The 1996 ARL premiership (also known as the 1996 Optus Cup due to sponsorship from Optus) was the 89th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the second to be administered by the Australian Rugby League (ARL). Twenty teams contested the premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, two from greater New South Wales, four from Queensland, and one each from New Zealand, the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia. Ultimately two Sydney clubs, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and St. George Dragons contested the grand final.
The 1996ARL premiership (also known as the 1996 Optus Cup due to sponsorship from Optus) was the 89th season of professional rugby league football in...
several clubs had left the League to compete in the 1997 Super League season, twelve ARL-loyal teams – eight from across Sydney, two from greater New South...
The 1995 ARL premiership was the 88th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the first to be run by the Australian Rugby League...
seven teams twice and eight teams just once in the new 22-game season. In the 1996ARLseason, due to the emergence of the Super League war, teams aligned...
2002 season. South Sydney won the fewest games that season. Due to salary cap breaches Melbourne weren't able to receive any points in the 2010 season, guaranteeing...
the ARL. Although they only won one ARL Premiership in 1996, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles dominated the competition in its three years under the ARL name...
Canberra Raiders competed in the NSWRL from 1982 until 1994, the ARL from 1995 to 1996, the Super League in 1997, and the NRL from 1998 until the current...
Townsville. The Cowboys were admitted to the premiership for the 1995 ARLseason. They played in the breakaway Super League competition in 1997 before...
Coach of the Year, Phil Econimides, the ARL revoked Muller's licence before the commencement of the 1996ARLseason. From the brink of oblivion the new look...
Erindale College, representing the Australian Schoolboys in 1996. In Round 18 of the 1996ARLseason, after playing just two reserve grade games, Payten made...
began playing for the Sydney City Roosters from the 1996ARLseason through to the 1999 NRL season making 81 appearances for the tri-colours. In 1998,...
touch judge who ruled that Coyne had been in front of the kicker. 1996ARLseason Steve Ricketts; Barry Dick; Paul Malone (23 May 2012). "The 30 greatest...
Steelers in the 1982 season. Over the following years they improved steadily, reaching a playoff for 5th in their third season, and becoming the first...
up the potential try being scored" were onside or offside. ARL Implemented: 1996ARLseason. Unlimited interchanges were re-introduced. Amended: NRL, 2001...
The 1996 Student Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 28 - 16 defeat of Samoa September 29: Sydney, Australia - The 1996ARLseason culminates...
perception that the conflict was orchestrated by the club. The 1995 season, the first under the ARL banner, went pretty well for Brisbane- they sat in the Top...
Smart Stadium in Round 6 of the 1995 ARLseason, a record that was not topped until Round 1 of the 2011 NRL season (albeit that match was played at Eden...
those clubs were allowed to participate in the premiership seasons of 1995 and 1996, while the ARL fought in the courtroom to stop the Super League competition...
over the Gold Coast Seagulls in Round 21. Lockyer played most of the 1996ARLseason from the interchange bench, but also played fullback, wing, centre...
made his first grade debut for the Newcastle club in round 2 of the 1996ARLseason against the Western Reds where he scored a try in a 22–16 victory....
Knights. In 1996, Dunemann signed with the North Queensland Cowboys, joining his older brother Ian at the club. In Round 10 of the 1996ARLseason, he made...
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Manly-Warringah (6th title)
Jason Taylor (238)
Noa Nadruku (21)