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1992 NSWRL season

The 1992 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership season was the eighty-fifth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen teams competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield during the season which culminated in a grand final for the Winfield Cup between the Brisbane Broncos, making their grand final debut, and the St. George Dragons.[1]

1992 New South Wales Rugby League
Teams16
Premiers Brisbane (1st title)
Minor premiers Brisbane (1st title)
Matches played182
Points scored5993
Attendance2282194
Top points scorer(s) Daryl Halligan (168)
Player of the year Allan Langer (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Mark Bell (16)
Tim Brasher (16)

Season summary Edit

The 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand also took place during the season. Having decided in May that a team from Auckland would join the premiership in 1995, the NSWRL announced in November that three more new clubs – from Townsville, Perth and a second team from Brisbane – will also be invited.

Twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Brisbane, St. George, Illawarra, Newcastle and Wests, who battled it out in the finals. The 3rd-place finish for the Illawarra Steelers would be the best season they ever had in its time as a standalone club.

The 1992 season's Rothmans Medallist was the Brisbane Broncos' halfback and captain, Allan Langer. The Dally M Award went to Eastern Suburbs' halfback, Gary Freeman, while Western Suburbs forward Paul Langmack was named Rugby League Week's player of the year.

The 1992 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Wally Lewis.

The winners in all grades were:

  •   Brisbane Broncos (Senior Grade)
  •   North Sydney Bears (Reserve Grade)
  •   Western Suburbs Magpies (Under-21s Grade)

Teams Edit

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive season, with sixteen clubs contesting the 1992 premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, two from regional New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one from Australian Capital Territory.

Balmain
 

85th season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Alan Jones
Captain: Steve Roach

Brisbane
 

5th season
Ground: Lang Park
Coach: Wayne Bennett
Captain: Allan Langer

Canberra
 

11th season
Ground: Bruce Stadium
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Mal Meninga

Canterbury
 

58th season
Ground: Belmore Oval
Coach: Chris Anderson
Captain: Terry Lamb

Cronulla
 

26th season
Ground: Endeavour Park
Coach: Arthur Beetson
Captain: Dan Stains

Eastern Suburbs
 

85th season
Ground: Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: Mark Murray
Captain: Craig Salvatori

Gold Coast
 

5th season
Ground: Seagulls Stadium
Captain & Coach:
Wally Lewis

Illawarra
 

11th season
Ground: Wollongong Stadium
Coach: Graham Murray
Captain: John Cross

Manly
 

46th season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Graham Lowe
Captain: Michael O'Connor

Newcastle
 

5th season
Ground: Marathon Stadium
Coach: David Waite
Captain: Michael Hagan

North Sydney
 

85th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Steve Martin
Captain: Peter Jackson

Parramatta
 

45th season
Ground: Parramatta Stadium
Coach: Mick Cronin
Captain: Peter SterlingBrett Kenny

Perith
 

26th season
Ground: Penrith Stadium
Coach: Phil Gould
Captain: Greg AlexanderJohn Cartwright

South Sydney
 

85th season
Ground: Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: Frank Curry
Captain: Michael Andrews

St. George
 

72nd season
Ground: Kogarah Oval
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Michael Beattie

Western Suburbs
 

85th season
Ground: Campbelltown Stadium
Coach: Warren Ryan
Captain: Joe ThomasPaul Langmack

Advertising Edit

Riding the consistent Australian popularity of "The Best" since its 1989 release, due partially to its use and association with the NSWRL, Tina Turner went into a Los Angeles recording studio in early 1992 with Jimmy Barnes to record a duet version specifically for Australian release.[2] The production capitalised on the complementary vocal styles of Turner and Barnes and also features Barnes' brother-in-law Johnny Diesel on guitar.

A simple black-and-white film clip shot around the recording sessions was produced and the track was released and renamed "Simply the Best" to coincide with the 1992 NSWRL season. That year the track peaked at #13 on the Australian charts.

In 1992 and 1993 the League and its advertising agency Hertz Walpole would use the new duet performance of the song in the season launch ads. Excerpts from the black-and-white film clip start the 1992 ad with firstly Tina and then Barnes in wistful solo shots before coming together and displaying a camaraderie that's intended to capture the good times they appear to have had in recording the track. Diesel also appears in the black-and-white footage before the ad bursts into colour with the standard fare of big hits and previous season action.

