| Australian Rugby League season 1995 | |
 | |
| Teams | 20 |
| Premiers |  Sydney Bulldogs (7th title) |
| Minor premiers |  Manly-Warringah (9th title) |
| Matches played | 229 |
| Points scored | 5370 (average 23. The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney 45 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,352,927 (average 14,642 per match) |
| Top points scorer(s) |  Jason Taylor (242 points) |
| Top try scorer(s) | Steve Menzies (22 tries) |
The 1995 Australian Rugby League premiership was the 88th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the first to be run by the Australian Rugby League. Jason Taylor (born 2 February 1971) is an Australian former professional Rugby league player and current coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Steve "Beaver" Menzies (born 4 December 1973 in Manly, New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league footballer for the The Australian Rugby League (ARL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in Australia History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Twenty teams contested during the season for the Winfield Cup, making it the largest first-grade competition in terms of participation in Australia's history. Winfield Cup was an Australian Rugby league trophy awarded to the winner of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership 's (NSWRL Grand Final from 1982 The competing clubs included five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, two from greater New South Wales, four from Queensland, and one from New Zealand, the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island } The Australian Capital Territory (ACT is the Capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing internal territory Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent.
Contents |
Teams
 Auckland Warriors |  Balmain Tigers |  Brisbane Broncos |  Canberra Raiders |
 Canterbury Bulldogs |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |  Gold Coast Seagulls |  Illawarra Steelers |
 Manly Sea Eagles |  Newcastle Knights |  North Sydney Bears |  North Queensland Cowboys |
 Parramatta Eels |  Penrith Panthers |  Sydney City Roosters |  South Queensland Crushers |
 South Sydney Rabbitohs |  St. George Dragons |  Western Suburbs Magpies |  Western Reds |
Season summary
When the Australian Rugby League began taking bids for additional teams to begin playing in 1995, it was expected that only two teams would enter. The Auckland Warriors were the first club to be accepted, with the final place being fought for by South Queensland, North Queensland and Perth. The New Zealand Warriors (formerly the Auckland Warriors) are a professional Rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand The South Queensland Crushers were an Australian Rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Townsville Queensland. The Australian Rugby League later announced that all three clubs had been accepted, taking the number of teams from 16 in 1994 to 20 in 1995, the highest it had ever been and would ever be. The 1994 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the eighty-seventh season of professional Rugby league football in Australia
1995 would prove to be a year of massive change for the competition. In addition to the introduction of four new teams, it was the last year of the permiership's association with Rothmans and the Winfield brand and consequently the final year that clubs competed for the Winfield Cup. Rothmans International plc was a British Tobacco manufacturer which was merged into British American Tobacco in 1998 Winfield Cup was an Australian Rugby league trophy awarded to the winner of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership 's (NSWRL Grand Final from 1982
The storm clouds that had been gathering for some time in the form of rumours and speculation about Super League were to break on 1 April 1995 with a verification that would rain on the game with more force than anyone could have expected. This article details the year of rugby league run by Super League (Australia. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The subsequent Super League war would rock the sport in Australia and set it back almost a decade in terms of its loss of public support and damage to its grass roots values. This article details what is commonly referred to as the Super League war, which was fought in and out of court during the mid-1990s by
The 1995 season was played in front of a background of legal actions, breaking friendships and with clubs, players and managers all jockeying for position and self-interest. Players who had signed with Super League were forbidden by the ARL from participating in the State of Origin. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues Queensland and New South Wales selectors were limited to selecting players only from ARL-aligned clubs.
