Manly-Warringah 16–0 Balmain Tigers — Minor Preliminary Semi-Final, 1990 NRL Finals Series
1 Sep 1990 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 30,965
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Preliminary Semi-Final, 1990 NRL finals series: Manly-Warringah 16–0 Balmain Tigers, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 1 Sep 1990.
Scorers
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Tony Iro; Cliff Lyons; Geoff Toovey Goals: Matthew Ridge (2/4) |
| Balmain Tigers | Goals: David Brooks (0/2) |
Team sheets
| Manly-Warringah | Balmain Tigers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Ridge | Fullback | Garry Jack | 1 |
| 2 | David Liddiard | Wing | Clint Robinson | 2 |
| 3 | Darrell Williams | Centre | Tim Brasher | 3 |
| 4 | Michael O'Connor (c) | Centre | Steve Benkic | 14 |
| 5 | Tony Iro | Wing | Steve O'Brien | 5 |
| 6 | Cliff Lyons | Five-Eighth | Matt Parish | 6 |
| 7 | Geoff Toovey | Halfback | Gary Freeman | 7 |
| 8 | Martin Bella | Prop | Steve Roach | 8 |
| 9 | David O'Donnell | Hooker | Ben Elias | 9 |
| 21 | David Hosking | Prop | Bruce McGuire | 12 |
| 11 | John Jones | Second Row | Paul Sironen | 11 |
| 12 | Ian Roberts | Second Row | David Brooks | 20 |
| 13 | Des Hasler | Lock | Wayne Pearce (c) | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 10 | Adrian Shelford | James Grant | 4 | |
| 16 | David Ronson | John Elias | 19 | |
| 17 | Paul Smith | Gary McFarlane | 21 | |
| 18 | Owen Cunningham | |||
| Graham Lowe | Coach | Warren Ryan | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Bill Harrigan |
Match report
Halftime 8-0 to Manly. Several Balmain starters wore jersey numbers outside the standard 1-13 range (14, 20) on Rugby League Project's page — reported as shown.