The National Rugby League was formed after an agreement was reached between the two rivaling competitions from 1997, the Australian Rugby League and the Super League. In December 1997, the two parties formed a joint board to run the new Australian rugby league club competition. The vast majority of the 22 clubs that contested in 1997 across the split competitions also contested the first season of the National Rugby League, with the exception of the Hunter Mariners, the Western Reds and South Queensland.
The National Rugby League imposed a $3M salary cap on each of the clubs.[1]
Advertisingedit
Super League's ad agency VCD in Sydney successfully kept the account post-reunification. The 1998 ad featured the song "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba with its theme of rising against adversity:
I get knocked down! But I get up again; you're never gonna keep me down.
There was no visual performance of the song in the ad which returned to the standard rugby league imagery of big hits and crunching tackles to accompany the track.
Teamsedit
The closure of the Hunter Mariners, Western/Perth Reds and South Queensland Crushers, and the introduction of the Melbourne Storm meant that a total of twenty clubs contested the 1998 Premiership. Eleven of these clubs were from Sydney, but an agreement between the Australian Rugby League and Super League meant that many of these clubs were in danger of being cut from the competition by the 2000 season when, it was decided, only 14 clubs would be invited to contest the premiership.
The biggest surprise of the season was when the Melbourne Storm finished 3rd after the regular season in their first ever year, only to be knocked out by the Brisbane Broncos in the Semi-final. The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs became the lowest placed team ever to make the Grand Final, after finishing 9th after the regular season. Canterbury-Bankstown did it tough though, coming from 16 points down twice in as many weeks. They came from 16-0 down to win 28-16 against the Newcastle Knights in the Semi-final, then 18-2 down with 11 minutes to go to make it 18-18 after regulation time, then going on to win 32-20 in extra time against arch-rivals the Parramatta Eels in the preliminary final.
Note: Due to an agreement held between the NRL and SFS that required a set number of finals games to be held at the SFS, the semi-finals were both held at the SFS to meet the agreement despite neither "home" side being from Sydney.
It was to be the first grand final under the National Rugby League partnership's administration and the last to be played at the Sydney Football Stadium. It was also the first time these two sides had met in a grand final. Brisbane scored first, but by half time trailed Canterbury 10–12. However, Brisbane scored 28 unanswered points in the second half, winning 12–38 and equaling the second highest score for a team in grand final history.
Brisbane's consistent dominance over other teams at this period of time contributed to the National Rugby League's plans to cut the number of teams down to 14 in order to ensure competitiveness and the long-term financial success of the game.[6]
Despite the inclusion of "national" in the new competition's name, both the Gold Coast and Adelaide clubs folded at the end of the 1998 season. A new Gold Coast side re-entered the competition nine years later in 2007.
^Toby Miller; Geoffrey A. Lawrence; Jim McKay (2001). Globalization and sport: playing the world. SAGE. p. 82. ISBN9780761959694.
^ abMiddleton, David. Rugby League 1999. Sydney: Harper Sports. pp. 161–173. ISBN0732267773.
^Middleton, David (October 1998). Rugby League 1999. Sydney: Harper Sports. ISBN0732267773.
