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1997 Optus Cup

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1997 OPTUS CUP
Index [Table] [Draw]
Location: Aus_NZ > National > First Grade
Competition: Australian Rugby League

Team P W D L For Agn Pts Diff
1 Sea Eagles 22 15 2 5 521 366 32 +155
2 Knights 22 14 1 7 512 320 29 +192
3 Eels 22 14 1 7 431 359 29 +72
4 Norths 22 13 1 8 529 341 27 +188
5 Roosters 22 13 1 8 487 366 27 +121
6 Illawarra 22 10 3 9 423 376 23 +47
7 Gold Coast 22 10 1 11 438 466 21 -28
8 Balmain 22 10 0 12 339 340 20 -1
9 Wests 22 10 0 12 355 424 20 -69
10 St George 22 9 1 12 331 392 19 -61
11 Souths 22 4 1 17 323 630 9 -307
12 South Queensland Crushers 22 4 0 18 321 630 8 -309




Grand Final - Sep 28
Sun Sep 28: Knights 22 d. Sea Eagles 16
Index [Matches Review]

Preliminary Finals - Sep 20-21
Sat Sep 20: Knights 17 d. Norths 12
Sun Sep 21: Sea Eagles 17 d. Roosters 16
Index [Matches Review]

Qualifying Finals - Sep 12-14
Fri Sep 12: Roosters 32 d. Gold Coast 10
Sat Sep 13: Norths 24 d. Eels 14
Sun Sep 14: Sea Eagles 27 d. Knights 12
Index [Matches Review]

Qualifying Finals - Sep 5-7
Fri Sep 5: Gold Coast 25 d. Illawarra 14
Sat Sep 6: Roosters 33 d. Norths 21
Sun Sep 7: Knights 28 d. Eels 20
Index [Matches Review]

All Groups:
Round 1 - Mar 7-9
Fri Mar 7: Eels 10 d. Norths 8
Sat Mar 8: Balmain 10 l. Sea Eagles 14
Sat Mar 8: Wests 16 l. Gold Coast 24
Sun Mar 9: Roosters 34 d. South Queensland Crushers 10
Sun Mar 9: Knights 11 d. St George 6
Sun Mar 9: Illawarra 50 d. Souths 10
Index [Matches Review]

Round 2 - Mar 14-16
Fri Mar 14: St George 14 l. Sea Eagles 18
Sat Mar 15: Roosters 18 d. Wests 6
Sat Mar 15: Balmain 10 l. Illawarra 18
Sun Mar 16: South Queensland Crushers 23 d. Eels 6
Sun Mar 16: Souths 26 d. Gold Coast 16
Sun Mar 16: Norths 34 d. Knights 20
Index [Matches Review]

Round 3 - Mar 21-23
Fri Mar 21: Sea Eagles 12 d. Norths 8
Sat Mar 22: Eels 2 l. Roosters 8
Sat Mar 22: Illawarra 8 l. St George 20
Sat Mar 22: Gold Coast 26 d. Balmain 6
Sun Mar 23: Souths 17 d. Wests 8
Sun Mar 23: Knights 44 d. South Queensland Crushers 0
Index [Matches Review]

Round 4 - Mar 27-30
Thu Mar 27: Wests 25 d. Eels 14
Fri Mar 28: Roosters 16 l. Knights 28
Sat Mar 29: South Queensland Crushers 16 l. Sea Eagles 36
Sat Mar 29: Norths 18 drew Illawarra 18
Sun Mar 30: Balmain 22 d. Souths 16
Sun Mar 30: St George 18 d. Gold Coast 12
Index [Matches Review]

Round 5 - Apr 4-6
Fri Apr 4: Sea Eagles 34 d. Roosters 24
Sat Apr 5: Souths 4 l. St George 34
Sat Apr 5: Gold Coast 16 l. Norths 20
Sun Apr 6: Balmain 28 d. Wests 0
Sun Apr 6: Knights 29 d. Eels 10
Sun Apr 6: Illawarra 14 d. South Queensland Crushers 6
Index [Matches Review]

Round 6 - Apr 11-13
Fri Apr 11: Wests 4 l. Knights 8
Sat Apr 12: Eels 8 l. Sea Eagles 18
Sat Apr 12: Norths 34 d. Souths 14
Sun Apr 13: Roosters 20 l. Illawarra 26
Sun Apr 13: South Queensland Crushers 14 l. Gold Coast 22
Sun Apr 13: St George 16 d. Balmain 10
Index [Matches Review]

Round 7 - Apr 18-20
Fri Apr 18: Balmain 9 d. Norths 7
Sat Apr 19: St George 8 l. Wests 24
Sat Apr 19: Illawarra 16 l. Eels 23
Sat Apr 19: Gold Coast 24 l. Roosters 34
Sun Apr 20: Souths 24 d. South Queensland Crushers 20
Sun Apr 20: Sea Eagles 22 d. Knights 8
Index [Matches Review]

Round 8 - Apr 25-27
Fri Apr 25: South Queensland Crushers 16 l. Balmain 18
Sat Apr 26: Roosters 42 d. Souths 0
Sat Apr 26: Eels 28 d. Gold Coast 10
Sun Apr 27: Wests 19 d. Sea Eagles 16
Sun Apr 27: Norths 54 d. St George 14
Sun Apr 27: Knights 20 d. Illawarra 4
Index [Matches Review]

Round 9 - May 2-4
Fri May 2: Norths 20 d. Wests 6
Sat May 3: Souths 26 l. Eels 32
Sat May 3: Gold Coast 32 d. Knights 24
Sun May 4: Balmain 14 l. Roosters 18
Sun May 4: St George 32 d. South Queensland Crushers 22
Sun May 4: Illawarra 34 drew Sea Eagles 34
Index [Matches Review]

