield Cup Grand Final
Sunday, 27 September
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 18 – 8 Canberra Raiders
Tries: 2
Lyons rugby ball 27'
O'Connor rugby ball 54'
Goals: 5
O'Connor rugby goalposts icon 27', pen 41', pen 51', 55', pen 78' (5/5)
1st: 6–0
2nd: 12–8
Report[6]
Tries: 1
O'Sullivan rugby ball 69'
Goals: 2
Meninga rugby goalposts icon pen 46' (1/1)
Belcher rugby goalposts icon 70' (1/1)

World Club Challenge

Having won the premiership, the Manly side travelled to England to play British Champions Wigan on 7 October. This was only the second match of its kind, being the first time the Australian and British premiers faced off since 1976. 36,895 spectators turned out at Central Park in Wigan, to see the Sea Eagles go down 8–2 in a tryless game which saw Ron Gibbs sent off in his last game for Manly following a high tackle on Wigan centre Joe Lydon.

Player statistics

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

References

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  5. 1987 Winfield Cup grand final highlights
  6. 1 2 "The minutes that counted". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. 28 September 1987. p. 55.
  7. "The fairytale comes to an abrupt end". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. 28 September 1987. p. 55.
  8. "Stone survives public trial". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. 28 September 1987. p. 55.
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