2001 NRL season

2001 National Rugby League
2001 National Rugby League
Duration	February 17 – September 30, 2001
Teams	14
Premiers	Newcastle (2nd title)
Minor premiers	Parramatta (4th title)
Matches played	191
Points scored	9,333
Average attendance	14,043
Attendance	2,682,210
Top points scorer(s)	Andrew Johns (279) ; Ben Walker (279)
Dally M Medal	Preston Campbell
Top try-scorer(s)	Nathan Blacklock (27)
	← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 NRL season was the 94th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fourth run by the National Rugby League. Also called the 2001 Telstra Premiership (due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation) it was contested by thirteen Australia-based clubs plus one New Zealand–based club. The Newcastle Knights claimed their second premiership in five seasons, defeating minor premiers Parramatta Eels in the NRL's first ever night-time grand final.

Season summary

Early in the season NRL matches involving the Bulldogs were marred by off-field violence from the club's supporters.^[1]

The Parramatta Eels looked set to break their fifteen-year premiership drought as they compiled one of the most dominant season records in rugby league history, losing just four of their 26 regular season games with the League's best attack and defensive record. In 2001 they established the standing record for most points by a club in a season with 943, blitzing the Brisbane Broncos' previous record tally of 871 set in 1998. The Eels tally was significantly contributed to by Jason Taylor, who that year surpassed Daryl Halligan's mark of 2,034 to become the greatest point-scorer in the history of club competition in Australia.^[2]

The Warriors made the finals for the first time in their seven-year history under rookie coach Daniel Anderson, but were hammered 56-12 by the aforementioned minor premiers.

After Warren Ryan retired in 2000, the Newcastle Knights appointed former player Michael Hagan to the coaching position. Hagan proceeded to become the first coach since Phil Gould in 1988 to win a premiership in his first season as coach. Ricky Stuart would follow suit with the Roosters the following season. Tim Sheens was sacked as the coach of the North Queensland Cowboys during the season and was replaced by Murray Hurst. Mal Meninga resigned as Canberra coach following the club's disappointing season and in turn was replaced by Matthew Elliott.

Preston Campbell was a deserved winner of the Dally M medal after being an instrumental player in the Sharks' rise to fourth position on the table. Newcastle's Andrew Johns would have been clear winner but was not in contention due to missing two matches through suspension. Brian Smith was recognised as Coach of the Year whilst Braith Anasta won Rookie of the Year.

It was during the 2001 finals series that the new NRL Telstra Premiership logo was used, first seen on the field in the first qualifying final between the Sharks and the Broncos. That logo was to be used until the end of the 2006 season. Coincidentally, the Brisbane Broncos were also involved in the last match to use that logo, albeit in a modified finals version seen on the ground in the 2006 NRL Grand Final.

At the end of the season a squad of players from the NRL premiership went on the 2001 Kangaroo tour.

Every team except Penrith played at least one drawn match during the course of the season. The Bulldogs had three drawn matches, the most of any team during the season.

Teams

Auckland were renamed the New Zealand Warriors for the 2001 season.


Brisbane Broncos 14th season Ground: QSAC Coach: Wayne Bennett Captain: Gorden Tallis	Bulldogs 67th season Ground: Sydney Showground Coach: Steve Folkes Captain: Darren Britt	Canberra Raiders 20th season Ground: Canberra Stadium Coach: Mal Meninga Captain: Simon Woolford	Melbourne Storm 4th season Ground Docklands Stadium Coach: Chris Anderson → Mark Murray Captain: Robbie Kearns & Rodney Howe	New Zealand Warriors 7th season Ground: Ericsson Stadium Coach: Daniel Anderson Captain: Stacey Jones & Kevin Campion
Newcastle Knights 14th season Ground: EnergyAustralia Stadium Coach: Michael Hagan Captain: Andrew Johns	North Queensland Cowboys 7th season Ground: Dairy Farmers Stadium Coach: Tim Sheens → Murray Hurst Captain: Paul Bowman	Northern Eagles 2nd season Ground: Brookvale Oval & Grahame Park Coach: Peter Sharp Captain: Geoff Toovey	Parramatta Eels 55th season Ground: Parramatta Stadium Coach: Brian Smith Captain: Nathan Cayless	Penrith Panthers 35th season Ground: CUA Stadium Coach: Royce Simmons Captain: Craig Gower
Sharks 37th season Ground: Shark Park Coach: John Lang Captain: Jason Stevens	St. George Illawarra Dragons 3rd season Ground: Kogarah Oval & WIN Stadium Coach: Andrew Farrar Captain: Craig Smith	Sydney Roosters 94th season Ground: Sydney Football Stadium Coach: Graham Murray Captain: Brad Fittler	Wests Tigers 2nd season Ground: Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval Coach: Terry Lamb Captain: Darren Senter