Round 10 - May 9-Jul 13
Fri May 9: Roosters 22 d. St George 8
Sat May 10: South Queensland Crushers 22 l. Norths 36
Sat May 10: Eels 25 d. Balmain 14
Sat May 10: Illawarra 2 l. Wests 6
Sun May 11: Sea Eagles 26 drew Gold Coast 26
Sun Jul 13: Knights 30 d. Souths 0
Index [Matches Review]

Round 11 - May 16-18
Fri May 16: St George 10 l. Eels 17
Sat May 17: Balmain 18 l. Knights 26
Sat May 17: Gold Coast 11 d. Illawarra 10
Sun May 18: Wests 32 d. South Queensland Crushers 12
Sun May 18: Souths 16 l. Sea Eagles 30
Sun May 18: Norths 19 d. Roosters 18
Index [Matches Review]

Round 12 - May 23-Jun 1
Fri May 23: South Queensland Crushers 28 d. Roosters 14
Sat May 24: Gold Coast 10 l. Wests 26
Sun May 25: Souths 28 drew Illawarra 28
Fri May 30: Norths 14 l. Eels 25
Sat May 31: Sea Eagles 10 l. Balmain 14
Sun Jun 1: St George 20 d. Knights 18
Index [Matches Review]

Round 13 - Jun 6-15
Fri Jun 6: Illawarra 6 l. Balmain 18
Sat Jun 7: Gold Coast 28 d. Souths 4
Sun Jun 8: Eels 52 d. South Queensland Crushers 10
Fri Jun 13: Sea Eagles 28 d. St George 4
Sat Jun 14: Wests 24 d. Roosters 18
Sun Jun 15: Knights 6 l. Norths 26
Index [Matches Review]

Round 14 - Jun 20-29
Fri Jun 20: Wests 16 l. Souths 20
Sat Jun 21: Balmain 20 l. Gold Coast 22
Sun Jun 22: St George 10 l. Illawarra 12
Fri Jun 27: Roosters 6 l. Eels 18
Sat Jun 28: South Queensland Crushers 6 l. Knights 24
Sun Jun 29: Norths 41 d. Sea Eagles 8
Index [Matches Review]

Round 15 - Jul 4-6
Fri Jul 4: Knights 14 drew Roosters 14
Sat Jul 5: Eels 20 d. Wests 18
Sat Jul 5: Gold Coast 22 d. St George 14
Sun Jul 6: Souths 2 l. Balmain 16
Sun Jul 6: Sea Eagles 46 d. South Queensland Crushers 12
Sun Jul 6: Illawarra 15 d. Norths 8
Index [Matches Review]

Round 16 - Jul 12-20
Sat Jul 12: Wests 20 d. Balmain 10
Fri Jul 18: Roosters 12 l. Sea Eagles 21
Sat Jul 19: South Queensland Crushers 8 l. Illawarra 34
Sun Jul 20: St George 29 d. Souths 28
Sun Jul 20: Eels 28 d. Knights 22
Sun Jul 20: Norths 34 d. Gold Coast 28
Index [Matches Review]

Round 17 - Jul 25-27
Fri Jul 25: Knights 42 d. Wests 18
Fri Jul 25: Sea Eagles 10 l. Eels 17
Sat Jul 26: Balmain 10 d. St George 4
Sat Jul 26: Illawarra 12 l. Roosters 34
Sun Jul 27: Souths 8 l. Norths 40
Sun Jul 27: Gold Coast 40 d. South Queensland Crushers 18
Index [Matches Review]

Round 18 - Aug 1-3
Fri Aug 1: Knights 12 l. Sea Eagles 14
Sat Aug 2: Roosters 28 d. Gold Coast 12
Sat Aug 2: Wests 26 d. St George 6
Sun Aug 3: South Queensland Crushers 17 d. Souths 16
Sun Aug 3: Eels 24 l. Illawarra 28
Sun Aug 3: Norths 22 d. Balmain 14
Index [Matches Review]

Round 19 - Aug 8-10
Fri Aug 8: St George 22 d. Norths 14
Sat Aug 9: Souths 20 l. Roosters 40
Sat Aug 9: Gold Coast 8 l. Eels 18
Sun Aug 10: Balmain 32 d. South Queensland Crushers 14
Sun Aug 10: Sea Eagles 48 d. Wests 14
Sun Aug 10: Illawarra 12 l. Knights 22
Index [Matches Review]

Round 20 - Aug 15-17
Fri Aug 15: Wests 19 d. Norths 10
Sat Aug 16: Roosters 18 d. Balmain 10
Sat Aug 16: Eels 36 d. Souths 18
Sun Aug 17: South Queensland Crushers 0 l. St George 14
Sun Aug 17: Knights 44 d. Gold Coast 18
Sun Aug 17: Sea Eagles 30 d. Illawarra 14
Index [Matches Review]

Round 21 - Aug 22-24
Fri Aug 22: Balmain 26 d. Eels 6
Sat Aug 23: St George 16 l. Roosters 20
Sat Aug 23: Gold Coast 25 d. Sea Eagles 10
Sun Aug 24: Wests 10 l. Illawarra 34
Sun Aug 24: Souths 8 l. Knights 26
Sun Aug 24: Norths 42 d. South Queensland Crushers 8
Index [Matches Review]

Round 22 - Aug 29-31
Fri Aug 29: Eels 12 drew St George 12
Sat Aug 30: Knights 34 d. Balmain 10
Sat Aug 30: Illawarra 28 d. Gold Coast 6
Sun Aug 31: Roosters 29 d. Norths 20
Sun Aug 31: South Queensland Crushers 39 d. Wests 18
Sun Aug 31: Sea Eagles 36 d. Souths 18
Index [Matches Review]



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