^"NRL Tables - 1998 NRL Grand Final". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
^"1998 NRL Grand Final". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^"Broncos, Dragons: two fallen powerhouses". The Roar. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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The 1998 NRL season was the 91st season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the inaugural season of the newly formed National Rugby League NRL After the 1997 season in which the Australian Rugby League and Super League organisations ran separate competitions parallel to each other they joined to create a reunited competition in the NRL The first professional rugby league club to be based in Victoria the Melbourne Storm was introduced into the League and with the closure of the Hunter Mariners Western Reds and South Queensland Crushers twenty teams competed for the premiership which culminated in the 1998 NRL grand final between the Brisbane Broncos and Canterbury Bankstown It was also the final season for the Illawarra Steelers and the St George Dragons as their own clubs prior to their merger into the St George Illawarra Dragons for the 1999 NRL season1998 National Rugby LeagueDurationMarch 13 September 27 1998Teams20PremiersBrisbane 4th title Minor premiersBrisbane 3rd title Matches played253Points scored10 131Average attendance11 612Attendance2 937 741Top points scorer s Ivan Cleary 284 Player of the yearAndrew Johns Dally M Medal Top try scorer s Darren Smith 23 1997 ARL 1997 SL 1999 Contents 1 Pre season 1 1 Advertising 2 Teams 3 Regular season 3 1 Ladder 3 2 Ladder progression 4 Finals series 4 1 Grand Final 5 Player statistics 6 Post season 7 1998 Transfers 7 1 Players 7 2 Coaches 8 References 9 External linksPre season editSee also History of the National Rugby League The National Rugby League was formed after an agreement was reached between the two rivaling competitions from 1997 the Australian Rugby League and the Super League In December 1997 the two parties formed a joint board to run the new Australian rugby league club competition The vast majority of the 22 clubs that contested in 1997 across the split competitions also contested the first season of the National Rugby League with the exception of the Hunter Mariners the Western Reds and South Queensland The National Rugby League imposed a 3M salary cap on each of the clubs 1 Advertising edit Super League s ad agency VCD in Sydney successfully kept the account post reunification The 1998 ad featured the song Tubthumping by Chumbawamba with its theme of rising against adversity I get knocked down But I get up again you re never gonna keep me down There was no visual performance of the song in the ad which returned to the standard rugby league imagery of big hits and crunching tackles to accompany the track Teams editThe closure of the Hunter Mariners Western Perth Reds and South Queensland Crushers and the introduction of the Melbourne Storm meant that a total of twenty clubs contested the 1998 Premiership Eleven of these clubs were from Sydney but an agreement between the Australian Rugby League and Super League meant that many of these clubs were in danger of being cut from the competition by the 2000 season when it was decided only 14 clubs would be invited to contest the premiership Adelaide nbsp 2nd seasonGround Adelaide Oval Hindmarsh Stadium Coach Rod Reddy Dean LanceCaptain Kerrod Walters Auckland nbsp 4th seasonGround Ericsson Stadium Coach Frank EndacottCaptain Matthew Ridge Balmain nbsp 91st seasonGround Leichhardt Oval Coach Wayne PearceCaptain Darren Senter Brisbane nbsp 11th seasonGround ANZ Stadium Coach Wayne BennettCaptain Allan Langer Canberra nbsp 17th seasonGround Bruce Stadium Coach Mal MeningaCaptain Laurie Daley Canterbury nbsp 64th seasonGround Belmore Oval Coach Steve FolkesCaptain Simon Gillies Darren Britt Cronulla nbsp 32nd seasonGround Shark Park Coach John LangCaptain Andrew Ettinghausen Gold Coast nbsp 11th seasonGround Carrara Stadium Coach Phil EconomidisCaptain Jamie Goddard Illawarra nbsp 17th seasonGround WIN Stadium Coach Andrew FarrarCaptain Paul McGregor Manly nbsp 52nd seasonGround Brookvale Oval Coach Bob FultonCaptain Geoff Toovey Melbourne nbsp 1st seasonGround Olympic Park Stadium Coach Chris AndersonCaptain Glenn Lazarus Newcastle nbsp 11th seasonGround Marathon Stadium Coach Mal ReillyCaptain Paul Harragon North Queensland nbsp 4th seasonGround Stockland Stadium Coach Tim SheensCaptain Ian Roberts amp John Lomax North Sydney nbsp 91st seasonGround North Sydney Oval Coach Peter LouisCaptain Jason Taylor Parramatta nbsp 52nd seasonGround Parramatta Stadium Coach Brian SmithCaptain Dean Pay Penrith nbsp 32nd seasonGround Penrith Stadium Coach Royce SimmonsCaptain Steve Carter South Sydney nbsp 91st seasonGround Sydney Football Stadium Coach Steve Martin Craig ColemanCaptain Sean Garlick