“2003 NRL season”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The 2003 NRL premiership was the 96th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the sixth run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen teams competed, with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles returning in place of their failed joint-venture club, the Northern Eagles. Ultimately, the Penrith Panthers defeated reigning champions, the Sydney Roosters in the 2003 NRL grand final, claiming their first premiership since 1991.

Season summary

Season 2003 brought in the new "golden point" extra time rule, where after 80 minutes, if the game was drawn, then 10 minutes of extra time was played until one team scored the winning point(s). The salary cap for the 2003 season was A$3.25 million per club for their 25 highest-paid players.^[1]

The first round of the Premiership improved on the previous year's in terms of attendance and television ratings.^[2] The major story this season was the resurgence of the Penrith Panthers, who defied the critics and naysayers to win their second premiership in their illustrious history since joining the competition in 1967. Coached by John Lang and captained by Craig Gower, the Panthers were the surprise minor premiers, dominating the competition despite consistent disparagement from many sources, and would continue their outstanding form in the finals, beating the Broncos, Warriors and finally the Roosters in the grand final.

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.^[3]

At the end of the season, Chris Anderson would lose his job at Cronulla-Sutherland, while Peter Sharp was dismissed as the Sea Eagles coach.

Also at the end of the season, a squad of players from the NRL premiership went on the 2003 Kangaroo tour.

Teams

The lineup of fifteen teams for the 2003 premiership remained unchanged from the previous season, except that the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rejoined the competition since their merger with North Sydney Bears in 1999, taking the place of the failed Northern Eagles. This ended North Sydney's representation in the League.

Records and statistics

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-Sutherland 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".

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-Sutherland jumpers.

The ad focuses 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.^[6]

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.

Ladder

Finals series

Finals Chart

Grand final

Sources and footnotes

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/663927 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005184004/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/663927 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2012-10-05 |title=NRL salary cap guide | | ONE SPORT |publisher=tvnz.co.nz |date=2006-02-22 |accessdate=18 August 2012 }}
2. ^{{cite news | last = Masters | first = Roy | title = The circus is back in town | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | place = | pages = | publisher = Fairfax Digital | date = 2003-03-17 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/16/1047749669096.html | accessdate = 2009-12-12}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Pace|first=Daniel|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79342767.html|publisher=Australian Associated Press|date=7 September 2003|title=Freddie sympathises with Gower but backs players' stance|accessdate=2007-09-10}}{{dead link|date=August 2016}}
4. ^{{cite news|last=Proszenko|first=Adrian|title=Gallen set to smash record|url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/gallen-set-to-smash-record-20120505-1y5lo.html|accessdate=7 May 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 May 2012}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.theage.com.au/bennett-furner-set-for-new-roles/20080401-22uq.html |publisher=The Age |title=Bennett, Furner set for new Roles |author=Henderson, Philip |author2=Fitzgibbon, Liam |date=1 April 2008 |accessdate=28 June 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402003252/http://news.theage.com.au/bennett-furner-set-for-new-roles/20080401-22uq.html |archivedate=2 April 2008 |df=dmy }}
6. ^B&T magazine article 2003 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223051/http://www.bandt.com.au/news/40/0c014b40.asp |date=26 September 2007 }}
7. ^{{cite web|last=D'Souza|first=Miguel|title=Grand Final History|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/league/2009-grand-final/grandFinal_History.swf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082626/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/league/2009-grand-final/grandFinal_History.swf|dead-url=yes|archive-date=19 August 2014|work=wwos.ninemsn.com.au|publisher=AAP|accessdate=8 September 2013}}