Finals
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
| Playoff | ||||||||
| Balmain Tigers | 14-7 | North Sydney Bears | 2 September 1986 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Mick Stone | 10,788 | ||
| Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 22-29 | Balmain Tigers | 6 September 1986 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Kevin Roberts | 17,597 | ||
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2-16 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 7 September 1986 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Mick Stone | 24,573 | ||
| Semi Finals | ||||||||
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 11-36 | Balmain Tigers | 13 September 1986 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Kevin Roberts | 27,035 | ||
| Parramatta Eels | 28-6 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 14 September 1986 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Mick Stone | 32,499 | ||
| Preliminary Final | ||||||||
| Canterbury Bulldogs | 28-16 | Balmain Tigers | 21 September 1986 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Mick Stone | 32,341 | ||
| Grand Final | ||||||||
| Parramatta Eels | 4-2 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 28 September 1986 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Mick Stone | 45,843 | ||
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