St George nbsp 78th seasonGround Kogarah Oval Coach David WaiteCaptain Mark Coyne Sydney City nbsp 91st seasonGround Sydney Football Stadium Coach Phil GouldCaptain Brad Fittler Western Suburbs nbsp 91st seasonGround Campbelltown Stadium Coach Tommy RaudonikisCaptain Paul Langmack nbsp nbsp Adelaide nbsp Auckland nbsp Balmain nbsp Brisbane nbsp Canberra nbsp Canterbury nbsp Cronulla nbsp Gold Coast nbsp Illawarra Steelers nbsp Manly nbsp Melbourne nbsp Newcastle nbsp N Queensland nbsp N Sydney nbsp Parramatta nbsp Penrith nbsp Sydney City nbsp S Sydney nbsp St George nbsp W Suburbsclass notpageimage Locations of the participating clubsRegular season editRounds 5 and 7 Brisbane Broncos set a new record for their biggest win firstly 58 4 against North Queensland Cowboys then 60 6 against North Sydney Bears both games being played at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Round 8 1997 ARL premiers the Newcastle Knights played the 1997 Super League premiers the Brisbane Broncos and Brisbane won 26 6 in Newcastle before a crowd of 27 119 cementing their position at the top of the ladder Round 12 The record for the biggest comeback in premiership history was re set by the North Queensland Cowboys who trailed 26 0 at half time and came back to beat the Penrith Panthers 36 28 Round 24 Ivan Cleary s tally of 284 points set a new individual record for most points scored in a season in Australian club rugby league history it has since been beaten Ladder edit 1998 NRL seasonvte Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 nbsp Brisbane Broncos P 24 18 1 5 688 310 378 37 2 nbsp Newcastle Knights 24 18 1 5 562 381 181 37 3 nbsp Melbourne Storm 24 17 1 6 546 372 174 35 4 nbsp Parramatta Eels 24 17 1 6 468 349 119 35 5 nbsp North Sydney Bears 24 17 0 7 663 367 296 34 6 nbsp Sydney City Roosters 24 16 0 8 680 383 297 32 7 nbsp Canberra Raiders 24 15 0 9 564 429 135 30 8 nbsp St George Dragons 24 13 1 10 486 490 4 27 9 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 489 411 78 26 10 nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 13 0 11 503 473 30 26 11 nbsp Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 24 12 1 11 438 387 51 25 12 nbsp Illawarra Steelers 24 11 1 12 476 539 63 23 13 nbsp Balmain Tigers 24 9 1 14 381 463 82 19 14 nbsp Penrith Panthers 24 8 2 14 525 580 55 18 15 nbsp Auckland Warriors 24 9 0 15 417 518 101 18 16 nbsp North Queensland Cowboys 24 9 0 15 361 556 195 18 17 nbsp Adelaide Rams 24 7 0 17 393 615 222 14 18 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 5 0 19 339 560 221 10 19 nbsp Gold Coast Chargers 24 4 0 20 289 654 365 8 20 nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies 24 4 0 20 371 802 431 8 Ladder progression edit Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 10 Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in 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 1 nbsp Brisbane Broncos 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 31 33 35 37 2 nbsp Newcastle Knights 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 27 29 31 31 31 33 35 37 3 nbsp Melbourne Storm 2 4 6 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 17 19 21 23 25 25 25 27 27 29 31 33 33 35 4 nbsp Parramatta Eels 2 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 26 28 28 30 32 34 35 5 nbsp North Sydney Bears 0 2 4 4 6 8 8 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 18 20 22 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 6 nbsp Sydney City Roosters 2 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 20 22 24 24 26 26 26 28 30 32 7 nbsp Canberra Raiders 0 0 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 12 14 16 16 18 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 30 8 nbsp St George Dragons 2 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 22 22 22 24 24 26 26 26 26 27 9 nbsp Canterbury Bulldogs 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 20 22 24 26 10 nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 0 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 11 nbsp Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 0 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 18 18 18 19 21 23 23 23 25 12 nbsp Illawarra Steelers 0 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 9 11 13 13 15 17 19 19 19 19 21 21 23 23 13 nbsp Balmain Tigers 2 2 4 6 8 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 14 16 16 16 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 14 nbsp Penrith Panthers 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 11 12 14 14 14 16 18 15 nbsp Auckland Warriors 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 16 18 18 18 18 16 nbsp North Queensland Cowboys 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 nbsp Adelaide Rams 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 8 10 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 18 