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1996 Optus Cup

News, results and information on this season/series.



1996 OPTUS CUP
Index [Table] [Draw]
Location: Aus_NZ > National > First Grade
Competition: Australian Rugby League

Clubs playing in this season
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Balmain Tigers
Brisbane Broncos
Bulldogs
Canberra Raiders
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Gold Coast Titans
Illawarra Steelers
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
New Zealand Warriors
Newcastle Knights
North Queensland Cowboys
North Sydney Bears
Parramatta Eels
Penrith Panthers
Perth Reds
South Queensland Crushers
South Sydney Rabbitohs
St George Dragons
Sydney Roosters
Western Suburbs Magpies


Team P W D L For Agn Pts Diff
1 Sea Eagles 22 18 0 4 549 191 36 +358
2 Broncos 21 17 0 4 607 263 34 +344
3 Norths 22 15 2 5 598 325 32 +273
4 Roosters 22 15 1 6 521 321 31 +200
5 Sharks 21 14 2 5 399 268 30 +131
6 Raiders 21 13 1 7 538 384 27 +154
7 St George 21 12 1 8 443 360 27 +83
8 Wests 22 12 1 9 394 434 25 -40
9 Knights 21 10 1 10 416 388 23 +28
10 Canterbury 21 11 0 10 375 378 22 -3
11 Auckland 21 10 0 11 412 427 22 -15
12 Balmain 22 11 0 11 319 459 22 -140
13 Eels 21 9 1 11 404 415 21 -11
14 Illawarra 22 8 0 14 403 444 16 -41
15 Panthers 21 7 1 13 363 464 15 -101
16 Western Reds 21 6 1 14 313 420 13 -107
17 Cowboys 21 6 0 15 288 643 12 -355
18 Gold Coast 22 5 1 16 359 521 11 -162
19 Souths 22 5 1 16 314 634 11 -320
20 South Queensland Crushers 21 3 0 18 220 496 8 -276




Grand Final - Sep 29
Sun Sep 29: Sea Eagles 20 d. St George 8
Index [Matches Review]

Preliminary Finals - Sep 21-22
Sat Sep 21: St George 29 d. Norths 12
Sun Sep 22: Sea Eagles 24 d. Sharks 0
Index [Matches Review]

Semi-Final - Sep 14-15
Sat Sep 14: Sharks 22 d. Broncos 16
Sun Sep 15: St George 36 d. Roosters 16
Index [Matches Review]

Quarter Finals - Sep 6-8
Fri Sep 6: Sharks 20 d. Wests 12
Sat Sep 7: St George 16 d. Raiders 14
Sat Sep 7: Norths 21 d. Broncos 16
Sun Sep 8: Sea Eagles 16 d. Roosters 14
Index [Matches Review]

All Groups:
Round 1 - Mar 22-24
Fri Mar 22: Illawarra 8 l. Wests 17
Sat Mar 23: Roosters 38 d. Balmain 10
Sat Mar 23: Gold Coast 26 l. Norths 42
Sun Mar 24: Sea Eagles 44 d. Souths 6
Sun Sep 29: Raiders forfeited to South Queensland Crushers
Sun Sep 29: Broncos forfeited to Auckland
Sun Sep 29: Panthers forfeited to Eels
Sun Sep 29: Sharks forfeited to Knights
Sun Sep 29: Western Reds forfeited to St George
Sun Sep 29: Canterbury v Cowboys abandoned/cancelled
Index [Matches Review]

Round 2 - Mar 29-31
Fri Mar 29: South Queensland Crushers 24 d. Eels 20
Sat Mar 30: Sharks 24 d. St George 16
Sat Mar 30: Western Reds 16 l. Knights 22
Sat Mar 30: Cowboys 2 l. Roosters 40
Sun Mar 31: Balmain 20 d. Canterbury 16
Sun Mar 31: Wests 14 l. Broncos 36
Sun Mar 31: Souths 16 l. Norths 32
Sun Mar 31: Auckland 18 d. Illawarra 10
Sun Mar 31: Panthers 16 drew Raiders 16
Sun Mar 31: Sea Eagles 36 d. Gold Coast 22
Index [Matches Review]

Round 3 - Apr 4-8
Thu Apr 4: Wests 22 d. Auckland 8
Fri Apr 5: Roosters 10 d. Canterbury 4
Sat Apr 6: Broncos 54 d. Illawarra 4
Sat Apr 6: Cowboys 17 d. Balmain 2
Sun Apr 7: Gold Coast 18 d. Souths 16
Sun Apr 7: Raiders 14 l. Eels 20
Sun Apr 7: Western Reds 19 d. Sharks 12
Sun Apr 7: South Queensland Crushers 4 l. Panthers 22
Sun Apr 7: Norths 20 d. Sea Eagles 10
Mon Apr 8: St George 34 d. Knights 30
Index [Matches Review]

