1998 NRL Grand Final
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| Date | 27 September 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Moore Park, New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Clive Churchill Medal | Gorden Tallis (BRI) | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Bill Harrigan | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,857 | ||||||||||||
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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 Bulldogs, who had finished the regular season 9th (out of 20) to make a top-ten play-off grouping. 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 Bulldogs 10–12. However, the Broncos scored 28 unanswered points in the second half, winning 12–38 and equaling the second highest score for a team in grand final history.
The 1998 NRL season was the 91st season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the inaugural season of the newly formed National Rugby League (NRL). The 1998 Grand final's teams had played each other twice during the regular season, the Broncos winning both times. Also having won three of the past six grand finals compared with Canterbury's one meant Brisbane went into the match as unbackable favourites.
The 1998 Brisbane Broncos season was the eleventh in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Allan Langer, they started the season as defending Super League (Australia) premiers and posted their three biggest-ever wins in Rounds 5, 7 and 15 before finishing the regular season as minor premiers. After losing their first finals match, the Broncos won the next two to qualify for the grand final.
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