298:. The match was remembered due to its controversy with claims the referee George Bishop had put a big wager on Wests winning the game. Souths claimed that they were denied two fair tries and Wests had scored one try off a blatant knock on. Western Suburbs ran out winners in the grand final 22-10. This would prove to be the last premiership Western Suburbs would win as a stand alone entity before exiting the competition in 1999. Ratcliff recalled his memories of the game saying "
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