St George Dragons 12–20 Canterbury-Bankstown — Minor Preliminary Semi-Final, 1998 NRL Finals Series
29 Aug 1998 · Jubilee Oval, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 16,833
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Preliminary Semi-Final, 1998 NRL finals series: St George Dragons 12–20 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Jubilee Oval, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW on 29 Aug 1998.
Sourcing caveat: St George competed as a standalone club in 1998 (the St George Illawarra Dragons merger took effect for 1999) — recorded under the canonical string "St George Dragons" for this now-defunct standalone entity.
Scorers
| St George Dragons | Tries: Blacklock; Treacy Goals: Murphy (2/2 conversions) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Halligan; Marteene; Silva Goals: Halligan (4/5 conversions) |
Team sheets
| St George Dragons | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Murphy | Fullback | Rod Silva | 1 |
| 2 | Jim Lenihan | Wing | Gavin Lester | 2 |
| 3 | Adrian Brunker | Centre | Willie Talau | 3 |
| 4 | Mark Coyne (c) | Centre | Shane Marteene | 4 |
| 5 | Nathan Blacklock | Wing | Daryl Halligan | 5 |
| 6 | Anthony Mundine | Five-Eighth | Craig Polla-Mounter | 6 |
| 7 | Matthew Rodwell | Halfback | Corey Hughes | 7 |
| 8 | Corey Pearson | Prop | Darren Britt (c) | 8 |
| 9 | Nathan Brown | Hooker | Jason Hetherington | 9 |
| 10 | Luke Felsch | Prop | Barry Ward | 10 |
| 11 | Darren Treacy | Second Row | Steve Price | 11 |
| 12 | Lance Thompson | Second Row | Robert Relf | 12 |
| 13 | Jeff Hardy | Lock | Travis Norton | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Colin Ward | Glen Hughes | 14 | |
| 15 | Ben Kusto | Troy Stone | 15 | |
| 16 | Robbie Simpson | Tony Grimaldi | 16 | |
| 17 | Joel Caine | David Thompson | 17 | |
| David Waite | Coach | Steve Folkes | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Clark |
Match report
Canterbury-Bankstown travelled to Kogarah and eliminated a St George Dragons side featuring a young Anthony Mundine, in what was the standalone Dragons' penultimate finals campaign before their 1999 merger with Illawarra.