1998 Canterbury Bulldogs season
Rugby league team season
1998 Canterbury Bulldogs season
The 1998 Canterbury Bulldogs season was the 64th in the club 's history. Coached by Steve Folkes and captained by Simon Gillies then Darren Britt , they competed in the 1998 NRL season 's, finishing the regular season 9th (out of 20) to make a top-ten play-off grouping before reaching the grand final which they lost to the Brisbane Broncos .
Match results
1998 Season Results
Round
Opponent
Result
Bulldogs
Opposition
Date
Venue
Crowd
1
Canberra Raiders Win
20
10
15 March
Belmore Sports Ground 8,453
2
Brisbane Broncos Loss
12
20
22 March
Belmore Sports Ground 10,962
3
Adelaide Rams Loss
20
22
27 March
Adelaide Oval 8,390
4
Balmain Tigers Loss
10
24
5 April
Belmore Sports Ground 10,152
5
Parramatta Eels Loss
14
22
11 April
Parramatta Stadium 14,012
6
Gold Coast Chargers Win
56
10
19 April
Belmore Sports Ground 5,179
7
Balmain Tigers Win
26
10
25 April
Leichhardt Oval 18,485
8
Adelaide Rams Win
38
4
3 May
Belmore Sports Ground 5,041
9
North Queensland Cowboys Win
24
18
9 May
Dairy Farmers Stadium 15,288
10
Auckland Warriors Loss
6
20
16 May
Belmore Sports Ground 5,224
11
Brisbane Broncos Loss
12
40
24 May
ANZ Stadium QLD15,407
12
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win
28
2
31 May
Belmore Sports Ground 10,152
13
North Sydney Bears Loss
4
38
7 June
Belmore Sports Ground 9,427
14
Newcastle Knights Loss
4
12
14 March
EnergyAustralia Stadium 21,717
15
Sydney City Roosters Win
22
10
21 June
Belmore Sports Ground 8,926
16
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Loss
6
28
27 June
Toyota Park 10,243
17
South Sydney Rabbitohs Won
30
8
4 July
Sydney Football Stadium 5,822
18
Canberra Raiders Win
22
20
12 July
Canberra Stadium 9,610
19
Parramatta Eels Loss
6
7
18 July
Belmore Sports Ground 9,541
20
Penrith Panthers Loss
18
26
26 May
Penrith Stadium 6,404
21
Western Suburbs Magpies Win
56
14
2 August
Belmore Sports Ground 6,125
22
St. George Dragons Win
28
16
9 August
OKI Jubilee Stadium 10,739
23
Melbourne Storm Win
8
4
15 August
Belmore Sports Ground 11,179
24
Illawarra Steelers Win
25
24
23 August
WIN Stadium 13,106
Minor Semi Final
St. George Dragons Win
20
12
29 August
OKI Jubilee Stadium 16,833
Semi Final
North Sydney Bears Win
23
2
2 September
North Sydney Oval 18,718
1st Preliminary Final
Newcastle Knights Win
28
16
12 September
Sydney Football Stadium 24,449
1st Grand Final Qualifier
Parramatta Eels Win
32
20
20 September
Sydney Football Stadium 36,841
GRAND FINAL
Brisbane Broncos Loss
12
38
27 September
Sydney Football Stadium 40,857
Grand final
The 1998 NRL grand final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 1998 NRL season. It was the first grand final of the re-unified National Rugby League and featured minor premiers and the previous year's Super League premiers, the Brisbane Broncos against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs . It was to be the first grand final under the National Rugby League partnership's administration and the last to be played at the Sydney Football Stadium . It was also the first time these two sides had met in a grand final.
Brisbane scored first but by half time trailed the Canterbury side 10–12. However, the Brisbane club scored 28 unanswered points in the second half, winning 12–38 and equaling the second highest score for a team in grand final history.
See also
References
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