1996 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

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1996 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
ARL Rank5th
1996 recordWins: 16; draws: 2; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 441 (75 tries, 70 goals, 1 field goal); against: 320 (55 tries, 48 goals, 4 field goals)
Team information
Coach John Lang
Captain
Stadium Shark Park
Avg. attendance10,515
Top scorers
Tries Ryan Metreson (47)
Goals Mat Rogers (59)
Points Mat Rogers (150)
  1995 1997  

The 1996 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 30th in the club's history. They competed in the ARL's 1996 Optus Cup premiership and came within one match of the grand final. [1] [2]

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 221804549191+35836
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 211704607263+34434
3 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 221525598325+27332
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City 221516521321+20031
5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland211425399268+13130
6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 211317538384+15427
7 St. George colours.svg St. George 211218443360+8327
8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 221219394434−4025
9 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 2110110416388+2823
10 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury 2111010375378−322
11 Auckland colours.svg Auckland 2110011412427−1522
12 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 2211011319459−14022
13 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 219111404415−1121
14 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 228014403444−4116
15 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 217113363464−10115
16 Western Reds colours.svg Western Reds 216114313420−10713
17 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 216015288643−35512
18 Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Gold Coast 225116359521−16211
19 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 225116314634−32011
20 South Queensland colours.svg South Queensland 213018220496−2768

References

  1. Dollin, Shawn. "Rugby League Project - Home of the history of the NRL, Super League, Challenge Cup and more - RLP". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Archived from the original on 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  2. Brawley, Sean (September 2009). "'Your Shire, Your Sharks': The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Delocalization v. Glocalization in Australian Rugby League". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 26 (11): 1697–1715. doi:10.1080/09523360903133061. ISSN   0952-3367.