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1995 Illawarra Steelers season

Illawarra Steelers
1995 season
CEOAustralia Bob Millward
Head coachAustralia Graham Murray, Allan Fitzgibbon
CaptainAustralia John Cross
ARL12th (out of 20)
Top try scorerClub: Paul McGregor, Shaun Timmins, Rod Wishart (11)
Top points scorerClub: Rod Wishart (176)
Highest home attendance13,127
(vs Brisbane Broncos in Round 3)
Lowest home attendance7,780
(vs Parramatta Eels in Round 16)
Average home attendance9,651

The 1995 Illawarra Steelers season was the club's fourteenth season in its history. During the height of the Super League War, the club lost its coach, Graham Murray after round 4, with club legend Allan Fitzgibbon taking over in a caretaker role for the rest of the season. The Steelers finished the season in 12th, missing the finals series.

Players

Squad

No. Position Player

Glen Air HB Keith Beauchamp WG Anthony Bonus PR Jonathon Britten WG Dean Callaway HK John Cross LK (captain) Michael Cross CE Ben Duckworth LK Scott England PR Darren Fritz PR Peter Johnston PR Paul McGregor CE Martin Masella PR Dean Moon WG

No. Position Player

Brendan O'Meara WG Peter Phillips FE Neil Piccinelli SR Wayne Richards SR David Riolo FB Brett Rodwell CE Craig Simon FE John Simon HB Sean Skelton HK Hamish Smith LK Rex Terp WG Shaun Timmins CE David Walsh PR Rod Wishart WG

Player Movements

Ladder

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Manly 22 20 0 2 687 248 +439 40
2 Canberra 22 20 0 2 634 255 +379 40
3 Brisbane 22 17 0 5 600 364 +236 34
4 Cronulla 22 16 0 6 516 287 +229 32
5 Newcastle 22 15 0 7 549 396 +153 30
6 Sydney Bulldogs (P) 22 14 0 8 468 352 +116 28
7 St. George 22 13 0 9 583 382 +201 26
8 North Sydney 22 11 2 9 542 331 +211 24
9 Sydney City 22 12 0 10 466 406 +60 24
10 Auckland 22 13 0 9 544 493 +51 24
11 Western Reds 22 11 0 11 361 549 -188 22
12 Illawarra 22 10 1 11 519 431 +88 21
13 Western Suburbs 22 10 0 12 459 534 -75 20
14 Penrith 22 9 0 13 481 484 -3 18
15 Sydney Tigers 22 7 0 15 309 591 -282 14
16 South Queensland 22 6 1 15 303 502 -199 13
17 Gold Coast 22 4 1 17 350 628 -278 9
18 South Sydney 22 4 1 17 319 686 -367 9
19 Parramatta 22 3 0 19 310 690 -380 6
20 North Queensland 22 2 0 20 269 660 -391 4
  • Auckland Warriors were stripped of 2 competition points due to exceeding the replacement limit in round 3.

Home Crowd Averages

Round Opposition Venue Crowd
Round 2 Auckland Warriors Steelers Stadium 12,127
Round 3 Brisbane Broncos Steelers Stadium 13,127
Round 5 Gold Coast Seagulls Steelers Stadium 8,358
Round 8 North Queensland Cowboys Steelers Stadium 8,914
Round 10 Sydney Bulldogs Steelers Stadium 8,457
Round 11 Canberra Raiders Steelers Stadium 10,219
Round 13 North Sydney Bears Steelers Stadium 9,418
Round 16 Parramatta Eels Steelers Stadium 7,780
Round 18 Newcastle Knights Steelers Stadium 10,098
Round 20 Sydney Tigers Steelers Stadium 8,257
Round 22 Western Suburbs Magpies Steelers Stadium 9,230
Season Total 106,165
Season Average 9,651
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