National Rugby League season 2000

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2000 National Rugby League season
Logo of the NRL
Teams	14
Premiers	Brisbane (5th title)
Minor Premiers	Brisbane (4th title)
Matches played	191
Points scored	8050 (average 42.147 per match)
Attendance	2,902,227 (average 15,195 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joel Caine (224 points)

The third season of the National Rugby League saw the Brisbane Broncos claim their fifth premiership in nine seasons, defeating the Sydney Roosters in the last grand final played during the afternoon. It was the Roosters' first grand final appearance since 1980.

1 Season Summary
2 Ladder
3 2000 Finals Series
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Season Summary

The season began in early February to accommodate the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games which were to be held during September and required the use of Stadium Australia, the grand final venue. The grand final was scheduled for late August, the first grand final in that month since 1963. The capacity of Stadium Australia for the grand final was limited due to preparations for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, which would take place just nineteen days later.

The season saw the debut of the Wests Tigers (formerly the Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies) and Northern Eagles (formerly Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears in the National Rugby League, thereby completing the rationalisation process from 20 teams in 1998 to 14 in 2000. The South Sydney Rabbitohs were excluded from the competition.

Throughout the month of February, mandatory breaks in play at the 20th and 60th minute of the game were implemented to allow players to rehydrate themselves. Due to concerns over the summer heat, the Brisbane and North Queensland clubs played their first four games away from home.

The Cowboys were stripped of two competition points after it was later revealed that they unwittingly used an extra fourteenth player for three minutes in their 26-18 win against the Parramatta Eels, due to an error in interchanging players.

Under the direction of Graham Murray, the Sydney Roosters finally qualified for their first grand final in twenty seasons after many near misses under Phil Gould. They were beaten by the all-conquering Brisbane Broncos, who claimed their fifth premiership since 1992. Darren Lockyer won the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player in the grand final after Brisbane's 14-6 victory.

[edit] Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane	26	18	2	6	696	388	+308	38
2	Sydney	26	16	0	10	601	520	+81	32
3	Newcastle	26	15	1	10	686	532	+154	31
4	Canberra	26	15	0	11	506	479	+27	30
5	Penrith	26	15	0	11	573	562	+11	30
6	Melbourne	26	14	1	11	672	529	+143	29
7	Parramatta	26	14	1	11	476	456	+20	29
8	Cronulla	26	13	0	13	570	463	+107	26
9	St George Illawarra	26	12	0	14	576	656	-80	24
10	Wests Tigers	26	11	2	13	519	642	-123	24
11	Bulldogs	26	10	1	15	469	553	-84	21
12	Northern Eagles	26	9	0	17	476	628	-152	18
13	Auckland	26	8	2	16	426	662	-236	18
14	North Queensland	26	7	0	19	436	612	-176	12

North Queensland Cowboys stripped two points for breach of interchange rule.

[edit] 2000 Finals Series

	Home¹		Away¹		Referee	Venue	Crowd
QF	Canberra	34	Penrith	16	S.Clark	Bruce Stadium	18 479
QF	Newcastle	30	Melbourne	16	T.Mander	Marathon Stadium	20 597
QF	Syd.Roosters	8	Parramatta	32	B.Harrigan	Sydney Football Stadium	21 377
QF	Brisbane	34	Cronulla	20	P.Simpkins	ANZ Stadium	25 831
SF	Penrith	10	Parramatta	28	B.Harrigan	Sydney Football Stadium	25 746
SF	Syd.Roosters	38	Canberra	10	T.Mander	Sydney Football Stadium	16 441
PF	Newcastle	20	Syd.Roosters	26	B.Harrigan	Sydney Football Stadium	33 727
PF	Brisbane	16	Parramatta	10	T.Mander	Stadium Australia	31 087
GF	Brisbane	14	Syd.Roosters	6	B.Harrigan	Stadium Australia	94 277

¹ Home field advantage applies only for quarter-finals, with remaining games played at neutral venues, unless otherwise notified. The home team in each instance is the higher ranked team on the competition table.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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