Canterbury-Bankstown 25–6 Canberra Raiders — Preliminary Final, 1995 NRL Finals Series
16 Sep 1995 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 36,894
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1995 NRL finals series: Canterbury-Bankstown 25–6 Canberra Raiders, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 16 Sep 1995.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Canterbury-Bankstown 20 of 25 points (5 short) and Canberra only 2 of 6 points from goals (4 short, roughly one further try) — not attributable to a named player from the source.
Scorers
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Simon Gillies (2); Brett Mullins Goals: Daryl Halligan (4/6) |
| Canberra Raiders | Goals: David Furner (1/3) |
Team sheets
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Canberra Raiders | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rod Silva | Fullback | Brett Mullins | 1 |
| 2 | Brett Dallas | Wing | Ken Nagas | 2 |
| 3 | John Timu | Centre | Jason Croker | 3 |
| 4 | Matthew Ryan | Centre | David Boyle (c) | 15 |
| 5 | Daryl Halligan | Wing | Noa Nadruku | 5 |
| 6 | Terry Lamb (c) | Five-Eighth | Laurie Daley | 6 |
| 7 | Craig Polla-Mounter | Halfback | Ricky Stuart | 7 |
| 8 | Darren Britt | Prop | David Westley | 8 |
| 9 | Jason Hetherington | Hooker | Steve Walters | 9 |
| 10 | Dean Pay | Prop | John Lomax | 10 |
| 11 | Robert Relf | Second Row | Brett Hetherington | 11 |
| 12 | Simon Gillies | Second Row | David Furner | 12 |
| 13 | Jim Dymock | Lock | Bradley Clyde | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 18 | Jason Williams | Ruben Wiki | 4 | |
| 25 | Jason Smith | Albert Fulivai | 16 | |
| 28 | Mitch Newton | Luke Davico | 18 | |
| Jason Death | 19 | |||
| Chris Anderson | Coach | Tim Sheens | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Eddie Ward |
Match report
Halftime 11-0 to Canterbury-Bankstown (Bulldogs). Simon Gillies was named man of the match. Rugby League Project's page for Canberra shows squad reshuffles mid-match (David Boyle and Albert Fulivai entering, Ruben Wiki moving to the bench, David Westley moving from the bench into the front row) — reported here as shown on the source rather than corrected.