Bennett Oval

Whyalla, South Australia, Australia

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Bennett Oval, Whyalla, Australia — opened unknown, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of shared home of several Whyalla Football League (Australian rules) clubs; no rugby league tenant.

Ground facts

Openedunknown (Capacity (8,000) is single-sourced to a stadium database. The commonly cited reason for relocating this NRL fixture to Whyalla -- that BHP, Whyalla's dominant employer, was also a major sponsor of the visiting Illawarra Steelers, based at BHP's Port Kembla steelworks -- appears on only one source and could not be independently corroborated, though it is disclosed as the commonly stated explanation.)
Home clubshared home of several Whyalla Football League (Australian rules) clubs; no rugby league tenant
Games hosted (rugby league, on record)1
Top recorded crowd5,153
Capacity8,000
Floodlights installedyes
Surfacegrass
Years used1998
LocationWhyalla, South Australia

Name history

    Rugby league history

    Bennett Oval, a suburban ground in Whyalla Stuart primarily used for Australian rules football, hosted a relocated NRL home game for the Adelaide Rams on 20 June 1998, reportedly chosen partly due to a shared employer/sponsor link between Whyalla's BHP steelworks and the visiting Illawarra Steelers. Illawarra won 39-4 before a crowd of 5,153.

    Sources

    Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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