Canberra Raiders 22–9 North Sydney Bears — Preliminary Final, 1994 NRL Finals Series
18 Sep 1994 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 41,941
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1994 NRL finals series: Canberra Raiders 22–9 North Sydney Bears, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 18 Sep 1994.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total North Sydney 8 of 9 points (1 point unaccounted, plausibly an unconfirmed field goal not attributable to any named player from the source).
Scorers
| Canberra Raiders | Tries: Mal Meninga; Brett Mullins; Noa Nadruku; Ken Nagas Goals: David Furner (3/4); Mal Meninga (0/2) |
| North Sydney Bears | Tries: Mark Soden Goals: Jason Taylor (2/2) |
Team sheets
| Canberra Raiders | North Sydney Bears | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Mullins | Fullback | Matt Seers | 1 |
| 2 | Ken Nagas | Wing | David Hall | 2 |
| 3 | Mal Meninga (c) | Centre | Ivan Cleary | 3 |
| 4 | Ruben Wiki | Centre | Chris Caruana | 4 |
| 5 | Noa Nadruku | Wing | Sean Hoppe | 5 |
| 6 | Laurie Daley | Five-Eighth | Greg Florimo | 6 |
| 7 | Ricky Stuart | Halfback | Jason Taylor (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Quentin Pongia | Prop | Tony Hearn | 8 |
| 9 | Steve Walters | Hooker | Mark Soden | 9 |
| 10 | John Lomax | Prop | Mario Fenech | 10 |
| 11 | Jason Croker | Second Row | Gary Larson | 11 |
| 12 | David Furner | Second Row | David Fairleigh | 12 |
| 13 | Bradley Clyde | Lock | Billy Moore | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Brett Hetherington | Craig Wilson | 14 | |
| 15 | David Westley | Gavin Jones | 15 | |
| 16 | David Boyle | Mat Toshack | 16 | |
| 17 | Jason Death | Noel Solomon | 17 | |
| Tim Sheens | Coach | Peter Louis | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Greg McCallum |
Match report
Halftime North Sydney led 7-6. John Lomax (Canberra) was sent off during the match.