1995 Illawarra Steelers season

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.

Illawarra Steelers
1995 season
CEO Bob Millward
Head coach Graham Murray, Allan Fitzgibbon
Captain 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
← 1994 1996 →

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

Ladder
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Manly 222002687248+43940
2 Canberra 222002634255+37940
3 Brisbane 221705600364+23634
4 Cronulla 221606516287+22932
5 Newcastle 221507549396+15330
6 Sydney Bulldogs (P) 221408468352+11628
7 St. George 221309583382+20126
8 North Sydney 221129542331+21124
9 Sydney City 2212010466406+6024
10 Auckland 221309544493+5124
11 Western Reds 2211011361549-18822
12 Illawarra 2210111519431+8821
13 Western Suburbs 2210012459534-7520
14 Penrith 229013481484-318
15 Sydney Tigers 227015309591-28214
16 South Queensland 226115303502-19913
17 Gold Coast 224117350628-2789
18 South Sydney 224117319686-3679
19 Parramatta 223019310690-3806
20 North Queensland 222020269660-3914
  • Auckland Warriors were stripped of 2 competition points due to exceeding the replacement limit in round 3.

Home Crowd Averages
RoundOppositionVenueCrowd
Round 2Auckland WarriorsSteelers Stadium12,127
Round 3Brisbane BroncosSteelers Stadium13,127
Round 5Gold Coast SeagullsSteelers Stadium8,358
Round 8North Queensland CowboysSteelers Stadium8,914
Round 10Sydney BulldogsSteelers Stadium8,457
Round 11Canberra RaidersSteelers Stadium10,219
Round 13North Sydney BearsSteelers Stadium9,418
Round 16Parramatta EelsSteelers Stadium7,780
Round 18Newcastle KnightsSteelers Stadium10,098
Round 20Sydney TigersSteelers Stadium8,257
Round 22Western Suburbs MagpiesSteelers Stadium9,230
Season Total106,165
Season Average9,651
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