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 10 19 nbsp Gold Coast Chargers 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 20 nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8Finals series editThe biggest surprise of the season was when the Melbourne Storm finished 3rd after the regular season in their first ever year only to be knocked out by the Brisbane Broncos in the Semi final The Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs became the lowest placed team ever to make the Grand Final after finishing 9th after the regular season Canterbury Bankstown did it tough though coming from 16 points down twice in as many weeks They came from 16 0 down to win 28 16 against the Newcastle Knights in the Semi final then 18 2 down with 11 minutes to go to make it 18 18 after regulation time then going on to win 32 20 in extra time against arch rivals the Parramatta Eels in the preliminary final Home Score Away Match Information Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd Elimination and Preliminary Qualifying Finals 2 nbsp Canberra Raiders 17 4 nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 28 August 1998 Bruce Stadium Bill Harrigan 15 953 nbsp St George Dragons 12 20 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 29 August 1998 Jubilee Oval Steve Clark 16 833 nbsp Parramatta Eels 25 12 nbsp North Sydney Bears 29 August 1998 Parramatta Stadium Kelvin Jeffes 16 033 nbsp Melbourne Storm 12 26 nbsp Sydney City Roosters 30 August 1998 Olympic Park Paul McBlane 18 247 Elimination and Qualifying Quarter Finals nbsp North Sydney Bears 2 23 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 4 September 1998 North Sydney Oval Bill Harrigan 18 718 nbsp Melbourne Storm 24 10 nbsp Canberra Raiders 5 September 1998 Olympic Park Steve Clark 12 592 nbsp Newcastle Knights 15 26 nbsp Sydney City Roosters 5 September 1998 Marathon Stadium Kelvin Jeffes 26 482 nbsp Brisbane Broncos 10 15 nbsp Parramatta Eels 6 September 1998 ANZ Stadium Paul McBlane 21 172 Semi Finals nbsp Newcastle Knights 16 28 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 12 September 1998 Sydney Football Stadium Steve Clark 24 449 nbsp Brisbane Broncos 30 6 nbsp Melbourne Storm 13 September 1998 Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 20 354 Grand Final Qualifiers 2 nbsp Sydney City Roosters 18 46 nbsp Brisbane Broncos 19 September 1998 ANZ Stadium Steve Clark 28 374 nbsp Parramatta Eels 20 32 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 20 September 1998 Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 36 841 Note Due to an agreement held between the NRL and SFS that required a set number of finals games to be held at the SFS the semi finals were both held at the SFS to meet the agreement despite neither home side being from Sydney Grand Final edit Main article 1998 NRL Grand Final The 1998 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership deciding game of the 1998 NRL season It was the first grand final of the re unified National Rugby League and featured minor premiers and the previous year s Super League premiers the Brisbane Broncos against the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs who had finished the regular season 9th out of 20 to make a top ten play off grouping It was to be the first grand final under the National Rugby League partnership s administration and the last to be played at the Sydney Football Stadium It was also the first time these two sides had met in a grand final Brisbane scored first but by half time trailed Canterbury 10 12 However Brisbane scored 28 unanswered points in the second half winning 12 38 and equaling the second highest score for a team in grand final history 1998 NRL Grand Final Sunday 27 September15 00 AEST UTC 10 Brisbane Broncos nbsp 38 12 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Tries 7De Vere nbsp 2 Campion nbsp 27 Carroll nbsp 41 Sailor nbsp 50 Tallis nbsp 59 Lee nbsp 68 Smith nbsp 75 Goals 5Lockyer nbsp 4 43 60 69 76 5 7 1st 10 122nd 28 0Report 3 4 Tries 2Grimaldi nbsp 21 Talau nbsp 30 Goals 2Halligan nbsp pen 11 22 2 3 Sydney Football Stadium SydneyAttendance 40 857 5 Referee Bill HarriganTouch judges Steve Betts John McCormackClive Churchill Medal Gorden Tallis Brisbane Player statistics editThe following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 24 Top 5 point scorers Points Player Tries Goals Field Goals 268 nbsp Ivan Cleary 13 108 0 229 nbsp Jason Taylor 5 104 1 226 nbsp Darren Lockyer 14 85 0 208 nbsp Daryl Halligan 5 94 0 174 nbsp Andrew Johns 7 71 4 Top 5 try scorers Tries Player 20 nbsp Darren Smith 20 nbsp Michael Buettner 20 nbsp Steve Menzies 19 nbsp Nathan Blacklock 18 nbsp Trent Barrett Top 5 goal scorers Goals Player 108 nbsp Ivan Cleary 104 nbsp Jason Taylor 94 nbsp Daryl Halligan 85 nbsp Darren Lockyer 72 nbsp Clinton SchifcofskePost season editBrisbane s consistent dominance over other teams at