2002 NRL season explained

Year:2002
Competition:National Rugby League
Duration:15 March – 6 October 2002
Teams:15
Count:12th
Mpcount:1st
Matches:189
Points:9083
Avg Attendance:14,054
Attendance:2,656,198
Top Point Scorer: Hazem El Masri (254)
Top Try Scorer: Nigel Vagana (23)
Player Of The Year: Andrew Johns (Dally M Medal)
Nextseason Year:2003

The 2002 NRL season was the 95th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fifth to be run by the National Rugby League. The season was affected by the competition-leading Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' salary cap breach finding, which saw them relegated to the bottom of the NRL ladder. As a result, the New Zealand Warriors won their first minor premiership and made it to the grand final for the first time, playing against foundation club the Sydney Roosters who won the match and collected their first premiership in 27 years.

Pre-season

In February 2002 the National Rugby League's Director of Legal and Business Affairs, David Gallop, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the NRL, succeeding David Moffett.

The legendary Broncos and Maroons halfback, Allan Langer, returned from England to play his final season of professional football with the Brisbane club. In doing so he became the NRL's oldest player for the 2002 season at 36 years and 60 days.[1]

The return of South Sydney

Following the club's departure from the NRL after the 1999 season, there was a continuing push from both fans and the wider rugby league community to reinstate the South Sydney Rabbitohs into the NRL competition. After two unsuccessful years of lobbying, South Sydney finally received a court ruling in their favour in 2001. On 15 March 2002, the South Sydney club opened the NRL season with a home match against long-time rivals, the Sydney Roosters, losing badly, 40-6.

It turned out to be a tough year for South Sydney, winning only five matches from 24 played.

Teams

The number of teams contesting the Premiership increased for the 2002 season from 14 to 15 due to the re-inclusion of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. It was the first time the number of Premiership teams had increased since the 1995 ARL season when the introduction of the Auckland Warriors, North Queensland Cowboys, South Queensland Crushers and Western Reds saw the number of teams increase from 16 to 20.

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Brisbane Broncos
15th season
Ground: Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre
Coach: Wayne Bennett
Captain: Gorden Tallis
Bulldogs
68th season
Ground: Sydney Showground
Coach: Steve Folkes
Captain: Steve Price
Canberra Raiders
21st season
Ground: Canberra Stadium
Coach: Matthew Elliott
Captain: Simon Woolford
Melbourne Storm
5th season
Ground Olympic Park Stadium
Coach: Mark Murray
Captain: Robbie Kearns
New Zealand Warriors
8th season
Ground: Mt Smart Stadium
Coach: Daniel Anderson
Captain: Stacey Jones & Monty Betham
Newcastle Knights
15th season
Ground: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Coach: Michael Hagan
Captain: Andrew Johns
North Queensland Cowboys
8th season
Ground: Willows Sports Complex
Coach: Murray HurstGraham Murray
Captain: Paul Bowman
Northern Eagles
3rd season
Ground: Brookvale Oval & Central Coast Stadium
Coach: Peter Sharp
Captain: Steve Menzies
Parramatta Eels
56th season
Ground: Parramatta Stadium
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Nathan Cayless
Penrith Panthers
36th season
Ground: Penrith Stadium
Coach: John Lang
Captain: Craig Gower
Sharks
38th season
Ground: Shark Park
Coach: Chris Anderson
Captain: David Peachey
South Sydney Rabbitohs
93rd season
Ground: Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: Craig Coleman
Captain: Adam Muir
St. George Illawarra Dragons
4th season
Ground: Kogarah Oval & WIN Stadium
Coach: Andrew Farrar
Captain: Trent Barrett
Sydney Roosters
95th season
Ground: Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: Ricky Stuart
Captain: Brad Fittler
Wests Tigers
3rd season
Ground: Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Terry Lamb
Captain: Darren Senter

Regular season

In 2002, as in 2001, the NRL's advertising was handled by Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney. As in the previous season, there was no big budget season launch advertising campaign. The NRL focussed on stretching its marketing spending throughout the season with newspaper ads promoting individual rounds and clubs, and with simple TV ads to promote key games.

