1985 NSWRL season
1985 New South Wales Rugby League | |
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Teams | 13 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() |
Matches played | 163 |
Points scored | 5,416 |
Attendance | 1,450,162 |
Top points scorer(s) | ![]() |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Top try-scorer(s) | ![]() |
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The 1985 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the seventy-eighth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen teams competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Canterbury-Bankstown and St. George clubs. This season NSWRL teams also competed for the 1985 National Panasonic Cup.
Season summary
Twenty-six regular season rounds were played from March till September, resulting in a top five of St. George, Balmain, Canterbury, Parramatta and Penrith battling it out in the finals
The 1985 season's Rothmans Medallist was Balmain's lock, Wayne Pearce. The Dally M Award was given to Penrith's halfback, Greg Alexander, while Rugby League Week gave its player of the year award to Parramatta's lock, Ray Price.
Teams
The lineup of clubs remained unchanged from the previous year, with thirteen contesting the 1985 premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, one from greater New South Wales and one from the Australian Capital Territory
Balmain Tigers![]() 78th season | Canberra Raiders![]() 4th season | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs![]() 51st season | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks![]() 19th season | Eastern Suburbs Roosters![]() 78th season | Illawarra Steelers![]() 4th season | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles![]() 39th season |
North Sydney Bears![]() 78th season | Parramatta Eels![]() 39th season | Penrith Panthers![]() 19th season | South Sydney Rabbitohs![]() 78th season | St. George Dragons![]() 65th season | Western Suburbs Magpies![]() 78th season |
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 | F4 | GF |
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Balmain Tigers | NOR +20 | PEN +30 | CRO +24 | WES +40 | CBY −2 | MAN −4 | EAS −4 | X | STG +5 | ILA +8 | CAN +3 | PAR +13 | SOU +12 | NOR +23 | PEN +6 | CRO −20 | WES +6 | CBY +6 | MAN +8 | EAS +1 | X | STG −2 | ILA +13 | CAN +18 | PAR −32 | SOU +18 | X | CBY −6* | PAR −28 | ||
Canberra Raiders | ILA +10 | PAR −14 | NOR +8 | SOU +14 | PEN −30 | CRO −20 | WES +32 | CBY −24 | MAN 0 | EAS −2 | BAL −3 | STG +10 | X | ILA +9 | PAR −14 | NOR +30 | SOU +7 | PEN −6 | CRO −2 | WES 0 | CBY −12 | MAN −15 | EAS −18 | BAL −18 | STG −44 | X | |||||
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | CRO +14 | X | MAN −20 | EAS 0 | BAL +2 | STG 0 | ILA +6 | CAN +24 | PAR −20 | NOR +8 | SOU −15 | PEN −11 | WES +52 | CRO +8 | X | MAN +4 | EAS +7 | BAL −6 | STG −10 | ILA +20 | CAN +12 | PAR +15 | NOR +18 | SOU +18 | PEN +14 | WES +28 | X | BAL +6* | STG −11 | PAR +26 | STG +1 |
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | CBY −14 | EAS −20 | BAL −24 | STG −10 | ILA +8 | CAN +20 | PAR −4 | NOR +14 | SOU −6 | PEN −6 | X | WES +18 | MAN +15 | CBY −8 | EAS −7 | BAL +20 | STG −18 | ILA +26 | CAN +2 | PAR +8 | NOR +12 | SOU −2 | PEN −8 | X | WES +26 | MAN −6 | |||||
Eastern Suburbs Roosters | SOU −18 | CRO +20 | WES +38 | CBY 0 | MAN −12 | X | BAL +4 | STG −4 | ILA +2 | CAN +2 | PAR −26 | NOR −4 | PEN +20 | SOU −8 | CRO +7 | WES 0 | CBY −7 | MAN −22 | X | BAL −1 | STG 0 | ILA −10 | CAN +18 | PAR +2 | NOR +16 | PEN −32 | |||||
Illawarra Steelers | CAN −10 | NOR −5 | SOU +13 | PEN +6 | CRO −8 | WES −10 | CBY −6 | MAN −12 | EAS −2 | BAL −8 | STG −8 | X | PAR −20 | CAN −9 | NOR +18 | SOU +4 | PEN −26 | CRO −26 | WES −12 | CBY −20 | MAN −6 | EAS +10 | BAL −13 | STG −12 | X | PAR −2 | |||||