this period of time contributed to the National Rugby League s plans to cut the number of teams down to 14 in order to ensure competitiveness and the long term financial success of the game 6 Despite the inclusion of national in the new competition s name both the Gold Coast and Adelaide clubs folded at the end of the 1998 season A new Gold Coast side re entered the competition nine years later in 2007 1998 was the last season for the seventy eight year old St George Dragons and seventeen year old Illawarra Steelers clubs which merged to form the NRL s first joint venture team at the conclusion of the season the St George Illawarra Dragons for inclusion in the 1999 Premiership 1998 Transfers editPlayers edit Player 1997 Club 1998 Club Tim Brasher nbsp Balmain Tigers nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Ellery Hanley nbsp Balmain Tigers Retirement Glenn Morrison nbsp Balmain Tigers nbsp North Sydney Bears Marcus Bai nbsp Gold Coast Chargers nbsp Melbourne Storm Martin Bella nbsp Gold Coast Chargers Retirement Des Clark nbsp Gold Coast Chargers nbsp Super League Halifax Blue Sox Brendan Hurst nbsp Gold Coast Chargers nbsp Sydney City Roosters Jeremy Schloss nbsp Gold Coast Chargers nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs John Cross nbsp Illawarra Steelers nbsp Penrith Panthers Brett Rodwell nbsp Illawarra Steelers nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Mark Carroll nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles nbsp Super League London Broncos David Gillespie nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement Shannon Nevin nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles nbsp Balmain Tigers Scott Conley nbsp Newcastle Knights nbsp Gold Coast Chargers Leo Dynevor nbsp Newcastle Knights nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies Marc Glanville nbsp Newcastle Knights nbsp Super League Leeds Rhinos Adam Muir nbsp Newcastle Knights nbsp North Sydney Bears Chris Caruana nbsp North Sydney Bears nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Darren Fritz nbsp North Sydney Bears nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies David Hall nbsp North Sydney Bears nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Danny Williams nbsp North Sydney Bears nbsp Melbourne Storm Troy Campbell nbsp Parramatta Eels nbsp Gold Coast Chargers Chris Lawler nbsp Parramatta Eels nbsp Gold Coast Chargers David Woods nbsp Parramatta Eels nbsp Penrith Panthers Russell Wyer nbsp Parramatta Eels Retirement Michael Eagar nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Super League Warrington Wolves Jason Hudson nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Gold Coast Chargers John Jones nbsp South Queensland Crushers Retirement Clinton O Brien nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Gold Coast Chargers Mark Protheroe nbsp South Queensland Crushers Retirement Steele Retchless nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Super League London Broncos Clinton Schifcofske nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Parramatta Eels Craig Teevan nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Gold Coast Chargers Mat Toshack nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Super League London Broncos Dave Watson nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Super League Sheffield Eagles Craig Wilson nbsp South Queensland Crushers nbsp Illawarra Steelers Jeff Orford nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement David Penna nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs nbsp Parramatta Eels Craig Simon nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs nbsp Illawarra Steelers Mark Bell nbsp St George Dragons nbsp Super League Wigan Warriors Peter Clarke nbsp Sydney City Roosters nbsp Adelaide Rams Ben Duckworth nbsp Sydney City Roosters nbsp Balmain Tigers Sean Garlick nbsp Sydney City Roosters nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Terry Hermansson nbsp Sydney City Roosters nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Brandon Pearson nbsp Sydney City Roosters nbsp Canberra Raiders Dale Shearer nbsp Sydney City Roosters nbsp North Queensland Cowboys Jacin Sinclair nbsp Sydney City Roosters nbsp Balmain Tigers Bill Dunn nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies Retirement Des Hasler nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies Retirement James Smith nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Cameron Blair nbsp Adelaide Rams Super League Retirement Kevin Campion nbsp Adelaide Rams Super League nbsp Brisbane Broncos Phil Blake nbsp Auckland Warriors Super League Retirement Mark Horo nbsp Auckland Warriors Super League Retirement Grant Young nbsp Auckland Warriors Super League nbsp Super League London Broncos Glenn Lazarus nbsp Brisbane Broncos Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Anthony Mundine