Ladder Edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Brisbane Broncos (P) 22 18 0 4 506 311 +195 36
2   St. George Dragons 22 15 0 7 401 283 +118 30
3   Illawarra Steelers 22 13 1 8 318 259 +59 27
4   Newcastle Knights 22 12 2 8 363 267 +96 26
5   Western Suburbs Magpies 22 12 1 9 356 327 +29 25
6   Eastern Suburbs Roosters 22 12 0 10 392 319 +73 24
7   Canterbury Bulldogs 22 10 2 10 423 417 +6 22
8   Manly Sea Eagles 22 10 2 10 334 335 -1 22
9   Penrith Panthers 22 11 0 11 274 309 -35 22
10   Balmain Tigers 22 10 1 11 402 398 +4 21
11   North Sydney Bears 22 10 1 11 376 381 -5 21
12   Canberra Raiders 22 10 0 12 435 409 +26 20
13   Cronulla Sharks 22 8 0 14 284 395 -111 16
14   South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 7 0 15 429 533 -104 14
15   Parramatta Eels 22 6 1 15 276 491 -215 13
16   Gold Coast Seagulls 22 6 1 15 288 423 -135 11
  • Gold Coast Seagulls were docked 2 points due to exceeding the replacement limit in one game.
    Had this not occurred, Parramatta Eels would have won the wooden spoon due to an inferior for and against record.

Finals Edit

A great advertisement for the expansion of the game was the appearance of three non-Sydney teams in the final five - Brisbane, Illawarra and Newcastle - all of whom had only been admitted to the NSWRL within the previous decade. The "steel-city cousins", Illawarra and Newcastle, both won their first semi-finals from their initial attempt, Illawarra defeating St George, and Newcastle downing Wests.

An all non-Sydney decider was a real possibility, with Illawarra and St George meeting a second time in the preliminary final, with Brisbane waiting to play the winner in the grand final.

The Dragons played two of the lowest scoring matches in finals history as they beat Newcastle 3–2 in the semi-final, and Illawarra 4–0 in the preliminary final.

The preliminary final saw four disallowed tries, with Saints denied once in the first half and Illawarra three times in the second half. Illawarra looked as though they were going to finish on top and began opening up the St George defence after the half-time break, only to be denied twice by referee Greg McCallum for forward passes. A late attacking movement from the Steelers saw winger Alan McIndoe excitedly appeal for a try off a John Simon grubber kick, but was denied by the in-goal touch judge. St George held on to win 4-0 and ensure a Sydney club appeared in the grand final once again (with this Sydney representation in grand finals being maintained until the Brisbane-Melbourne decider of 2006).

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Qualifying Finals
  St. George Dragons 16–18   Illawarra Steelers 5 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Graeme Annesley 28,521
  Newcastle Knights 21–2   Western Suburbs Magpies 6 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Greg McCallum 28,571
Semi-finals
  St. George Dragons 3–2   Newcastle Knights 12 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Graeme Annesley 38,772
  Brisbane Broncos 22–12   Illawarra Steelers 13 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Greg McCallum 38,859
Preliminary final
  Illawarra Steelers 0–4   St. George Dragons 20 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Greg McCallum 38,928
Grand final
  Brisbane Broncos 28-8   St. George Dragons 27 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Greg McCallum 41,560

Chart Edit

Qualifying finalMajor semi-finalPreliminary finalGrand final
1  Brisbane22  Brisbane28
  Illawarra12  St. George8
2  St. George16  Illawarra0
3  Illawarra18Minor semi-final  St. George4
  St. George3
4  Newcastle21  Newcastle2
5  Western Suburbs2

Grand final Edit

In just their fifth year in the competition, Brisbane finally put together the right combination to reach the grand final. Their big names in Allan Langer, twins Kevin and Kerrod Walters, Steve Renouf, Michael Hancock and Glenn Lazarus had been unstoppable all year and helped the club power their way straight through to the finals as minor premiers, losing just four games in the regular season, and easily winning their only semi-final. This meant the Broncos went into the grand final as runaway favourites.[3]

The 1992 grand final was played on the afternoon of Sunday, 27 September at the Sydney Football Stadium before a crowd of 41,560.[4] For the pre-match entertainment, Debbie Byrne sang I Still Call Australia Home in a duet with the late Peter Allen, thanks to video on the big screen. Yothu Yindi also performed, and Jodie Gillies sang the national anthem.[5]

Referee Greg McCallum blew time on and, early in the first half, St. George came very close to scoring first when Ricky Walford dived over in the corner, but had only just slipped into touch. Around the ten-minute mark, Brisbane were on the attack when, on the last tackle, Allan Langer cleverly stepped and passed inside to Gavin Allen who charged at the line. Allen drew the defence before flicking the ball back to the little half off the head of the Dragons fullback Mick Potter. Langer then nipped in to score untouched between the posts. Terry Matterson kicked the simplest of conversions to make it 6–0 in favour of the Broncos.