Round 4 - Apr 12-14
Fri Apr 12: South Queensland Crushers 8 l. Broncos 28
Sat Apr 13: Sharks 26 d. Western Reds 12
Sat Apr 13: Eels 14 l. Wests 18
Sun Apr 14: Roosters 30 d. Panthers 14
Sun Apr 14: Canterbury 6 l. St George 26
Sun Apr 14: Raiders 66 d. Cowboys 10
Sun Apr 14: Auckland 12 d. Norths 8
Sun Apr 14: Knights 12 l. Balmain 24
Sun Apr 14: Illawarra 56 d. Souths 14
Sun Apr 14: Gold Coast 6 l. Sea Eagles 10
Index [Matches Review]

Round 5 - Apr 19-21
Fri Apr 19: Western Reds 14 l. Canterbury 18
Fri Apr 19: Sea Eagles 22 d. Auckland 10
Sat Apr 20: Wests 0 l. Roosters 20
Sat Apr 20: Souths 10 l. Eels 38
Sat Apr 20: Gold Coast 28 d. Illawarra 20
Sun Apr 21: Broncos 58 d. Cowboys 14
Sun Apr 21: Balmain 16 l. Sharks 36
Sun Apr 21: St George 30 d. Raiders 20
Sun Apr 21: Panthers 22 l. Knights 24
Sun Apr 21: Norths 18 d. South Queensland Crushers 4
Index [Matches Review]

Round 6 - Apr 25-28
Thu Apr 25: Roosters 62 d. Souths 0
Fri Apr 26: Raiders 34 d. Canterbury 4
Sat Apr 27: Sharks 10 d. Panthers 2
Sat Apr 27: Balmain 10 d. Western Reds 6
Sat Apr 27: St George 4 l. Broncos 22
Sat Apr 27: Cowboys 6 l. Norths 50
Sun Apr 28: South Queensland Crushers 6 l. Sea Eagles 14
Sun Apr 28: Eels 14 l. Gold Coast 27
Sun Apr 28: Knights 26 d. Wests 4
Sun Apr 28: Illawarra 20 l. Auckland 30
Index [Matches Review]

Round 7 - May 4-5
Sat May 4: Canterbury 8 l. Broncos 30
Sat May 4: Souths 14 l. Knights 20
Sat May 4: Panthers 16 l. Balmain 18
Sat May 4: Gold Coast 10 l. Roosters 13
Sun May 5: Western Reds 12 l. Raiders 32
Sun May 5: Wests 18 d. Sharks 10
Sun May 5: Auckland 28 d. Eels 4
Sun May 5: Norths 42 d. St George 0
Sun May 5: Sea Eagles 46 d. Cowboys 4
Sun May 5: Illawarra 18 d. South Queensland Crushers 14
Index [Matches Review]

Round 8 - May 10-12
Fri May 10: St George 2 l. Sea Eagles 6
Sat May 11: Roosters 28 d. Auckland 16
Sat May 11: Sharks 18 d. Souths 0
Sat May 11: Eels 14 d. South Queensland Crushers 4
Sat May 11: Cowboys 8 l. Illawarra 24
Sun May 12: Broncos 50 d. Raiders 16
Sun May 12: Balmain 22 d. Wests 16
Sun May 12: Panthers 46 d. Western Reds 12
Sun May 12: Norths 22 d. Canterbury 14
Sun May 12: Knights 42 d. Gold Coast 0
Index [Matches Review]

Round 9 - May 17-26
Fri May 17: Wests 16 d. Panthers 6
Sat May 18: Sharks 18 d. Gold Coast 10
Sun May 19: Souths 32 d. Balmain 4
Sun May 19: Illawarra 18 d. St George 12
Fri May 24: Western Reds 14 l. Broncos 22
Fri May 24: Sea Eagles 24 d. Canterbury 4
Sat May 25: South Queensland Crushers 12 l. Roosters 38
Sat May 25: Cowboys 12 l. Eels 26
Sun May 26: Raiders 46 d. Norths 12
Sun May 26: Auckland 18 l. Knights 22
Index [Matches Review]

