text: RUGBY LEAGUE - Australian rugby league standings . SYDNEY 1996-08-26 Australian rugby league premiership standings after matches played at the weekend ( 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 -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 9373-1800