The 1996 Shute Shield season, also known as the AAMI Cup, was the 123rd season of the Shute Shield, the premier club rugby competition in the Australian state of New South Wales. The season began in April and was concluded in October with the Grand Final. Warringah finished minor premiers, with fourth-placed Randwick ultimately finishing premiers after winning all four of their Finals matches; defeating Warringah in the Grand Final in front of 25,136 spectators at the Sydney Football Stadium to claim the title.
The 1996 Shute Shield season featured many Wallabies and Super Rugby players, such as David Knox, David Campese, and Matt Burke. It was also the first edition of the competition to cross-over with the Super Rugby (known as the Super 12), as the inaugural Super 12 season ran from March to May of 1996.
Stadia and personnel
Club Colour Jersey Stadium/Base Canberra Kookaburras Viking Park, Wanniassa Eastern Suburbs Woollahra Oval, Rose Bay Eastwood TG Millner Field, Marsfield Gordon Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Newcastle Wildfires Newcastle No.2 Sportsground, Newcastle West Manly Manly Oval, Manly Northern Suburbs North Sydney Oval, North Sydney Parramatta Granville Park, Merrylands Penrith Nepean Rugby Park, Penrith Randwick Coogee Oval, Coogee Southern Districts Forshaw Park, Sylvania Waters Sydney University Sydney University Football Ground (No.2 Oval), Camperdown Warringah Pittwater Park, Warriewood West Harbour Concord Oval, Concord
Regular season Ladder
Finals Bracket
Elimination / Preliminary Semi-finals
Minor / Major Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final
References