Balmain Tigers 19–6 Manly-Warringah — Minor Preliminary Semi-Final, 1988 NRL Finals Series
20 Aug 1988 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 25,327
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Preliminary Semi-Final, 1988 NRL finals series: Balmain Tigers 19–6 Manly-Warringah, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 20 Aug 1988.
Scorers
| Balmain Tigers | Tries: Ellery Hanley (2); Gary Freeman Goals: Ross Conlon (3/4) Drop goals: Ben Elias |
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: David Ronson Goals: Michael O'Connor (1/1) |
Team sheets
| Balmain Tigers | Manly-Warringah | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garry Jack | Fullback | Dale Shearer | 1 |
| 17 | Russel Gartner | Wing | Stuart Davis | 2 |
| 3 | Ellery Hanley | Centre | Michael O'Connor | 3 |
| 4 | Michael Pobjie | Centre | Matt Burke | 4 |
| 5 | Ross Conlon | Wing | Jeremy Ticehurst | 5 |
| 6 | Michael Neil | Five-Eighth | Cliff Lyons | 6 |
| 7 | Gary Freeman | Halfback | Des Hasler | 7 |
| 8 | Wayne Pearce (c) | Lock | Paul Vautin (c) | 8 |
| 9 | David Brooks | Prop | Noel Cleal | 9 |
| 10 | Paul Sironen | Prop | Ian Gately | 15 |
| 23 | Kerry Hemsley | Second Row | Kevin Ward | 11 |
| 12 | Ben Elias | Hooker | Mal Cochrane | 12 |
| 13 | Bruce McGuire | Second Row | Phil Daley | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 19 | Steve Edmed | Glenn Ryan | 10 | |
| 18 | Kevin Hardwick | Geoff Toovey | 22 | |
| 20 | Paul Clarke | Mark Pocock | 28 | |
| David Ronson | 19 | |||
| Warren Ryan | Coach | Bob Fulton | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Mick Stone |