Canterbury-Bankstown 22–23 St George Illawarra — Qualifying Final, 2001 NRL Finals Series
8 Sep 2001 · Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW · Attendance: 17,975
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Final, 2001 NRL finals series: Canterbury-Bankstown 22–23 St George Illawarra, at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW on 8 Sep 2001.
Sourcing caveat: No try-scoring minutes were found for this fixture. Canterbury-Bankstown's sourced lineup has a genuine jersey-number duplicate: #12 appears both on starting second-rower Jamie Feeney and interchange player Willie Mason — reported exactly as sourced, not corrected. St George Illawarra similarly has #9 on both starting hooker Wayne Bartrim and interchange player Mark Riddell — also reported as sourced. The third try-scorer for Canterbury ("G. Hughes") is Glen Hughes, the interchange player — distinguished here from starting hooker Corey Hughes, who did not score.
Scorers
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Anasta; Anasta; G. Hughes Goals: El Masri (5/5 conversions) |
| St George Illawarra | Tries: Cooper; Cooper; Blacklock; Roberts Goals: Riddell (3/3 conversions); Bartrim (0/1 penalty goals) Drop goals: Peters |
Team sheets
| Canterbury-Bankstown | St George Illawarra | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Patten | Fullback | Amos Roberts | 1 |
| 2 | Hazem El Masri | Wing | Nathan Blacklock | 2 |
| 3 | Nigel Vagana | Centre | Mark Gasnier | 3 |
| 4 | Willie Talau | Centre | Paul McGregor | 4 |
| 5 | Shane Marteene | Wing | Matt Cooper | 5 |
| 6 | Braith Anasta | Five-Eighth | Trent Barrett (c) | 6 |
| 7 | Darrell Trindall | Halfback | Willie Peters | 7 |
| 8 | Darren Britt (c) | Prop | Chris Leikvoll | 8 |
| 9 | Corey Hughes | Hooker | Wayne Bartrim | 9 |
| 10 | Steve Price | Prop | Jason Ryles | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Reardon | Second Row | Darren Treacy | 11 |
| 12 | Jamie Feeney | Second Row | Andrew Hart | 12 |
| 13 | Darren Smith | Lock | Jason Hooper | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 12 | Willie Mason | Mark Riddell | 9 | |
| 15 | Glen Hughes | Luke Bailey | 15 | |
| 17 | Brent Sherwin | Jamie Fitzgerald | 17 | |
| 18 | Paul Rauhihi | Colin Ward | 19 | |
| Steve Folkes | Coach | Andrew Farrar | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Paul Simpkins |
Match report
A thriller decided by a single point — St George Illawarra's Willie Peters landed a field goal late to edge out the Bulldogs. Braith Anasta's double for Canterbury nearly won it, but the Dragons' four different try-scorers, including a young Mark Gasnier, proved just enough.