The Dragons hit back about five minutes later when Scott Gourley charged from just within his own half and produced a remarkable off-load for Michael Beattie in support,[6] who then passed it out for Walford to race off and score in the right-hand corner.[7] Ian Herron hooked the conversion attempt wide, so Brisbane remained in the lead at 6–4. Both sides then came close to scoring from kicks but no further points were posted before half-time.

In the second half, the Broncos ran away with the game. About ten minutes after the break, following a scrum win close to the Dragons’ try-line, Langer scurried through the defence from dummy-half and reached out to put the ball down. Matterson kicked the extras and Brisbane's lead was now 12–4. A few minutes later, they scored again when, from about thirty metres out, the Broncos again decided to run on the fifth tackle, the ball reaching Alan Cann who beat several defenders to ground the ball before celebrating the try by throwing it down, inadvertently into the forehead of an exhausted and demoralised Potter.[8] Matterson once again kicked the extras to give Brisbane an 18–4 lead.

Around the midpoint of the second half, after Willie Carne did well to return a kick from his own in-goal area to get back into the field of play before being tackled, the Broncos decided to swing the ball left, out to centre Steve Renouf, who outpaced Walford on a 90-metre run to the try-line. This try became a defining moment in the game, the Broncos' season and Renouf’s career.[9] Matterson missed the conversion attempt so the score remained at 22–4. About five minutes later, Cann scored a second try when he ran from over twenty metres out, stepping past tired and lazy defence to score untouched. The extras were kicked successfully this time by Matterson, giving the Bronocos a lead of 28–4.

In the seventy-ninth minute, St. George got a consolation try when Gourley crossed in the right corner and as the full-time siren sounded. Herron's kick from the sideline was unsuccessful, leaving the final score Brisbane 28, St. George 8.[10]

Brisbane Broncos 28
Tries: Langer 2, Cann 2, Renouf
Goals: Matterson 4/5

St. George Dragons 8
Tries: Walford, Gourley
Goals: Herron 0/2

For Langer to play as he did, after a week of hearing how St George must stop him, confirms he deserves to be talked about with Peter Sterling and Wally Lewis as one of the three best players of the past decade.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 April 1992[11]

The win enabled Brisbane captain Allan Langer, in his first year in the role, to hoist the Winfield Cup and ring the trophy and title back to Queensland. As a result of his two-try performance, Langer also became the first Queenslander to be awarded the Clive Churchill Medal. Brisbane thus became the second non-New South Wales team to win the premiership after the Canberra Raiders’ previous victories in 1989 and 1990.

Player statistics Edit

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 22.

Great Britain Lions Tour Edit

The 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team, nicknamed the 'Lions', of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand which took place between May and July 1992. The tour was the last of such length undertaken by the Great Britain team, and included a test match against Papua New Guinea, a three-test series against Australia for The Ashes, and a two-test series against New Zealand for the Baskerville Shield, all interspersed with matches against local club and representative teams.

The British team was coached by two-time premiership winner with Manly-Warringah, Mal Reilly, who had toured as a player in 1970 and was coach of the 1988 team. The team captain was Ellery Hanley who was making his third Lions tour as a player, though injury to Hanley would see the Lions captained by Garry Schofield in The Ashes tests.

Taking place following the conclusion of England's 1991–92 Rugby Football League season and during Australia's 1992 Winfield Cup premiership season, the tour led to friction between the Great Britain team's management and the Australian Rugby League over match scheduling and promotion. For the first time ever, a Lions tour was shown live on television in the United Kingdom through Sky Sports. The commentators for the tour were Eddie Hemmings and former Lions World Cup hooker Mike Stephenson who had a greater insight into the Australian game having spent most of the 1970s and 1980s, playing, coaching and commentating in the Sydney premiership.[12] The Lions finished the tour with thirteen wins and four losses and a profit of £244,645. Unfortunately for the Lions, three of their losses came in the Test matches, two against Australia and one against New Zealand with the other loss coming against Sydney club side Parramatta.[13]