In an effort to position themselves favourably as battle lines were being drawn up, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs re-branded themselves the 'Sydney Bulldogs' for the 1995 season. The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league
Manly-Warringah's Steve Menzies became the first forward for 50 years to top the season's try-scoring list. Steve "Beaver" Menzies (born 4 December 1973 in Manly, New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league footballer for the A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench
Advertising
1995 marked the final year of the New South Wales Rugby League's sponsorship arrangement with Rothmans and Winfield. The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby Rothmans International plc was a British Tobacco manufacturer which was merged into British American Tobacco in 1998 Winfield is a brand of Cigarette that is popular in Australia and New Zealand. It was consequently the final year of a seven-year association with Tina Turner and the end of an era in Australian sports marketing. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American As in 1994 the New South Wales Rugby League and its advertising agency Hertz Walpole returned to the original 1989 recording of The Best by Turner to underscore the season launch advertisement. Footage from the studio bluescreen shoot taken during Turner's 1993 Sydney visit was used in the final advertisements. Chroma Key is the name under which ex- Dream Theater Keyboardist Kevin Moore records The enduring images are of Turner performing the song on an elevated stage in front of the fluttering banners of the 20 clubs that would participate in 1995's expanded competition.
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manly-Warringah | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 687 | 248 | +439 | 40 |
| 2 |  Canberra | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 634 | 255 | +379 | 40 |
| 3 |  Brisbane | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 600 | 364 | +236 | 34 |
| 4 |  Cronulla | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 516 | 287 | +229 | 32 |
| 5 |  Newcastle | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 549 | 396 | +153 | 30 |
| 6 | Sydney Bulldogs | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 468 | 352 | +116 | 28 |
| 7 |  St. George | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 583 | 382 | +201 | 26 |
| 8 | North Sydney | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 542 | 331 | +211 | 24 |
| 9 |  Sydney City | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 466 | 406 | +60 | 24 |
| 10 |  Auckland | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 544 | 493 | +51 | 24 |
| 11 |  Western Reds | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 361 | 549 | -188 | 22 |
| 12 |  Illawarra | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 519 | 431 | +88 | 21 |
| 13 |  Western Suburbs | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 459 | 534 | -75 | 20 |
| 14 |  Penrith | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 481 | 484 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 |  Balmain | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 309 | 591 | -282 | 14 |
| 16 |  South Queensland | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 303 | 502 | -199 | 13 |
| 17 |  Gold Coast | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 350 | 628 | -278 | 9 |
| 18 |  South Sydney | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 319 | 686 | -367 | 9 |
| 19 |  Parramatta | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 310 | 690 | -380 | 6 |
| 20 |  North Queensland | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 269 | 660 | -391 | 4 |
- Auckland Warriors were stripped of 2 competition points due to exceeding the replacement limit in one game. The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in the city of Canberra Australian Capital Territory. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Newcastle New South Wales. The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The North Sydney Bears are an Australian Rugby league football club based in Sydney who currently compete in the New South Wales Cup. The Sydney Roosters is a professional Rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The New Zealand Warriors (formerly the Auckland Warriors) are a professional Rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian Rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong New South Wales. The Western Suburbs Magpies are a Rugby league football club in Sydney Australia The Penrith Panthers is an Australian professional Rugby league football team The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995-96 were one of the founding rugby league football clubs of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership The South Queensland Crushers were an Australian Rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Gold Coast were a Rugby league team which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional Rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Townsville Queensland.
Finals
The final eight was to be made of four clubs who would ultimately prove loyal to the Australian Rugby League (Manly-Warringah, St. George, North Sydney and Newcastle) and four clubs who would join Super League's rebel ranks (Sydney Bulldogs, Canberra, Brisbane and Cronulla-Sutherland). The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The North Sydney Bears are an Australian Rugby league football club based in Sydney who currently compete in the New South Wales Cup. The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Newcastle New South Wales. The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in the city of Canberra Australian Capital Territory. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney The Grand Final, ironically was played out by a team from each faction, being Manly-Warringah and the Sydney Bulldogs.
