Sydney Roosters 32–10 Gold Coast Chargers — Major Qualifying Final, 1997-arl NRL Finals Series
12 Sep 1997 · Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, NSW · Attendance: 10,466
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Major Qualifying Final, 1997-arl NRL finals series: Sydney Roosters 32–10 Gold Coast Chargers, at Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, NSW on 12 Sep 1997.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Sydney Roosters 16 of 32 points (16 short, roughly 4 further tries not attributable to a named player from the source).
Scorers
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Ivan Cleary (2) Goals: Ivan Cleary (4/8) |
| Gold Coast Chargers | Tries: Des Clark; Jason Nicol Goals: Darren Anderson (1/2) |
Team sheets
| Sydney Roosters | Gold Coast Chargers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Walker | Fullback | Andrew King | 1 |
| 2 | Robert Miles | Wing | Marcus Bai | 2 |
| 3 | Ivan Cleary | Centre | Graham Mackay (c) | 3 |
| 4 | Brandon Costin | Centre | Jason Nicol | 4 |
| 5 | Matt Sing | Wing | Darren Anderson | 5 |
| 6 | Brad Fittler (c) | Five-Eighth | Tom O'Reilly | 6 |
| 7 | Adrian Lam | Halfback | Wes Patten | 7 |
| 8 | David Barnhill | Prop | Martin Bella | 8 |
| 9 | Simon Bonetti | Hooker | Jamie Goddard | 9 |
| 10 | Terry Hermansson | Prop | Steve Parsons | 10 |
| 11 | Scott Gourley | Second Row | Scott Sattler | 11 |
| 12 | Luke Ricketson | Second Row | Des Clark | 12 |
| 13 | Nigel Gaffey | Lock | Jeremy Schloss | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Sean Garlick | Chris Nahi | 14 | |
| 15 | Shane Rigon | Clayton Maher | 15 | |
| 16 | Bryan Fletcher | Brett Plowman | 16 | |
| 17 | Nathan Wood | Damien Driscoll | 17 | |
| Phil Gould | Coach | Phil Economidis | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Paul McBlane |
Match report
Graham Mackay (Gold Coast) was sin-binned during the match.