Round 10 - May 31-Jun 9
Fri May 31: Canterbury 12 d. Illawarra 0
Sat Jun 1: Western Reds 8 l. Wests 22
Sat Jun 1: Gold Coast 28 d. Balmain 16
Sun Jun 2: Panthers 20 d. Souths 12
Fri Jun 7: Broncos 10 l. Norths 16
Sat Jun 8: Auckland 24 l. Sharks 28
Sat Jun 8: Eels 20 d. St George 16
Sun Jun 9: Roosters 38 d. Cowboys 14
Sun Jun 9: Knights 22 d. South Queensland Crushers 6
Sun Jun 9: Sea Eagles 28 d. Raiders 12
Index [Matches Review]

Round 11 - Jun 14-16
Fri Jun 14: Broncos 4 l. Sea Eagles 18
Sat Jun 15: Sharks 28 d. South Queensland Crushers 4
Sat Jun 15: St George 24 d. Roosters 8
Sat Jun 15: Cowboys 26 d. Knights 10
Sat Jun 15: Gold Coast 8 l. Panthers 14
Sun Jun 16: Balmain 34 d. Auckland 22
Sun Jun 16: Canterbury 22 d. Eels 4
Sun Jun 16: Raiders 16 d. Illawarra 14
Sun Jun 16: Wests 14 drew Souths 14
Sun Jun 16: Norths 28 d. Western Reds 6
Index [Matches Review]

Round 12 - Jun 21-23
Fri Jun 21: Sea Eagles 29 d. Norths 6
Sat Jun 22: South Queensland Crushers 2 l. Balmain 12
Sat Jun 22: Cowboys 16 d. Sharks 10
Sat Jun 22: Knights 23 d. St George 12
Sun Jun 23: Souths 24 d. Western Reds 18
Sun Jun 23: Canterbury 28 d. Roosters 16
Sun Jun 23: Wests 42 d. Gold Coast 10
Sun Jun 23: Panthers 16 l. Auckland 26
Sun Jun 23: Eels 50 d. Raiders 10
Sun Jun 23: Illawarra 14 d. Broncos 6
Index [Matches Review]

Round 13 - Jun 28-30
Fri Jun 28: Raiders 16 d. Roosters 12
Sat Jun 29: Balmain 18 d. Cowboys 16
Sat Jun 29: Auckland 32 d. Wests 16
Sat Jun 29: Norths 48 d. Illawarra 18
Sat Jun 29: Gold Coast 16 l. Souths 18
Sun Jun 30: Canterbury 24 d. Knights 14
Sun Jun 30: Broncos 30 d. Eels 24
Sun Jun 30: Western Reds 11 d. Sea Eagles 8
Sun Jun 30: St George 20 drew Sharks 20
Sun Jun 30: Panthers 16 l. South Queensland Crushers 20
Index [Matches Review]

Round 14 - Jul 5-8
Fri Jul 5: Western Reds 14 drew Gold Coast 14
Fri Jul 5: Auckland 24 d. Souths 10
Fri Jul 5: Knights 14 l. Raiders 16
Sat Jul 6: Sharks 16 d. Canterbury 6
Sat Jul 6: Eels 18 l. Norths 20
Sat Jul 6: Cowboys 0 l. Panthers 21
Sun Jul 7: Balmain 19 l. St George 30
Sun Jul 7: South Queensland Crushers 24 d. Wests 22
Sun Jul 7: Illawarra 8 l. Sea Eagles 16
Mon Jul 8: Roosters 12 d. Broncos 10
Index [Matches Review]

Round 15 - Jul 13-15
Sat Jul 13: Canterbury 18 l. Balmain 20
Sat Jul 13: Raiders 16 l. Sharks 24
Sat Jul 13: Gold Coast 14 l. Auckland 28
Sun Jul 14: Souths 48 d. South Queensland Crushers 16
Sun Jul 14: Wests 40 d. Cowboys 32
Sun Jul 14: St George 36 d. Panthers 10
Sun Jul 14: Norths 25 l. Roosters 30
Sun Jul 14: Sea Eagles 44 d. Eels 0
Sun Jul 14: Illawarra 18 l. Western Reds 19
Mon Jul 15: Broncos 24 d. Knights 19
Index [Matches Review]

Round 16 - Jul 19-22
Fri Jul 19: Balmain 10 l. Raiders 28
Sat Jul 20: Sharks 12 l. Broncos 15
Sat Jul 20: Western Reds 32 d. Auckland 12
Sat Jul 20: Cowboys 20 l. Souths 22
Sat Jul 20: Knights 14 drew Norths 14
Sun Jul 21: South Queensland Crushers 4 l. Gold Coast 52
Sun Jul 21: St George 24 d. Wests 16
Sun Jul 21: Panthers 32 l. Canterbury 34
Sun Jul 21: Eels 34 d. Illawarra 18
Mon Jul 22: Roosters 6 l. Sea Eagles 34
Index [Matches Review]

