1999 Melbourne Storm season
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The 1999 Melbourne Storm
season was the 2nd in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League
's 1999 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 3rd (out of 17). Melbourne then reached the grand final
and defeated the St George Illawarra Dragons
, claiming their first premiership.
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| Rd
| Home/Away
| Opponent
| Score
| Ground1
| Date
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 1
| Home
| Penrith Panthers
| 32-10
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 5 March
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 2
| Away
| Balmain Tigers
| 6-16
| Leichhardt Oval
| 13 March
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 3
| Away
| Brisbane Broncos
| 48-6
| ANZ Stadium
| 21 March
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 4
| Home
| Canterbury Bulldogs
| 26-17
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 26 March
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 5
| Home
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
| 16-20
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 4 April
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 6
| Away
| Auckland Warriors
| 38-10
| Ericsson Stadium
| 9 April
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 7
| Away
| Parramatta Eels
| 14-26
| Parramatta Stadium
| 17 April
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 8
| Home
| South Sydney Rabbitohs
| 52-6
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 24 April
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 9
| Home
| Brisbane Broncos
| 28-18
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 2 May
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 10
| Home
| Penrith Panthers
| 62-6
| Lathlain Park
| 8 May
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 11
| Home
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
| 28-6
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 15 May
|-
| 12
| Bye
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 13
| Home
| St. George Illawarra Dragons
| 16-28
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 28 May
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 14
| Away
| Canberra Raiders
| 6-26
| Bruce Stadium
| 4 June
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 15
| Away
| Newcastle Knights
| 26-27
| Marathon Stadium
| 12 June
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 16
| Home
| Sydney City Roosters
| 26-8
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 18 June
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 17
| Away
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
| 19-18
| Brookvale Oval
| 27 June
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 18
| Home
| Parramatta Eels
| 6-20
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 2 July
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 19
| Away
| Canterbury Bulldogs
| 24-20
| Stadium Australia
| 10 July
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 20
| Home
| Canberra Raiders
| 30-10
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 16 July
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 21
| Away
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
| 26-18
| Shark Park
| 25 July
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 22
| Home
| Auckland Warriors
| 16-14
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 1 August
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 23
| Away
| North Queensland Cowboys
| 30-24
| Dairy Farmers Stadium
| 7 August
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 24
| Home
| Western Suburbs Magpies
| 44-14
| Olympic Park Stadium
| 15 August
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 25
| Away
| North Sydney Bears
| 20-24
| North Sydney Oval
| 22 August
|-
| 26
| Bye
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
1 Ground names are listed as they were named in the 1999 NRL season.
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Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
season was the 2nd in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
's 1999 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 3rd (out of 17). Melbourne then reached the grand final
Grand Final
Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sport term used to describe a match that decides a league champion.It originated in Victoria and South Australia and has become specifically significant Australian culture...
and defeated the St George Illawarra Dragons
St George Illawarra Dragons
The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They have competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 as a joint venture between Sydney's historic St. George Dragons club and 1982 expansion club, the...
, claiming their first premiership.
Regular season
The Storm competed in 24 home and away season matches in the 1999 NRL season, with round 12 being a bye. Their home ground was Olympic Park StadiumOlympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Rd
| Home/Away
| Opponent
| Score
| Ground1
| Date
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 1
| Home
| Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
| 32-10
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 5 March
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 2
| Away
| Balmain Tigers
Balmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles...
| 6-16
| Leichhardt Oval
Leichhardt Oval
Leichhardt Oval is a football stadium in Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia. It is a home ground for the Wests Tigers rugby league team. The stadium has a nominal capacity of 20,000, with recorded highest crowd figures of 23,000 in the 1981 KB Tooth final South Sydney Rabbitohs versus...
| 13 March
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 3
| Away
| Brisbane Broncos
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
| 48-6
| ANZ Stadium
Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre
The Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre , more commonly known by its former names ANZ Stadium or QE II, is a major sporting facility on the south side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...
| 21 March
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 4
| Home
| Canterbury Bulldogs
| 26-17
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 26 March
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 5
| Home
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
| 16-20
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 4 April
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 6
| Away
| Auckland Warriors
New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...
