"After the game Jets’ coach Warren Ryan quipped “the better team drew” and there was much discussion about a flare up in front of the Canterbury posts six minutes before fulltime, when Goldsworthy declined to give Newtown a penalty from the incident and simply packed down a scrum.
Teams were: Newtown – P Sigsworth, J Ferguson, M Ryan, A McMahon, R Blacklock, P Morris, K Wilson (c), G O’Grady, M Pitman, C Murphy, S Bowden, W Newling, P Kelly Reserve: M O’Brien (Coach W Ryan)
Canterbury – G Brentnall, S Want, C Mortimer, P Mortimer, T Armstrong, G Hughes, S Mortimer, M Hughes, S Folkes, P Cassiles, J Coveney, G Peponis (c), G Hughes Reserves: G Robinson, N Baker (Coach T Glossop)
Newtown 0 drew with Canterbury 0
Referee: B Goldsworthy Crowd: 6,716