Round One
April 5 (Perry Lakes -- Sunday game) 1st grade: Perth 3 Associates 56 2nd grade: Perth 10 Associates 47 3rd grade: Perth 7 Associates 62 4th grade: Perth 7 Associates 36 5th grade: Perth 5 Associates 52 Colts: Perth 0 Associates 37	April 18 (McGilivray Oval) 1: Perth 7 University 25 2: Perth 8 University 23 3: Perth 12 University 13 4: Perth 26 University 10 5: Perth 5 University 19 C: Perth
April 25 (Morley Reserve) 1: Perth 25 ARKs 10 2: Perth 20 ARKs 5 3: Perth 29 ARKs 5 4: Perth 19 ARKs/Leeming 15 5: Perth 49 ARKs 5 C: Perth 17 ARKs 32	May 2 (Morley Reserve) 1: Perth 20 Kalamunda 44 2: Perth 30 Kalamunda 10 3: Perth 8 Kalamunda 3 4: Perth 25 Kalamunda 0 5: Perth 19 Midland 0 C: Perth 0 Kalamunda 25
May 9 (Harvey Field) 1: Perth 9 Cottesloe 13 2: Perth 10 Cottesloe 20 3: Perth 20 Cottesloe 0 4: Perth 5 Cottesloe 17 5: Perth 0 Nedlands 48 C: Perth 0 Cottesloe 75	May 16 (Morley Reserve) 1: Perth 9 Wests 15 2: Perth 24 Wests 17 3: Perth 14 Wests 15 4: Perth 0 Wests 39 5: Perth 0 Wanneroo 17 C: Perth 0 Wests 69
May 24 (Perry Lakes -- Sunday game) 1: Perth 0 Palmyra 19 2: Perth 23 Palmyra 32 3: Perth 13 Palmyra 15 4: Perth 6 Palmyra 19 5: Perth 65 Curtin 0 C: Perth 3 Palmyra 32	May 30 (Morley Reserve) 1. Perth 22 Rockingham 14 2. Perth 39 Rockingham 5 3. Perth 43 Rockingham 0 4: Perth 0 Associates 38 5: Perth 5 Associates 27 C: Perth 0 Wanneroo 34
June 6 (Nedlands Foreshore) 1. Perth 12 Nedlands 19 2. Perth 30 Nedlands 29 3. Perth 3 Nedlands 52 4: Perth 0 Nedlands 25 5: Perth 8 Nedlands 53 C: Perth Nedlands
Round Two
June 13 (Morley Reserve) 1st grade: Perth 14 Associates 14 2nd grade: Perth 10 Associates 7 3rd grade: Perth 9 Associates 20 4th grade: Perth 14 Associates 58 5th grade: Perth 10 Associates 53 Colts: Perth 0 Associates 31	June 20 (Morley Reserve) 1: Perth 13 University 8 2: Perth 6 University 3 3: Perth 28 University 10 4: Perth 7 University 27 5: Perth 15 University 21 C: Perth 0 Wanneroo 25
June 27 (Westfield Reserve) 1: Perth 14 ARKs 10 2: Perth 22 ARKs 20 3: Perth 8 ARKs 19 4: Perth 0 ARKs 25 5: Perth 0 ARKs 25 C: Perth 0 ARKs 28	July 4 (Hartfield Park) 1: Perth 12 Kalamunda 14 2: Perth 30 Kalamunda 5 3: Perth 56 Kalamunda 0 4: Perth bye 5: Perth 0 Wanneroo 25 C: Perth Wanneroo (Wann)
July 11 (Perry Lakes -- Sunday game) 1: Perth 6 Cottesloe 11 2: Perth 8 Cottesloe 41 3: Perth 35 Cottesloe 15 (Morley Reserve, Saturday July 10) 4: Perth 0 Cottesloe 39 5: Perth 25 Curtin 0 C: Perth 0 Cottsloe 25	July 25 (Rosalie Park) 1: Perth 39 Western Suburbs 0 2: Perth 6 Western Suburbs 32 3: Perth 0 Western Suburbs 32 4: Perth 19 Western Suburbs 15 5: Perth 15 Mount Lawley 17 C: Perth 0 Western Suburbs 25
August 1 (Thompkins Park) 1: Perth 8 Palmyra 18 2: Perth 6 Palmyra 17 3: Perth 22 Palmyra 12 4: Perth 5 Palmyra 24 5: Perth Curtin C: Perth 0 Palmyra 25	August 8 (Rockingham) 1. Perth 8 Rockingham 15 2. Perth 29 Rockingham 14 3. Perth 23 Rockingham 0 4: Perth 0 Associates 25 5: Perth 0 ARKs 25 C: Perth 0 Nedlands 25
August 15 (Morley Reserve) 1. Perth 3 Nedlands 34 2. Perth 12 Nedlands 37 3. Perth 22 Nedlands 29 4: Perth 20 Nedlands 15 5: Perth 0 Nedlands 76 C: Perth 0 Nedlands 25

