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1998 NRL Premiership

Round 8

Results

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>  Canberra 22 (G. Appo, D. Furner, L. Priddis, R. Wiki tries; D. Furner 3 goals) defeated Balmain 12 (B. Duckworth, A. Nable tries; S. Nevin 2 goals) at Bruce Stadium.
Date: Fri, 1st May.   Scrums: Canberra 5-4.   Penalties: Canberra 5-4.   Referee: Tim Mander.   Crowd: 9,211.
Canberra: McLinden, Appo, Wiki, Costin, Vainikolo; Croker, McFadden; Davico, Woolford, Hetherington, Furner, Kennedy, Clyde (C). Int: Seibold, Boyle, Priddis, Sologinkin.
Balmain: Nevin, Langaloa, Kennedy, Webber, Withers; Gillett, Dunley; Sironen (C), Nable, Walker, O'Neill, Stimson, Duckworth. Int: St Clair, Smith, Gannon, Donaghey.
>  Melbourne 54 (R. Ross 2, R. Bawden, J. Carlaw, S. Hill, R. Kearns, P. Marquet, B. Roarty, D. Williams tries; C. Smith 9 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 16 (D. Kennedy, B. Warton, D. Willis tries; B. Warton 2 goals) at Olympic Park Stadium.
Date: Fri, 1st May.   Scrums: 6-all.   Penalties: Western Suburbs 7-4.   Referee: Eddie Ward.   Crowd: 11,200.
Melbourne: Ross, Smith, Bell, Carlaw, Bai; Hill, Kimmorley; Lazarus (C), Swain, Howe, Roarty, Kearns, Nikau. Int: Marquet, Williams, Bawden, Martin.
Western Suburbs: Warton, Willis, McGuinness, McGuinness, Laing; Langmack (C), Jones; Edwards, Mescia, Skandalis, Kennedy, Keough, Coxon. Int: Rainey, Bonner, Raudonikis, MacDougall.
>  Brisbane 26 (D. Lockyer 2, D. Smith, G. Tallis tries; D. Lockyer 5 goals) defeated Newcastle 6 (L. Jackson try; A. Johns goal) at Marathon Stadium.
Date: Fri, 1st May.   Scrums: Newcastle 5-4.   Penalties: 4-all.   Referee: Bill Harrigan.   Crowd: 27,119.
Newcastle: Hughes, Grogan, Gidley, Craigie, MacDougall; Johns, Johns; Butterfield, Jackson, Harragon (C), Piccinelli, Fletcher, Richards. Int: Grief, Shiels, Buderus, Allen.
Brisbane: Lockyer, Sailor, Renouf, Carroll, Hancock; Walters, Langer (C); Webcke, Plath, Civoniceva, Tallis, Thorn, Smith. Int: Walker, Campion, Lee, Driscoll.
>  Cronulla 16 (A. Ettingshausen, B. Howland, R. Richardson tries; M. Healey 2 goals) defeated North Qld 8 (J. Hannay, I. Roberts tries) at Shark Park.
Date: Sat, 2nd May.   Scrums: North Qld 8-3.   Penalties: 7-all.   Referee: Steve Clark.   Crowd: 5,978.
Cronulla: Peachey, Howland, Ettingshausen (C), Richardson, Bell; Dykes, Healey; Lee, Treister, Stevens, Ryan, Long, McKenna. Int: Lang, Graham, Forrester, Sammut.
North Qld: Shearer, Tassell, Nadruku, Mercy, Hannay; Dunemann, Ferris; Buttigieg, Death, Roberts (C), Warren, Cunningham, Fritz. Int: Prince, Doyle, Scott, Locke.
>  Parramatta 24 (P. Carige, S. Kelly, J. Smith, S. Whereat tries; C. Schifcofske 4 goals) defeated Gold Coast 2 (G. Mackay goal) at Parramatta Stadium.
Date: Sat, 2nd May.   Scrums: Parramatta 6-5.   Penalties: Parramatta 6-2.   Referee: Moghseen Jadwat.   Crowd: 6,063.
Parramatta: Schifcofske, Lovell, Bell, Kelly, Whereat; Penna, Simon; Pay (C), Owens, Tookey, McCracken (C), Smith, Barnes. Int: Carige, Spence, Horsnell, Weston.
Gold Coast: Allan, Suluvale, King, Mackay (C), Hudson; Thorburn, Patten; Driscoll, Goddard, O'Brien, Conley, Sattler, Nahi. Int: O'Reilly, Whittaker, McAllister, Campbell.
