Canberra Raiders 17–4 Manly-Warringah — Minor Preliminary Semi-Final, 1998 NRL Finals Series
28 Aug 1998 · Bruce Stadium, Bruce, ACT · Attendance: 15,953
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Preliminary Semi-Final, 1998 NRL finals series: Canberra Raiders 17–4 Manly-Warringah, at Bruce Stadium, Bruce, ACT on 28 Aug 1998.
Sourcing caveat: Canberra's score (17) is 1 point higher than the sum of its 3 named tries and David Furner's 2/4 goals (16) — a single point can only come from a field goal, not a missing try, but no source could confirm who kicked it, so it is recorded as an unconfirmed drop-goal entry rather than silently omitted or guessed as Furner's.
Scorers
| Canberra Raiders | Tries: Costin; Mullins; Payten Goals: Furner (2/4 conversions) Drop goals: Drop goal scorer unconfirmed — a Ricky Stuart field goal is the strongest circumstantial fit (his only field goal of the entire 1998 season, and he played this match), but no source explicitly places it in this game |
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Hill Goals: Phillips (0/1 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Canberra Raiders | Manly-Warringah | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Mullins | Fullback | Luke Phillips | 1 |
| 2 | Geoff McNamara | Wing | Albert Torrens | 2 |
| 3 | Brandon Costin | Centre | John Hopoate | 3 |
| 4 | Ruben Wiki | Centre | Terry Hill | 4 |
| 5 | Lesley Vainikolo | Wing | Alf Duncan | 5 |
| 6 | Mark McLinden | Five-Eighth | Craig Field | 6 |
| 7 | Ricky Stuart | Halfback | Geoff Toovey (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Luke Davico | Prop | Daniel Gartner | 8 |
| 9 | Simon Woolford | Hooker | Anthony Colella | 9 |
| 10 | Anthony Brann | Prop | Jim Serdaris | 10 |
| 11 | Brett Hetherington | Second Row | Steve Menzies | 11 |
| 12 | David Furner (c) | Second Row | Nik Kosef | 12 |
| 13 | Bradley Clyde | Lock | Cliff Lyons | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Luke Priddis | Adam Peters | 14 | |
| 15 | Todd Payten | Craig Hancock | 15 | |
| 16 | David Atkins | Andrew Hunter | 16 | |
| 17 | Albert Fulivai | Jamie Olejnik | 17 | |
| Mal Meninga | Coach | Bob Fulton | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Bill Harrigan |
Match report
Canberra opened the 1998 finals series — the unique one-off 10-team "Final Ten" format necessitated by the post-Super League War 20-team competition — with a home win over Manly-Warringah, eliminating Bob Fulton's side in the first of the tournament's two Minor Preliminary Semi-Finals.