Game Date Result Venue Attendance
1 6 June   Great Britain Lions def.   Canberra Raiders 24–12 Bruce Stadium, Canberra 4,728
2 9 June   Great Britain Lions def.   Illawarra Steelers 11–10 Steelers Stadium, Wollongong 9,500
3 16 June   Great Britain Lions def.   NSW Country 24–6 Pioneer Oval, Parkes 8,014
4 19 June   Parramatta Eels def.   Great Britain Lions 26–12 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 18,220
5 23 June   Great Britain Lions def.   Newcastle Knights 22–0 Marathon Stadium, Newcastle 9,758
6 30 June   Great Britain Lions def.   Gold Coast Seagulls 28–10 Seagulls Stadium, Tweed Heads 6,700

World Club Challenge Edit

On 31 October the Broncos travelled to England to play in the World Club Challenge against British champions, Wigan. Brisbane became the first team since 1975's premiers, Eastern Suburbs, to defeat the English champions, and the first to do so on English soil, winning the match 22 - 8 in front of 17,460 spectators.

Attendances Edit

The regular season attendances for the 1992 season aggregated to a total of 2,282,194 at an average of 12,540 per game. Each of the top ten most attended games of the season were home games for either the Brisbane Broncos or the Newcastle Knights, with the two highest attended games featuring both clubs.

The highest ten regular season match attendances:[14]

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ 1992 J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup 25 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine at rleague.com
  2. ^ Creswell, Toby and Trenoweth, Samantha (2006). 1001 Australians You Should Know. Australia: Pluto Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-86403-361-8.
  3. ^ Hadfield, Dave (26 February 1992). "Brisbane backs on parade". The Independent. UK: The Independent. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  4. ^ D'Souza, Miguel. . wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Australian Associated Press. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. ^ Stephens, Tony (27 September 1992). "No hard Feelings, the Broncos deserved to win". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 1. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  6. ^ Sarno, Tony (27 September 1992). "Forget the Tactics, the Broncos were just too good". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax. p. 47. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  7. ^ MacDonald, John (27 September 1992). "The Bennett Stamp carries new Premiers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax. p. 26. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  8. ^ Masters, Roy (27 September 1992). "Broncos rejoice, but the plotting begins". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 27. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  9. ^ Heads, Ian (27 September 1992). "This will take League into the 21st Century". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 48. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  10. ^ "NRL Finals in the 1990s". sportal.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  11. ^ Williams, Daniel (27 September 1992). "Beaten Saints take Defeat on the Chin". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 47. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  12. ^ Great Britain's 1992 Tour Of Australasia
  13. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1992 New Zealand Rugby League, 1992. p.p.52-73
  14. ^ 1992 NSWRL season - Venues

External links Edit

  • The World of Rugby League
  • [1] Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes 1992 "Simply the Best" clip
  • NSWRL season 1992 at rugbyleagueproject.com