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
| Quarter Finals | ||||||||
 Newcastle Knights | 20-10 |  North Sydney Bears | 1 September 1995 | Parramatta Stadium | David Manson | 14,174 | ||
 Canberra Raiders | 14-8 |  Brisbane Broncos | 2 September 1995 | Suncorp Stadium | Kelvin Jeffes | 40,187 | ||
 Sydney Bulldogs | 12-8 |  St. George Dragons | 2 September 1995 | Sydney Football Stadium | Eddie Ward | 26,835 | ||
 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24-20 |  Cronulla Sharks | 3 September 1995 | Sydney Football Stadium | Paul McBlane | 32,795 | ||
| Semi Finals | ||||||||
| Cronulla Sharks | 18-19 | Newcastle Knights | 9 September 1995 | Sydney Football Stadium | Eddie Ward | 26,061 | ||
| Brisbane Broncos | 10-24 | Sydney Bulldogs | 10 September 1995 | Sydney Football Stadium | David Manson | 34,087 | ||
| Preliminary Finals | ||||||||
| Canberra Raiders | 6-25 | Sydney Bulldogs | 16 September 1995 | Sydney Football Stadium | Eddie Ward | 36,894 | ||
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 12-4 | Newcastle Knights | 17 September 1995 | Sydney Football Stadium | David Manson | 38,874 | ||
| Grand Final | ||||||||
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 4-17 | Sydney Bulldogs | 24 September 1995 | Sydney Football Stadium | Eddie Ward | 41,127 | ||
Grand Final
Having finished in sixth place at the end of the regular season, the Bulldogs managed a history-making finals surge, winning three sudden death matches to make the grand final. The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Newcastle New South Wales. The North Sydney Bears are an Australian Rugby league football club based in Sydney who currently compete in the New South Wales Cup. Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in the city of Canberra Australian Capital Territory. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The Sydney Football Stadium (colloquially known as SFS, and formerly known as Aussie Stadium between 2002 and mid-2007 is located in Moore Park, in The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney The Sydney Football Stadium (colloquially known as SFS, and formerly known as Aussie Stadium between 2002 and mid-2007 is located in Moore Park, in The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Newcastle New South Wales. The Sydney Football Stadium (colloquially known as SFS, and formerly known as Aussie Stadium between 2002 and mid-2007 is located in Moore Park, in The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league The Sydney Football Stadium (colloquially known as SFS, and formerly known as Aussie Stadium between 2002 and mid-2007 is located in Moore Park, in The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in the city of Canberra Australian Capital Territory. 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Referee Eddie Ward, who awarded the Bulldogs two dubious tries, was the centre of controversy. The first try came from a blatant forward pass, while the match-winning second try by Glen Hughes was scored on the seventh tackle. Glen Hughes born 13 January, 1973 in Sydney New South Wales, Australia is a former Rugby league player
Canterbury were ahead at half-time 6-4. They lost the scrum count 3-5 and the penalty count 9-10.
Referee Eddie Ward sent Bulldogs stalwart and skipper Terry Lamb to the sin-bin for a ten-minute spell. Terence "Terry" John Lamb OAM, (born 15 September 1961) is an Australian former Rugby league player of the 1980s and The penalty box (sometimes called the sin bin, bad box, or bin) is the area in Ice hockey, Rugby football and some other sports As of the 2007 NRL season no player since has been sin-binned in a Grand Final. The 2007 National Rugby League premiership was the one hundredth season of professional Rugby league football club competition in Australia and the tenth run by the A Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sporting term used to describe a final that decides a league champion At game's end Lamb enjoyed the rare honour of celebrating as a retiring victorious skipper, although he surprisingly returned for the 1996 season. The Australian Rugby League 's 1996 premiership was the 89th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia and the second to be run by the Australian
Canterbury Bankstown 17 (Tries: Price, Hughes, Silva. Goals: Halligan 2/5. Fld Goal: Lamb . )
defeated
Manly 4 ( Goals: Ridge 2. )
Clive Churchill Medal: Jim Dymock (Sydney Bulldogs). The Clive Churchill Medal has been presented to the man-of-the-match of the Australian first grade Rugby league Grand Final ever since 1986. Jim Dymock (born 4 April, 1972 in Sydney New South Wales) is an Australian former professional Rugby league international of
See also
References
- Rugby League Tables - Season 1995 The World of Rugby League
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