2000 N.R.L. Finals Series

Week 4 - Grand Final - Aug 27

Sunday - August 27
NRL GRAND FINAL
 BRISBANE 14 def SYDNEY ROOSTERS 6
BRISBANE 14 (Wendell Sailor, Lote Tuqiri tries; Michael DeVere 3/5 goals) def SYDNEY ROOSTERS 6 (Craig Fitzgibbon try; Luke Phillips 1/1 goal; Craig Fitzgibbon 0/1 goal) at Stadium Australia. Ref: Bill Harrigan. Half-time : Brisbane 10-2
Crowd : 94,277

BRONCOS: Darren Lockyer, Lote Tuqiri, Tonie Carroll, Michael DeVere, Wendell Sailor, Ben Ikin, Kevin Walters (c), Shane Webcke, Luke Priddis, Dane Carlaw, Gorden Tallis, Brad Thorn, Kevin Campion. Res: Harvey Howard, Michael Hancock, Shaun Berrigan, Ashley Harrison
(Shane Walker was omitted but Wayne Bennetts gave him his premiership ring)
ROOSTERS: Luke Phillips, Matt Sing, Ryan Cross, Shannon Hegarty, Anthony Minichiello, Brad Fittler (c), Adrian Lam, Luke Ricketson, Craig Fitzgibbon, Bryan Fletcher, Peter Cusack, Simon Bonetti, Ian Rubin. Res: Dallas Hood, David Solomona, Shane Rigon, Craig Wing.

First division
BULLDOGS 30 (H Saleh 2 L Felton P Khoury M Utai G Lester tries S Perry 3 goals) bt PENRITH 26 (B Atkinson 2 M Rieck 2 F Petersen tries D McLean 2 D Baker goals) at Stadium Australia. Referee: T Archer.

Jersey Flegg
BULLDOGS 22 (A Brideson 3, N Murphy tries, D Byrne 3 goals) def WESTERN SUBURBS 8 (C Halden, S Bradshaw tries)
at Stadium Australia. Ref: Kelvin Jeffes.

Week 3 - Preliminary Finals - Aug 19-20

Saturday Night - August 19
1st Preliminary Final
 Roosters 26 def Newcastle 20
SYDNEY ROOSTERS 26 (L Phillips R Cross S Hegarty B Fittler tries C Fitzgibbon 5 goals) bt NEWCASTLE 20 (M Hughes D Albert T Tahu A Johns tries A Johns 2 goals) at the Sydney Football Stadium. Referee: Bill Harrigan. Crowd: 33,727.

Sunday - August 20
2nd Preliminary Final
Brisbane 16 def Parramatta 10
BRISBANE BRONCOS 16 (D Lockyer, G Tallis, B Thorn tries; M Devere 2/4 goals) def PARRAMATTA EELS 10 (L Burt, J Moodie tries; C Schifoskfe 1/2 goals) at Stadium Australia. Referee: Tim Mander. Crowd: 31,087. Half-time : Broncos 12-0.

Week 2 - Semi Finals - Aug 12-13

Saturday Night - August 12
1st Semi Final
Parramatta 28 def Penrith 10
PARRAMATTA 28 (J Moodie, I Hindmarsh, D Moran, S Kelly tries; C Schifcofske 6 goals) beat PENRITH 10 (R Beckett, J Cross tries; R Girdler goal) at Sydney Football Stadium. Crowd: 25,746. Referee: Bill Harrigan.

Sunday - August 13
2nd Semi Final
 Roosters 38 def Canberra 10
SYDNEY CITY 38 (R Cross 2 A Minichiello 2 C Wing M Sing tries L Phillips 5 goals S Fitzgibbon 2 goals) bt CANBERRA 10 (L Vainikolo M McLinden tries D Furner goal) at the Sydney Football Stadium. Referee: T Mander. Crowd: 16,441.

Week 1 - Qualifying Finals - Aug 4-6
FRIDAY
Canberra 34 def Penrith 16
CANBERRA 34 (J Croker 2, B Finch, T Payten, A McFadden, J Lolesi tries; D Furner 5 goals) bt PENRITH 16 (R Girdler, M Rodwell tries; R Girdler 4 goals) at Bruce Stadium. Referee: S Clark. Crowd: 18,479

SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Newcastle 30 def Melbourne 16
NEWCASTLE 30 (M Hughes, M Gidley, A MacDougall, D Buderus, T Tahu tries; A Johns 5 goals) beat MELBOURNE 16 (T Martin, B Kimmorley tries; T Lavea 3, B Watts goals) at Marathon Stadium. Referee: T Mander. Crowd: 20,597.

SATURDAY NIGHT
Parramatta 32 def Sydney Roosters 8
PARRAMATTA 32 (P Richards 2, D Vaealiki, PJ Marsh, D Moran tries; C Schifcofske 6 goals) beat SYDNEY ROOSTERS 8 (R Cross try; C Fitzgibbon 2 goals) at the SFS. Referee: B Harrigan. Crowd: 21,377.

SUNDAY
Brisbane 34 def Sharks 20
BRISBANE 34 (B Ikin 2, G Tallis 2, L Tuqiri, S Berrigan tries; D Lockyer 5 goals) bt. SHARKS 20 (P Mellor, B Howland, A Dykes, S Donato tries; M Rogers 2 goals) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: P Simpkins. Crowd: 25,831.

Finals Format

The controversial McIntyre Final 8 System will be in operation again in 2000

THE FINAL EIGHT After 26 rounds Week 1 <--> Rankings after Week 1 Progress / Elimination
Team 1
Brisbane		 1st Qualifying Final Team 4 v Team 5 Friday Night - August 4

Winner 1 (Team 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5)
Top ranking Winner

Winners 1 and 2 progress
{to Week 3
{They do not play in {Week 2
Team 2
Sydney City		 Winner 2 (Team 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6)
2nd Highest ranking Winner
Team 3
Newcastle		 2nd Qualifying Final Team 3 v Team 6 Saturday Aft. August 5 Winner 3 (Team 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7)
3rd Highest ranking Winner
Team 4
Canberra		 Winner 4 (Team 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8)
4th Highest ranking Winner
Team 5
Penrith		 3rd Qualifying Final Team 2 v Team 7 Saturday Ngt August 5 Loser 1 (Team 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5)
Highest ranking loser
Team 6
Melbourne		 Loser 2 (Team 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6)
2nd Highest ranking loser
Team 7
Parramatta		 4th Qualifying Final Team 1 v Team 8 Sunday August 6 Loser 3 (Team 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7)
3rd Highest ranking loser 		{Losers 3 and 4
{eliminated
{after
{Week 1
Team 8
Sharks		 Loser 4 (Team 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8)
4th Highest ranking lose
Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
1st Semi Final - Sydney Football Stadium
Winner 4 v Loser 2
Saturday Night - August 12 		1st Preliminary Final - SFS
Winner 2 v Winner 2nd Semi Final
Saturday Night - August 19 		NRL GRAND FINAL Stadium Australia
Winner 1st Preliminary Final
v
Winner 2nd Preliminary Final Sunday - August 27
2nd Semi Final - Sydney Football Stadium
Winner 3 v Loser 1
Sunday - August 13 		2nd Preliminary Final - Stadium Australia
Winner 1 v Winner 1st Semi Final
Sunday - August 20

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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