National Rugby League season 2003
Teams	15
Premiers	Penrith (2nd title)
Minor premiers	Penrith (2nd title)
Matches played	189
Points scored	8993 (average 47.582 per match)
Attendance	2,895,740 (average 15,321 per match)
Top points scorer(s)	Hazem El Masri (294 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Rhys Wesser (25 tries)

The year 2003's National Rugby League (NRL) premiership was the 96th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the sixth run by the NRL. Fifteen teams competed and the Penrith Panthers defeated reigning champions, the Sydney Roosters in the grand final, claiming their first premiership since 1991. Manly rejoined the competition since their merger with North Sydney in 1999, with the license of the former Northern Eagles reverting back to the Sea Eagles. Also season 2003 brought in the new "Golden Point" Extra-Time rule, where after 80 minutes, if the game was tied, then 10 minutes of extra time was played until one team scored the winning point(s). Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Penrith Panthers is an Australian professional rugby league football team. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Penrith Panthers is an Australian professional rugby league football team. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... HAZEM EL MASRI CANNOT BENCHPRESS THE MOST IN THE BULLDOGS NRL TEAM Hazem El Masri (Arabic: حازم المصري) (born April 1, 1976 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-Australian professional rugby league football player, widely known for his goal-kicking feats with his National Rugby League side, the Canterbury Bulldogs. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Rhys Wesser Rhys Wesser (born March 31, 1979 in Rockhampton, Queensland) is an Australian Rugby League player for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League competition and has also represented Queensland in the State of Origin. ... The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. ... Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ... The Penrith Panthers is an Australian professional rugby league football team. ... The Sydney Roosters are a professional rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ... This article details the 1991 New South Wales Rugby League premiership. ... The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby League club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. ... The North Sydney Bears were a former club in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, the predecessor of the National Rugby League (NRL) as the premier Australian rugby league competition. ... 1999 saw the second season of the National Rugby League premiership, the 92nd season of professional rugby league football in Australia. ... The Northern Eagles were a short-lived Rugby League team, formed during the rationalisation of the National Rugby League by the merger of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the North Sydney Bears, in 2000. ...

Teams

Brisbane Broncos	Canberra Raiders	Canterbury Bulldogs	Image needed Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Melbourne Storm	Newcastle Knights	Image needed New Zealand Warriors
North Queensland Cowboys	Image needed Parramatta Eels	Penrith Panthers	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sydney Roosters	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Image needed Wests Tigers

Season summary

The major story this season was the resurgence of the Penrith Panthers, who defied the critics and naysayers to win just their second premiership since joining the competition in 1967. Coached by John Lang and captained by Craig Gower, the Panthers were the surprise minor premiers and would continue their outstanding form in the finals, beating the Broncos, Warriors and finally the Roosters in the grand final. The Penrith Panthers is an Australian professional rugby league football team. ... This article details 1967s New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, the 60th season of professional rugby league football in Australia. ... John Lang (born November 7, 1950) is a former Australian Rugby league test player and is currently coach of the Penrith Panthers, which compete in the National Rugby League. ... Craig Gower is an Australian rugby league player who is currently the halfback for the Penrith Panthers. ... The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane, Queensland. ... The New Zealand Warriors (formerly the Auckland Warriors) are a professional rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand. ... The Sydney Roosters are a professional rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ...

The Dally M Medal ceremony was cancelled by the NRL after negotiations with the players' union, the Rugby League Professionals Association, stalled. All votes for the award were destroyed. It was later revealed that with one round of the regular season to play, Craig Gower was leading both Brad Fittler and Clinton Schifcofske by one point in the overall points tally. However, with the ceremony officially cancelled more than a week out from the awards, no points were allocated in the final round of the season.^[1] The Dally M Medal is the premier individual award in the National Rugby League, which is given to the best and fairest player in the competition for that year. ... The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. ... Craig Gower is an Australian rugby league player who is currently the halfback for the Penrith Panthers. ... Bradley Scott Fittler, AM, (born 5 February 1972, in Auburn, New South Wales) is a former Australian rugby league player and current coach of the Sydney Roosters. ... Clinton Schifcofske Clinton Schifcofske (born November 10, 1975 in Moranbah, QLD) is an Australian rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition. ...