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | PEN −12 | WES +20 | CBY +20 | X | EAS +12 | BAL +4 | STG −4 | ILA +12 | CAN 0 | PAR +4 | NOR +14 | SOU −8 | CRO −15 | PEN −12 | WES +24 | CBY −4 | X | EAS +22 | BAL −8 | STG −17 | ILA +6 | CAN +15 | PAR −12 | NOR +18 | SOU −26 | CRO +6 | PEN −3 | ||||
North Sydney Bears | BAL −20 | ILA +5 | CAN −8 | PAR −2 | X | SOU +4 | PEN −12 | CRO −14 | WES +2 | CBY −8 | MAN −14 | EAS +4 | STG −16 | BAL −23 | ILA −18 | CAN −30 | PAR −8 | X | SOU +4 | PEN 0 | CRO −12 | WES +16 | CBY −18 | MAN −18 | EAS −16 | STG −8 | |||||
Parramatta Eels | STG −20 | CAN +14 | X | NOR +2 | SOU +17 | PEN −8 | CRO +4 | WES +6 | CBY +20 | MAN −4 | EAS +26 | BAL −13 | ILA +20 | STG +4 | CAN +14 | X | NOR +8 | SOU −13 | PEN +11 | CRO −8 | WES +38 | CBY −15 | MAN +12 | EAS −2 | BAL +32 | ILA +2 | X | PEN +32 | BAL +28 | CBY −26 | |
Penrith Panthers | MAN +12 | BAL −30 | STG −3 | ILA −6 | CAN +30 | PAR +8 | NOR +12 | SOU +5 | X | CRO +6 | WES −9 | CBY +11 | EAS −20 | MAN +12 | BAL −6 | STG −10 | ILA +26 | CAN +6 | PAR −11 | NOR 0 | SOU −4 | X | CRO +8 | WES +26 | CBY −14 | EAS +32 | MAN +3 | PAR −32 | |||
South Sydney Rabbitohs | EAS +18 | STG −6 | ILA −13 | CAN −14 | PAR −17 | NOR −4 | X | PEN −5 | CRO +6 | WES −8 | CBY +15 | MAN +8 | BAL −12 | EAS +8 | STG −24 | ILA −4 | CAN −7 | PAR +13 | NOR −4 | X | PEN +4 | CRO +2 | WES +8 | CBY −18 | MAN +26 | BAL −18 | |||||
St. George Dragons | PAR +20 | SOU +6 | PEN +3 | CRO +10 | WES +12 | CBY 0 | MAN +4 | EAS +4 | BAL −5 | X | ILA +8 | CAN −10 | NOR +16 | PAR −4 | SOU +24 | PEN +10 | CRO +18 | WES −3 | CBY +10 | MAN +17 | EAS 0 | BAL +2 | X | ILA +12 | CAN +44 | NOR +8 | X | X | CBY +11 | X | CBY −1 |
Western Suburbs Magpies | X | MAN −20 | EAS −38 | BAL −40 | STG −12 | ILA +10 | CAN −32 | PAR −6 | NOR −2 | SOU +8 | PEN +9 | CRO −18 | CBY −52 | X | MAN −24 | EAS 0 | BAL −6 | STG +3 | ILA +12 | CAN 0 | PAR −38 | NOR −16 | SOU −8 | PEN −26 | CRO −26 | CBY −28 | |||||
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 | F4 | GF |
Bold – Home game
X – Bye
* – Extra time game
Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 470 | 264 | +206 | 42 |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 494 | 304 | +190 | 40 |
3 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 435 | 267 | +168 | 38 |
4 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 458 | 311 | +147 | 36 |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 460 | 379 | +81 | 31 |
6 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 404 | 345 | +59 | 31 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 374 | 389 | -15 | 27 |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 440 | 404 | +36 | 26 |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 373 | 419 | -46 | 24 |
10 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 432 | 534 | -102 | 22 |
11 | ![]() | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 281 | 491 | -210 | 17 |
12 | ![]() | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 311 | 661 | -350 | 16 |
13 | ![]() | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 303 | 467 | -164 | 14 |
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 | |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 40 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 36 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 31 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 31 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 27 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
12 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
Finals
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Playoff | ||||||||
![]() | 10-7 | ![]() | 3 September 1985 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Mick Stone | 16,428 | ||
Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
![]() | 38-6 | ![]() | 7 September 1985 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Kevin Roberts | 18,939 | ||
