Illawarra Steelers 18–16 St. George — Major Preliminary Semi-Final, 1992 NRL Finals Series
5 Sep 1992 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 28,521
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Major Preliminary Semi-Final, 1992 NRL finals series: Illawarra Steelers 18–16 St. George, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 5 Sep 1992.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Illawarra 14 of 18 points (4 short, one further try). St. George's try-scoring is genuinely ambiguous in the source: one extraction pass credited Michael Beattie and Ian Herron, a second strict pass showed both with blank tries cells (only Herron's goals confirmed) — the discrepancy is reported honestly as unresolved rather than asserting either version as fact.
Scorers
| Illawarra Steelers | Tries: Alan McIndoe (2) Goals: Rod Wishart (3/4) |
| St. George | Goals: Ian Herron (2/4) |
Team sheets
| Illawarra Steelers | St. George | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Riolo | Fullback | Michael Potter | 1 |
| 2 | Rod Wishart | Wing | Ricky Walford | 2 |
| 3 | Brett Rodwell | Centre | Mark Coyne | 3 |
| 4 | Paul McGregor | Centre | Michael Beattie (c) | 4 |
| 5 | Alan McIndoe | Wing | Ian Herron | 5 |
| 6 | John Simon | Five-Eighth | Peter Coyne | 6 |
| 7 | Michael Neil | Halfback | Ivan Henjak | 7 |
| 8 | Steve Waddell | Prop | Tony Priddle | 8 |
| 9 | Dean Schifilliti (c) | Hooker | Wayne Collins | 9 |
| 10 | Craig Teitzel | Prop | Sean McVean | 48 |
| 11 | Bill Dunn | Second Row | David Barnhill | 11 |
| 12 | Neil Piccinelli | Second Row | Scott Gourley | 12 |
| 13 | John Cross | Lock | Brad Mackay | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 40 | David Walsh | Neil Tierney | 10 | |
| 21 | Craig Izzard | Tony Smith | 41 | |
| 15 | Ryan Girdler | Matthew Elliott | 49 | |
| Jeff Hardy | 40 | |||
| Graham Murray | Coach | Brian Smith | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Graham Annesley |
Match report
Halftime Illawarra 12-6.