>  Penrith 38 (R. Beckett 2, G. Falcon, R. Girdler, A. Hinson, P. Jorgensen, C. Wise tries; R. Girdler 5 goals) defeated Illawarra 14 (J. Britten, P. McGregor, C. Simon tries; B. Reeves goal) at Penrith Football Stadium.
Date: Sat, 2nd May.   Scrums: Penrith 8-3.   Penalties: Penrith 7-4.   Referee: Matt Hewitt.   Crowd: 6,154.
Penrith: Jorgensen, Hinson, Girdler, Domic, Beckett; Carter (C), Alexander; Falcon, Gower, Adamson, MacGillivray, Brown, Wise. Int: Edwards, Drew, Boyd, Adamson.
Illawarra: Reeves, Rossi, Timmins, Simon, Britten; McGregor (C), Barrett; Hart, Purcell, Smith, Wilson, Bradstreet, Mackay. Int: Lamey, Tunbridge, Cram, Robinson.
>  Sydney City 22 (B. Fittler, L. Ricketson, S. Rigon, N. Wood tries; I. Cleary 3 goals) defeated Auckland 4 (L. Oudenryn try) at Sydney Football Stadium.
Date: Sat, 2nd May.   Scrums: Sydney City 9-8.   Penalties: Auckland 8-6.   Referee: Paul McBlane.   Crowd: 5,308.
Sydney City: Walker, Elsegood, Cleary, Sing, Miles; Fittler (C), Lam; Pickering, Bonetti, Barnhill, Gourley, Ricketson, Gaffey. Int: Dooley, Fletcher, Wood, Rigon.
Auckland: Ridge (C), Hoppe, Vagana, Iro, Oudenryn; Ropati, Jones; Vagana, Whittaker, Pongia, Tatupu, Kearney, Swann. Int: Malam, Seuseu, Clark, Galuvao.
>  Canterbury 30 (S. Haumono, C. Hughes, P. Mellor, T. Norton, M. Ryan tries; D. Halligan 5 goals) defeated Adelaide 4 (L. Williamson try) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 3rd May.   Scrums: Adelaide 10-5.   Penalties: 4-all.   Referee: Sean Hampstead.   Crowd: 5,041.
Canterbury: Fleming, El Masri, Ryan, Hughes, Halligan; Hughes, Polla-Mounter; Haumono, Hetherington, Stone, Ward, Gillies (C), Norton. Int: Grimaldi, Mellor, Price, Reardon.
Adelaide: Simonds, Jensen, Clarke, Tamani, Daylight; Williamson, Goldthorpe (C); Doherty, Schifilliti, Hick, Kidwell, Cann, Iro. Int: Grimley, Pierce, McKenzie, Walters.
>  North Sydney 32 (M. Buettner, B. Ikin, N. Roy, M. Seers, J. Taylor tries; J. Taylor 6 goals) defeated Manly 8 (C. Hancock 2 tries) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sun, 3rd May.   Scrums: North Sydney 10-8.   Penalties: Manly 7-6.   Referee: Paul Simpkins.   Crowd: 11,612.
North Sydney: Seers, Roy, Florimo, Buettner, Dallas; Ikin, Taylor (C); Trindall, Leyshon, Larson, Muir, Fairleigh, Moore. Int: Stuart, Pethybridge, Reber, Morrison.
Manly: Phillips, Hunter, Torrens, Hopoate, Hancock; Toovey (C), Field; Tierney, Serdaris, Taylor, Menzies, Gartner, Kosef. Int: Olejnik, Lyons, Browne, Costelloe.
>  St George 20 (N. Blacklock, J. Lenihan, L. Murphy tries; W. Bartrim 4 goals) defeated South Sydney 14 (D. Burns, J. O'Neill tries; J. O'Neill 3 goals) at Kogarah Oval.
Date: Sun, 3rd May.   Scrums: South Sydney 7-5.   Penalties: 7-all.   Referee: Brian Grant.   Crowd: 5,083.
St George: Murphy, Blacklock, Coyne (C), Ainscough, Lenihan; Mundine, Rodwell; Pearson, Brown, Ward, Treacy, Thompson, Bartrim. Int: Felsch, Tangata-Toa, Hardy.
South Sydney: Brasher (C), O'Meara, Rodwell, Caruana, Howlett; O'Neill, Trindall; Francis, Peats, Hermansson, Schloss, Smith, Slattery. Int: Burns, Munro, Ostini, Peters.

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