Cronulla-Sutherland 10–4 Canberra Raiders — Preliminary Final, 1997-sl NRL Finals Series
13 Sep 1997 · Shark Park (Endeavour Field), Woolooware, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 17,638
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1997-sl NRL finals series: Cronulla-Sutherland 10–4 Canberra Raiders, at Shark Park (Endeavour Field), Woolooware, Sydney, NSW on 13 Sep 1997.
Sourcing caveat: Canberra's recorded score of 4 points could not be attributed to any named player from the accessible source despite specific searching — an entire unnamed try, reported as an honest gap rather than a guess.
Scorers
| Cronulla-Sutherland | Tries: Mat Rogers Goals: Mat Rogers (3/4) |
| Canberra Raiders | Goals: Laurie Daley (0/1) |
Team sheets
| Cronulla-Sutherland | Canberra Raiders | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Peachey | Fullback | Ken Nagas | 1 |
| 2 | Mat Rogers | Wing | Noa Nadruku | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Ettingshausen (c) | Centre | Brett Mullins | 3 |
| 4 | Russell Richardson | Centre | David Boyle | 4 |
| 5 | Geoff Bell | Wing | Albert Fulivai | 5 |
| 6 | Mitch Healey | Five-Eighth | Laurie Daley | 6 |
| 7 | Paul Green | Halfback | Ricky Stuart (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Jason Stevens | Prop | Brett Hetherington | 8 |
| 9 | Dean Treister | Hooker | Luke Priddis | 9 |
| 10 | Danny Lee | Prop | Luke Davico | 10 |
| 11 | Chris McKenna | Second Row | Jason Burnham | 11 |
| 12 | Craig Greenhill | Second Row | Jason Croker | 12 |
| 13 | Tawera Nikau | Lock | Bradley Clyde | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Sean Ryan | Simon Woolford | 14 | |
| 15 | Les Davidson | Todd Payten | 15 | |
| 16 | Adam Dykes | Andrew McFadden | 16 | |
| 17 | Paul Donaghy | |||
| John Lang | Coach | Mal Meninga | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Bill Harrigan |
Match report
Halftime Cronulla 8-0. Match relocated to Shark Park.