| 38-10
| Ericsson Stadium
Mt Smart Stadium
Mt Smart Stadium, formerly Ericsson Stadium, is a stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the home ground of National Rugby League team, the New Zealand Warriors...
| 9 April
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 7
| Away
| Parramatta Eels
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League...
| 14-26
| Parramatta Stadium
Parramatta Stadium
Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.The stadium is used primarily as the home ground of Australian National Rugby League club the Parramatta Eels...
| 17 April
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 8
| Home
| South Sydney Rabbitohs
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
| 52-6
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 24 April
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 9
| Home
| Brisbane Broncos
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
| 28-18
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 2 May
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 10
| Home
| Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
| 62-6
| Lathlain Park
Eftel Oval
Lathlain Park is an Australian rules football ground, located in Lathlain, an inner-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia...
| 8 May
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 11
| Home
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
| 28-6
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 15 May
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| 12
| Bye
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 13
| Home
| St. George Illawarra Dragons
| 16-28
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 28 May
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 14
| Away
| Canberra Raiders
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
| 6-26
| Bruce Stadium
Canberra Stadium
Canberra Stadium is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia...
| 4 June
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 15
| Away
| Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
| 26-27
| Marathon Stadium
| 12 June
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 16
| Home
| Sydney City Roosters
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
| 26-8
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 18 June
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 17
| Away
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
| 19-18
| Brookvale Oval
Brookvale Oval
Brookvale Oval is a sporting ground located within Brookvale Park at Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia. The ground is owned by Warringah Council and is primarily used by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rugby league team...
| 27 June
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 18
| Home
| Parramatta Eels
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League...
| 6-20
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 2 July
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 19
| Away
| Canterbury Bulldogs
Canterbury Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...
| 24-20
| Stadium Australia
| 10 July
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 20
| Home
| Canberra Raiders
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
| 30-10
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 16 July
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 21
| Away
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
| 26-18
| Shark Park
| 25 July
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 22
| Home
| Auckland Warriors
New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...
| 16-14
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 1 August
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 23
| Away
| North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
| 30-24
| Dairy Farmers Stadium
| 7 August
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 24
| Home
| Western Suburbs Magpies
Western Suburbs Magpies
The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia...
| 44-14
| Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...
| 15 August
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 25
| Away
| North Sydney Bears
North Sydney Bears
The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on...
| 20-24
| North Sydney Oval
North Sydney Oval
-Development:* The first cricket pitch was laid on 6 December 1867, making it one of the oldest cricket grounds in Australia.* The first structure built, in 1879, was a simple pavilion overlooking the cricket ground...
| 22 August
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| 26
| Bye
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
Ladder
The following is the 1999 NRL season ladder, as of after the home and away matches. The Storm are bolded.| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 |  CronullaCronulla Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales... |
24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 586 | 332 | 40 |
| 2 |  ParramattaParramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League... |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 500 | 294 | 38 |
| 3 |  MelbourneMelbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria.... |
24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 639 | 392 | 36 |
| 4 |  Sydney CitySydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League... |
24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 592 | 377 | 36 |
| 5 |  CanterburyCanterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions... |
24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 520 | 462 | 35 |
| 6 |  St. George IllawarraSt George Illawarra Dragons The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They have competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 as a joint venture between Sydney's historic St. George Dragons club and 1982 expansion club, the... |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 588 | 416 | 34 |
| 7 |  NewcastleNewcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership... |
24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 575 | 484 | 33 |
| 8 |  BrisbaneBrisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two... |
24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 510 | 368 | 32 |
| 9 |  CanberraCanberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982... |
24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 618 | 439 | 31 |
| 10 | Penrith Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan... |
24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 492 | 428 | 27 |
| 11 |  AucklandNew Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia... |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 538 | 498 | 24 |
| 12 |  South SydneySouth Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital... |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 349 | 556 | |
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| 13 | Manly Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia... |
24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 454 | 623 | |
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| 14 |  North SydneyNorth Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on... |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 490 | 642 | |
| 20 | |||||||||
| 15 |  BalmainBalmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles... |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 345 | 636 | |
| 20 | |||||||||
| 16 |  North QueenslandNorth Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership... |
24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 398 | 588 | |
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| 17 |  Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia... |
24 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 285 | 944 | |
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Finals series
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