![]() | 8-14 | ![]() | 8 September 1985 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Mick Stone | 25,194 | ||
Semi-finals | ||||||||
![]() | 4-32 | ![]() | 14 September 1985 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Kevin Roberts | 25,423 | ||
![]() | 17-6 | ![]() | 15 September 1985 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Mick Stone | 39,013 | ||
Preliminary final | ||||||||
![]() | 26-0 | ![]() | 22 September 1985 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Kevin Roberts | 34,915 | ||
Grand final | ||||||||
![]() | 6-7 | ![]() | 29 September 1985 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Kevin Roberts | 44,569 |
Chart
Qualifying final | Major semi-final | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 17 | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | ![]() | 7 | |||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 8 | ![]() | 26 | ||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 14 | Minor semi-final | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 38 | ![]() | 32 | ||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Grand final
St. George Dragons | Position | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
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FB | ||
2. Denis Kinchela | WG | 2. Matthew Callinan |
3. Michael O'Connor | CE | 3. Andrew Farrar |
4. Michael Beattie | CE | 4. Chris Mortimer |
5. Steve Morris | WG | 5. Peter Mortimer |
6. Steve Linnane | FE | 14. Michael Hagan |
7. Perry Haddock | HB | 7. Steve Mortimer (c) |
13. Pat Jarvis | PR | 13. Peter Tunks |
12. Phil Ritchie | HK | 12. Billy Johnstone |
11. Craig Young (c) | PR | 11. Peter Kelly |
10. Billy Noke | SR | 10. Steve Folkes |
9. Graeme Wynn | SR | 9. Brian Battese |
8. Graeme O'Grady | LK | 8. Paul Langmack |
17. Chris Johns | Reserve | 15. David Gillespie |
20. Alan Neil | Reserve | 16. Greg Mullane |
23. Stephen Funnell | Reserve | 17. Mark Bugden |
38. Chris Guider | Reserve | |
Roy Masters | Coach | Warren Ryan |
The 1985 grand final was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground before a crowd of 44,569.[2] Canterbury continually put St George fullback Burgess under the test of the high-ball in his in-goal area, which, under the rules of the time, resulted in a line drop-out with the Bulldogs regaining possession. After felling St George's Graeme Wynn as a scrum broke up, Canterbury's prop Peter Kelly was surprising awarded a penalty and shortly thereafter Kelly used the blindside to send winger Peter Mortimer over out wide for a 6-0 half time lead.
Bulldogs half and skipper Steve Mortimer seized control of the match and centre Andrew Farrar clinched it with a field goal in the 72nd minute to take the score to 7-0. A last light of hope appeared for the Dragons when Steve Morris scored and Michael O'Connor converted with five minutes left on the clock. In the end a practised and clinical approach from Canterbury shut out the Dragons who had been the minor premiers.
Canterbury-Bankstown 7
Tries: P Mortimer. Goal: Farrar. Field Goal: Farrar.
St. George 6
Tries: Morris. Goal: O'Connor.
Man-of-the-match: Steve Mortimer
Player statistics
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26.
Top 5 point scorers
Top 5 try scorers
| Top 5 goal scorers
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References
- ^ "History". northsydneybears.com.au. North Sydney Bears. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ D'Souza, Miguel. "Grand Final History". wwos.ninemsn.com.au. AAP. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
External links
- 1985 season Rugby League Tables
- Results:1981-90 at rabbitohs.com.au
- 1985 J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup[dead link] at rleague.com
- NSWRL season 1985 at rugbyleagueproject.org
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