The 1994 NSWRL season (known as the 1994 Winfield Cup Premiership due to sponsorship from Winfield ) was the eighty-seventh season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen clubs, including 14 from within the borders of New South Wales plus two from Queensland , competed for the J J Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a grand final match for the Winfield Cup trophy between the Canberra Raiders and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs .
23-574: Nagas may refer to the following: Ken Nagas , Australian rugby league footballer Nāga , serpent deities in Indian mythology Naga Kingdom , a legendary kingdom in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata Nagas of Padmavati , a dynasty of ancient India Nagas of Vidisha , a dynasty of ancient India Nagas of Vindhyatabi , a dynasty of Odisha, India Naga people (Sri Lanka) , snake worshippers mentioned in ancient Sri Lankan chronicles Naga people ,
46-404: A fairytale day. On the outer for most of the year, Osborne won a reprieve, playing at Prop after team-mate John Lomax was suspended for a high tackle in the preliminary final against North Sydney . Osborne, playing in his 135th and last career game before retirement, rose to the occasion by setting up the first two Raiders tries in the opening sixteen minutes. Meninga's 166th and final match for
69-599: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ken Nagas Ken Nagas (born 18 June 1973) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League . Nagas primarily played on the wing . Nagas was born in Bundaberg, Queensland and
92-539: Is of Indigenous Australian and South Pacific island descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Bundaberg Eels and Wests Bundaberg before moving to Kyogle, New South Wales as a 16-year old. In Kyogle, he played for the Kyogle Turkeys and attended Kyogle High School. In 1991, Nagas signed with the Canberra Raiders . In Canberra, he attended Lake Ginninderra College , where he represented
115-475: The League and its advertising agency Hertz Walpole returned to the original 1989 recording of " The Best " by Tina Turner to underscore the season launch ad. Footage had been shot of Turner's performance at the 1993 grand final and a studio bluescreen shoot also took place during that visit ensuring a store of images that could be used in flexible adaptations for the final two years of Turner's association with
138-474: The 1995 ladder with Manly but after defeating rivals Brisbane 14–8 at Suncorp Stadium , the defending premiers were knocked out in the Preliminary Final by eventual premiers Sydney Bulldogs 8–25. In the 1997 World Club Championship , Nagas scored six tries for Canberra against Halifax , a club record. In the 1997 post season, Nagas was selected to play for Australia in all three matches of
161-1737: The Australian Capital Territory . 87th season Ground: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Wayne Pearce Captain: Ben Elias 7th season Ground: ANZ Stadium Coach: Wayne Bennett Captain: Allan Langer 13th season Ground: Bruce Stadium Coach: Tim Sheens Captain: Mal Meninga 60th season Ground: Belmore Oval Coach: Chris Anderson Captain: Terry Lamb 28th season Ground: Endeavour Park Coach: John Lang Captain: Dan Stains 87th season Ground: Sydney Football Stadium Coach: Mark Murray → Arthur Beetson Captain: Craig Salvatori 7th season Ground: Seagulls Stadium Coach: John Harvey Captain: Craig Coleman 13th season Ground: Wollongong Stadium Coach: Graham Murray Captain: John Cross 48th season Ground: Brookvale Oval Coach: Bob Fulton Captain: Geoff Toovey 7th season Ground: Marathon Stadium Coach: David Waite Captain: Mark Sargent 87th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Peter Louis Captain: Jason Taylor 48th season Ground: Parramatta Stadium Coach: Ron Hilditch Captain: Paul Dunn 28th season Ground: Penrith Stadium Coach: Phil Gould → Royce Simmons Captain: John Cartwright 87th season Ground: Sydney Football Stadium Coach: Ken Shine Captain: Dean Schifilliti 74th season Ground: Kogarah Oval Coach: Brian Smith Captain: Mark Coyne 87th season Ground: Campbelltown Stadium Coach: Wayne Ellis Captain: Paul Langmack → Jim Serdaris In 1994
184-739: The Australian Schoolboys . In 1992, while playing for the Raiders' Jersey Flegg Cup side, Nagas represented the New South Wales under-19 side. In Round 22 of the 1992 , Nagas made his first grade debut on the wing in a loss to the Newcastle Knights . It was his only appearance for the season. in 1993 , he appeared in nine games for Canberra, scoring 4 tries. In 1994 , Nagas had a breakout season, playing 18 games and scoring 11 tries, most famous being against
207-1036: The St George Dragons in Round 10 at Bruce Stadium , where he ran the length of the field to score while holding the ball in one hand, keeping his shorts up with the other. Nagas went on to play on the wing in Canberra's 36–12 Grand Final win over Canterbury-Bankstown where he scored two tries. In 1995, Nagas, like the rest of the Canberra Raiders players, signed with Super League and although his great form continued, scoring 14 tries from 19 games, he along with team mates Laurie Daley , Bradley Clyde , Brett Mullins , Ricky Stuart and David Furner (other than Nagas, all were players on Australia's 1994 Kangaroo Tour ), were left out of 1995 representative teams as only Australian Rugby League contracted players were selected. Canberra finished equal top on
230-616: The Super League Test series against Great Britain . After eleven seasons with the one first-grade club, knee problems forced Nagas to retire midway through 2002. Despite being born and raised in Queensland, Nagas was eligible to represent New South Wales as he had played his first senior game in Kyogle as a 16-year old. He opted to represent New South Wales over his home state, a decision he later regretted. He played for