The Bulldogs won 17 games in a row and had an unbeaten run of 18 games, the most in the club's history. However they were deducted 37 premiership points for a gross salary cap breaches, the most points deducted in premiership history. That left the club with just four competition points attained from the two byes earlier in the season. Four more competition points followed since the salary cap scandal, all from wins in the last two rounds of the season.

The New Zealand Warriors won the club's first Minor Premiership in its 8-year history and also made it to their first Grand Final. The Warriors were not in first place almost during the entire season, only taking top spot on the ladder at the conclusion of Round 26.

John Hopoate ran 3,976 metres with the ball in 2002, more than any other player in the competition.[2]

At the end of the season NRL referees' coach Peter Louis resigned from his position.[3]

As of 2023, 2002 is the most recent season in which the Melbourne Storm did not qualify for the finals due to not winning enough games, though in 2010 they were sentenced to finish last due to salary cap breaches which prevented the club from earning any premiership points that season.[4]

Bulldogs salary cap breach

In mid-2002, the Canterbury club were found guilty of serious and systemic breaches of the salary cap. NRL Chief Executive David Gallop described the violation as "exceptional in both its size and its deliberate and ongoing nature". The club received a $500,000 fine, and was stripped of 37 of its 41 competition points accumulated up to Round 23.[5] The latter action was particularly harmful, as the club were poised to take the Minor Premiership and had won 17 consecutive matches (the second highest in Australian club rugby league history at the time). The deduction of the 37 competition points meant that the Canterbury side would win the wooden spoon, as the South Sydney Rabbitohs had already accumulated 12 competition points by the end of Round 24.

The deduction of Canterbury's points also enabled the Canberra Raiders to make the finals with a points differential of -170, the poorest such record of any finalist in the competition's history, and the Raiders only won one game outside of Canberra for the entire season. It also enabled the New Zealand Warriors to secure their first minor premiership in the club's history.

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Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

The Warriors received A$100,000 prize money for finishing the regular season as minor premiers.[6]

Finals series

To decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre final eight system.

Coincidentally, the finalists for 2002 were almost the same as the previous season, with the exception of the Bulldogs being replaced by Canberra. Had the Bulldogs not been deducted competition points, they would have become the minor premiers and completed the replication, with Canberra moving down to 9th.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Timewidth=17%Venuewidth=11%Refereewidth=7%Crowd
Qualifying Finals
align=left Sydney Roosters32  - 20align=left Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks13 September 2002Aussie StadiumPaul Simpkins25,366
align=left Brisbane Broncos24  - 14align=left Parramatta Eels14 September 2002ANZ StadiumSean Hampstead19,115
align=left Newcastle Knights22  - 26align=left St George Illawarra Dragons14 September 2002Energy Australia StadiumBill Harrigan21,051
align=left New Zealand Warriors36  - 20align=left Canberra Raiders15 September 2002Ericsson StadiumTim Mander25,800
Semi-finals
align=left St George Illawarra Dragons24  - 40align=left Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks21 September 2002Aussie StadiumBill Harrigan31,783
align=left Sydney Roosters38  - 12align=left Newcastle Knights22 September 2002Aussie StadiumSean Hampstead23,816
Preliminary Finals
align=left Brisbane Broncos12  - 16align=left Sydney Roosters28 September 2002Aussie StadiumBill Harrigan28,251
align=left New Zealand Warriors16  - 10align=left Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks29 September 2002Telstra StadiumTim Mander45,782