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The 1992 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership season was the eighty fifth season of professional rugby league football in Australia Sixteen teams competed for the J J Giltinan Shield during the season which culminated in a grand final for the Winfield Cup between the Brisbane Broncos making their grand final debut and the St George Dragons 1 1992 New South Wales Rugby LeagueTeams16PremiersBrisbane 1st title Minor premiersBrisbane 1st title Matches played182Points scored5993Attendance2282194Top points scorer s Daryl Halligan 168 Player of the yearAllan Langer Rothmans Medal Top try scorer s Mark Bell 16 Tim Brasher 16 19911993 Contents 1 Season summary 1 1 Teams 1 2 Advertising 1 3 Ladder 2 Finals 2 1 Chart 2 2 Grand final 3 Player statistics 4 Great Britain Lions Tour 5 World Club Challenge 6 Attendances 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksSeason summary EditThe 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand also took place during the season Having decided in May that a team from Auckland would join the premiership in 1995 the NSWRL announced in November that three more new clubs from Townsville Perth and a second team from Brisbane will also be invited Twenty two regular season rounds were played from March till August resulting in a top five of Brisbane St George Illawarra Newcastle and Wests who battled it out in the finals The 3rd place finish for the Illawarra Steelers would be the best season they ever had in its time as a standalone club The 1992 season s Rothmans Medallist was the Brisbane Broncos halfback and captain Allan Langer The Dally M Award went to Eastern Suburbs halfback Gary Freeman while Western Suburbs forward Paul Langmack was named Rugby League Week s player of the year The 1992 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee Wally Lewis The winners in all grades were nbsp Brisbane Broncos Senior Grade nbsp North Sydney Bears Reserve Grade nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies Under 21s Grade Teams Edit The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive season with sixteen clubs contesting the 1992 premiership including five Sydney based foundation teams another six from Sydney two from regional New South Wales two from Queensland and one from Australian Capital Territory Balmain nbsp 85th seasonGround Leichhardt Oval Coach Alan JonesCaptain Steve Roach Brisbane nbsp 5th seasonGround Lang Park Coach Wayne BennettCaptain Allan Langer Canberra nbsp 11th seasonGround Bruce Stadium Coach Tim SheensCaptain Mal Meninga Canterbury nbsp 58th seasonGround Belmore Oval Coach Chris AndersonCaptain Terry LambCronulla nbsp 26th seasonGround Endeavour Park Coach Arthur BeetsonCaptain Dan Stains Eastern Suburbs nbsp 85th seasonGround Sydney Football Stadium Coach Mark MurrayCaptain Craig Salvatori Gold Coast nbsp 5th seasonGround Seagulls Stadium Captain amp Coach Wally Lewis Illawarra nbsp 11th seasonGround Wollongong Stadium Coach Graham MurrayCaptain John CrossManly nbsp 46th seasonGround Brookvale Oval Coach Graham LoweCaptain Michael O Connor Newcastle nbsp 5th seasonGround Marathon Stadium Coach David WaiteCaptain Michael Hagan North Sydney nbsp 85th seasonGround North Sydney Oval Coach Steve MartinCaptain Peter Jackson Parramatta nbsp 45th seasonGround Parramatta Stadium Coach Mick CroninCaptain Peter Sterling Brett KennyPerith nbsp 26th seasonGround Penrith Stadium Coach Phil GouldCaptain Greg Alexander John Cartwright South Sydney nbsp 85th seasonGround Sydney Football Stadium Coach Frank CurryCaptain Michael Andrews St George nbsp 72nd seasonGround Kogarah Oval Coach Brian SmithCaptain Michael Beattie Western Suburbs nbsp 85th seasonGround Campbelltown Stadium Coach Warren RyanCaptain Joe Thomas Paul LangmackAdvertising Edit Riding the consistent Australian popularity of The Best since its 1989 release due partially to its use and association with the NSWRL Tina Turner went into a Los Angeles recording studio in early 1992 with Jimmy Barnes to record a duet version specifically for Australian release 2 The production capitalised on the complementary vocal styles of Turner and Barnes and also features Barnes brother in law Johnny Diesel on guitar A simple black and white film clip shot around the recording sessions was produced and the track was released and renamed Simply the Best to coincide with the 1992 NSWRL season That year the track peaked at 13 on the Australian charts In 1992 and 1993 the League and its advertising agency Hertz Walpole would use the new duet performance of the song in the season launch ads Excerpts from the black and white film clip start the 1992 ad with firstly Tina and then Barnes in wistful solo shots before coming together and displaying a camaraderie that s intended to capture the good times they appear to have had in recording the track Diesel also appears in the black and white footage before the ad bursts into colour with the standard fare of big hits and previous season action Ladder Edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts1 nbsp Brisbane Broncos P 22 18 0 