Newcastle Knights 19–18 Cronulla-Sutherland — Semi-Final, 1995 NRL Finals Series
9 Sep 1995 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 26,061
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1995 NRL finals series: Newcastle Knights 19–18 Cronulla-Sutherland, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 9 Sep 1995.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Newcastle 14 of 19 points (5 short) and Cronulla only 6 of 18 points (12 short, roughly 3 tries) — no try-scorer name surfaced at all for Cronulla in the accessible source despite the team clearly scoring multiple tries, so the remainder is recorded as unattributed rather than guessed.
Scorers
| Newcastle Knights | Tries: Adam Muir (2) Goals: Andrew Johns (3/4) |
| Cronulla-Sutherland | Goals: Mat Rogers (2/4); Mitch Healey (1/1) |
Team sheets
| Newcastle Knights | Cronulla-Sutherland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie Ross | Fullback | Ben Sammut | 1 |
| 2 | Robbie O'Davis | Wing | Mat Rogers | 2 |
| 3 | Jamie Ainscough | Centre | Andrew Ettingshausen (c) | 3 |
| 4 | Brett Grogan | Centre | Allan Bateman | 4 |
| 5 | Tony Herman | Wing | Richie Barnett | 5 |
| 6 | Matthew Johns | Five-Eighth | Mitch Healey | 6 |
| 7 | Andrew Johns | Halfback | Paul Green | 7 |
| 8 | Tony Butterfield | Prop | Danny Lee | 8 |
| 9 | Robbie McCormack | Hooker | Aaron Raper | 9 |
| 10 | Paul Harragon (c) | Prop | Les Davidson | 10 |
| 11 | Paul Marquet | Second Row | Craig Greenhill | 11 |
| 12 | Adam Muir | Second Row | Sean Ryan | 12 |
| 13 | Darren Treacy | Lock | Tawera Nikau | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Bill Peden | Adam Ritson | 14 | |
| 15 | Michael Eagar | Nathan Long | 15 | |
| 16 | Ashley Gordon | Robbie Kearns | 16 | |
| Geoff Bell | 17 | |||
| Malcolm Reilly | Coach | John Lang | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Eddie Ward |
Match report
Halftime Knights 6-12 Sharks. Adam Muir was named man of the match. Newcastle advanced to face Manly-Warringah; Cronulla's season ended.