Advertising

With a new CEO in David Moffat from 2000 the NRL late that year moved their account to a new advertising agency in Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney.

There was no umbrella campaign in 2001, no season launch gala ad. NRL Marketing Director, Mark Wallace insisted that the League's marketing budget remained the same as in prior years but that the focus was to be on promoting individual games and complementing the clubs' own marketing activities.^[3]

An ad was produced to promote certain key games. The scene is a deserted, eerie CBD street. The sound of a squeaky wheel gets louder until a clown rides into the middle of shot on a tricycle and turns to camera pouting and frowning. The voice over comes up: "This Easter long weekend the Dragons v Roosters at Sydney Football Stadium. You'd be a clown to miss it".

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	23	24	25	26	F1	F2	F3	GF
Brisbane Broncos	NQL +1	PEN +16	PAR −8	WTI +18	NEW +34	NZL −1	CBY +28	MEL +2	SYD −2	SGI +24	CRO +19	CAN 0	NTE +16	NQL +44	PEN +13	PAR −16	WTI +34	NEW −44	NZL +36	CBY −7	MEL −4	SYD −14	SGI −2	CRO −8	CAN −22	NTE +28	CRO −16	SGI +16	PAR −8
Canberra Raiders	NZL +16	CBY −10	CRO −6	SYD −7	SGI +10	PAR +16	WTI −2	NEW −2	NQL +8	PEN −7	NTE −8	BRI 0	MEL −4	NZL −12	CBY +32	CRO −14	SYD +10	SGI −32	PAR −28	WTI −6	NEW −28	NQL +19	PEN −2	NTE −14	BRI +22	MEL +26
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	MEL +4	CAN +10	NEW 0	NTE +20	PEN +12	SYD −26	BRI −28	NZL 0	WTI +2	PAR 0	NQL +12	CRO +14	SGI −12	MEL +2	CAN −32	NEW +28	NTE +2	PEN +26	SYD +16	BRI +7	NZL −26	WTI +14	PAR −8	NQL +8	CRO +2	SGI +2	SGI −1	CRO −42
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	SGI −24	PAR +1	CAN +6	MEL −10	NQL +8	PEN +19	NTE +6	SYD −9	NEW −10	NZL +10	BRI −19	CBY −14	WTI 0	SGI 0	PAR −30	CAN +14	MEL +22	NQL +30	PEN +32	NTE +22	SYD +8	NEW +19	NZL −30	BRI +8	CBY −2	WTI +24	BRI +16	CBY +42	NEW −8
Melbourne Storm	CBY −4	NQL −4	SGI +4	CRO +10	WTI −30	NEW −8	PAR −24	BRI −2	NTE +34	SYD −1	PEN +44	NZL +20	CAN +4	CBY −2	NQL +14	SGI +6	CRO −22	WTI +64	NEW −32	PAR −44	BRI +4	NTE −8	SYD −22	PEN +4	NZL 0	CAN −26
Newcastle Knights	NTE −2	SYD +7	CBY 0	PAR +18	BRI −34	MEL +8	NZL +21	CAN +2	CRO +10	WTI +50	SGI +8	NQL +8	PEN +7	NTE −2	SYD −10	CBY −28	PAR −40	BRI +44	MEL +32	NZL +7	CAN +28	CRO −19	WTI −4	SGI −26	NQL +16	PEN +42	SYD +34	X	CRO +8	PAR +6
New Zealand Warriors	CAN −16	NTE +8	WTI −19	SGI +28	PAR −6	BRI +1	NEW −21	CBY 0	PEN +44	CRO −10	SYD +12	MEL −20	NQL −17	CAN +12	NTE +4	WTI −5	SGI −20	PAR +11	BRI −36	NEW −7	CBY +26	PEN +16	CRO +30	SYD +6	MEL 0	NQL −12	PAR −44
North Queensland Cowboys	BRI −1	MEL +4	SYD −24	PEN −14	CRO −8	WTI +14	SGI −36	PAR 0	CAN −8	NTE −2	CBY −12	NEW −8	NZL +17	BRI −44	MEL −14	SYD −26	PEN +6	CRO −30	WTI −2	SGI +24	PAR −62	CAN −19	NTE 0	CBY −8	NEW −16	NZL +12
Northern Eagles	NEW +2	NZL −8	PEN +8	CBY −20	SYD +1	SGI −30	CRO −6	WTI +16	MEL −34	NQL +2	CAN +8	PAR −12	BRI −16	NEW +2	NZL −4	PEN +10	CBY −2	SYD +22	SGI −10	CRO −22	WTI −32	MEL +8	NQL 0	CAN +14	PAR −16	BRI −28
Parramatta Eels	PEN +36	CRO −1	BRI +8	NEW −18	NZL +6	CAN −16	MEL +24	NQL 0	SGI +18	CBY 0	WTI +54	NTE +12	SYD +16	PEN +26	CRO +30	BRI +16	NEW +40	NZL −11	CAN +28	MEL +44	NQL +62	SGI +20	CBY +8	WTI +14	NTE +16	SYD +1	NZL +44	X	BRI +8	NEW −6
Penrith Panthers	PAR −36	BRI −16	NTE −8	NQL +14	CBY −12	CRO −19	SYD +14	SGI −28	NZL −44	CAN +7	MEL −44	WTI +4	NEW −7	PAR −26	BRI −13	NTE −10	NQL −6	CBY −26	CRO −32	SYD +10	SGI −22	NZL −16	CAN +2	MEL −4	WTI +34	NEW −42
St. George Illawarra Dragons	CRO +24	WTI −2	MEL −4	NZL −28	CAN −10	NTE +30	NQL +36	PEN +28	PAR −18	BRI −24	NEW −8	SYD 0	CBY +12	CRO 0	WTI +5	MEL −6	NZL +20	CAN +32	NTE +10	NQL −24	PEN +22	PAR −20	BRI +2	NEW +26	SYD −13	CBY −2	CBY +1	BRI −16
Sydney Roosters	WTI +14	NEW −7	NQL +24	CAN +7	NTE −1	CBY +26	PEN −14	CRO +9	BRI +2	MEL +1	NZL −12	SGI 0	PAR −16	WTI +13	NEW +10	NQL +26	CAN −10	NTE −22	CBY −16	PEN −10	CRO −8	BRI +14	MEL +22	NZL −6	SGI +13	PAR −1	NEW −34
Wests Tigers	SYD −14	SGI +2	NZL +19	BRI −18	MEL +30	NQL −14	CAN +2	NTE −16	CBY −2	NEW −50	PAR −54	PEN −4	CRO 0	SYD −13	SGI −5	NZL +5	BRI −34	MEL −64	NQL +2	CAN +6	NTE +32	CBY −14	NEW +4	PAR −14	PEN −34	CRO −24
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	F1	F2	F3	GF

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

Ladder

2001 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Parramatta Eels	26	20	2	4	839	406	+433	42
2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26	17	3	6	617	568	+49	37
3	Newcastle Knights (P)	26	16	1	9	782	639	+143	33
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	26	15	2	9	594	513	+81	32
5	Brisbane Broncos	26	14	1	11	696	511	+185	29
6	Sydney Roosters	26	13	1	12	647	589	+58	27
7	St. George Illawarra Dragons	26	12	2	12	661	573	+88	26
8	New Zealand Warriors	26	12	2	12	638	629	+9	26
9	Melbourne Storm	26	11	1	14	704	725	-21	23
10	Northern Eagles	26	11	1	14	603	750	-147	23
11	Canberra Raiders	26	9	1	16	600	623	-23	19
12	Wests Tigers	26	9	1	16	474	746	-272	19
13	North Queensland Cowboys	26	6	2	18	514	771	-257	14
14	Penrith Panthers	26	7	0	19	521	847	-326	14

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1	Parramatta	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	9	11	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	42
2	Bulldogs	2	4	5	7	9	9	9	10	12	13	15	17	17	19	19	21	23	25	27	29	29	31	31	33	35	37
3	Newcastle	0	2	3	5	5	7	9	11	13	15	17	19	21	21	21	21	21	23	25	27	29	29	29	29	31	33
4	Sharks	0	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	30	30	32
5	Brisbane	2	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	12	14	16	17	19	21	23	23	25	25	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	29
6	Sydney	2	2	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	15	15	17	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	25	25	27	27
7	St George Illawarra	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	9	11	12	14	14	16	18	20	20	22	22	24	26	26	26
8	New Zealand	0	2	2	4	4	6	6	7	9	9	11	11	11	13	15	15	15	17	17	17	19	21	23	25	26	26
9	Melbourne	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	16	18	18	18	20	20	20	22	23	23
10	Northern Eagles	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	8	8	10	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	21	23	23	23
11	Canberra	2	2	2	2	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	17	19
12	Wests	0	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	13	15	17	17	19	19	19	19
13	North Queensland	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	14
14	Penrith	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	14	14

Finals series

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

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Qualifying Finals
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	22 – 6	Brisbane Broncos	7 September 2001	Shark Park	Steve Clark	15,508
Newcastle Knights	40 – 6	Sydney Roosters	8 September 2001	Marathon Stadium	Bill Harrigan	22,061
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	22 – 23	St. George Illawarra Dragons	8 September 2001	Sydney Showground	Paul Simpkins	17,975
Parramatta Eels	56 – 12	New Zealand Warriors	9 September 2001	Parramatta Stadium	Tim Mander	17,336
Semi-finals
Brisbane Broncos	44 – 28	St. George Illawarra Dragons	15 September 2001	Sydney Football Stadium	Paul Simpkins	19,259
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	10 – 52	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	16 September 2001	Sydney Football Stadium	Bill Harrigan	21,507
Preliminary Finals
Newcastle Knights	18 – 10	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	22 September 2001	Sydney Football Stadium	Paul Simpkins	31,438
Parramatta Eels	24 – 16	Brisbane Broncos	23 September 2001	Stadium Australia	Bill Harrigan	34,184

Chart


Qualifying finals			Semifinals			Preliminary finals			Final



1	Parramatta	56

8	New Zealand	12				1W	Parramatta	24

			4W	St. George Illawarra	28		Brisbane	16

2	Canterbury	22	2L	Brisbane	44
									Parramatta	24
7	St. George Illawarra	23
									Newcastle	30


3	Newcastle	40				2W	Newcastle	18

6	Sydney	6	3W	Cronulla	52		Cronulla	10

			1L	Canterbury	10

4	Cronulla	22

5	Brisbane	6

Grand Final

The 2001 NRL grand final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2001 NRL season. It was contested at Stadium Australia in Sydney by the Newcastle Knights (who had finished the regular season in third place), and the Parramatta Eels (who had finished the regular season in first place), after the other six teams that had competed in the top-eight finals series had been eliminated. The attendance of 90,414 was the third-highest ever seen at a rugby league match in Australia and it was the first nighttime grand final in the competition's 103-year history. Domestically, live free-to-air television coverage was provided by Nine's Wide World of Sports. The match was also broadcast live in the United States by Fox Sports World.^[4] Newcastle Knights won, with their captain Andrew Johns receiving the Clive Churchill Medal for man-of-the-match.^[5]

2001 NRL Grand Final

Sunday, 30 September
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Parramatta Eels	24 – 30	Newcastle Knights
Tries: 4 Lyon 66', 73' Hodgson 58', 79' Goals: 4 Luke Burt 58', 67', 73', 80' (4/4)	1st: 0–24 2nd: 24–6 Report^[6]	Tries: 5 Peden 4', 21' Simpson 7' Kennedy 32' Tahu 63' Goals: 5 Johns 5', pen 13', 23', 32', pen 71' (5/7) Field goals: Johns (0/3)

Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 90,414^[7]
Referee: Bill Harrigan
Touch judges: Steve Richards, Shayne Hayne
Clive Churchill Medal: Andrew Johns (Newcastle)

Records and statistics

Parramatta Eels scored the most points in a season by any club in history scoring 839 points in total.
Wendell Sailor ran 4,452 metres with the ball in 2001, more than any other player in the competition.^[8]
On July 5, the Melbourne Storm beat the Wests Tigers 64-0, which is the Storm's biggest ever win and Tigers biggest loss until the North Queensland Cowboys beat them 74-0 in 2023 . The very next day the Newcastle Knights beat the Brisbane Broncos 44-0, which set at the time, was the Broncos biggest ever loss.
In round 23, Wests Tigers recorded their biggest comeback when they came from a 24-0 down after 30 minutes of play to win 36-32 against the Newcastle Knights which is the Knights worst collapse. Also equalled the second biggest ever comeback.

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26.

Top 5 point scorers

Points	Player	Tries	Goals	Field Goals
279	Ben Walker	18	103	1
254	Hazem El Masri	18	91	0
245	Andrew Johns	13	95	3
245	Clinton Schifcofske	10	102	1
239	Jason Taylor	7	105	1

Top 5 try scorers

Tries	Player
25	Nathan Blacklock
20	Lote Tuqiri
18	Hazem El Masri
18	Ben Walker
16	Nigel Vagana
16	Timana Tahu
16	Darren Albert
16	Craig Wing

Top 5 goal scorers

Goals	Player
105	Jason Taylor
103	Ben Walker
102	Clinton Schifcofske
99	Michael De Vere
95	Andrew Johns

2001 Transfers

Players

Player	2000 Club	2001 Club
Jason Bell	Auckland Warriors	Retirement
Joe Galuvao	Auckland Warriors	N/A
Terry Hermansson	Auckland Warriors	Retirement
Odell Manuel	Auckland Warriors	Canberra Raiders
Robert Mears	Auckland Warriors	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Lee Oudenryn	Auckland Warriors	North Queensland Cowboys
Scott Pethybridge	Auckland Warriors	Northern Eagles
John Simon	Auckland Warriors	Wests Tigers
Matthew Spence	Auckland Warriors	Retirement
Tony Tuimavave	Auckland Warriors	Retirement
Joe Vagana	Auckland Warriors	Super League: Bradford Bulls
Nigel Vagana	Auckland Warriors	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Kevin Campion	Brisbane Broncos	New Zealand Warriors
Tonie Carroll	Brisbane Broncos	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Michael Hancock	Brisbane Broncos	Super League: Salford City Reds
Harvey Howard	Brisbane Broncos	Super League: Wigan Warriors
Brad Thorn	Brisbane Broncos	Canterbury (New Zealand rugby union)
Ben Walker	Brisbane Broncos	Northern Eagles
Kerrod Walters	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
Nathan Barnes	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
Anthony Brann	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
Mark Corvo	Canberra Raiders	Brisbane Broncos
Brandon Costin	Canberra Raiders	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Laurie Daley	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
David Furner	Canberra Raiders	Super League: Wigan Warriors
Damian Kennedy	Canberra Raiders	N/A
Justin Morgan	Canberra Raiders	New Zealand Warriors
Brett Mullins	Canberra Raiders	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Bradley Clyde	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Daryl Halligan	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Retirement
Jason Hetherington	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League: London Broncos
Troy Stone	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Ricky Stuart	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Retirement
Andrew Ettingshausen	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Mitch Healey	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Super League: Castleford Tigers
Brett Howland	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tim Maddison	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	North Queensland Cowboys
Wayne Evans	Melbourne Storm	Northern Eagles
Brett Kimmorley	Melbourne Storm	Northern Eagles
Paul Marquet	Melbourne Storm	Newcastle Knights
Tony Martin	Melbourne Storm	Super League: London Broncos
Lenny Beckett	Newcastle Knights	Northern Eagles
Tony Butterfield	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
David Fairleigh	Newcastle Knights	Super League: St. Helens
Matthew Johns	Newcastle Knights	Super League: Wigan Warriors
Peter Shiels	Newcastle Knights	Super League: St. Helens
Jason Temu	Newcastle Knights	New Zealand Warriors
Graham Appo	North Queensland Cowboys	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Greg Bourke	North Queensland Cowboys	Burleigh Bears (Queensland Cup)
Brett Boyd	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Des Clark	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Darrien Doherty	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Noel Goldthorpe	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Paul Green	North Queensland Cowboys	Sydney Roosters
Shane Kenward	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Martin Locke	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Scott Prince	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane Broncos
Jeremy Schloss	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Michael Buettner	Northern Eagles	Parramatta Eels
Owen Cunningham	Northern Eagles	Retirement
Damian Driscoll	Northern Eagles	Super League: Salford City Reds
Andrew Frew	Northern Eagles	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Daniel Gartner	Northern Eagles	Super League: Bradford Bulls
Brett Grogan	Northern Eagles	Retirement
Nigel Roy	Northern Eagles	Super League: London Broncos
Jason Taylor	Northern Eagles	Parramatta Eels
Jim Dymock	Parramatta Eels	Super League: London Broncos
Stuart Kelly	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane Broncos
David Kidwell	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Warrington Wolves
Ben Kusto	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Gary Larson	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
David Penna	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Clinton Schifcofske	Parramatta Eels	Canberra Raiders
Dean Schifilliti	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Dallas Weston	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Brad Drew	Penrith Panthers	Parramatta Eels
Nigel Gaffey	Penrith Panthers	Retirement
Mark Geyer	Penrith Panthers	Retirement
Nathan Brown	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Anthony Mundine	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Lee Murphy	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Wests Tigers
Luke Patten	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Wes Patten	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Corey Pearson	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Wests Tigers
Julian Bailey	Sydney Roosters	Newcastle Knights
Richie Barnett	Sydney Roosters	Super League: London Broncos
Darren Burns	Sydney Roosters	Brisbane Broncos
Jack Elsegood	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
Brendan Hurst	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
Adrian Lam	Sydney Roosters	Super League: Wigan Warriors
Robert Miles	Sydney Roosters	Northern Eagles
Shane Rigon	Sydney Roosters	Super League: Bradford Bulls
Nathan Wood	Sydney Roosters	New Zealand Warriors
Ben Duckworth	Wests Tigers	Parramatta Eels
Shayne Dunley	Wests Tigers	Northern Eagles
Steve Georgallis	Wests Tigers	Super League: Warrington Wolves
Jarrod McCracken	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Adam Nable	Wests Tigers	North Queensland Cowboys
Karl Lovell	Super League: Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants	Northern Eagles
Matt Daylight	Super League: Hull F.C.	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Ben Sammut	Super League: Hull F.C.	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Richie Blackmore	Super League: Leeds Rhinos	New Zealand Warriors
Adrian Morley	Super League: Leeds Rhinos	Sydney Roosters
Danny Moore	Super League: London Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys
Darrell Trindall	Super League: St. Helens	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Willie Peters	Super League: Wigan Warriors	St. George Illawarra Dragons

Footnotes

^ Mercer, Phil (2001-04-25). "Australia's game of shame". BBC News. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
^ Aubrey, Jane (10 October 2001). "2001: Bennett's Coup - 'Operation Alfie'". wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ Wallace interview B&T Magazine March 2001
^ "National Rugby League Grand Final, Live on Fox Sports World This Sunday". Business Wire. Los Angeles. 2003-10-03. ProQuest 446309241.
^ Keeble, Brett (1 October 2011). "Newcastle Knights recall 2001 grand final glory". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ Middleton, David (21 April 2024). Rugby League 2002. Sydney: Harper Sports. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-0732274665.
^ "2001 NRL Grand Final". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ Proszenko, Adrian (6 May 2012). "Gallen set to smash record". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

2001 NRL Grand Final at sportsphotography.net

[1] Mercer, Phil (2001-04-25). "Australia's game of shame". BBC News. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

[2] Aubrey, Jane (10 October 2001). "2001: Bennett's Coup - 'Operation Alfie'". wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[3] Wallace interview B&T Magazine March 2001

[4] "National Rugby League Grand Final, Live on Fox Sports World This Sunday". Business Wire. Los Angeles. 2003-10-03. ProQuest 446309241.

[5] Keeble, Brett (1 October 2011). "Newcastle Knights recall 2001 grand final glory". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[Middleton02-6] Middleton, David (21 April 2024). Rugby League 2002. Sydney: Harper Sports. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-0732274665.

[7] "2001 NRL Grand Final". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[8] Proszenko, Adrian (6 May 2012). "Gallen set to smash record". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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