Canterbury-Bankstown 26–0 Parramatta Eels — Preliminary Final, 1985 NRL Finals Series
22 Sep 1985 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 34,915
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1985 NRL finals series: Canterbury-Bankstown 26–0 Parramatta Eels, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 22 Sep 1985.
Scorers
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Matthew Callinan (2); David Gillespie; Billy Johnstone; Peter Tunks Goals: Andrew Farrar (3/6) |
| Parramatta Eels | No scorers recorded. |
Team sheets
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Parramatta Eels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Potter | Fullback | Paul Taylor | 1 |
| 2 | Matthew Callinan | Wing | David Liddiard | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Farrar | Centre | Michael Cronin | 3 |
| 4 | Chris Mortimer | Centre | Steve Ella | 4 |
| 5 | Peter Mortimer | Wing | Eric Grothe | 5 |
| 6 | Michael Hagan | Five-Eighth | Brett Kenny | 6 |
| 7 | Steve Mortimer (c) | Halfback | Peter Sterling | 7 |
| 8 | Paul Langmack | Lock | Ray Price (c) | 8 |
| 9 | Brian Battese | Prop | Mark Laurie | 9 |
| 10 | Steve Folkes | Prop | Peter Wynn | 10 |
| 11 | Peter Kelly | Second Row | Steve Sharp | 11 |
| 12 | Billy Johnstone | Hooker | Michael Moseley | 12 |
| 13 | Peter Tunks | Second Row | Stan Jurd | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 15 | David Gillespie | Ron Quinn | 19 | |
| 17 | Mark Bugden | Peter Ford | 49 | |
| 19 | Phil Sigsworth | Neil Hunt | 50 | |
| 26 | Darryl Brohman | |||
| Warren Ryan | Coach | John Monie | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Kevin Roberts |
Match report
Matthew Callinan and David Gillespie both scored off the bench for Canterbury-Bankstown.