June 10: Chook leads Aussies to World Cup glory

On this day, Australia wins the World Cup final at the SCG, 'Sticky' is fined and Neil Henry stands defiant.

1939

Balmain winger Sid Goodwin scores a record six tries as NSW whip Queensland 54-13 in Sydney.

1968

Johnny Raper leads Australia to a 20-2 victory over France in the World Cup final at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

2003

Penrith and the Sydney Roosters are each fined $10,000 for rule breaches arising from round 13. Roosters coach Ricky Stuart and captain Brad Fittler are fined for criticising the referee, while Penrith are fined for fielding an unregistered player (Steve Turner) in their win over the Cowboys.

2007

A Melbourne Storm side minus six State of Origin players still beats the Warriors 4-2 at Mt Smart Stadium in the lowest-scoring game in 14 years.

2008

Queensland's Team of the Century is named at a gala dinner in Brisbane. The team named was: Darren Lockyer; Cecil Aynsley, Tom Gorman, Mal Meninga, Denis Flannery; Wally Lewis, Allan Langer; Mick Madsen, Noel Kelly, Duncan Hall, Brian Davies, Arthur Beetson, Bob Lindner. Reserves: Jim Craig, Duncan Thompson, Gene Miles, Herb Steinohrt. Coach: Wayne Bennett

2013

Cowboys coach Neil Henry says he won't be forced into resigning even though his under-performing Cowboys slumped to second last on the NRL ladder by the halfway mark of the competition. Henry was sacked six weeks later.

2017

Penrith produce one of the comeback wins of the season when they cross for two tries in the final two minutes to sink Canberra 24-20 at Bathurst's Carrington Park.

2020

Wests Tigers star Benji Marshall breaches COVID-19 protocols by greeting a female reporter with a kiss on the cheek at a Tigers training session. Marshall was sent home while the reporter underwent testing, a negative result allowing him to return the following day.

This article contains information from the official records of NRL historian David Middleton.