A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| 1988 New South Wales Rugby League premiership | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 16 |
| Premiers |  Canterbury-Bankstown (6th title) |
| Minor premiers |  Cronulla-Sutherland (1st title) |
| Matches played | 183 |
| Points scored | 6,559 |
| Attendance | 1,966,658 |
| Top points scorer(s) |  Gary Belcher (218) |
| Player of the year | Barry Russell (Rothmans Medal) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | John Ferguson (20) |
The 1988 NSWRL season was the 81st season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and saw the first expansion of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership outside the borders of New South Wales, and another expansion outside of Sydney, with the addition of three new teams: the Brisbane Broncos, Newcastle Knights and Gold Coast-Tweed Giants. The largest NSWRL premiership yet, sixteen clubs competed during the 1988 season, with the J J Giltinan Shield for minor premiers going to Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. The finals culminated in a grand final for the Winfield Cup between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Balmain Tigers. This season NSWRL teams also competed for the 1988 Panasonic Cup.
Season summary
1988 was the year of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations, and on 4 March, the season opened with the first game of rugby league played at the newly built Sydney Football Stadium.[1] The St. George Dragons defeated the Eastern Suburbs Roosters 24–14. Easts and South Sydney would use the SFS as their home venue from 1988. This saw the end of both the Sydney Sports Ground (which closed due to the building of the SFS) and Redfern Oval as regular venues.
The brand new Brisbane Broncos club, featuring Australian Kangaroos captain Wally Lewis and starting their first ever season of football, played their first match against the previous season's premiers the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and won 44–10.
Eventual grand finalists the Balmain Tigers had a dreadful start to the season with six wins and five losses by the end of the first full round. But their plight was rescued by a masterstroke from their chief executive Keith Barnes. The Great Britain side was touring Australia that season and in strict secrecy Barnes negotiated to have the English captain and centre Ellery Hanley – judged the best player in the English competition the previous season and an undoubted world-class player – to join the Tigers. Barnes got to the NSWRL to register Hanley at 4:55 pm on 30 June, just five minutes inside the deadline for signing players for that season.
The 1988 season's Rothmans Medallist was Cronulla-Sutherland's Barry Russell.[2] The Dally M Award went to Russell's teammate Gavin Miller, and Rugby League Week gave its player of the year award to Balmian's hooker, Ben Elias.
Twenty-two regular season rounds were played in total from March till August, with Cronulla-Sutherland winning their first ever minor premiership since joining the competition in 1967. Penrith and Balmain finished on equal points in fifth place and played each other for the place in the top five, alongside Cronulla, Canterbury, Canberra and Manly.
The grand finals;
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs vs 
Balmain Tigers (Senior Grade)
Eastern Suburbs vs 
Manly Sea Eagles (Reserve Grade)
Under 21s team vs Under 21s (Under 21s Grade)
The Tests;
- Australia vs
Great Britain - Australia vs
Rest of the World
The State of Origin;
Queensland vs 
New South Wales
Teams
This season saw the premiership's first expansion since 1982 with the addition of three newly created teams: the Brisbane Broncos, the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants and the Newcastle Knights.[3] This brought the League another step closer to becoming a national competition as a total of sixteen teams, the largest number in the tournament's history, contested the premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, two from greater New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one from the Australian Capital Territory.
Advertising
1988 saw the NSWRL move their advertising account from John Singleton Advertising to Hertz Walpole Advertising. There was initially however no shift in the prior campaign direction. For the second year running a visual and vocal performance by Australian rock journeyman John "Swanee" Swan was used. Swanee recorded a purpose-written jingle entitled "The Greatest Game of All" and a rock-clip style ad was shot on a stage setting with smoke, lights and fireworks. The performance footage was interspersed with game action.
Five years later Swan's younger brother Jimmy Barnes would also feature in an NSWRL season advertisement performing alongside Tina Turner.