4 506 311 195 362 nbsp St George Dragons 22 15 0 7 401 283 118 303 nbsp Illawarra Steelers 22 13 1 8 318 259 59 274 nbsp Newcastle Knights 22 12 2 8 363 267 96 265 nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies 22 12 1 9 356 327 29 256 nbsp Eastern Suburbs Roosters 22 12 0 10 392 319 73 247 nbsp Canterbury Bulldogs 22 10 2 10 423 417 6 228 nbsp Manly Sea Eagles 22 10 2 10 334 335 1 229 nbsp Penrith Panthers 22 11 0 11 274 309 35 2210 nbsp Balmain Tigers 22 10 1 11 402 398 4 2111 nbsp North Sydney Bears 22 10 1 11 376 381 5 2112 nbsp Canberra Raiders 22 10 0 12 435 409 26 2013 nbsp Cronulla Sharks 22 8 0 14 284 395 111 1614 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 7 0 15 429 533 104 1415 nbsp Parramatta Eels 22 6 1 15 276 491 215 1316 nbsp Gold Coast Seagulls 22 6 1 15 288 423 135 11Gold Coast Seagulls were docked 2 points due to exceeding the replacement limit in one game Had this not occurred Parramatta Eels would have won the wooden spoon due to an inferior for and against record Finals EditA great advertisement for the expansion of the game was the appearance of three non Sydney teams in the final five Brisbane Illawarra and Newcastle all of whom had only been admitted to the NSWRL within the previous decade The steel city cousins Illawarra and Newcastle both won their first semi finals from their initial attempt Illawarra defeating St George and Newcastle downing Wests An all non Sydney decider was a real possibility with Illawarra and St George meeting a second time in the preliminary final with Brisbane waiting to play the winner in the grand final The Dragons played two of the lowest scoring matches in finals history as they beat Newcastle 3 2 in the semi final and Illawarra 4 0 in the preliminary final The preliminary final saw four disallowed tries with Saints denied once in the first half and Illawarra three times in the second half Illawarra looked as though they were going to finish on top and began opening up the St George defence after the half time break only to be denied twice by referee Greg McCallum for forward passes A late attacking movement from the Steelers saw winger Alan McIndoe excitedly appeal for a try off a John Simon grubber kick but was denied by the in goal touch judge St George held on to win 4 0 and ensure a Sydney club appeared in the grand final once again with this Sydney representation in grand finals being maintained until the Brisbane Melbourne decider of 2006 Home Score Away Match InformationDate and Time Venue Referee CrowdQualifying Finals nbsp St George Dragons 16 18 nbsp Illawarra Steelers 5 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Graeme Annesley 28 521 nbsp Newcastle Knights 21 2 nbsp Western Suburbs Magpies 6 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Greg McCallum 28 571Semi finals nbsp St George Dragons 3 2 nbsp Newcastle Knights 12 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Graeme Annesley 38 772 nbsp Brisbane Broncos 22 12 nbsp Illawarra Steelers 13 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Greg McCallum 38 859Preliminary final nbsp Illawarra Steelers 0 4 nbsp St George Dragons 20 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Greg McCallum 38 928Grand final nbsp Brisbane Broncos 28 8 nbsp St George Dragons 27 September 1992 Sydney Football Stadium Greg McCallum 41 560Chart Edit Qualifying finalMajor semi finalPreliminary finalGrand final1 nbsp Brisbane22 nbsp Brisbane28 nbsp Illawarra12 nbsp St George82 nbsp St George16 nbsp Illawarra03 nbsp Illawarra18Minor semi final nbsp St George4 nbsp St George34 nbsp Newcastle21 nbsp Newcastle25 nbsp Western Suburbs2 Grand final Edit In just their fifth year in the competition Brisbane finally put together the right combination to reach the grand final Their big names in Allan Langer twins Kevin and Kerrod Walters Steve Renouf Michael Hancock and Glenn Lazarus had been unstoppable all year and helped the club power their way straight through to the finals as minor premiers losing just four games in the regular season and easily winning their only semi final This meant the Broncos went into the grand final as runaway favourites 3 The 1992 grand final was played on the afternoon of Sunday 27 September at the Sydney Football Stadium before a crowd of 41 560 4 For the pre match entertainment Debbie Byrne sang I Still Call Australia Home in a duet with the late Peter Allen thanks to video on the big screen Yothu Yindi also performed and Jodie Gillies sang the national anthem 5 Brisbane Broncos Position St George DragonsJulian O Neill FB Mick Potter2 Michael Hancock WG 2 Ricky Walford3 Steve Renouf CE 3 Mark Coyne4 Chris Johns CE 4 Michael Beattie c 5 Willie Carne WG 5 Ian Herron6 Kevin Walters FE 6 Peter Coyne7 Allan Langer c HB 7 Noel Goldthorpe8 Glenn Lazarus PR 8 Tony Priddle9 Kerrod Walters HK 9 Wayne Collins10 Gavin Allen PR 10 Neil Tierney11 Trevor Gillmeister SR 11 David Barnhill12 Alan Cann SR 12 Scott Gourley13 Terry Matterson LK 13 Jeff Hardy15 Tony Currie Bench 14 Tony Smith20 John Plath Bench 15 Rex Terp21 Andrew Gee Bench 19 Brad Mackay22 Mark Hohn Bench 21 Matt ElliottWayne Bennett Coach Brian