Manly-Warringah 27–12 Newcastle Knights — Major Qualifying Final, 1997-arl NRL Finals Series
14 Sep 1997 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 26,531
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Major Qualifying Final, 1997-arl NRL finals series: Manly-Warringah 27–12 Newcastle Knights, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 14 Sep 1997.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Manly 22 of 27 points (5 short, plausibly one further try plus a field goal) and Newcastle 8 of 12 points (4 short, one further try) — both recorded as unattributed rather than guessed.
Scorers
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Terry Hill (2); John Hopoate (2) Goals: Shannon Nevin (3/5) |
| Newcastle Knights | Tries: Owen Craigie Goals: Leo Dynevor (2/3) |
Team sheets
| Manly-Warringah | Newcastle Knights | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shannon Nevin | Fullback | Mark Hughes | 1 |
| 2 | Danny Moore | Wing | Darren Albert | 2 |
| 3 | Craig Innes | Centre | Brett Grogan | 3 |
| 4 | Terry Hill | Centre | Owen Craigie | 4 |
| 5 | John Hopoate | Wing | Adam MacDougall | 5 |
| 6 | Nik Kosef | Five-Eighth | Matthew Johns | 6 |
| 7 | Geoff Toovey (c) | Halfback | Leo Dynevor | 7 |
| 8 | David Gillespie | Prop | Tony Butterfield | 8 |
| 9 | Jim Serdaris | Hooker | Brett Clements | 9 |
| 10 | Mark Carroll | Prop | Paul Harragon (c) | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Menzies | Second Row | Bill Peden | 11 |
| 12 | Daniel Gartner | Second Row | Adam Muir | 12 |
| 13 | Anthony Colella | Lock | Marc Glanville | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Scott Fulton | Wayne Richards | 14 | |
| 15 | Cliff Lyons | Troy Fletcher | 15 | |
| 16 | Neil Tierney | Lee Jackson | 16 | |
| 17 | Craig Field | Evan Cochrane | 17 | |
| Bob Fulton | Coach | Malcolm Reilly | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Kelvin Jeffes |