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Grand Final

See main article: article and 2002 NRL Grand Final. The 2002 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2002 NRL season. It took place on Sunday, 6 October 2002, at Sydney's Telstra Stadium. 80,130 people saw the Sydney Roosters beat the New Zealand Warriors 30–8. The Clive Churchill Medalist was Craig Fitzgibbon of the Sydney Roosters. The match was also broadcast live in the United States by Fox Sports World.[7]

Player statistics

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26.Top 5 point scorers

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254 Hazem El Masri121030
246 Andrew Johns101022
233 Brett Kimmorley13901
222 Ivan Cleary8950
174 Michael De Vere6750
Top 5 try scorers
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23 Nigel Vagana
19 Timana Tahu
19 Rhys Wesser
17 Clinton Toopi
17 Lee Hookey
17 Aaron Moule
17 Luke Lewis
Top 5 goal scorers
width=50 Goalswidth=200 Player
103 Hazem El Masri
102 Andrew Johns
95 Ivan Cleary
90 Brett Kimmorley
75 Michael De Vere

2002 Transfers

Players

Player2001 Club2002 Club
data-sort-value="Burns, Darren"Darren Burns Brisbane Broncos Super League: Warrington Wolves
data-sort-value="Corvo, Mark"Mark Corvo Brisbane Broncos Super League: Salford City Reds
data-sort-value="Priddis, Luke"Luke Priddis Brisbane Broncos Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Sailor, Wendell"Wendell Sailor Brisbane BroncosQueensland Reds (Super 12)
data-sort-value="Walters, Kevin"Kevin Walters Brisbane BroncosRetirement
data-sort-value="Colella, Anthony"Anthony Colella Canberra Raiders South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="McFadden, Andrew"Andrew McFadden Canberra Raiders Parramatta Eels
data-sort-value="Vainikolo, Lesley"Lesley Vainikolo Canberra Raiders Super League: Bradford Bulls
data-sort-value="Williamson, Luke"Luke Williamson Canberra Raiders Northern Eagles
data-sort-value="Britt, Darren"Darren Britt Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Super League: St. Helens
data-sort-value="Hughes, Steven"Steven Hughes Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsRetirement
data-sort-value="Peek, Adam"Adam Peek Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Polla-Mounter, Craig"Craig Polla-Mounter Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsRetirement
data-sort-value="Silva, Rod"Rod Silva Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsRetirement
data-sort-value="Ward, Barry"Barry Ward Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Super League: St. Helens
data-sort-value="Daylight, Matt"Matt Daylight Cronulla-Sutherland SharksRetirement
data-sort-value="Donato, Shannon"Shannon Donato Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Dykes, Adam"Adam Dykes Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Parramatta Eels
data-sort-value="Ferris, Jason"Jason Ferris Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Northern Eagles
data-sort-value="Lang, Martin"Martin Lang Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Long, Nathan"Nathan Long Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Northern Eagles
data-sort-value="McNicholas, Paul"Paul McNicholas Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Richardson, Russell"Russell Richardson Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Rogers, Mat"Mat Rogers Cronulla-Sutherland SharksNew South Wales Waratahs (Super 12)
data-sort-value="Ryan, Sean"Sean Ryan Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Super League: Hull F.C.
data-sort-value="Stuart, Luke"Luke Stuart Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Bawden, Russell"Russell Bawden Melbourne Storm Super League: London Broncos
data-sort-value="Lavea, Tasesa"Tasesa Lavea Melbourne Storm Northern Eagles
data-sort-value="Roarty, Ben"Ben Roarty Melbourne Storm Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Watts, Brad"Brad Watts Melbourne Storm South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Albert, Darren"Darren Albert Newcastle Knights Super League: St. Helens