SmithReferee Greg McCallum blew time on and early in the first half St George came very close to scoring first when Ricky Walford dived over in the corner but had only just slipped into touch Around the ten minute mark Brisbane were on the attack when on the last tackle Allan Langer cleverly stepped and passed inside to Gavin Allen who charged at the line Allen drew the defence before flicking the ball back to the little half off the head of the Dragons fullback Mick Potter Langer then nipped in to score untouched between the posts Terry Matterson kicked the simplest of conversions to make it 6 0 in favour of the Broncos The Dragons hit back about five minutes later when Scott Gourley charged from just within his own half and produced a remarkable off load for Michael Beattie in support 6 who then passed it out for Walford to race off and score in the right hand corner 7 Ian Herron hooked the conversion attempt wide so Brisbane remained in the lead at 6 4 Both sides then came close to scoring from kicks but no further points were posted before half time In the second half the Broncos ran away with the game About ten minutes after the break following a scrum win close to the Dragons try line Langer scurried through the defence from dummy half and reached out to put the ball down Matterson kicked the extras and Brisbane s lead was now 12 4 A few minutes later they scored again when from about thirty metres out the Broncos again decided to run on the fifth tackle the ball reaching Alan Cann who beat several defenders to ground the ball before celebrating the try by throwing it down inadvertently into the forehead of an exhausted and demoralised Potter 8 Matterson once again kicked the extras to give Brisbane an 18 4 lead Around the midpoint of the second half after Willie Carne did well to return a kick from his own in goal area to get back into the field of play before being tackled the Broncos decided to swing the ball left out to centre Steve Renouf who outpaced Walford on a 90 metre run to the try line This try became a defining moment in the game the Broncos season and Renouf s career 9 Matterson missed the conversion attempt so the score remained at 22 4 About five minutes later Cann scored a second try when he ran from over twenty metres out stepping past tired and lazy defence to score untouched The extras were kicked successfully this time by Matterson giving the Bronocos a lead of 28 4 In the seventy ninth minute St George got a consolation try when Gourley crossed in the right corner and as the full time siren sounded Herron s kick from the sideline was unsuccessful leaving the final score Brisbane 28 St George 8 10 Brisbane Broncos 28Tries Langer 2 Cann 2 RenoufGoals Matterson 4 5St George Dragons 8Tries Walford GourleyGoals Herron 0 2 For Langer to play as he did after a week of hearing how St George must stop him confirms he deserves to be talked about with Peter Sterling and Wally Lewis as one of the three best players of the past decade The Sydney Morning Herald 27 April 1992 11 The win enabled Brisbane captain Allan Langer in his first year in the role to hoist the Winfield Cup and ring the trophy and title back to Queensland As a result of his two try performance Langer also became the first Queenslander to be awarded the Clive Churchill Medal Brisbane thus became the second non New South Wales team to win the premiership after the Canberra Raiders previous victories in 1989 and 1990 Player statistics EditThe following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 22 Top 5 point scorers Points Player Tries Goals Field goals168 nbsp Daryl Halligan 7 70 0164 nbsp Eion Crossan 3 76 0146 nbsp John Schuster 4 65 0142 nbsp Terry Matterson 2 67 0118 nbsp Ryan Girdler 8 43 0Top 5 try scorers Tries Player16 nbsp Mark Bell16 nbsp Tim Brasher11 nbsp Steve Renouf11 nbsp Ricky Walford11 nbsp Will Robinson11 nbsp Brett Mullins11 nbsp Manoa Thompson Top 5 goal scorers Goals Player76 nbsp Eion Crossan70 nbsp Daryl Halligan67 nbsp Terry Matterson65 nbsp John Schuster50 nbsp Jason Taylor50 nbsp Matthew RidgeGreat Britain Lions Tour EditMain article 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia The 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team nicknamed the Lions of Papua New Guinea Australia and New Zealand which took place between May and July 1992 The tour was the last of such length undertaken by the Great Britain team and included a test match against Papua New Guinea a three test series against Australia for The Ashes and a two test series against New Zealand for the Baskerville Shield all interspersed with matches against local club and representative teams The British team was coached by two time premiership winner with Manly Warringah Mal Reilly who had toured as a player in 1970 and was coach of the 1988 team The team captain was Ellery Hanley who was making his third Lions tour as a player though injury to Hanley would see the Lions captained by Garry Schofield in The Ashes tests Taking place following the conclusion of England s 1991 92 Rugby Football League season and during Australia s 1992 Winfield Cup premiership season the