SUMMARY 1998

FIRST GRADE Seventh in Competition. First grade again lost players over the off season, resulting in a tough season for Perth-Bayswater, premiers in 1996 and grand finalists in 1997, in which they plunged to embarrassing losses but rose to a couple of impressive wins and one draw with previously unbeaten reigning premiers, Associates. Steve Ngamanu's first grade lost six of their games by seven points or less and could so easily have produced to a very different season.

SECOND GRADE Sixth in Competition. First grade's losses resulted in a lack of depth in the lower grades, and second grade failed to realise its potential in 1998. Frank Tito's second grade held a spot in the top four at times in the season but fell away at the end of the season to finish sixth.

THIRD GRADE Fifth in Competition. Pat McLoughlin's third grade was the best performed side in the club for most of the year and narrowly missed the finals when it lost the final game of the season to Nedlands after a season of mostly consistent games with limited firepower.

FOURTH GRADE Ninth in Competition. Perth-Bayswater didn't really have enough players to field a fourth grade in 1998, and Barry Guzder struggled throughout the year to cobble together sides out of transients, spares and fifth and third grade players who had already played.

FIFTH GRADE Seventh in Competition. Fabulous Fifths, under the inspired leadership of Cliff Richard, carried on a proud tradition of playing just enough rugby to constitute an excuse for prolonged periods at the bar. They won a few games along the way but never attempted to contest the ambitions of sides like Nedlands, packed with former star first graders, who took this grade far too seriously for their own good.

COLTS Tenth and Dead Last in Competition. Full marks to Bob Whitney for battling the odds all year to persuade lazy young layabouts to make a go of this grade. Pathetic training turnouts and the backbone of Australia's finest jellyfish ensured lousy results and a string of forfeits. It were different when I were lad etc.

1998 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION FINALS SERIES
Grade	Team	Score	Team	Score
Saturday August 22   First Semi-final
Colts 5th grade 4th grade	Wests University Cottesloe	23 6 41	Palmyra Wanneroo ARKs	17 5 11
Sunday August 23   First Semi-final
3rd grade 2nd grade 1st grade	Associates Wests Cottesloe	29 35 23	Palmyra Palmyra Palmyra	8 0 12
Saturday August 29   Second Semi-final
Colts 5th grade 4th grade	Cottesloe Nedlands Assoc Green	0 35 11	Associates Associates Assoc Gold	10 3 3
Sunday August 30   Second Semi-final
3rd grade 2nd grade 1st grade	Nedlands Associates Associates	27 7 26	Wests Nedlands Nedlands	6 6 10
Saturday September 5   Preliminary final
Colts 5th grade 4th grade	Cottesloe University Cottesloe	10 9 19	Wests Associates Assoc Gold	0 5 17
Sunday September 6   Preliminary final
3rd grade 2nd grade 1st grade	Wests Wests Nedlands	18 35 22	Associates Nedlands Cottesloe	7 23 7
Saturday September 12   GRAND FINAL
Colts 5th grade 4th grade	Associates University Assoc Green	20 13 0	Cottesloe Nedlands Cottesloe	8 20 21
Sunday September 13   GRAND FINAL
3rd grade 2nd grade 1st grade	Nedlands Associates Associates	11 26 27	Wests Wests Nedlands	3 18 17

WARU CHAMPIONS 1998
Grade	Minor Premiers	Major Premiers
First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Colts Grade	Associates Associates Nedlands Associates Nedlands Associates	ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATES NEDLANDS COTTESLOE NEDLANDS ASSOCIATES