Wills Cup 1971

Final

St George Dragons 20 def. Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 7

Info On Record

Champions
St George Dragons
No. Of Teams
12
No. Of Games
28
No. Of Players
269

Final

Wills Cup 1971
Final
St George
Dragons
20
7 Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27317
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 20th March, 1971
Kick Off 8:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 19,120
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 7
St George Scoresheet Cronulla
Barry BEATH T Bob WEAR
Tony BRANSON      
Johnny KING      
Kevin O'SULLIVAN      
 
Graeme LANGLANDS 4 G 2 George TAYLFORTH
St George Teams Cronulla
Graeme LANGLANDS (c) 1 FB 1 Greg PIERCE
Stan GORTON 2 W 2 Les BELL
Geoff CARR 3 C 3 Paul TAYLOR
Kevin O'SULLIVAN 4 C 4 Bob WEAR
Johnny KING 5 W 5 Dave COTTER
 
Tony BRANSON 6 FE 6 Kevin HOGAN
Billy SMITH 7 HB 7 Tommy BISHOP (c)
 
Peter FITZGERALD 8 L 8 Rod URQUHART
Barry BEATH 9 2R 9 Dave COOPER
Ken MADDISON 10 2R 10 Kevin DIXON
Keith MADDISON 18 FR 11 George TAYLFORTH
Col RASMUSSEN 12 HK 12 Ron TURNER
Grahame BOWEN 13 FR 13 Mick SOUTER
 
Norm HENDERSON 17 B 14 Barry ANDREWS
Jeff BELL 19 B 16 Fred DENNEHY
Inosi TOGA 20 B 17 John MAGUIRE
Ross STRUDWICK 21 B    
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Tommy BISHOP
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Semi Final vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. Souths
Out:
Brian Norton (front row), Phil Hawthorne (bench), Ross Popplewell (bench), Ted Walton (bench)
In:
Norm Henderson (bench), Jeff Bell (bench), Inosi Toga (bench), Ross Strudwick (bench)
Changes:
Keith Maddison (bench to front row)

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Semi Final vs. Newtown
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Chris Wellman (bench)
In:
Paul Taylor (centre), Fred Dennehy (bench)
Changes:
Barry Andrews (centre to bench)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin