1999 in rugby league

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Chapters: 1999 in rugby league by club, Rugby clubs established in 1999, St. George Illawarra Dragons, 1999 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Rugby league in the Solomon Islands, 1999 NRL season, 1999 Auckland Warriors season, Belfast Harlequins, 1999 New Zealand rugby league season, 1999 Melbourne Storm season, 1999 State of Origin series, Super League IV, 1999 Bradford Bulls season, 1999 Brisbane Broncos season, 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations, FT Adler Kiel Rugby, 1999 North Queensland Cowboys season, RC Mainz, 1999 Super League Grand Final, Eastern Tornadoes, UL Bohemians R.F.C., 1998-99 French Championship season, 2000 Rugby League World Cup qualifying. Excerpt: The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They compete in the National Rugby League, which they joined in 1999 as a joint venture between the St. George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers. They officially formed as the game's first joint venture on 23 September 1998 and remain the only cross-city team in the NRL. The team has its headquarters and leagues clubs in both Wollongong and the Sydney suburb of Kogarah, and train and play games regularly at WIN Stadium in Wollongong as well as at WIN Jubilee Oval in Kogarah. The Dragons reached the grand final in their first season in 1999, losing to the Melbourne Storm. In 12 seasons, the Dragons have made the finals nine times. The St. George Illawarra Dragons also field teams in local competitions within the St. George and Illawarra regions. With their round 25 win over the Newcastle Knights, the Dragons secured their second successive minor premiership and become the only team to be awarded the J. J. Giltinan Shield consecutively since the National Rugby League was formed in 1998. The Dragons are currently the reigning NRL premiers having won the 2010 NRL Grand Final against the Sydney Roosters, defeating them 32-8 at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia. They are also the current World Club Champions having defeated the Wigan Warriors 21-15 at DW Stadium - UK, in the 2011 World Club Challenge. With its World Club Challenge victory, the club became the first Australian team since the Brisbane Broncos in 1992-3 to win the minor premiership, premiership and World Club Challenge simultaneously. In the wake of the Super League war of the mid-1990s, and the resulting split competition of 1997, the Illawarra Steelers found themselves struggling financially and seemed unlikely to survive past 1999. The St. George Dragons largely financed a proposal for a joint venture which would see the St George Illawarra Dragons playing in both Koga