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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 19, 2021 15:24:02 GMT 10
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 19, 2021 15:26:23 GMT 10
The 1990 New South Wales Rugby League season was the eighty-third season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen clubs competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the premiership season, which culminated in a grand final between the previous season's premiers, the Canberra Raiders and the Penrith Panthers, who were making their grand final debut.
Grand Final
The 1990 season's grand final was played on the afternoon of Sunday, 23 September at the Sydney Football Stadium before a crowd of 41,535. Penrith were attempting to become the first team to win a grand final in their first attempt, but were coming up against an experienced Canberra team.
Extra time in the reserve grade grand final followed by the pre-match entertainment (including a performance by John Farnham) running late meant that referee Bill Harrigan blew time on for the kick-off half an hour behind schedule. This may have worked to the advantage of the more experienced Raiders and served to rattle the young Panthers. Canberra jumped to a 12-nil lead in the opening minutes after their half-back Ricky Stuart laid on tries for winger John Ferguson and Laurie Daley and the match appeared as good as over despite a strengthening of Penrith's defence as they recovered. The Panthers came back to trail 12-10 after Greg Alexander put Brad Fittler in for a try just before half-time and Paul Smith in for another seven minutes into the second half. Canberra moved to 18-10 in the second half when replacement winger Matthew Wood scored. A late try from Alexander still left Penrith trailing 18-14 at the full-time siren. Both sides finished with three tries each but the wizardry of Stuart and the kicking boot of Meninga were the difference that saw the Raiders with their second consecutive premiership.
Canberra's Ricky Stuart was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as man of the match.
Canberra Raiders 18
Tries: Ferguson, Daley, Wood
Goals: Meninga 3/3
Penrith Panthers 14
Tries: Fittler, Smith, Alexander
Goals: Alexander 1/3
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 19, 2021 15:27:06 GMT 10
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 19, 2021 15:32:21 GMT 10
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 19, 2021 15:34:32 GMT 10
 Panthers forward Mark Geyer is inconsolable after the 1990 grand final loss. |
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 19, 2021 15:40:30 GMT 10
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 19, 2021 15:41:52 GMT 10
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Feb 13, 2022 21:56:57 GMT 10
 Ricky Stuart awarded the Clive Churchill Medal. |
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 17, 2022 22:48:05 GMT 10
 Ricky Stuart accepts the Churchill Medal after the 1990 grand final. |
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Post by Rugby League Historian on Sept 18, 2022 21:07:10 GMT 10
 Glenn Lazarus relaxes after the 1990 grand final win. |
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