Wills Cup 1972

Final

South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 10

Info On Record

Champions
South Sydney Rabbitohs
No. Of Teams
12
No. Of Games
28
No. Of Players
277

Final

Wills Cup 1972
Final
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
11
10 Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27351
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 18th March, 1972
Kick Off 8:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 19,909
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 10
Souths Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Denis PITTARD T Harry CAMERON
      Bill MULLINS
 
Eric SIMMS 4/4 G 2 Allan McKEAN
Souths Teams Eastern Suburbs
Eric SIMMS 1 FB 1 Allan McKEAN
Tom MOONEY 2 W 2 Mick ALCHIN
Claude WILLIAMS 14 C 3 Mark HARRIS
Kerry BURKE 4 C 4 Harry CAMERON
Bob HONAN 5 W 5 Bill MULLINS
 
Denis PITTARD 6 FE 6 John BALLESTY
Bob GRANT 7 HB 7 Johnny MAYES
 
Paul SAIT 8 L 8 Ron COOTE (c)
Herbie TIMMS 9 2R 9 Laurie FREIER
Bob McCARTHY (c) 10 2R 10 John ARMSTRONG
Bob BROAD 11 FR 11 Arthur BEETSON
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 Peter MOSCATT
Dennis LEE 15 FR 13 Jim MORGAN
 
Keith EDWARDS 16 B 14 John BRASS
Gordon FRASER 17 B 15 Greg BANDIERA
Darrell BAMPTON 18 B 16 Charlie RENILSON
    B 17 Geoff NEILSON
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Don FURNER
   
 

Team Info

Souths

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1972 - Semi Final vs. Manly
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. Parramatta
Out:
Phil Smith (centre), Steve Kosta (centre), John Sattler (front row)
In:
Claude Williams (centre), Dennis Lee (front row), Keith Edwards (bench), Gordon Fraser (bench), Darrell Bampton (bench)
Changes:
Kerry Burke (bench to centre)

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1972 - Semi Final vs. St George
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. Newtown
Out:
Kevin Junee (halfback)
In:
Johnny Mayes (halfback), Charlie Renilson (bench), Geoff Neilson (bench)

Match Notes

Souths lost John Sattler & Phil Smith on Thursday with injuries and were replaced by Dennis Lee & Claude Williams.

Dennis Lee was replaced after 10 mins by Gordon Fraser, Darrell Bampton & Keith Edwards replaced Herbie Timms & Claude Williams at halftime.

In the 1st half Charlie Renilson replaced Jim Morgan & Geoff Neilson replaced Peter Moscatt then at halftime John Brass & Greg Bandiera replaced Harry Cameron & John Armstrong.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin