Canberra Raiders 34–26 Manly-Warringah — Minor Semi-Final, 1991 NRL Finals Series
7 Sep 1991 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 34,707
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Semi-Final, 1991 NRL finals series: Canberra Raiders 34–26 Manly-Warringah, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 7 Sep 1991.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Canberra 26 of 34 points (8 short, roughly 2 further tries) and Manly 18 of 26 points (8 short, roughly 2 further tries) — both not attributable to a named player on the source.
Scorers
| Canberra Raiders | Tries: Gary Coyne (4) Goals: Mal Meninga (3/4); Matthew Wood (2/2) |
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Kevin Iro (2) Goals: Matthew Ridge (5/5) |
Team sheets
| Canberra Raiders | Manly-Warringah | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Belcher | Fullback | Matthew Ridge | 1 |
| 2 | Paul Martin | Wing | Craig Hancock | 2 |
| 3 | Mal Meninga (c) | Centre | Kevin Iro | 3 |
| 4 | Mark Bell | Centre | Darrell Williams | 14 |
| 41 | Matthew Wood | Wing | Frank Stokes | 5 |
| 6 | Laurie Daley | Five-Eighth | Cliff Lyons (c) | 6 |
| 7 | Ricky Stuart | Halfback | Geoff Toovey | 7 |
| 8 | Brent Todd | Prop | Martin Bella | 8 |
| 9 | Steve Walters | Hooker | Danny Russell | 9 |
| 40 | Glenn Lazarus | Prop | David Hosking | 10 |
| 11 | David Barnhill | Second Row | John Jones | 11 |
| 12 | Gary Coyne | Second Row | Matt Dunford | 12 |
| 13 | Bradley Clyde | Lock | Owen Cunningham | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 10 | Darren Fritz | David Ronson | 16 | |
| 15 | Darrell McDonald | Jon Grieve | 22 | |
| 20 | Jason Gregory | Chris White | 25 | |
| 22 | Brett Boyd | |||
| Tim Sheens | Coach | Graham Lowe | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Bill Harrigan |
Match report
Halftime 18-14. Mark Bell (Canberra) was sin-binned during the match. Cliff Lyons was named player of the match.