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1998 Illawarra Steelers season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Illawarra Steelers |
| season | [1998](1998-nrl-season) |
| ceo | AUS Bob Millward |
| head coach | AUS Andrew Farrar |
| captain | AUS Paul McGregor |
| league | NRL |
| league result | 12th (out of 20) |
| club try scorer | Trent Barrett (18) |
| club points scorer | Craig Fitzgibbon (84) |
| highest attendance | 13,106 |
| (vs Canterbury, 23 August 1998, WIN Stadium) | |
| lowest attendance | 6,558 |
| (vs North Queensland Cowboys, 25 June 1998, WIN Stadium) | |
| average attendance | 9,248 *(Season total: 110,975)* |
| prevseason | [1997](1997-illawarra-steelers-season) |
| nextseason | n/a |
(vs Canterbury, 23 August 1998, WIN Stadium) (vs North Queensland Cowboys, 25 June 1998, WIN Stadium) The 1998 Illawarra Steelers season was the club's seventeenth and final season in its history, spanning across the three competitions of the NSWRL, ARL and NRL. A home loss by a field goal to the hands of the Craig Polla-Mounter and his Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs team, plus results going against them in the final round of the regular season saw the Steelers finish 12th. Andrew Farrar's team of hopefuls were unable to make the finals series and were put under pressure to merge or fold when the league was expected to cut the twenty-team competition down to fourteen for the 1999 season. The club would eventually form a joint-venture with the St. George Dragons for the start of the 1999 NRL season.
Players
Squad
(captain)
Player Movements
Gains
| Player | Previous club |
|---|---|
| Craig Wilson | South Queensland Crushers |
Losses
| Player | Joined Club |
|---|---|
| John Cross | Penrith Panthers |
| Fili Seru | retired |
Ladder
Draw and Results
Will Robinson Goals: Dean Moon 2/4 Goals: Craig Smith 3/3 Troy Slattery
Goals: Julian O'Neill 3/3 Brad Mackay Paul McGregor Trent Barrett Goals: Rod Wishart 3/5 Andrew Hart
Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 2/2 Tim Horan 1/1 Owen Craigie Andrew Johns Robbie O'Davis Neil Piccinelli Goals: Andrew Johns 5/6 Owen Craigie 1/1 Field Goals: Andrew Johns 1 Nigel Gaffey Ivan Cleary Scott Gouley Goals: Ivan Cleary 5 Trent Barrett Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 4 Shaun Timmins Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 2 Jim Lenihan Jamie Ainscough Mark Coyne Goals: Lee Murphy 1 Field Goals: Jamie Ainscough 1 Ben Kennedy Luke Priddis Goals: David Furner 4 Brendon Reeves Andrew Purcell Craig Fitzgibbon Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 2 Darren Bradstreet 1 Trent Barrett Terry Lamey Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 4 John Simon Goals: Clinton Schifcofske 2 Andrew Hinson Ryan Girdler Gordon Falcon Peter Jorgensen Craig Wise Goals: Ryan Girdler 5 Craig Simon Paul McGregor Goals: Brendon Reeves 1 Will Robinson Andrew Purcell Terry Lamey Paul McGregor Rod Wishart Goals: Rod Wishart 7 Jared Mills Ron Jones Kevin McGuiness Goals: Brett Warton 2 Goals: Goals: Robbie Ross Goals: Craig Smith 3 Brendon Reeves Goals: Rod Wishart 1 Paul McGregor Andrew Hart Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 3 Julian O'Neill Goals: Simon Forrest 2 Andrew King Goals: Scott Thorburn Rod Wishart Dean Callaway Will Robinson Craig Wilson Goals: Rod Wishart 4 Jonathon Britten Trent Barrett Goals: Rod Wishart Craig Fitzgibbon Michael Gillett William Kennedy Brendan Magnus Jason Webber Goals: Shannon Nevin 5
Goals: Luke Williamson 0/1 Wayne Clifford 2 Andrew Hart Craig Fitzgibbon Luke Patten Goals: Brad Mackay 3/5 Craig Fitzgibbon 2/3 Field Goals: Trent Barrett 1 Jonathon Britten Trent Barrett Shaun Timmins Goals: Brad Mackay 2 Craig Fitzgibbon 2 B Tabui Noa Nadruku Goals: Josh Hannay 1 Joe Vagana Syd Eru Goals: Stacey Jones 1 Shaun Timmins Goals: Rod Wishart 1 Craig Fitzgibbon 1 Field Goals: Craig Wilson 1 Paul McGregor
Goals: Rod Wishart 2/2 Wendell Sailor Darren Smith Gorden Tallis Goals: Michael De Vere 1/2 Darren Lockyer 0/2 John Hopoate Steve Menzies Craig Hancock Goals: Duncan 1 Luke Patten Goals: Rod Wishart 1 Craig Fitzgibbon 1 Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 1 Adam Muir Gary Larson Goals: Jason Taylor 6 Owen Craigie Andrew Johns Danny Buderus Peter Shiels Goals: Owen Craigie 2 Andrew Johns 1 Luke Patten Will Robinson Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 3 Rod Wishart 1 Andrew Purcell Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 1 B Miles 2 Matt Sing Ivan Cleary Adrian Lam Nat Wood Goals: Ivan Cleary 8 Mat Rogers Dean Treister Goals: Mat Rogers 3 Shaun Timmins Trent Barrett Craig Simon Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 4 Rod Wishart 1 Trent Barrett Adam Bristow Goals: Craig Fitzgibbon 4 Gavin Lester Jason Hetherington Glen Hughes Goals: Daryl Halligan 4 Field-Goals: Craig Polla-Mounter 1
Home Crowd Averages
| Round | Opposition | Venue | Crowd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Melbourne Storm | WIN Stadium | 10,695 |
| Round 3 | Newcastle Knights | WIN Stadium | 9,141 |
| Round 5 | St. George Dragons | WIN Stadium | 9,427 |
| Round 7 | Parramatta Eels | WIN Stadium | 9,119 |
| Round 9 | Western Suburbs Magpies | WIN Stadium | 7,636 |
| Round 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | WIN Stadium | 8,174 |
| Round 14 | Balmain Tigers | WIN Stadium | 10,076 |
| Round 16 | North Queensland Cowboys | WIN Stadium | 6,558 |
| Round 18 | Brisbane Broncos | WIN Stadium | 12,018 |
| Round 20 | North Sydney Bears | WIN Stadium | 6,847 |
| Round 22 | Sydney City Roosters | WIN Stadium | 8,178 |
| Round 24 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | WIN Stadium | 13,106 |
| *Season Total* | *110,975* | ||
| Season Average | **9,248** |
References
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