1985 NSWRL season

1985 NSWRL season
1985 NSWRL season
Teams 13
Premiers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown (5th title)
Minor premiers St. George colours.svg St. George (15th title)
Matches played 163
Points scored 5416 (total)
33.227 (per match)
Attendance 1,450,162 (total)
8,897 (per match)
Top point scorer(s) Parramatta colours.svg Mick Cronin (204)
Top try scorer(s) St. George colours.svg Steve Linnane (17)

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.

Contents

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
Balmain home jersey 1963.svg
78th season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Frank Stanton
Captain: Wayne Pearce
Canberra Raiders
Canberra Raiders home jersey 1982.svg
4th season
Ground: Seiffert Oval
Coach: Don Furner
Captain: Dean Lance
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Canterbury home jersey 1966.svg
51st season
Ground: Belmore Oval
Coach: Warren Ryan
Captain: Steve Mortimer
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Cronulla home jersey 1970.svg
19th season
Ground: Ronson Field
Coach: Terry Fearnley
Captain: David Hatch
Eastern Suburbs Roosters
Eastern Suburbs home jersey 1953.svg
78th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Arthur Beetson
Captain: Ron Gibbs→John Tobin
Illawarra Steelers
Illawarra Steelers home jersey 1982.svg
4th season
Ground: Wollongong Showground
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Brett Hetherington
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Manly Sea Eagles home jersey 1965.svg
39th season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Bob Fulton
Captain: Glen Ryan→Paul Vautin
North Sydney Bears
North Sydney Bears home jersey 1979.svg
78th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Greg Hawick→Brian Norton
Captain: W. Honeywood→Fred Teasdell→Mark Graham
Parramatta Eels
Parramatta Eels home jersey 1975.svg
39th season
Ground: Belmore Oval
Coach: John Monie
Captain: Ray Price
Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers home jersey 1983.svg
19th season
Ground: Penrith Park
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Royce Simmons
South Sydney Rabbitohs
South Sydney home jersey 1980.svg
78th season

Ground: Redfern Oval
Coach: Ron Willey
Captain: David Boyle

St. George Dragons
St. George home jersey 1945.svg
65th season
Ground: Kogarah Oval
Coach: Roy Masters
Captain: Craig Young
Western Suburbs Magpies
Western Suburbs home jersey 1977.svg
78th season
Ground: Lidcombe Oval
Coach: Ken Gentle
Captain: Lee Crooks

Ladder

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 St. George colours.svg St. George 24 18 2 4 2 470 264 +206 42
2 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 24 18 0 6 2 494 304 +190 40
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 24 16 2 6 2 435 267 +168 38
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 24 16 0 8 2 458 311 +147 36
5 Panthers colours.svg Penrith 24 13 1 10 2 460 379 +81 31
6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 24 13 1 10 2 404 345 +59 31
7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 24 10 3 11 2 374 389 -15 27
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 24 11 0 13 2 440 404 +36 26
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 24 10 0 14 2 373 419 -46 24
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 24 8 2 14 2 432 534 -102 22
11 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 24 6 1 17 2 281 491 -210 17
12 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 24 5 2 17 2 311 661 -350 16
13 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 24 5 0 19 2 303 467 -164 14

Finals

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Playoff
Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 10-7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 3 September 1985 Sydney Cricket Ground Mick Stone 16,428
Qualifying Finals
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 38-6 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 7 September 1985 Sydney Cricket Ground Kevin Roberts 18,939
Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers 8-14 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 8 September 1985 Sydney Cricket Ground Mick Stone 25,194
Semi Finals
Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers 4-32 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 14 September 1985 Sydney Cricket Ground Kevin Roberts 25,423
St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons 17-6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 15 September 1985 Sydney Cricket Ground Mick Stone 39,013
Preliminary Final
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 26-0 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 22 September 1985 Sydney Cricket Ground Kevin Roberts 34,915
Grand Final
St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons 6-7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 29 September 1985 Sydney Cricket Ground Kevin Roberts 44,569

Grand Final

St. George Position Canterbury-Bankstown
Glen Burgess FB Michael Potter
Steve Morris WG Matthew Callinan
Michael O'Connor CE Chris Mortimer
Michael Beattie CE Andrew Farrar
Denis Kinchela WG Peter Mortimer
Steve Linnane FE Michael Hagan
Perry Haddock HB Steve Mortimer (c)
Pat Jarvis PR Peter Kelly
Phil Ritchie HK Billy Johnstone
Craig Young (c) PR Peter Tunks
Graeme Wynn SR Brian Battese
Billy Noke SR Steve Folkes
Graeme O'Grady LK Paul Langmack
Chris Johns Reserve David Gillespie
Chris Guider Reserve Greg Mullane
Stephen Funnell Reserve Mark Bugden
Alan Neil Reserve
Roy Masters Coach Warren Ryan

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. Prop Peter 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.

No Australian rugby league grand final since has been decided by a single point.

Canterbury-Bankstown 7
Tries: P Mortimer. Goal: Farrar. Field Goal: Farrar.

St. George 6
Tries: Morris. Goal: O'Connor.

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