1986 NSWRL Season — Final Regular-Season Ladder
13 teams, 24 rounds. Competition points: 2 for a win, 1 for a draw, plus points for byes (each team had 2 byes worth 2 points each). Balmain and North Sydney (5th/6th) and Canberra and Western Suburbs (11th/12th) were tied on competition points; ranked here by points difference/percentage per Wikipedia's ordering. Grand Final: Parramatta defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 4-2 (the 'try-less' Grand Final); Parramatta were also minor premiers.
Ladder
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parramatta | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 446 | 280 | +166 | 37 |
| 2 | South Sydney | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 353 | 318 | +35 | 36 |
| 3 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 428 | 264 | +164 | 35 |
| 4 | Manly-Warringah | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 476 | 379 | +97 | 33 |
| 5 | Balmain | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 403 | 387 | +16 | 30 |
| 6 | North Sydney | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 362 | 416 | -54 | 30 |
| 7 | St. George | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 360 | 402 | -42 | 29 |
| 8 | Penrith | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 446 | 394 | +52 | 27 |
| 9 | Eastern Suburbs | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 334 | 364 | -30 | 24 |
| 10 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 310 | 464 | -154 | 23 |
| 11 | Canberra | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 391 | 413 | -22 | 21 |
| 12 | Western Suburbs | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 372 | 538 | -166 | 21 |
| 13 | Illawarra Steelers | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 310 | 372 | -62 | 18 |
Qualified for the finals series — top 5 (“final five”) that season.
Finals series
Playoff
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 1986 | Balmain Tigers 14–7 North Sydney Bears | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 10,788 |
Minor Preliminary Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 1986 | Balmain Tigers 29–22 Manly-Warringah | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 17,597 |
Major Preliminary Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 1986 | Canterbury-Bankstown 16–2 South Sydney Rabbitohs | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 24,573 |
Minor Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 1986 | Balmain Tigers 36–11 South Sydney Rabbitohs | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 27,035 |
Major Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 1986 | Parramatta Eels 28–6 Canterbury-Bankstown | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 32,499 |
Preliminary Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Sep 1986 | Canterbury-Bankstown 28–16 Balmain Tigers | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 32,341 |
Grand Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 1986 | Parramatta Eels 4–2 Canterbury-Bankstown | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW |
Full Grand Final page (Clive Churchill Medal, match context, sources) →
Sources
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