1999 Ansett Australia N.R.L. Finals Series

Week 1, Qualifying Finals
Friday Night 3rd Sept
Canterbury 12 def Sydney City 8
Canterbury 12 (Clyde, Talau tries; Halligan 2 goals) def Sydney City 8 (Cleary tries; Cleary 2 goals) Crowd 23,478 at Sydney Football Stadium. Referee: Sean Hampstead. Half-time:  Sydney City 8-6

Saturday Afternoon 4th Sept
St.George Illawarra 34 def Melbourne 10
St George Illawarra 34 (Blacklock 3, McGregor, Wishart, Ainscough tries; Bartrim 4, Mackay goals) def Melbourne 10 (Moule, Kearney tries; Geyer goal) Crowd: 15,653 at Olympic Park. Referee: Bill Harrigan Half-time  St George Illawarra 10-4

Saturday Night 4th Sept
Parramatta 30 def Newcastle 16
Parramatta 30 (Schifcofske, Smith, N.Cayless, Grothe tries; Schifcofske 7 goals) def Newcastle 16 (Butterfield, Gidley, Albert tries; A.Johns 2 goals) Crowd 22,053 at Parramatta Stadium. Referee: Steve Clark. Half-time: Parramatta 14-10

Sunday Afternoon 5th Sept
Cronulla 42 def Brisbane 20
Cronulla 42 (Dykes 2, Rogers 2, Ettingshausen, Graham, Howland tries; Rogers 7 goals) def Brisbane 20 (Walters, Lockyer, Hancock tries; B.Walker 4 goals) Crowd 17,713 at Shark Park. Referee: Tim Mander. Half-time: Cronulla 16-2

The two lowest ranked losing teams are eliminated. Two highest rank winners proceed to week three.

Game A : Week 2, Semi-Finals, Saturday Evening Sep 11  (Elimination).
St.George-Illawarra 28 def Sydney City 18
St.George-Illawarra 28 (Mundine, Mackay, Bartrim, Wishart, Brown tries; Bartrim 3, Fitzgibbon goals) def Sydney City 18 (Fittler 2, Cleary tries; Cleary 3 goals) Crowd 31,506 at Sydney Football Stadium. Referee: Bill Harrigan. Half-time: 12-all

Game B : Week 2, Semi-Finals, Sunday Sep 12  (Elimination).
Melbourne 24 def Canterbury 22
Melbourne 24 (Geyer 2, Bai, Ross tries; Smith 4 goals) def Canterbury 22 (Silva, El Masri, S.Hughes, Sherwin tries; Halligan 3 goals) Crowd 20,075 at Sydney Football Stadium. Referee: Steve Clark. Half-time: Melbourne 18-12

Game D : Week 3, Preliminary Finals, Saturday Evening Sep 18  (Elimination)
Melbourne 18 def Parramatta 16
Melbourne 18 (Kimmorley, Moule, Swain tries; C.Smith 3/3 goals) def Parramatta 16 (Wagon, Kelly tries; Schifcofske 4/5 goals) Crowd 27,555 at Sydney Football Stadium. Referee: Bill Harrigan. Half-time: Parramatta 16-6

Game C : Week 3, Preliminary Finals, Sunday Sep 19  (Elimination)
St.George-Illawarra 24 def Cronulla 8
St.George-Illawarra 24 (A Mundine 3, L Patten tries; W Bartrim 4 goals) de Cronulla 8 (D Peachey try; M Rogers goal, M Healey goal) Crowd 51,627 at Stadium Australia. Referee: Steve Clark.  Half-time: Cronulla 8-0

Week 4, NRL Grand Final, Sunday, Sep 26.

Melbourne 20 def St.George-Illawarra 1
Melbourne 20 (Martin, Roarty, Smith tries; Smith 3, Geyer goals) def St.George-Illawarra 18 (Fitzgibbon, Blacklock, McGregor tries; Bartrim 2, Fitzgibbon goals) Crowd 107,558 (WR) at Stadium Australia. Referee: Bill Harrigan. Half-time: St George Illawarra 14-0
Clive Churchill Medal Winner : 1999 Brett Kimmorley (Melbourne)

Line up
DRAGONS: Luke Patten, Nathan Blacklock, Paul McGregor (c), Shaun Timmins, Jamie Ainscough, Anthony Mundine, Trent Barrett, Wayne Bartrim, Lance Thompson, Darren Treacy, Craig Smith, Nathan Brown, Chris Leikvoll. Res: Craig Fitzgibbon, Colin Ward, Brad Mackay, Rod Wishart.
STORM: Robbie Ross, Craig Smith, Aaron Moule, Tony Martin, Marcus Bai, Matt Geyer, Brett Kimmorley, Tawera Nikau, Stephen Kearney, Paul Marquet, Rodney Howe, Richard Swain, Glenn Lazarus (c). Res: Matt Rua, Robbie Kearns, Russell Bawden, Brad Watts, Ben Roarty, Danny Williams (two to be omitted).
Referee: Bill Harrigan.
Touch Judges: John McCormack, Colin White.
Video Referee: Chris Ward.

Head to Head

First Division
Parramatta Eels 44 def Balmain Tigers 8

Jersey Flegg
Canterbury Bulldogs 18 def Newcastle Knights 12

What happens in the event of a drawn Final or Grand Final?

In the event of a draw, extra time consisting of two ten minutes halves will be played. If the scores are still locked after extra time, the Captains of the teams will toss for choice of ends and the game will become "sudden death" with the first team to score a point winning the game. There is no provision for "replays" of games.

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