Canterbury-Bankstown 28–16 Newcastle Knights — Elimination Preliminary Final, 1998 NRL Finals Series
12 Sep 1998 · Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 24,449
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Preliminary Final, 1998 NRL finals series: Canterbury-Bankstown 28–16 Newcastle Knights, at Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW on 12 Sep 1998.
Sourcing caveat: Canterbury started Glen Hughes at five-eighth in place of Craig Polla-Mounter for this match. Both teams' try/goal counts fully reconcile with the final score.
Scorers
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Britt; C. Hughes; G. Hughes; Silva Goals: Halligan (6/6 conversions) |
| Newcastle Knights | Tries: Grogan; M. Hughes; Moodie Goals: A. Johns (2/3 conversions) Sin bin: Peter Shiels — sin-binned for 10 minutes (reason not stated in source) |
Team sheets
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Newcastle Knights | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rod Silva | Fullback | Mark Hughes | 1 |
| 2 | Gavin Lester | Wing | Jason Moodie | 2 |
| 3 | Willie Talau | Centre | Matthew Gidley | 3 |
| 4 | Shane Marteene | Centre | Brett Grogan | 4 |
| 5 | Daryl Halligan | Wing | Sean Rudder | 5 |
| 6 | Glen Hughes | Five-Eighth | Matthew Johns (c) | 6 |
| 7 | Corey Hughes | Halfback | Andrew Johns | 7 |
| 8 | Darren Britt (c) | Prop | Tony Butterfield | 8 |
| 9 | Jason Hetherington | Hooker | Danny Buderus | 9 |
| 10 | Barry Ward | Prop | Glenn Grief | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Price | Second Row | Neil Piccinelli | 11 |
| 12 | Robert Relf | Second Row | Peter Shiels | 12 |
| 13 | Travis Norton | Lock | Bill Peden | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | David Thompson | Troy Fletcher | 14 | |
| 15 | Troy Stone | Paul Harragon | 15 | |
| 16 | Matthew Ryan | Lee Jackson | 16 | |
| 17 | Steve Reardon | David Lomax | 17 | |
| Steve Folkes | Coach | Malcolm Reilly | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Clark |
Match report
Canterbury eliminated Newcastle to advance to the Preliminary Final, ending Andrew Johns's Knights campaign one win short of a Grand Final berth.