Goals: Eadie 5/6), Parramatta 10 (Tries: Porter, Gerard. Results at FOX SPORTS It was Bob Fulton's 213rd and final match for Manly after a brilliant ten-year career with the club and the grand final victory was largely credited to his experience and brilliance. Thus both major Australian football codes had a drawn grand final followed by a replay in 1977. Manly-Warringah 13 (Tries: Lowe. Collingwood's Phil Manassa scored a memorable goal, running down the wing from the half-back line, bouncing the ball four times. In the frantic dying minutes Parramatta threw everything they had at the Manly defence including the infamous "flying wedge" of dubious legality which had Ron Hilditch at the apex of a phalanx of players driving him towards the line. NRL Grand Final: Brisbane Broncos 16 ... Brisbane worked a glorious opening on the left through Anthony Milford and Reed to release Corey Oates for an 80-metre score. This season Parramatta front-rower and captain Ray Higgs won both the Rothmans Medal and the Rugby League Week player of the year award. Collingwood advanced straight to the Grand Final on the back of a thrilling two-point win over Hawthorn in the Second Semi-Final. Peter Moore kicked five goals in this game for the Magpies, following his four goals in the first Grand Final. Manly earned a grand final berth the following week, surviving a Canterbury comeback to win 15–12.[2]. He would later return to the club as a successful coach in the 1980s but first he would finish his playing years and then commence coaching at Eastern Suburbs (Fulton would join Easts in 1977, unable to resist a big-money offer from the club that was backed by one of Australia's richest men and a big supporter of the future rugby league Immortal, Kerry Packer). The game ended in a draw, leading to a replay between the two teams one week later, on 1 October 1977 again at the MCG. The 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 69th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first.
(Note: Newtown were declared premiers due to their Minor Premiership in 1910) Sea Eagles won 13 to 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground. 2039, New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, "Eels vs Bulldogs Classic – Triple Mortimer Magic", 1976 J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup at rleague.com, NSWRFL season 1976 at rugbyleagueproject.org, 1976 Grand Final at soaringseaeagles.tripod.com, Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1976_NSWRFL_season&oldid=972743524, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2017, Articles with dead external links from August 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 August 2020, at 16:08. Amazingly, the Kangaroos did not kick a goal in the second and third quarters. The wedge was somehow stopped by Eadie a foot short of the try line. Parramatta were first into the Grand Final, triumphing 23–17 in a bloody and brutal major semi-final against Manly. This was the first Grand Final to be televised live in Victoria by the Seven Network, The network paid $500,000 to telecast the game and another $500,000 for the replay. Its last premiership victory was the 1958 VFL Grand Final, 19 years earlier. Sorry but this browser is no longer supported. Collingwood entered this premiership game after a 7-year absence, having been defeated by Carlton in the 1970 VFL Grand Final.Its last premiership victory was the 1958 VFL Grand Final, 19 years earlier.In contrast, North Melbourne had contested the previous three premiership deciders, winning the 1975 VFL Grand Final but finishing runners-up in the 1974 and 1976 Grand Finals. They then met Hawthorn once again in the Preliminary Final, this time winning comfortably by 67 points to advance to the Grand Final. [2], Barassi said later "We should have won the game. Sat 18 Sep, 1976 Grand Final Dragons v Roosters. 26,865 turned out to see the Roosters beat the Saints 25 to 2. In 1977, Collingwood led by 27 points at three quarter time, helped by North Melbourne's inaccuracy in front of goal which saw them kick 13 successive behinds from the 24-minute mark of the first quarter. Quiz by Simon175 NRL Grand Final Winning Captains Quiz - By Simon175 But the Kangaroos came back in the final period to kick five unanswered goals, helped by coach Ron Barassi's move of defender Darryl Sutton to full-forward, who kicked the first goal of the term. Follow the NRL. to continue using this website. Follow the NRL. In 1976, after 30 years of competition, Parramatta reached their first grand final since their admission into the NSWRFL premiership in 1947. or another browser such as
This season Eastern Suburbs became the first rugby league team, and one of the first in Australian sport, to have a sponsor's name appear on their jersey.[1].