At the end of the season, Chris Anderson would lose his job at Cronulla, while Peter Sharp was dismissed as Manly coach. Christopher Anderson is a former Australian rugby league coach and player. ... The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Cronulla in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney. ... Peter Sharp is a rugby league head coach, currently head coach of Super League outfit Hull FC, having joined midway through 2006 after the sacking of John Kear. ...

Records set in 2003

• Nathan Brown became the youngest non-playing coach in premiership history at the age of 29[1]. Brown had retired from playing in 2001 after a neck injury in a trial game.
• Referee Bill Harrigan's tenth grand final in 2003, the final match of his career, stands as the record for the most grand finals officiated by a referee.
• Hazem El Masri's tally of 294 points was, at the time, an individual record for most points scored in a season in Australian club rugby league history. El Masri would beat his own record the following year.
• On August 23rd the Parramatta Eels beat the Cronulla Sharks 74-4, at the time the third highest winning margin for a club game in Australian rugby league history.
• Also on August 23rd, the North Queensland Cowboys beat the South Sydney Rabbitohs 60-8, the biggest win and most points in a match in Cowboys history.
• The Brisbane Broncos set a record for their longest losing streak, from round 20 to the 4th qualifying final.
• The Penrith Panthers became the first team to win the minor premiership and hold bottom spot on the ladder in the same season.
• The Melbourne Storm equalled their worst defeat with a 50-4 loss to the Bulldogs in round 22.

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Advertising

In 2003 the NRL sacked their advertising agency of the previous two years, Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney, and took the unusual step of coming up with their own in-house creative concept. Former Cronulla Sharks player and then current Parramatta Eels assistant coach Alan Wilson hit upon the idea of using the Hoodoo Gurus' 1987 hit "What's My Scene?" with reworked lyrics as "That's My Team". Saatchi and Saatchi is an advertising agency founded by brothers Maurice (now Lord Saatchi) and art collector Charles, most famous for their campaign on behalf of the Conservative Party before the 1979 UK general election and for the adverts for British Airways and other state owned interests privatised by the... The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Cronulla in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney. ... The Parramatta Eels is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. ... Hoodoo Gurus (referred to as the Gurus by fans) are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981,[1] by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, harmonica). ...

"and another thing, I'm discovering lately, I'm a bit crazy, for my rugby league team "

Wilson is a friend of Hoodoo Gurus singer Dave Faulkner and made the necessary arrangements which included re-uniting the band to re-record the track. Faulkner is a long-time supporter of the Sharks and the original film clip of "What's My Scene?" had included shots of band members in Wests and Cronulla jumpers. Dave Faulkner is an Australian rock musician . ... The Western Suburbs Magpies are a rugby league football club in Sydney, Australia. ... The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Cronulla in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney. ...

The ad focusses on the grass roots supporters at all levels of the game and in its finished version includes shots of fans from the Cessnock Goannas, a proud Bulldogs supporter and a Penrith teenager with a broken leg signed by her heroes. These images are included with the usual fare of pre-season team training images, big-hits, clever passes and post-try celebrations.^[2]. Canterbury Leagues Club, Belmore The Bulldogs (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) are a team in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia. ...

To produce the ad the League returned to the agency who created and produced the Tina Turner campaigns from 1989 to 1995 - Hertz Walpole Advertising by now renamed MJW Hakuhodo. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock) November 26, 1939) is an 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive Producer, Film Producer, Actress, Writer, Performer, Songwriter, Author and occasional Painter whose career has spanned from 1956 to present. ...