data-sort-value="Fletcher, Troy"Troy Fletcher Newcastle KnightsRetirement
data-sort-value="Grief, Glenn"Glenn Grief Newcastle Knights South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Marquet, Paul"Paul Marquet Newcastle Knights Super League: Warrington Wolves
data-sort-value="Blackmore, Richie"Richie Blackmore New Zealand WarriorsRetirement
data-sort-value="Death, Jason"Jason Death New Zealand Warriors South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Bell, Geoff"Geoff Bell North Queensland Cowboys Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Hetherington, Brett"Brett Hetherington North Queensland CowboysRetirement
data-sort-value="Moore, Danny"Danny Moore North Queensland CowboysRetirement
data-sort-value="O'Neill, Julian"Julian O'Neill North Queensland Cowboys Super League: Wigan Warriors
data-sort-value="Oudenryn, Lee"Lee Oudenryn North Queensland CowboysRetirement
data-sort-value="Shipway, Mark"Mark Shipway North Queensland Cowboys Northern Eagles
data-sort-value="Smith, Damien"Damien Smith North Queensland CowboysRetirement
data-sort-value="Warren, Kyle"Kyle Warren North Queensland Cowboys Super League: Castleford Tigers
data-sort-value="Ebrill, Greg"Greg Ebrill Northern Eagles Super League: Salford City Reds
data-sort-value="Evans, Wayne"Wayne Evans Northern Eagles Super League: London Broncos
data-sort-value="Kimmorley, Brett"Brett Kimmorley Northern Eagles Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="King, Andrew"Andrew King Northern Eagles South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Leyshon, William"William Leyshon Northern Eagles Melbourne Storm
data-sort-value="Lovell, Karl"Karl Lovell Northern Eagles Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="Muir, Adam"Adam Muir Northern Eagles South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="O'Meley, Mark"Mark O'Meley Northern Eagles Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
data-sort-value="Stringer, Paul"Paul Stringer Northern Eagles South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Toovey, Geoff"Geoff Toovey Northern EaglesRetirement
data-sort-value="Trindall, Steve"Steve Trindall Northern Eagles Wests Tigers
data-sort-value="Walker, Ben"Ben Walker Northern Eagles Super League: Leeds Rhinos
data-sort-value="Marsh, PJ"PJ Marsh Parramatta Eels New Zealand Warriors
data-sort-value="Taylor, Jason"Jason Taylor Parramatta EelsRetirement
data-sort-value="Westley, David"David Westley Parramatta Eels Northern Eagles
data-sort-value="Adamson, Matt"Matt Adamson Penrith Panthers Super League: Leeds Rhinos
data-sort-value="Beckett, Robbie"Robbie Beckett Penrith Panthers Super League: Halifax Blue Sox
data-sort-value="Carter, Steve"Steve Carter Penrith Panthers Super League: Widnes Vikings
data-sort-value="Greenhill, Craig"Craig Greenhill Penrith Panthers Super League: Hull F.C.
data-sort-value="Hinson, Andrew"Andrew Hinson Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Jorgensen, Peter"Peter Jorgensen Penrith PanthersNorthampton Saints (English rugby union)
data-sort-value="MacGillivray, Duncan"Duncan MacGillivray Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Puletua, Frank"Frank Puletua Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Rieck, Matthew"Matthew Rieck Penrith Panthers Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="Rodwell, Matthew"Matthew Rodwell Penrith Panthers Super League: Warrington Wolves
data-sort-value="Woods, David"David Woods Penrith Panthers Super League: Halifax Blue Sox
data-sort-value="Ainscough, Jamie"Jamie Ainscough St. George Illawarra Dragons Super League: Wigan Warriors
data-sort-value="Bartrim, Wayne"Wayne Bartrim St. George Illawarra Dragons Super League: Castleford Tigers
data-sort-value="Fitzgerald, Jamie"Jamie Fitzgerald St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Forrester, Wade"Wade Forrester St. George Illawarra Dragons Northern Eagles
