St. George 36–16 Sydney Roosters — Semi-Final, 1996 NRL Finals Series
15 Sep 1996 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 37,858
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1996 NRL finals series: St. George 36–16 Sydney Roosters, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 15 Sep 1996.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total St. George 28 of 36 points (8 short, roughly 2 further tries not attributable to a named player from the source).
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Mark Bell (2); Adrian Brunker (2) Goals: Wayne Bartrim (6/8) |
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Darren Junee (2); Adrian Lam Goals: Ivan Cleary (2/3) |
Team sheets
| St. George | Sydney Roosters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Raper | Fullback | Ivan Cleary | 1 |
| 2 | Nick Zisti | Wing | Darren Junee | 2 |
| 3 | Mark Coyne (c) | Centre | Matt Sing | 3 |
| 4 | Mark Bell | Centre | Peter Clarke | 4 |
| 5 | Adrian Brunker | Wing | Peter Jorgensen | 5 |
| 6 | Anthony Mundine | Five-Eighth | Andrew Walker | 6 |
| 7 | Noel Goldthorpe | Halfback | Adrian Lam | 7 |
| 8 | Troy Stone | Prop | Julian Troy | 8 |
| 9 | Nathan Brown | Hooker | Sean Garlick (c) | 9 |
| 10 | Luke Felsch | Prop | Jimmy Smith | 10 |
| 11 | Jeff Hardy | Second Row | Luke Ricketson | 11 |
| 12 | Scott Gourley | Second Row | Tony Iro | 12 |
| 13 | Wayne Bartrim | Lock | Brad Fittler | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Kevin Campion | Shane Millard | 14 | |
| 15 | Lance Thompson | Paul Dunn | 15 | |
| 16 | Colin Ward | Shane Rigon | 16 | |
| 17 | Chris Quinn | Scott Logan | 17 | |
| David Waite | Coach | Phil Gould | ||
Match officials
| Referee | David Manson |