Melbourne Storm 18–16 Parramatta Eels — Preliminary Final, 1999 NRL Finals Series
18 Sep 1999 · Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 27,555
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1999 NRL finals series: Melbourne Storm 18–16 Parramatta Eels, at Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW on 18 Sep 1999.
Sourcing caveat: Try-scoring minutes were not found for this fixture. Clinton Schifcofske's Parramatta kicking (4/5 successful) is shown as 2 conversions + 2 penalty goals — the only split consistent with Parramatta's 2 tries (which allow at most 2 conversion attempts), deduced from arithmetic rather than directly sourced.
Scorers
| Melbourne Storm | Tries: Kimmorley; Moule; Swain Goals: Smith (3/3 conversions) |
| Parramatta Eels | Tries: Kelly; Wagon Goals: Schifcofske (2/2 conversions, 2/3 penalty goals) |
Team sheets
| Melbourne Storm | Parramatta Eels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie Ross | Fullback | Clinton Schifcofske | 1 |
| 2 | Craig Smith | Wing | Daniel Wagon | 2 |
| 3 | Aaron Moule | Centre | David Kidwell | 3 |
| 4 | Tony Martin | Centre | Stuart Kelly | 4 |
| 5 | Marcus Bai | Wing | Luke Burt | 5 |
| 6 | Matt Geyer | Five-Eighth | Jim Dymock | 6 |
| 7 | Brett Kimmorley | Halfback | David Penna | 7 |
| 8 | Glenn Lazarus (c) | Prop | Dean Pay (c) | 8 |
| 9 | Richard Swain | Hooker | Dean Schifilliti | 9 |
| 10 | Rodney Howe | Prop | Michael Vella | 10 |
| 11 | Paul Marquet | Second Row | Nathan Hindmarsh | 11 |
| 12 | Stephen Kearney | Second Row | Jarrod McCracken | 12 |
| 13 | Tawera Nikau | Lock | Jason Smith | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Matt Rua | Dennis Moran | 14 | |
| 16 | Russell Bawden | Mark Tookey | 15 | |
| 18 | Ben Roarty | Nathan Cayless | 16 | |
| 19 | Danny Williams | David Vaealiki | 18 | |
| Chris Anderson | Coach | Brian Smith | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Bill Harrigan |
Match report
A tight, low-scoring arm-wrestle decided by two points, with tries to Brett Kimmorley, Aaron Moule and Richard Swain proving just enough for Melbourne to see off Parramatta and reach their first-ever Grand Final in only the club's second season.