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith	24	18	0	6	2	659	527	+132	40
2	Sydney	24	17	0	7	2	680	445	+235	38
3	Canterbury	24	16	0	8	2	702	419	+283	36
4	Canberra	24	16	0	8	2	620	463	+157	36
5	Melbourne	24	15	0	9	2	564	486	+78	34
6	New Zealand	24	15	0	9	2	545	510	+35	34
7	Newcastle	24	14	0	10	2	632	635	-3	32
8	Brisbane	24	12	0	12	2	497	464	+33	28
9	Parramatta	24	11	0	13	2	570	582	-12	26
10	St George Illawarra	24	11	0	13	2	548	593	-45	26
11	North Queensland	24	10	0	14	2	606	629	-23	24
12	Cronulla	24	8	0	16	2	497	704	-207	20
13	Wests Tigers	24	7	0	17	2	470	598	-128	18
14	Manly-Warringah	24	7	0	17	2	470	791	-234	18
15	South Sydney	24	3	0	21	2	457	758	-301	10

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Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Qualifying Finals
Canberra Raiders	18–30	Melbourne Storm	12 September 2003	Canberra Stadium	Tim Mander	14,094
Canterbury Bulldogs	22–48	New Zealand Warriors	13 September 2003	Sydney Showground	Bill Harrigan	18,312
Sydney Roosters	36–8	Newcastle Knights	13 September 2003	Aussie Stadium	Sean Hampstead	23,853
Penrith Panthers	28–18	Brisbane Broncos	14 September 2003	Penrith Football Stadium	Steve Clark	18,534
Semi Finals
Canberra Raiders	16–17	New Zealand Warriors	20 September 2003	Aussie Stadium	Tim Mander	31,616
Canterbury Bulldogs	30–0	Melbourne Storm	21 September 2003	Aussie Stadium	Bill Harrigan	19,367
Preliminary Finals
Sydney Roosters	28–18	Canterbury Bulldogs	27 September 2003	Aussie Stadium	Bill Harrigan	41,123
Penrith Panthers	28–20	New Zealand Warriors	28 September 2003	Telstra Stadium	Tim Mander	43,174
Grand Final
Penrith Panthers	18–6	Sydney Roosters	5 October 2003	Telstra Stadium	Bill Harrigan	81,166

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Grand final

The Panthers defied the odds and the critics to take out their second premiership with a superb 18-6 win over the Roosters. In a game of incredible quality that belied the slippery conditions, Penrith matched the Roosters tackle for tackle then laid on three superb tries to emerge victorious. Rhys Wesser Rhys Wesser (born March 31, 1979 in Rockhampton, Queensland) is an Australian Rugby League player for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League competition and has also represented Queensland in the State of Origin. ... A typical rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench. ... Anthony Minichiello (born 24 May 1980) is an Australian rugby league player of Italian descent[2] who plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition. ... Luke Lewis is an Australian Rugby League player. ... A typical rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench. ... 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Luke Priddis scored one try and set up the other two to win the Clive Churchill Medal, while lock Scott Sattler pulled off one of the great grand final plays when he cut down runaway Roosters winger Todd Byrne to save a certain try. Luke Priddis, (born April 14, 1977 in Dubbo, NSW, Australia) is an Australian National Rugby League player. ... The Clive Churchill Medal has been presented to the man-of-the-match of the Australian first grade rugby league Grand Final ever since 1986. ... // General Scott is the Football Manager of Gold Coast Titans About Date of Birth: 13/12/71 Place of birth: Sydney Position: Lock First Grade Debut: 1992 Junior club: Runaway Bay Seagulls, Gold Coast Clubs played for: Gold Coast 90-93 & 97-98, South QLD Crushers 95-96, Penrith Panthers... Todd Byrne (born July 16, 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian Rugby League player for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. ...

Penrith Panthers 18 (Tries: Rooney 2, Priddis. Goals: Girdler 1/1, Campbell 2/2.)

Sydney Roosters 6 (Tries: Hegarty. Goals: Fitzgibbon 1/1.)

Clive Churchill Medallist: Luke Priddis
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Sources and footnotes

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External links

• NRL official website
• 2003 NRL "That's My Team" Season Advertisment
• 2003 NRL Grand Final at sportsphotography.net