Australian Rugby League season 1995
| 1995 Australian Rugby League | |
|---|---|
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| Teams | 20 |
| Premiers |
 Sydney Bulldogs (7th title) |
| Minor premiers |
 Manly-Warringah (7th title) |
| Matches played | 229 |
| Points scored | 5370 |
| Attendance | 3352927 |
| Top points scorer(s) |
Matthew Ridge (257) |
| Player of the year |
 Paul Green (Rothmans Medal) |
| Top try-scorer(s) |
Steve Menzies (22) |
The 1995 ARL premiership was the 88th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the first to be run by the Australian Rugby League following the hand-over of the Premiership's administration by the New South Wales Rugby League. For the first time since the 1988 NSWRL season, the Premiership expanded again, with the addition of four new clubs from North Queensland, Western Australia, South Queensland and Auckland. This saw a total of twenty teams, the largest number in the League's history, compete during the regular season for the J J Giltinan Shield, which was followed by a series of play-off finals between the top eight teams that culminated in a grand final for the Winfield Cup between the newly re-branded Sydney Bulldogs and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
The 1995 season also saw the first major consequences of the Super League war, with the ARL's refusal to select for participation in State of Origin or Australia national team matches any players from the eight clubs (which included every club that had won the premiership since 1988) aligned with News Ltd's proposed Super League.
1995 would prove to be a year of massive change for the League. In addition to the introduction of four new teams, it was the last year of the permiership's association with Rothmans and the Winfield brand and consequently the final year that clubs competed for the Winfield Cup.
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