Across
- 3. Before merging to become the St.George-Illawarra Dragons, the team from Illawarra were known as the what
- 6. talkback radio host and NRL commentator
- 7. prominent NRL referee
- 9. what appeared on the emblem of the defunct NRL team the South Queensland Crushers
- 13. in which State of USA did one of the 1987 state of origin matches take place?
- 15. last name of prominent sports commentator, born in Junee
- 17. the last name of the award given to the most outstanding player in an NRL grand final, is also the last name of England's PM during World War 2
- 19. on 4 November 2000, the Australian Kangaroos national rugby league team recorded its biggest ever win, a margin of 110 points and holding the opposition country team to only 4 points, what country did the opposition team come from?
- 21. coach of the Penrith panthers and then Canberra raiders during the eighties
- 24. one of the founding Sydney nrl teams, which is now long defunct, comes from this suburb of Sydney
- 25. this team, which holds the record for most number of times as runner up in the NRL, also holds the record for most number of world club challenge wins
- 27. Arthur Beetson and Darren Lockyer's home town
- 28. the name of the team which, in 1991, beat the Penrith Panthers in the World Club Challenge at Anfield
- 30. in 1985, the St George Illawarra Dragons were the runners up in the NRL competition, what was the last name of their coach?
- 31. coached both Balmain in the NSWRFL and the Australian Wallabies, now a media personality
- 33. representing northern-sydney and the NSW central coast, what bird represented this NRL team which went defunct in 2002
- 34. former captain of the Canberra Raiders in the 80's, and father of a former Wallabies rugby union player
- 35. the oldest rugby league club in Australia, competes in the NSW Cup but not the NRL
- 38. this type of horse, which originally comes from Scotland, was the name of a now defunct Queensland Cup team from Toowoomba
- 40. in 1892, the longest NRL suspension (15 months) was handed down to a player from this club which has since merged with another club
- 41. top point scorer of the 1998 NRL season and current NRL coach
Down
- 1. in 2020, Penrith and paramatta played a trial match in a country-NSW town of only 4,141, however 5,000 people attended. Which town was it?
- 2. the last name of this player who is the highest point scorer of the Gold Coast Titans, his name is also found in a deck of cards
- 4. now known as the Dally M medal, but changed in 1991 due to tobacco advertising laws, what cigarette brand was attached to this award for the most valuable player of an NRL season
- 5. in 1988, Steve Roach signed a short-term two week deal with an English club to circumvent a two week suspension that'd see him sit out the 1988 grand final. Which English club was the short term deal signed with?
- 8. the last name of the NRL's third highest point scorer
- 10. the city which super-league team the _____ Rams came from
- 11. the last name of this coach who has never played a single game of first grade, but was the coach of the first 'Indigenous All Stars' team in 2008 as well as several other NRL clubs
- 12. before becoming the Gold Coast Chargers, the team representing the Gold-Coast tweed region and also an NFL team were known as the what?
- 14. born in England, came to Australia and eventually played rugby league in Sydney in the sixties and seventies, went on to coach Australia and Manly to much success
- 16. the name of the stadium sponsor of the 1995 Auckland Warriors
- 18. the winner of the 2016 nrl season
- 20. the last name of the current Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coach, which is also the name of a large USA firearms manufacturer
- 22. Having played 265 games for Parramatta and 25 games for Wigan all in the 80's, this player's last name is also the first name of a prominent Canberra raiders player in the 90's
- 23. top point scorer of the 1982 NRL competition (then known as NSWRFL), playing for the Parramatta Eels
- 26. this City, which has 1 NRL team, is also the City Johnathan Thurston was born in
- 29. in may 1982, the only scoreless match in nrl first-grade history was played against Newtown Jets and which other team?
- 32. the last name of the NRL's highest point scorer
- 36. tied with Wigan, which other British Super league city has hosted the most World Club Challenge games
- 37. the name of a club spawned out of the super league wars, represented Hunter region of NSW, lasted 1 season before folding
- 39. in 1984 the top try scorer in the NRL was tied at 17 tries, the winners were Steve Morris and Terry ____?