nbsp Brisbane Broncos Super League nbsp St George Dragons Noa Nadruku nbsp Canberra Raiders Super League nbsp North Queensland Cowboys Quentin Pongia nbsp Canberra Raiders Super League nbsp Auckland Warriors Richie Barnett nbsp Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Super League nbsp Sydney City Roosters Tawera Nikau nbsp Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Keith Beauchamp nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League Retirement Anthony Brann nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Canberra Raiders John Carlaw nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Darrien Doherty nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Adelaide Rams Justin Dooley nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Sydney City Roosters Brad Godden nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Super League Leeds Rhinos Noel Goldthorpe nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Adelaide Rams Scott Hill nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Kevin Iro nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Auckland Warriors Tony Iro nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Adelaide Rams Brett Kimmorley nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Tim Maddison nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Paul Marquet nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Robbie McCormack nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Super League Wigan Warriors Neil Piccinelli nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Newcastle Knights Willie Poching nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp St George Dragons Robbie Ross nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Troy Stone nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Richard Swain nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Nick Zisti nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Justin Loomans nbsp North Queensland Cowboys Super League nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs David Alexander nbsp Penrith Panthers Super League Retirement Steve Waddell nbsp Penrith Panthers Super League Retirement Paul Bell nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Damien Chapman nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Super League London Broncos Shaun Devine nbsp Perth Reds Super League Retirement Jeff Doyle nbsp Perth Reds Super League Retirement Greg Fleming nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Dale Fritz nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp North Queensland Cowboys Matt Fuller nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Wakefield Trinity Mark Geyer nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Penrith Panthers Darren Higgins nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Super League London Broncos Tim Horan nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Illawarra Steelers Rodney Howe nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Robbie Kearns nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Barrie Jon Mather nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Super League Castleford Tigers Matthew Rodwell nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp St George Dragons Chris Ryan nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Super League London Broncos Peter Shiels nbsp Perth Reds Super League nbsp Newcastle Knights Russell Bawden nbsp Super League London Broncos nbsp Melbourne Storm Tony Martin nbsp Super League London Broncos nbsp Melbourne Storm Matt Munro nbsp Super League Oldham Bears nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs Danny McAllister nbsp Super League Sheffield Eagles nbsp Gold Coast Chargers Tony Tatupu nbsp Super League Warrington Wolves nbsp Auckland Warriors Coaches edit Coach 1997 Club 1998 Club Chris Anderson nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Super League nbsp Melbourne Storm Graham Murray nbsp Hunter Mariners Super League nbsp Super League Leeds RhinosReferences edit Toby Miller Geoffrey A Lawrence Jim McKay 2001 Globalization and sport playing the world SAGE p 82 ISBN 9780761959694 a b Middleton David Rugby League 1999 Sydney Harper Sports pp 161 173 ISBN 0732267773 Middleton David October 1998 Rugby League 1999 Sydney Harper Sports ISBN 0732267773 NRL Tables 1998 NRL Grand Final Retrieved 9 September 2022 1998 NRL Grand Final Rugby League Project Retrieved 8 March 2023 Broncos Dragons two fallen powerhouses The Roar 15 July 2013 Retrieved 11 May 2016 External links editRugby League Tables Notes The World of Rugby League Rugby League Tables Season 1998 The World of Rugby League Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 1998 Broncos Take Inaugural NRL Competition RL1908 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 NRL season amp oldid 1218948507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
