text: RUGBY LEAGUE - AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS / STANDINGS . SYDNEY 1996-08-25 Results of Australian rugby league matches played at the weekend . Played Sunday : Sydney Bulldogs 17 South Queensland 16 Brisbane 38 Gold Coast 10 North Sydney 46 South Sydney 4 Illawarra 42 Penrith 2 St George 20 North Queensland 24 Manly 42 Western Suburbs 12 Played Saturday : Parramatta 14 Sydney Tigers 26 Newcastle 24 Western Reds 20 Played Friday : Canberra 30 Auckland 6 Premiership standings ( tabulate under played , won , drawn , lost , points for , against , total points ) : Manly 21 17 0 4 501 181 34 Brisbane 21 16 0 5 569 257 32 North Sydney 21 14 2 5 560 317 30 Sydney City 20 14 1 5 487 293 29 Cronulla 20 12 2 6 359 258 26 Canberra 21 12 1 8 502 374 25 St George 21 12 1 8 421 344 25 Newcastle 21 11 1 9 416 366 23 Western Suburbs 21 11 1 9 382 426 23 Auckland 21 11 0 10 406 389 22 Sydney Tigers 21 11 0 10 309 435 22 Parramatta 21 10 1 10 388 391 21 Sydney Bulldogs 21 10 0 11 325 356 20 Illawarra 21 8 0 13 395 432 16 Western Reds 21 6 1 14 297 398 13 Penrith 21 6 1 14 339 448 13 North Queensland 21 6 0 15 266 593 12 Gold Coast 21 5 1 15 351 483 11 South Sydney 21 5 1 15 304 586 11 South Queensland 21 4 0 17 210 460 8