1995 Illawarra Steelers season

Illawarra Steelers

1995 season
CEO	Bob Millward
Head Coach	Graham Murray, Allan Fitzgibbon
Captain	John Cross
ARL	12th (out of 20)
Top try scorer	Club: Paul McGregor, Shaun Timmins, Rod Wishart (11)
Top points scorer	Club: Rod Wishart (176)
Highest home attendance	13,127 (vs Brisbane Broncos in Round 3)
Lowest home attendance	7,780 (vs Parramatta Eels in Round 16)
Average home attendance	9,651
← 1994 1996 →

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.

Players

Squad

No. Position Player HB Glen Air WG Keith Beauchamp PR Anthony Bonus WG Jonathon Britten HK Dean Callaway LK John Cross (captain) CE Michael Cross LK Ben Duckworth PR Scott England PR Darren Fritz PR Peter Johnston CE Paul McGregor PR Martin Masella WG Dean Moon

No. Position Player WG Brendan O'Meara FE Peter Phillips SR Neil Piccinelli SR Wayne Richards FB David Riolo CE Brett Rodwell FE Craig Simon HB John Simon HK Sean Skelton LK Hamish Smith WG Rex Terp CE Shaun Timmins PR David Walsh WG Rod Wishart

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Manly	22	20	0	2	687	248	+439	40
2	Canberra	22	20	0	2	634	255	+379	40
3	Brisbane	22	17	0	5	600	364	+236	34
4	Cronulla	22	16	0	6	516	287	+229	32
5	Newcastle	22	15	0	7	549	396	+153	30
6	Sydney Bulldogs (P)	22	14	0	8	468	352	+116	28
7	St. George	22	13	0	9	583	382	+201	26
8	North Sydney	22	11	2	9	542	331	+211	24
9	Sydney City	22	12	0	10	466	406	+60	24
10	Auckland	22	13	0	9	544	493	+51	24
11	Western Reds	22	11	0	11	361	549	-188	22
12	Illawarra	22	10	1	11	519	431	+88	21
13	Western Suburbs	22	10	0	12	459	534	-75	20
14	Penrith	22	9	0	13	481	484	-3	18
15	Sydney Tigers	22	7	0	15	309	591	-282	14
16	South Queensland	22	6	1	15	303	502	-199	13
17	Gold Coast	22	4	1	17	350	628	-278	9
18	South Sydney	22	4	1	17	319	686	-367	9
19	Parramatta	22	3	0	19	310	690	-380	6
20	North Queensland	22	2	0	20	269	660	-391	4

• Auckland Warriors were stripped of 2 competition points due to exceeding the replacement limit in round 3.

Home Crowd Averages