Round 17 - Jul 26-29
Fri Jul 26: Broncos 26 d. Balmain 6
Fri Jul 26: Gold Coast 14 l. Cowboys 24
Sat Jul 27: Souths 12 l. St George 32
Sat Jul 27: Sea Eagles 28 d. Knights 12
Sun Jul 28: Canterbury 16 l. Wests 20
Sun Jul 28: Raiders 32 d. Panthers 16
Sun Jul 28: Auckland 16 d. South Queensland Crushers 12
Sun Jul 28: Eels 18 d. Western Reds 6
Sun Jul 28: Illawarra 16 l. Roosters 32
Mon Jul 29: Norths 15 drew Sharks 15
Index [Matches Review]

Round 18 - Aug 2-5
Fri Aug 2: Roosters 20 drew Eels 20
Sat Aug 3: Balmain 6 l. Norths 30
Sat Aug 3: Wests 24 d. Raiders 16
Sat Aug 3: Auckland 52 d. Cowboys 6
Sat Aug 3: Gold Coast 10 l. St George 22
Sun Aug 4: South Queensland Crushers 16 l. Western Reds 18
Sun Aug 4: Souths 4 l. Canterbury 28
Sun Aug 4: Panthers 20 l. Broncos 50
Sun Aug 4: Knights 22 l. Illawarra 34
Mon Aug 5: Sharks 12 d. Sea Eagles 10
Index [Matches Review]

Round 19 - Aug 9-12
Fri Aug 9: St George 35 d. Auckland 6
Fri Aug 9: Cowboys 11 d. South Queensland Crushers 6
Sat Aug 10: Roosters 22 d. Western Reds 10
Sat Aug 10: Broncos 36 d. Wests 6
Sun Aug 11: Canterbury 26 d. Gold Coast 16
Sun Aug 11: Raiders 40 d. Souths 10
Sun Aug 11: Norths 44 d. Panthers 10
Sun Aug 11: Sea Eagles 18 d. Balmain 0
Sun Aug 11: Illawarra 21 d. Sharks 14
Mon Aug 12: Eels 18 d. Knights 16
Index [Matches Review]

Round 20 - Aug 16-19
Fri Aug 16: Auckland 18 l. Canterbury 20
Sat Aug 17: Sharks 26 d. Eels 18
Sat Aug 17: Western Reds 30 d. Cowboys 4
Sat Aug 17: Souths 18 l. Broncos 20
Sat Aug 17: Gold Coast 12 l. Raiders 26
Sun Aug 18: Balmain 16 d. Illawarra 14
Sun Aug 18: South Queensland Crushers 8 l. St George 26
Sun Aug 18: Panthers 18 d. Sea Eagles 14
Sun Aug 18: Knights 28 d. Roosters 12
Mon Aug 19: Wests 23 d. Norths 22
Index [Matches Review]

Round 21 - Aug 23-26
Fri Aug 23: Raiders 30 d. Auckland 6
Sat Aug 24: Eels 14 l. Balmain 26
Sat Aug 24: Knights 24 d. Western Reds 20
Sun Aug 25: Canterbury 17 d. South Queensland Crushers 16
Sun Aug 25: Broncos 38 d. Gold Coast 10
Sun Aug 25: St George 20 l. Cowboys 24
Sun Aug 25: Norths 46 d. Souths 4
Sun Aug 25: Sea Eagles 42 d. Wests 12
Sun Aug 25: Illawarra 42 d. Panthers 2
Mon Aug 26: Roosters 10 l. Sharks 18
Index [Matches Review]

Round 22 - Aug 30-Sep 1
Fri Aug 30: Western Reds 16 l. St George 22
Fri Aug 30: Auckland 6 l. Broncos 38
Fri Aug 30: Panthers 24 d. Eels 16
Sat Aug 31: Sharks 22 d. Knights 0
Sat Aug 31: Wests 12 d. Illawarra 8
Sun Sep 1: Canterbury 50 d. Cowboys 22
Sun Sep 1: Balmain 10 l. Roosters 24
Sun Sep 1: South Queensland Crushers 10 l. Raiders 36
Sun Sep 1: Souths 10 l. Sea Eagles 48
Sun Sep 1: Norths 38 d. Gold Coast 8
Index [Matches Review]



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