253-413: The salary cap . In total, twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Canterbury-Bankstown , North Sydney , Canberra , Manly-Warringah and Brisbane who went on to battle it out in the finals. The 1994 season's Rothmans Medallist was North Sydney forward David Fairleigh . The Dally M Award went to Manly-Warringah's five-eighth, Cliff Lyons who
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#1732764897213276-659: The 'Grand Final' of the series against Queensland at Brisbane 's ANZ Stadium . The Tri-series Final is known as the longest professional game of rugby league in Australian history. Noel Goldthorpe kicked a field goal in the 104th minute to win the game 23-22 for NSW after scores were locked at 18-18 after full-time and 22-22 after extra time. Nagas was originally selected in Queensland's wider Tri-Series squad but later decided to remain with New South Wales , having already represented them in State of Origin. In 1997, Nagas played on
299-536: The Blues in games II and III of the 1994 State of Origin series, but after his two try performance in Canberra's Grand Final win over Canterbury, was sensationally left out of the 1994 Kangaroo tour in preference to young Brisbane Broncos winger Wendell Sailor . He was also selected as a winger for New South Wales in the 1997 Super League Tri-series . Nagas played in games I (against Queensland) and III (against New Zealand), scoring two tries in each game as well as
322-571: The Raiders ended perfectly when he scored the last try of the day after intercepting a pass from Jason Smith. Meninga then outlasted the cover defence, running almost 40 metres and palming off his opposite Centre Jarrod McCracken to score the try beside the posts, sending the 42,234 strong crowd at the Sydney Football Stadium into raptures. Despite being a goal kicker for most of his career, Meninga declined to take what would have been an easy conversion of his own try, instead leaving
345-656: The Super League banner as being legitimate test matches, the Australian Rugby League refuses to acknowledge the games from the rebels. Thus unfortunately, Ken Nagas, despite appearing in 5 tests during 1997, is listed as never having represented his country in official Australian records. In 2004, Nagas was named as a member of the Canberra Raider's best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to have played for Canberra. He later served as
368-750: The competition and the Winfield Cup . The 1994 advertisement used the performance and superimposed studio footage of Turner into crowd and stadium scenes that replicated the Sydney Football Stadium . The closing scenes of the commercial made it appear that Turner was singing the song high up in the Sydney Football Stadium's stands in front of its identifiable stretched-sail roofing. Bold – Home game X – Bye * – Extra time game Opponent for round listed above margin The Canberra Raiders were confident in
391-606: The end of the 1994 season a squad of players from the NSWRL Premiership went on the 1994 Kangaroo tour . The grand finals: The winners in all grades were: The test match The State of Origin Series The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous season, with sixteen clubs contesting the premiership, including five inner Sydney -based foundation teams, another six from greater Sydney, two from greater New South Wales , two from Queensland , and one from
414-605: The kick to regular team kicker, Clive Churchill Medallist David Furner. The Canberra Raiders had claimed their third premiership, amassing the highest score in a grand final since Eastern Suburbs defeated St. George 38-0 in 1975. It was the highest-scoring grand final since 1951 when South Sydney defeated Manly 42-14 (though tries then were worth only three points). Canberra Raiders 36 Tries: Nagas 2, Furner, Daley, Nadruku, Croker, Meninga Goals: Furner 4/7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12 Tries: Williams, Hetherington Goals: Halligan 2/2 The following statistics are as of
437-517: The lead up, despite their one-point loss to the Bulldogs in the major semi-final, and everything played into their hands from the whistle. Canterbury veteran prop Martin Bella dropped the ball from the kick-off and before too long Canberra had posted two tries . Canberra legend Mal Meninga was given a champion's farewell as his "Green Machine" swamped the Bulldogs. Canberra's Paul Osborne also enjoyed
460-620: The modern Tibeto-Burman tribal people Naga Rajputs , a caste of India See also [ edit ] Naga (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nagas . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nagas&oldid=1224328118 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
483-683: The trainer for the Canberra Raiders Toyota Cup (Under-20s) team. 1994 NSWRL season#Grand Final On the first of June, the previous season's premiers, the Broncos played in the 1994 World Club Challenge match in Brisbane against British champions Wigan . Wigan defeated the Broncos 20 to 14 at ANZ Stadium in front of 54,220 spectators. On 14 July the North Sydney Bears were fined $ 87,000 for breaching
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#1732764897213506-678: The wing for Australia in their 34-22 win over New Zealand in the inaugural ANZAC Test at the Sydney Football Stadium . He later went on to play in the season ending loss to the Kiwis at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland , before appearing in all 3 tests of the Super League Test series against Great Britain in England at the end of the year. However, while the rest of the rugby league world counts all tests played under
529-684: Was also named as Rugby League Week ' s player of the year. 1994 was the last premiership season to be administered by the New South Wales Rugby League . At the end of the season control of the Winfield Cup would be passed on to the Australian Rugby League and re-branded as such, as part of the move to become a more national competition. This season was also the last in the Premiership for future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee and coach, Mal Meninga . At
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