data-sort-value="Hart, Andrew"Andrew Hart St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="McGregor, Paul"Paul McGregor St. George Illawarra DragonsRetirement
data-sort-value="Smith, Craig"Craig Smith St. George Illawarra Dragons Super League: Wigan Warriors
data-sort-value="Treacy, Darren"Darren Treacy St. George Illawarra Dragons Super League: Salford City Reds
data-sort-value="Ward, Colin"Colin Ward St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Pongia, Quentin"Quentin Pongia Sydney Roosters Villeneuve Leopards (Elite One Championship)
data-sort-value="Rubin, Ian"Ian Rubin Sydney RoostersRetirement
data-sort-value="Sing, Matt"Matt Sing Sydney Roosters North Queensland Cowboys
data-sort-value="Carlaw, John"John Carlaw Wests Tigers New Zealand Warriors
data-sort-value="Craigie, Owen"Owen Craigie Wests Tigers South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Field, Craig"Craig Field Wests Tigers Pia Donkeys (French Rugby League Championship)
data-sort-value="Murphy, Lee"Lee Murphy Wests TigersRetirement
data-sort-value="Simon, John"John Simon Wests TigersRetirement
data-sort-value="Smith, Tyran"Tyran Smith Wests Tigers Canberra Raiders
data-sort-value="Walker, Shane"Shane Walker Wests Tigers Melbourne Storm
data-sort-value="Rigon, Shane"Shane Rigon Super League: Bradford Bulls South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Kusto, Ben"Ben Kusto Super League: Huddersfield Giants Parramatta Eels
data-sort-value="Felsch, Luke"Luke Felsch Super League: Hull F.C. St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Grimaldi, Tony"Tony Grimaldi Super League: Hull F.C. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
data-sort-value="Mears, Robert"Robert Mears Super League: Leeds Rhinos Wests Tigers
data-sort-value="Mullins, Brett"Brett Mullins Super League: Leeds Rhinos Sydney Roosters
data-sort-value="Air, Glen"Glen Air Super League: London Broncos Wests Tigers
data-sort-value="Millard, Shane"Shane Millard Super League: London Broncos St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Brooker, Justin"Justin Brooker Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Gee, Andrew"Andrew Gee Super League: Warrington Wolves Brisbane Broncos
data-sort-value="Kidwell, David"David Kidwell Super League: Warrington Wolves Sydney Roosters
data-sort-value="Langer, Allan"Allan Langer Super League: Warrington Wolves Brisbane Broncos
data-sort-value="Nutley, Danny"Danny Nutley Super League: Warrington Wolves Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="Sibbit, Ian"Ian Sibbit Super League: Warrington Wolves Melbourne Storm
data-sort-value="Johns, Matthew"Matthew Johns Super League: Wigan Warriors Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="McGuinness, Ken"Ken McGuinnessToowoomba Clydesdales (Queensland Cup) North Queensland Cowboys
data-sort-value="Caruana, Chris"Chris CaruanaN/A South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Galuvao, Joe"Joe GaluvaoN/A Penrith Panthers

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Notes and References

  1. News: Toohey . Barry . Still some bite in old Mad Dog . . Australia . . 2 February 2011 . 2 February 2011.
  2. News: Proszenko. Adrian. Gallen set to smash record. 7 May 2012. The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 May 2012.
  3. News: Steve Mascord and Brad Walter. Search for new refs chief to replace Louis. 30 August 2014. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 6 September 2002.
  4. Web site: Predicted NRL top eight: Melbourne Storm and Manly Sea Eagles miss out. The Daily Telegraph. Paul. Crawley. 1 March 2015. 17 February 2024.
  5. Web site: Tunnah . Helen . Rugby League: 37 nails in Bulldogs' kennel . . APN Holdings NZ Limited . 2002-08-24 . 2009-10-06.
  6. News: NZPA . Sorry guys, the cheque's not in the mail . nzherald.co.nz . APN Holdings NZ Limited . 2002-10-05 . 2009-12-04.
  7. News: National Rugby League Grand Final, Live on Fox Sports World This Sunday . Business Wire. Los Angeles. 2003-10-03. .