Manly-Warringah 17–16 Sydney Roosters — Preliminary Final, 1997-arl NRL Finals Series
21 Sep 1997 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 30,794
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1997-arl NRL finals series: Manly-Warringah 17–16 Sydney Roosters, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 21 Sep 1997.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Manly 16 of 17 points (1 point unaccounted, plausibly an unconfirmed field goal not attributable to a named player from the source).
Scorers
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Craig Innes (2) Goals: Shannon Nevin (4/5) |
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Jack Elsegood (2); Scott Gourley Goals: Ivan Cleary (2/3) |
Team sheets
| Manly-Warringah | Sydney Roosters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shannon Nevin | Fullback | Andrew Walker | 1 |
| 2 | Danny Moore | Wing | Jack Elsegood | 2 |
| 3 | Craig Innes | Centre | Ivan Cleary | 3 |
| 4 | Terry Hill | Centre | Shane Rigon | 4 |
| 5 | John Hopoate | Wing | Matt Sing | 5 |
| 6 | Geoff Toovey (c) | Five-Eighth | Brad Fittler (c) | 6 |
| 7 | Craig Field | Halfback | Adrian Lam | 7 |
| 8 | David Gillespie | Prop | David Barnhill | 8 |
| 9 | Jim Serdaris | Hooker | Sean Garlick | 9 |
| 10 | Mark Carroll | Prop | Terry Hermansson | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Menzies | Second Row | Scott Gourley | 11 |
| 12 | Daniel Gartner | Second Row | Luke Ricketson | 12 |
| 13 | Anthony Colella | Lock | Nigel Gaffey | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Cliff Lyons | Simon Bonetti | 14 | |
| 15 | Neil Tierney | Bryan Fletcher | 15 | |
| Nathan Wood | 16 | |||
| Dale Shearer | 17 | |||
| Bob Fulton | Coach | Phil Gould | ||
Match officials
| Referee | David Manson |