Penrith Panthers 30–12 Canberra Raiders — Major Semi-Final, 1990 NRL Finals Series
9 Sep 1990 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 35,263
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Major Semi-Final, 1990 NRL finals series: Penrith Panthers 30–12 Canberra Raiders, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 9 Sep 1990.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Penrith 22 of 30 points (8 short, roughly 2 further tries). An earlier, less reliable extraction pass suggested Brad Fittler and Royce Simmons also scored tries, which would balance the score exactly — but this could not be confirmed on repeated strict re-checks of the raw scoring table, so it is not reported as fact.
Scorers
| Penrith Panthers | Tries: Greg Alexander (2) Goals: Greg Alexander (7/7) |
| Canberra Raiders | Tries: Laurie Daley; Glenn Lazarus Goals: Mal Meninga (2/3) |
Team sheets
| Penrith Panthers | Canberra Raiders | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Greene | Fullback | Gary Belcher | 1 |
| 2 | Alan McIndoe | Wing | Paul Martin | 2 |
| 3 | Brad Fittler | Centre | Mal Meninga (c) | 3 |
| 4 | Col Bentley | Centre | Phil Carey | 4 |
| 5 | Paul Smith | Wing | John Ferguson | 5 |
| 6 | Brad Izzard | Five-Eighth | Chris O'Sullivan | 6 |
| 7 | Greg Alexander | Halfback | Ricky Stuart | 7 |
| 8 | Paul Clarke | Prop | Brent Todd | 8 |
| 9 | Royce Simmons (c) | Hooker | Steve Walters | 9 |
| 10 | Barry Walker | Prop | Glenn Lazarus | 10 |
| 11 | Mark Geyer | Second Row | Dean Lance | 11 |
| 12 | John Cartwright | Second Row | Gary Coyne | 12 |
| 13 | Chris Mortimer | Lock | Laurie Daley | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Steve Carter | Nigel Gaffey | 14 | |
| 15 | Joe Vitanza | Matthew Wood | 15 | |
| 16 | Rod McNeill | Wayne Collins | 16 | |
| Dave Woods | 17 | |||
| Phil Gould | Coach | Tim Sheens | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Greg McCallum |
Match report
Col Bentley (Penrith) was sin-binned during the match.