Regular season
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | GF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmain Tigers | NOR +20 |
PAR −20 |
NEW −4 |
WES +3 |
MAN +2 |
PEN −10 |
BRI +8 |
STG +8 |
SOU −9 |
CBY +11 |
CRO −2 |
EAS +10 |
GCG +14 |
CAN −24 |
ILA +12 |
NOR +10 |
PAR +16 |
NEW +2 |
WES +6 |
MAN −4 |
PEN +2 |
BRI +10 |
PEN +20 |
MAN +13 |
CAN +8 |
CRO +7 |
CBY −12 |
| Brisbane Broncos | MAN +34 |
PEN +2 |
WES +34 |
NOR +12 |
PAR +6 |
NEW +14 |
BAL −8 |
CRO −30 |
EAS +4 |
GCG −3 |
CAN −20 |
ILA +22 |
STG +4 |
SOU −12 |
CBY −15 |
MAN +18 |
PEN +2 |
WES +26 |
NOR +18 |
PAR −8 |
NEW +16 |
BAL −10 |
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| Canberra Raiders | ILA +20 |
STG +24 |
SOU +28 |
CBY −5 |
CRO +18 |
EAS +36 |
GCG +44 |
PAR −28 |
WES +14 |
NOR −8 |
BRI +20 |
PEN −6 |
MAN −6 |
BAL +24 |
NEW +18 |
ILA +9 |
STG +16 |
SOU +33 |
CBY −7 |
CRO −22 |
EAS +8 |
GCG +20 |
X | CBY −1 |
BAL −8 |
||
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | GCG +11 |
CRO +4 |
EAS +4 |
CAN +5 |
ILA −6 |
STG +14 |
SOU +4 |
PEN +6 |
MAN −18 |
BAL −11 |
NEW +18 |
PAR +28 |
WES +25 |
NOR −12 |
BRI +15 |
GCG +15 |
CRO −8 |
EAS +15 |
CAN +7 |
ILA +6 |
STG +26 |
SOU −4 |
X | CAN +1 |
CRO +18 |
X | BAL +12 |
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | SOU −1 |
CBY −4 |
GCG +1 |
EAS 0 |
CAN −18 |
ILA +18 |
STG +16 |
BRI +30 |
PEN +22 |
MAN −14 |
BAL +2 |
NEW 0 |
PAR +5 |
WES +36 |
NOR +4 |
SOU +2 |
CBY +8 |
GCG +20 |
EAS +18 |
CAN +22 |
ILA +8 |
STG +2 |
X | X | CBY −18 |
BAL −7 |
|
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | STG −10 |
SOU −2 |
CBY −4 |
CRO 0 |
GCG +18 |
CAN −36 |
ILA −4 |
NOR 0 |
BRI −4 |
PEN +22 |
MAN +4 |
BAL −10 |
NEW +16 |
PAR −4 |
WES 0 |
STG +21 |
SOU −25 |
CBY −15 |
CRO −18 |
GCG +24 |
CAN −8 |
ILA −21 |
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| Gold Coast-Tweed Giants | CBY −11 |
ILA 0 |
CRO −1 |
STG −8 |
EAS −18 |
SOU −12 |
CAN −44 |
WES −20 |
NOR −4 |
BRI +3 |
PEN −35 |
MAN −28 |
BAL −14 |
NEW +9 |
PAR +3 |
CBY −15 |
ILA +15 |
CRO −20 |
STG −2 |
EAS −24 |
SOU 0 |
CAN −20 |
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| Illawarra Steelers | CAN −20 |
GCG 0 |
STG +16 |
SOU −13 |
CBY +6 |
CRO −18 |
EAS +4 |
NEW +8 |
PAR −22 |
WES +16 |
NOR −29 |
BRI −22 |
PEN −34 |
MAN −16 |
BAL −12 |
CAN −9 |
GCG −15 |
STG −2 |
SOU −2 |
CBY −6 |
CRO −8 |
EAS +21 |
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| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | BRI −34 |
NOR +26 |
PAR +52 |
NEW +32 |
BAL −2 |
WES +20 |
PEN −22 |
SOU −14 |
CBY +18 |
CRO +14 |
EAS −4 |
GCG +28 |
CAN +6 |
ILA +16 |
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