tour led to friction between the Great Britain team s management and the Australian Rugby League over match scheduling and promotion For the first time ever a Lions tour was shown live on television in the United Kingdom through Sky Sports The commentators for the tour were Eddie Hemmings and former Lions World Cup hooker Mike Stephenson who had a greater insight into the Australian game having spent most of the 1970s and 1980s playing coaching and commentating in the Sydney premiership 12 The Lions finished the tour with thirteen wins and four losses and a profit of 244 645 Unfortunately for the Lions three of their losses came in the Test matches two against Australia and one against New Zealand with the other loss coming against Sydney club side Parramatta 13 Game Date Result Venue Attendance1 6 June nbsp Great Britain Lions def nbsp Canberra Raiders 24 12 Bruce Stadium Canberra 4 7282 9 June nbsp Great Britain Lions def nbsp Illawarra Steelers 11 10 Steelers Stadium Wollongong 9 5003 16 June nbsp Great Britain Lions def nbsp NSW Country 24 6 Pioneer Oval Parkes 8 0144 19 June nbsp Parramatta Eels def nbsp Great Britain Lions 26 12 Parramatta Stadium Sydney 18 2205 23 June nbsp Great Britain Lions def nbsp Newcastle Knights 22 0 Marathon Stadium Newcastle 9 7586 30 June nbsp Great Britain Lions def nbsp Gold Coast Seagulls 28 10 Seagulls Stadium Tweed Heads 6 700World Club Challenge EditMain article 1992 World Club Challenge On 31 October the Broncos travelled to England to play in the World Club Challenge against British champions Wigan Brisbane became the first team since 1975 s premiers Eastern Suburbs to defeat the English champions and the first to do so on English soil winning the match 22 8 in front of 17 460 spectators Attendances EditThe regular season attendances for the 1992 season aggregated to a total of 2 282 194 at an average of 12 540 per game Each of the top ten most attended games of the season were home games for either the Brisbane Broncos or the Newcastle Knights with the two highest attended games featuring both clubs The highest ten regular season match attendances 14 Crowd Venue Home Team Opponent Round28 828 Lang Park nbsp Brisbane Broncos nbsp Newcastle Knights Round 2128 821 Marathon Stadium nbsp Newcastle Knights nbsp Brisbane Broncos Round 625 867 Lang Park nbsp Brisbane Broncos nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Round 2024 902 Lang Park nbsp Brisbane Broncos nbsp Balmain Tigers Round 1224 884 Marathon Stadium nbsp Newcastle Knights nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Round 224 192 Lang Park nbsp Brisbane Broncos nbsp Canberra Raiders Round 123 906 Lang Park nbsp Brisbane Broncos nbsp Eastern Suburbs Roosters Round 1423 617 Marathon Stadium nbsp Newcastle Knights nbsp Canberra Raiders Round 2223 192 Lang Park nbsp Brisbane Broncos nbsp Gold Coast Seagulls Round 222 258 Marathon Stadium nbsp Newcastle Knights nbsp Penrith Panthers Round 17See also Edit1992 State of Origin seriesReferences Edit 1992 J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup Archived 25 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine at rleague com Creswell Toby and Trenoweth Samantha 2006 1001 Australians You Should Know Australia Pluto Press p 31 ISBN 978 1 86403 361 8 Hadfield Dave 26 February 1992 Brisbane backs on parade The Independent UK The Independent Retrieved 12 December 2009 D Souza Miguel Grand Final History wwos ninemsn com au Australian Associated Press Archived from the original on 19 August 2014 Retrieved 8 September 2013 Stephens Tony 27 September 1992 No hard Feelings the Broncos deserved to win The Sydney Morning Herald Australia Fairfax Media p 1 Retrieved 13 February 2011 Sarno Tony 27 September 1992 Forget the Tactics the Broncos were just too good The Sydney Morning Herald Australia Fairfax p 47 Retrieved 13 February 2011 MacDonald John 27 September 1992 The Bennett Stamp carries new Premiers The Sydney Morning Herald Australia Fairfax p 26 Retrieved 13 February 2011 Masters Roy 27 September 1992 Broncos rejoice but the plotting begins The Sydney Morning Herald Australia Fairfax Media p 27 Retrieved 13 February 2011 Heads Ian 27 September 1992 This will take League into the 21st Century The Sydney Morning Herald Australia Fairfax Media p 48 Retrieved 13 February 2011 NRL Finals in the 1990s sportal com au Archived from the original on 6 December 2012 Retrieved 30 June 2012 Williams Daniel 27 September 1992 Beaten Saints take Defeat on the Chin The Sydney Morning Herald Australia Fairfax Media p 47 Retrieved 13 February 2011 Great Britain s 1992 Tour Of Australasia Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1992 New Zealand Rugby League 1992 p p 52 73 1992 NSWRL season VenuesExternal links EditRugby League Tables Season 1992 The World of Rugby League 1 Tina Turner amp Jimmy Barnes 1992 Simply the Best clip NSWRL season 1992 at rugbyleagueproject com Results 1991 2000 at rabbitohs com au Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1992 NSWRL season amp oldid 1177728326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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